Q 01/05

On which Japanese island does Mount Fuji stand?

A) Hokkaido

B) Shikoku

C) Honshu

D) Kyushu

Answer · why

C) Honshu

Honshu. Fuji stands near the Pacific coast of Japan's largest island, above a collision zone where one tectonic plate dives beneath others and feeds t...

Q 02/05

Mount Fuji's 3,776 m summit is higher than which famous peak?

A) Mont Blanc

B) Mount Kenya

C) Mount Olympus

D) The Matterhorn

Answer · why

C) Mount Olympus

Mount Olympus, at 2,917 m, falls well short of Fuji, whose air near the top is thin enough that climbers who gain height too fast are hit by headaches...

Q 03/05

What type of volcano is Mount Fuji?

A) An extinct shield volcano

B) An active stratovolcano

C) A cinder cone

D) A dormant caldera

Answer · why

B) An active stratovolcano

An active stratovolcano. Fuji's cone was piled up layer upon layer by repeated eruptions, and although it has been quiet for three centuries, geologis...

Q 04/05

Fuji's 1707 eruption darkened midday skies over which modern city?

A) Osaka

B) Kyoto

C) Tokyo

D) Nagoya

Answer · why

C) Tokyo

Tokyo, then called Edo. The eruption was all ash and cinders, and the fall that dimmed the shogun's city also smothered farmland nearer the mountain, ...

Q 05/05

Japanese tradition says the luckiest first dream of the New Year features Mount Fuji, a hawk and which vegetable?

A) A pumpkin

B) A daikon radish

C) A lotus root

D) An eggplant

Answer · why

D) An eggplant

An eggplant. The old saying ranks the dreams: Fuji first, a hawk second, an eggplant third, and whoever sees the mountain in their sleep on the night ...