Q 01/05

The larger and taller Horseshoe Falls lies mainly on which country's side of the border?

A) Mexico

B) The United States

C) Greenland

D) Canada

Answer · why

D) Canada

It is the one in nearly every postcard shot and is often called the Canadian Falls. The American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls lie entirely within the U...

Q 02/05

The Niagara River drains which of the Great Lakes into Lake Ontario?

A) Superior

B) Michigan

C) Huron

D) Erie

Answer · why

D) Erie

The river is only about 58 km long and is sometimes described as a strait rather than a river. It carries the outflow of four of the five Great Lakes.

Q 03/05

Niagara Falls formed when glaciers retreated at the end of which ice age?

A) The Wisconsin glaciation

B) The Kansan glaciation

C) The Nebraskan glaciation

D) The Illinoian glaciation

Answer · why

A) The Wisconsin glaciation

Meltwater from the newly formed Great Lakes carved its way over the Niagara Escarpment on the way to the Atlantic. The features that became the falls ...

Q 04/05

Which large US city lies just 27 km (17 miles) southeast of the falls?

A) Cleveland

B) Syracuse

C) Rochester

D) Buffalo

Answer · why

D) Buffalo

Toronto is 69 km away in the other direction, and the falls sit between two twin cities that both carry the name Niagara Falls.

Q 05/05

Visits to the falls surged in 1953 after the release of the thriller Niagara, starring which actress?

A) Grace Kelly

B) Marilyn Monroe

C) Elizabeth Taylor

D) Ava Gardner

Answer · why

B) Marilyn Monroe

It was a rare film noir shot in Technicolor, and it gave her top billing for the first time. Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters co-starred.