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A) Sallanches B) Chamonix C) Mont Blanc D) Chamôni
A) Savoie B) Ain C) Haute-Savoie D) Isère
A) Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur B) Occitanie C) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes D) Grand Est
A) The World Ski Championships B) The Summer Olympics C) The Tour de France D) The first Winter Olympics
A) Just south B) Just north C) Directly east D) Directly west
A) Largest glacier B) Oldest volcano C) Highest mountain D) Longest mountain range
A) Matterhorn and Eiger B) Aiguilles Rouges and Aiguille du Midi C) Grand Combin and Dent du Géant D) Mont Blanc and Mont Blanc du Tacul
A) Belgium and Luxembourg B) Germany and Spain C) Austria and Liechtenstein D) Switzerland and Italy
A) The newest snowboarding park B) The largest indoor ice rink C) The first bobsleigh track D) One of the oldest ski resorts
A) Grand Montet B) Vallée Blanche C) Le Tour Blanc D) La Combe Verte
A) Chamouny B) Chamonis C) Chamoni D) Campum munitum
A) 1793 B) 1786 C) 1581 D) 1652
A) Oxytonic stress on the last syllable B) A silent ending that is always pronounced C) Paroxytonic stress on the penultimate syllable D) A nasal vowel sound
A) Paroxytonic stress on the penultimate syllable B) Oxytonic stress on the last syllable C) A required glottal stop D) A hard consonant sound
A) Fiftieth-largest B) Fourth-largest C) Largest D) Tenth-largest
A) 1,000 km2 B) 100 km2 C) 245 km2 D) 500 km2
A) 15,000 B) 50,000 C) 8,900 D) 2,500
A) The Bishop of Geneva B) The Duke of Savoy C) The Count of the Genevois D) The King of France
A) The French government B) The Benedictine monks C) The canons of Sallanches D) The Count of the Genevois
A) 1786 B) 1530 C) 1091 D) 1519
A) Monopoly on timber cutting B) Holding two fairs a year C) Tax exemption for trade D) Right to self-governance
A) Richard Pococke B) Horace Bénédict de Saussure C) William Windham D) St. Francis de Sales
A) 15th to 17th centuries B) 9th to 10th centuries C) 11th to 14th centuries D) 18th to 19th centuries
A) The House of Habsburg B) The House of Savoy C) The House of Valois D) The House of Bourbon
A) 1789 B) 1914 C) 1416 D) 1860
A) Horace Bénédict de Saussure and P. Martel B) St. Francis de Sales and the Count of the Genevois C) Richard Pococke and William Windham D) Marc-Théodore Bourrit and Roger Frison-Roche
A) 1821 B) 1892 C) 1916 D) 1741
A) 1821 B) 1924 C) 1916 D) 1892
A) Permission from the Benedictine monks B) A royal decree from the House of Savoy C) Membership in the local commune council D) A diploma issued by a commission
A) 1892 B) 1924 C) 1916 D) 1821
A) Roger Frison-Roche B) Richard Pococke C) Marc-Théodore Bourrit D) Horace Bénédict de Saussure
A) A military hospital B) A Red Cross station C) A Children's Home D) A mountain refuge
A) 1940s B) 1960s C) 1860s D) 1900s
A) 5,000 B) 60,000 C) 8,900 D) 245,000
A) 5 million B) 500,000 C) 60,000 D) 8,900
A) 4 B) 24 C) 16 D) 10
A) 1,252 m B) 1,060 m C) 1,012 m D) 1,462 m
A) 1,012 m B) 1,060 m C) 1,462 m D) 1,252 m
A) 1,252 m B) 1,462 m C) 1,060 m D) 1,012 m
A) 1,462 m B) 1,252 m C) 1,060 m D) 1,012 m
A) Dfb B) Am C) Cfb D) BWh
A) Hot B) Tropical C) Arid D) Mild
A) Les Grands Montets B) Montenvers C) Aiguille du Midi D) Mont Blanc
A) June B) July C) August D) September
A) 1955 B) 1901 C) 1924 D) 1965
A) Four B) Three C) Two D) Five
A) Les Grands Montets B) Les Bossons C) Montenvers D) Le Fayet
A) 1968 B) 1924 C) 1948 D) 1936
A) FIS Alpine Ski World Cup B) European Curling Championships C) Biathlon World Championships D) 1930 Ice Hockey World Championships
A) RN 506a B) RN 7 C) RN 205 D) RN 10
A) Le Fayet B) Courmayeur C) Geneva D) Martigny
A) 11.6-km B) 15.2-km C) 5.1-km D) 8.8-km
A) 1955 B) 1901 C) 2006 D) 1965
A) Lyon Airport B) Turin Airport C) Zurich Airport D) Geneva Airport
A) 120 kilometres B) 88 kilometres C) 150 kilometres D) 50 kilometres
A) 1965 B) 1901 C) 1908 D) 1909
A) 12 B) 5 C) 3 D) 10
A) Route blanche B) Alpine Flyer C) Mont Blanc Express D) Glacier Express
A) Cog railway B) Standard adhesion railway C) Suspended railway D) Monorail
A) 1965 B) 1909 C) 1955 D) 1901
A) 1979 B) 2008 C) 1950 D) 1920
A) 2008 B) 1950 C) 1920 D) 1979
A) 2000 B) 2014 C) 1990 D) 2008
A) Les Grands Montets B) Le Brévent C) Aiguille du Midi D) Planpraz
A) A chairlift B) A walking path C) A gondola D) A second line
A) 2100 meters B) 3842 meters C) 2525 meters D) 3000 meters
A) The Aiguille du Midi lift B) The Planpraz lift C) The Le Brévent cable car D) The Plan Joran chairlift
A) A funicular B) A cable car C) A 10-person gondola D) An 8-person chairlift
A) 1757–1827 B) 1854–1925 C) 1826–1902 D) 1840–1911
A) 1757–1827 B) 1840–1911 C) 1826–1902 D) 1932–1964
A) Italian B) French C) Swiss D) English
A) 1902 B) 1911 C) 1925 D) 1827
A) 1854–1925 B) 1757–1827 C) 1840–1911 D) 1932–1964
A) Silver B) Bronze C) Gold D) None
A) 1826–1902 B) 1840–1911 C) 1932–1964 D) 1854–1925 |