Q 01/05

Roughly how high is Mont Blanc?

A) About 5,800 metres

B) About 5,300 metres

C) About 4,800 metres

D) About 6,300 metres

Answer · why

C) About 4,800 metres

The exact figure changes because the summit is a dome of ice and snow whose thickness varies.

Q 02/05

Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe outside which range?

A) The Pyrenees

B) The Caucasus

C) The Carpathians

D) The Urals

Answer · why

B) The Caucasus

Only Mount Elbrus in Russia is more topographically prominent in Europe.

Q 03/05

The Mont Blanc massif straddles which three countries?

A) France, Switzerland and Germany

B) Italy, Switzerland and Austria

C) France, Italy and Austria

D) France, Italy and Switzerland

Answer · why

D) France, Italy and Switzerland

The three borders meet at a tripoint near the summit of Mont Dolent.

Q 04/05

Which two towns face each other across Mont Blanc, one in France and one in Italy?

A) Annecy and Aosta

B) Chamonix and Courmayeur

C) Megève and Cervinia

D) Grenoble and Turin

Answer · why

B) Chamonix and Courmayeur

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is the third town whose commune surrounds the mountain.

Q 05/05

Mont Blanc's summit sits on the watershed between which two great rivers?

A) The Rhône and the Rhine

B) The Seine and the Loire

C) The Rhône and the Po

D) The Rhine and the Danube

Answer · why

C) The Rhône and the Po

It also lies between the climatic zones of the northern-western Alps and the southern Alps.