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