African Volcanoes Quiz: Can You Get 8 Out of 10?

This African volcanoes quiz covers Kilimanjaro, Nyiragongo, Ol Doinyo Lengai, Erta Ale and Mount Cameroon. Can you get 8 out of 10 on Africa's lava lakes, black lava and sleeping giants?

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Tanzania
Which volcano erupts unusual black lava that turns white?
DRC
Which volcano has one of the world's largest lava lakes?
Ethiopia
Which Ethiopian volcano's name means smoking mountain?
Tanzania
What type of volcano is Kilimanjaro?
Cameroon
Which volcano is the highest active volcano in West Africa?
Cameroon
Lake Nyos released a deadly cloud of which gas in 1986?
Réunion
Piton de la Fournaise is on which island?
Rift Valley
Many of East Africa's volcanoes formed along which feature?
Chad
Emi Koussi, the highest peak in the Sahara, is what?
Cape Verde
Which Cape Verde island is a volcano that erupted in 2014?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which volcano erupts unusual black lava that turns white?
Answer: Ol Doinyo Lengai
It is the only active volcano that erupts natrocarbonatite lava, which is cooler and very runny.
Q2: Which volcano has one of the world's largest lava lakes?
Answer: Nyiragongo
Nyiragongo's lava lake sits above the city of Goma. Its eruptions in 1977, 2002 and 2021 threatened the city.
Q3: Which Ethiopian volcano's name means smoking mountain?
Answer: Erta Ale
Erta Ale has held a lava lake for decades in the Danakil Depression.
Q4: What type of volcano is Kilimanjaro?
Answer: Dormant stratovolcano
Kibo, the summit cone, still has fumaroles but has not erupted in recorded history.
Q5: Which volcano is the highest active volcano in West Africa?
Answer: Mount Cameroon
Mount Cameroon is also called Mongo ma Ndemi, mountain of greatness.
Q6: Lake Nyos released a deadly cloud of which gas in 1986?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
The gas killed about 1,700 people. Pipes now release gas safely from the lake.
Q7: Piton de la Fournaise is on which island?
Answer: Réunion
It is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, with eruptions almost every year.
Q8: Many of East Africa's volcanoes formed along which feature?
Answer: The East African Rift
As the continent slowly splits, magma rises and builds volcanoes.
Q9: Emi Koussi, the highest peak in the Sahara, is what?
Answer: A shield volcano
It rises about 3,415 meters in Chad's Tibesti Mountains.
Q10: Which Cape Verde island is a volcano that erupted in 2014?
Answer: Fogo
Fogo means fire in Portuguese, and villagers live inside its caldera.

African Volcanoes Quiz – Africa's Fiery Rift

Africa's most active volcanoes lie along the East African Rift, where the continent is slowly splitting apart. Magma rising through the crust builds volcanoes from Ethiopia to Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Other volcanoes form over hotspots, such as Réunion, Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, or in highlands like Cameroon and the Tibesti. Some, like Kilimanjaro, are sleeping, while others erupt every few years.

Volcanoes bring both danger and benefit. Lava flows and gases can threaten towns like Goma, but volcanic soils are fertile and support farming, and geothermal energy powers much of Kenya's electricity.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is for science fans and adventurous travelers fascinated by Africa's volcanoes.

Which volcano erupts black lava
Where lava lakes are found
What happened at Lake Nyos
How the Rift creates volcanoes
Which islands are volcanic

Did You Know?

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