Volcano Kids Trivia and Games for Kids: Hot Facts for Parents Too

0:14 All right, and welcome back to Backseat Trivia Rumble. I hope the snacks are open and the volume is up, because we've got a heavyweight battle today. In the backseat, the Rumble Rockers and the Hotspot Heroes. In the front seat, the Pressure Cooker Parents and the Rumble in the Minivan Veterans. Three rounds, 30 questions. Drivers, eyes on the road. Kids, eyes on the prize. Let's get ready to rumble with the first kids round. Question one: What do we call the red-hot melted rock after it flows out onto the surface during an eruption? And the answer is lava. Question two: What bowl-shaped hole sits at the very top of a volcano?

1:01 And the answer is the crater. Question three: What fine gray powder made of tiny bits of rock and glass shoots high into the sky during an eruption? And the answer is ash. Question four: What do we call melted rock while it's still deep underground? And the answer is magma. Question five: What word describes a sleeping volcano that hasn't erupted in a long time but could wake up again? And the answer is dormant, which is also my favorite way to describe myself on Saturday mornings.

1:46 Question six, what do we call a scientist who studies volcanoes? And the answer is a volcanologist. Question seven: What huge plates of rock slowly move around Earth's surface and help create volcanoes and earthquakes? And the answer is tectonic plates. Question eight, what lightweight volcanic rock full of tiny holes can actually float on water? And the answer is pumice, the only rock that doesn't sink under pressure.

2:29 Question nine: What famous snow-capped mountain in Japan is actually a volcano? And the answer is Mount Fuji. Question 10. What chilly island country nicknamed the Land of Fire and Ice is packed with active volcanoes? And the answer is Iceland All right, parents, are you ready for round two? Today, we're digging into the history of Earth's most explosive moments and the science and stories behind them. Kids, let's sit back and watch those parents do their work.

3:12 Question one: What Roman city buried under volcanic ash in AD seventy-nine was so well-preserved that archeologists still find loaves of bread inside? And the answer is Pompeii. Question two: What teenage eyewitness wrote letters giving the first detailed written account of the Mount Vesuvius eruption? And the answer is Pliny the Younger. Question three: What 1980 eruption in Washington State blew the top off a mountain, wreaking havoc on the people below?

3:54 And the answer is Mount St. Helens. Question four: What 1883 eruption in Indonesia produced one of the loudest sounds in recorded history, heard thousands of miles away? And the answer is Krakatoa, a record my kids break every morning at 6:00 AM. Question five, what 1815 eruption in Indonesia darkened skies worldwide and led to 1816 being called the year without a summer? And the answer is Mount Tambora.

4:35 Question six. What Roman god of fire and the forge gave volcanoes their name? And the answer is Vulcan. Question seven. What nickname describes the horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanoes and earthquake zones around the Pacific Ocean? And the answer is The Ring of Fire. Question eight: What 1997 disaster movie starred Linda Hamilton as a mayor trying to save a small mountain town from an erupting peak? And the answer is Dante's Peak, the movie where everybody ignores the expert until it's too late.

5:22 So basically, every time I ignore my GPS. Question nine, what type of rock is formed when lava cools and hardens? And the answer is igneous rock. Question 10. What Hawaiian volcano erupting on and off since 1983 is one of the most active in the world? And the answer is Kilauea We've got two rounds in the books and it's on to the rumble round. First to shout out the answer is the winner. Question one. What verb describes what a volcano does when it suddenly shoots out hot rock and gas?

6:10 And the answer is erupt. Question two: What fizzy white powder mixed with vinegar makes a science fair volcano bubble over? And the answer is baking soda, the only ingredient that's ever made people think I'm a genius, right up until it overflowed onto the carpet. Question three: What shape is a classic volcano, wide at the bottom and pointy at the top? And the answer is a cone. Question four: What natural event shakes the ground and often happens near volcanoes?

6:53 And the answer is an earthquake. Question five. What do we call the super hot center of the Earth where it's so hot that rock melts? And the answer is the core. Question six, true or false? Most of Earth's volcanic eruptions happen underwater And the answer is true. Question seven. What natural wonder shoots streaming hot water into the air, heated by hot rock below the ground? And the answer is a geyser, which sounds like a guy who really knows how to blow off steam.

7:37 That's me after the carpool line. Question eight: What do underwater volcanoes sometimes build up above the ocean surface like Hawaii? And the answer is an island. Question nine. What fire-breathing creature from stories is often pictured living inside a volcano? And the answer is a dragon. And the final question, what dark, glassy black rock forms when lava cools super fast and shows up as a block in Minecraft? And the answer is obsidian