Q 01/05

What superlative do the Andes hold among the world's mountain ranges?

A) Highest range in the world

B) Longest continental range

C) Oldest range in the world

D) Widest range in the world

Answer · why

B) Longest continental range

They run about 8,900 km down the western edge of South America, with an average height of around 4,000 metres.

Q 02/05

Through how many South American countries do the Andes run?

A) Nine

B) Four

C) Five

D) Seven

Answer · why

D) Seven

From south to north: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.

Q 03/05

What is the highest peak in the Andes, and in all the Americas?

A) Huascarán

B) Illimani

C) Aconcagua

D) Chimborazo

Answer · why

C) Aconcagua

It stands in Argentina's Mendoza Province at about 6,961 metres, roughly 15 km from the Chilean border.

Q 04/05

Which Ecuadorian volcano's summit is the point on Earth's surface farthest from the planet's centre?

A) Cayambe

B) Chimborazo

C) Cotopaxi

D) Sangay

Answer · why

B) Chimborazo

Earth bulges at the equator, so a peak near the equator beats taller Himalayan giants when measured from the core.

Q 05/05

What is the world's highest volcano, on the Chile-Argentina border?

A) Cotopaxi

B) Ojos del Salado

C) Nevado del Ruiz

D) Llullaillaco

Answer · why

B) Ojos del Salado

It rises to 6,893 metres, and its extreme dryness means it carries no real glaciers, though a small permanent crater lake survives.