Vesuvius

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# Clue Answer As Given Value Round Category Air Date Show
Pliny the Younger noted that on the morning of August 24, 79 A.D., a cloud appeared over the summit of this mountain Vesuvius DD $1,000 J MOUNTAINS 2017-04-14 #7510
Talk about Pompeii & circumstance! Since 1900, this Italian volcano's eruptions have clipped its height about 80 feet Vesuvius $200 J MOUNTAIN HIGH 2015-04-28 #7057
This volcano that buried Pompeii erupted again in March, 1944, during the Allied invasion of Italy Vesuvius $200 J REALLY BIG MOUNTAINS 1998-12-07 #3281
It's said the name of this mountain near Pompeii comes from a word for smoke Vesuvius $600 DJ MOUNTAINS 1997-02-04 #2867
In 1794 a violent eruption of this volcano destroyed the city of Torre Del Greco on the Bay of Naples Vesuvius $200 DJ MOUNTAINS 1996-12-02 #2821
The crater of this volcano near Naples, Italy is about 2,000' wide & 1,000' deep Vesuvius $200 DJ MOUNTAINS 1996-07-08 #2746
Monte Somma Ridge was formed during a prehistoric eruption of this volcano Vesuvius DD $1,500 DJ MOUNTAINS 1995-05-30 #2487
In the 1840s an observatory was built at the 2,000-foot level on this volcano southeast of Naples Vesuvius $400 DJ MOUNTAINS 1994-10-07 #2320
The wine made from grapes grown on the slopes of this Italian volcano is known as Lacrima Christi Vesuvius $600 DJ MOUNTAINS 1992-03-11 #1743
A painting excavated in Pompeii shows this mountain when it had only one peak Vesuvius $600 DJ MOUNTAINS 1992-02-21 #1730
This volcano overlooking Naples last erupted in 1944 Vesuvius $600 DJ MOUNTAINS 1991-09-16 #1616
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