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