Mont Blanc - Quiz
A) A popular brand of winter clothing B) A famous French dessert C) A type of pen D) The highest mountain in the Alps
A) 1600 B) 2000 C) 1786 D) 1900
A) Victor Hugo B) Franz Kafka C) Albert Camus D) Gustave Flaubert
A) 10,000 B) 5,000 C) 50,000 D) 20,000
A) Polar Bear B) Tiger C) Kangaroo D) Ibex
A) Surfing B) Skiing C) Mountaineering D) Hiking
A) Courchevel B) Val d'Isere C) Chamonix D) Meribel
A) White Mountain B) Beautiful Summit C) Great Peak D) Snowy Peak
A) Edmund Hillary B) Jon Krakauer C) Maurice Herzog D) Heinrich Harrer
A) 6,000 meters B) 5,000 meters C) 4,807.3 meters D) 4,500 meters
A) Italy and Switzerland B) Switzerland and France C) Austria and France D) France and Italy
A) Kilimanjaro B) Mount Logan C) Denali D) Mont Blanc
A) The Alps massif B) The Mont Blanc massif C) The Caucasus massif D) The Andes massif
A) Courmayeur and Chamonix B) Montjoie and Arve C) Ferret and Veny D) Aosta Valley and Courmayeur
A) The Goûter Route B) The Courmayeur Route C) The Aiguille du Midi Route D) The Italian Route
A) 8 kilometers B) 11.6 kilometers C) 20 kilometers D) 15 kilometers
A) The Alpine orogeny B) The Cretaceous period C) The Jurassic period D) The Variscan mountain-forming event of the late Palaeozoic period
A) Granite B) Basalt C) Limestone D) Sandstone
A) Saint-Gervais-les-Bains B) Geneva C) Chamonix D) Courmayeur
A) Geology of Mont Blanc B) Mineralogy of the Alps C) Mountains and Minerals D) Statistique minéralogique des environs du Mt-Blanc
A) 90 mineral types B) 100 mineral types C) 50 mineral species D) At least 68 separate mineral species
A) North-westerly B) West-south-west C) South-easterly D) East-north-east
A) The Jurassic period B) The later Alpine orogeny C) The Variscan mountain-forming event D) The Cretaceous period
A) Glaciation B) Earthquakes C) Volcanic activity D) Wind erosion
A) Af B) Cfb C) BWh D) Dfc
A) Temperatures drop as altitude increases. B) Temperatures rise as altitude increases. C) Altitude has no effect on temperature. D) Temperatures remain constant with changes in altitude.
A) Around 1,100 mm B) Around 3,100 mm C) Around 1,020 mm D) Less than 500 mm
A) 3,100 mm B) 1,020 mm C) 500 mm D) Around 1,100 mm
A) It is unaffected by altitude. B) It can create its own weather patterns. C) It has no unique features. D) It mirrors lowland climates exactly.
A) Less than 10% B) Only the summit C) None D) A considerable proportion
A) Napoleon III B) Horace-Bénédict de Saussure C) Charlemagne D) Victor Amadeus II
A) Jacques Balmat B) Michel Paccard C) Pierre Martel D) Jean-Laurent Jordaney
A) Jacques Balmat B) Pierre Martel C) Horace-Bénédict de Saussure D) Marie Paradis
A) 1860 B) After the Napoleonic Wars (1815) C) 1723 D) 1796
A) 100 hectares B) Approximately 65 hectares (160 acres) C) 50 hectares D) 10 hectares (25 acres)
A) Horace-Bénédict de Saussure B) Captain JJ Mieulet C) Jean-Laurent Jordaney D) Pierre Martel
A) Fully within Italy B) Shared equally between France and Italy C) Fully within France D) Statut de territoire contesté (disputed territory)
A) United Nations B) NATO C) European Union D) Swiss Federal Office of Topography
A) A tunnel through the mountain. B) He required a rock foundation less than twelve metres below the ice. C) Access to electricity and water supply. D) Permission from the Swiss government.
A) 1890 B) 1891 C) 1906 D) 1893
A) -40 °C (-40 °F) in 1946. B) -43 °C (-45 °F) during January 1893. C) -30 °C (-22 °F) in 1999. D) -50 °C (-58 °F) in 1965.
A) A snowstorm damaged its structure. B) An earthquake shook the region. C) Levers attached to the ice started failing by 1906. D) The foundation was not solid.
A) Pilot error unrelated to descent. B) Mechanical failure during flight. C) The pilots miscalculated their descent while approaching Geneva Airport. D) Severe weather conditions.
A) A transport truck caught fire, killing 39 people. B) An avalanche blocked the tunnel. C) A structural collapse trapped vehicles. D) A flood submerged the tunnel.
A) 2003 B) 2005 C) 2002 D) 2013
A) Glaciologist Luc Moreau B) Geologist John Smith C) Meteorologist Jane Doe D) Biologist Mark Taylor
A) 40 m (130 ft) west B) 20 m (65 ft) south C) 50 m (160 ft) north D) 30 m (100 ft) east
A) Every two years B) Annually C) Every three years D) Every five years
A) Chamonix B) Courmayeur C) Saint-Gervais-les-Bains D) Contamines-Montjoie
A) Grands Mulets Route B) La Traversée C) Mont Blanc du Tacul Path D) Voie Royale
A) Gonella refuge B) Durier cabin C) Cosmiques Hut D) Goûter Hut
A) Gonella refuge B) Cosmiques Hut C) Goûter Hut D) Durier cabin
A) Conscrits Hut B) Cosmiques Hut C) Goûter Hut D) Durier cabin
A) Technically easy yet arduous B) Extremely difficult C) Very easy D) Moderately challenging
A) Seventeen B) Ten C) Fifteen D) Fourteen
A) Twenty B) Fourteen C) Ten D) Fifteen
A) None B) Seventeen C) Ten D) Eleven
A) Very high rockfall danger B) Glacial movements C) Blocked by crevasse fields D) Heavy snowfall
A) An American airliner B) Air India Flight 245 C) A Swiss airplane D) Air India Flight 101
A) Stéphane Brosse B) Marco Evaristti C) Henri Giraud D) Pierre-André Gobet
A) Henriette d'Angeville B) Hillary Gerardi C) Emelie Forsberg D) Dorothy Thompson
A) Four B) Seven C) Twenty D) Fifty
A) Rockfall danger B) Heavy snowfall C) Temperature rise D) Previously unobserved glacial movements
A) Emelie Forsberg B) Dorothy Thompson C) Hillary Gerardi D) Henriette d'Angeville
A) Kilian Jornet B) Pierre-André Gobet C) Marco Evaristti D) Stéphane Brosse
A) Draped the peak with fabric B) Set up a hot tub C) Completed an ascent in under 5 hours D) Landed paragliders
A) A Hungarian father B) An unknown Austrian climber C) Patrick Sweeney D) Jean-Luc Prévost |
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