Q 01/05

Mount Kilimanjaro is in which country?

A) Kenya

B) Tanzania

C) Uganda

D) Ethiopia

Answer · why

B) Tanzania

It rises near the Kenyan border about 300 km south of the equator, and its summit was renamed after the country was formed in 1964.

Q 02/05

How high is Kilimanjaro's summit above sea level?

A) 4,810 m

B) 5,199 m

C) 5,642 m

D) 5,895 m

Answer · why

D) 5,895 m

The figure comes from a British survey of 1952 and is still used by both the national parks authority and UNESCO.

Q 03/05

Kilimanjaro holds which world record among mountains?

A) Highest active volcano on Earth

B) Highest free-standing mountain

C) Most snowfall on the equator

D) Widest summit crater on Earth

Answer · why

B) Highest free-standing mountain

It rises about 4,900 metres straight out of its plateau base and is the fourth most prominent peak on Earth.

Q 04/05

Kilimanjaro is what kind of geological feature?

A) An extinct volcano

B) A dormant volcano

C) A fold mountain

D) A granite batholith

Answer · why

B) A dormant volcano

Its highest cone still vents gas from fumaroles and could erupt again, though the other two cones are extinct.

Q 05/05

Kilimanjaro is made up of how many distinct volcanic cones?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

Answer · why

C) 3

The highest is followed by Mawenzi at 5,149 m and Shira, the oldest and lowest, at 4,005 m.