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