Q 01/05

Mount Etna is on the east coast of which island?

A) Sardinia

B) Corsica

C) Sicily

D) Crete

Answer · why

C) Sicily

Sicily. Etna erupts almost constantly, yet the fertile soil its lava leaves behind is why vineyards and orchards crowd the lower slopes.

Q 02/05

What type of volcano is Mount Etna?

A) Supervolcano

B) Lava dome

C) Cinder cone

D) Stratovolcano

Answer · why

D) Stratovolcano

Stratovolcano. The steep cone of layered lava and ash is the young part of Etna: it grew on top of a much older, flatter shield volcano.

Q 03/05

In one Greek myth, which monster did Zeus trap beneath Mount Etna?

A) Typhon

B) The Minotaur

C) Cerberus

D) The Hydra

Answer · why

A) Typhon

Typhon. Greek poets blamed the eruptions on him: the hundred-headed monster lies pinned under the mountain, and the earth shakes whenever he turns.

Q 04/05

The Romans believed which god lived and worked beneath Mount Etna, sending up its fire and sparks?

A) Pluto

B) Jupiter

C) Mars

D) Vulcan

Answer · why

D) Vulcan

Vulcan. The Romans placed the fire god's forge under Etna, and his name went on to give English the word 'volcano'.

Q 05/05

Etna was named a Decade Volcano for its eruptive history and what else?

A) Great height

B) Summit glaciers

C) Nearby population

D) Undersea vents

Answer · why

C) Nearby population

Nearby population. The title marks 16 volcanoes that are both active and close to many people, and its 'Decade' was the 1990s, which the United Nation...