Q 01/05

Vesuvius stands on the shore of which body of water?

A) The Gulf of Taranto

B) The Gulf of Naples

C) The Gulf of Genoa

D) The Gulf of Venice

Answer · why

B) The Gulf of Naples

The Gulf of Naples. As the AD 79 eruption shook the coast, an eyewitness saw its waters sucked back from the shore, leaving sea creatures stranded on ...

Q 02/05

Vesuvius is in which region of Italy?

A) Sicily

B) Calabria

C) Campania

D) Lazio

Answer · why

C) Campania

Campania. The Romans called it Campania felix, the happy land, and the ash that keeps its soil so fertile is why people have always rebuilt on the vol...

Q 03/05

What type of volcano is Vesuvius?

A) A cinder cone

B) A stratovolcano

C) A shield volcano

D) A lava dome

Answer · why

B) A stratovolcano

A stratovolcano. Its steep cone is built from layers of lava, ash and pumice, and the thick magma that traps gas beneath them is why its eruptions ten...

Q 04/05

The steep rim partly encircling Vesuvius's cone is the remnant of which older, much higher structure?

A) Mount Somma

B) Mount Epomeo

C) Monte Amiata

D) Monte Nuovo

Answer · why

A) Mount Somma

Mount Somma. It collapsed in a series of huge eruptions, and geologists now call any volcano with a newer cone inside an old caldera a 'somma volcano'...

Q 05/05

The wine grown on Vesuvius's volcanic slopes is named after the tears of which figure?

A) Saint Peter

B) Jesus Christ

C) The Virgin Mary

D) Saint Francis

Answer · why

B) Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ. The wine is Lacryma Christi, 'tears of Christ', after a legend that he wept over Lucifer's fall from heaven and his tears gave rise to t...