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