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