Q 01/05

Roughly how high is Mont Blanc?

A) About 1,200 metres

B) About 2,400 metres

C) About 4,800 metres

D) About 9,600 metres

Answer · why

C) About 4,800 metres

About 4,800 metres. The top is a dome of ice and snow, not rock, so the official height shifts as it thickens and thins: the 2023 survey found 4,805.5...

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

The Caucasus. Its highest peak, Elbrus, reaches 5,642 metres, so climbers chasing the Seven Summits disagree about Europe's entry: some lists name Elb...

Q 03/05

Besides France and Italy, which country contains part of the Mont Blanc massif?

A) Austria

B) Switzerland

C) Germany

D) Slovenia

Answer · why

B) Switzerland

Switzerland. The three borders meet just below the top of Mont Dolent, which is why the classic Tour du Mont Blanc walk passes through three countries...

Q 04/05

Which Gothic novel sets a pivotal meeting on the Mer de Glace, the great glacier above Chamonix?

A) Dracula

B) Wuthering Heights

C) Frankenstein

D) Jane Eyre

Answer · why

C) Frankenstein

Frankenstein. Victor climbs to Montanvert and walks out onto the 'sea of ice', where the Creature bounds over the crevasses to reach him, tells its li...

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

The Rhône and the Po. Snowmelt from the French side runs down the Arve to the Rhône and the Mediterranean, while the Italian side drains through the D...