Q 01/05

The Rhine empties into which sea?

A) The Baltic Sea

B) The North Sea

C) The Mediterranean Sea

D) The Black Sea

Answer · why

B) The North Sea

The Rhine empties into the North Sea: after running north through Germany it swings west across the Netherlands and reaches the sea through the distri...

Q 02/05

The Rhine begins in which Swiss canton?

A) Graubünden

B) Valais

C) Ticino

D) Glarus

Answer · why

A) Graubünden

The Rhine rises in Graubünden, Switzerland's largest canton, where both of its headstreams, the Anterior and Posterior Rhine, begin high in the Alps.

Q 03/05

Roughly how long is the Rhine?

A) 1,500 km

B) 2,000 km

C) 3,000 km

D) 1,230 km

Answer · why

D) 1,230 km

At about 1,230 km the Rhine is the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe after the Danube, draining a basin of roughly 185,000 square kil...

Q 04/05

The Rhine's name derives from Rēnos, a word from which ancient language?

A) Latin

B) Gaulish

C) Old Norse

D) Greek

Answer · why

B) Gaulish

Rēnos is Gaulish, the Celtic language of ancient Gaul; it comes from a root meaning 'to flow', shared with Italy's river Reno, and the 'Rh' spelling r...

Q 05/05

Which lake, source of the Anterior Rhine near the Oberalp Pass, is usually named the Rhine's source?

A) Lake Constance (Bodensee)

B) Lake Zurich (Zürichsee)

C) Lake Walen (Walensee)

D) Lai da Tuma (Tomasee)

Answer · why

D) Lai da Tuma (Tomasee)

It sits at 2,345 metres; the Posterior Rhine starts from the Paradies Glacier below the Rheinwaldhorn.