Q 01/05

The falls were named in 1855 in honour of which British monarch?

A) Queen Anne

B) Queen Elizabeth

C) Queen Victoria

D) Queen Adelaide

Answer · why

C) Queen Victoria

The Lozi name Mosi-oa-Tunya continues in common use alongside it.

Q 02/05

Which two countries share Victoria Falls?

A) Zambia and Botswana

B) Namibia and Angola

C) Zambia and Zimbabwe

D) Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Answer · why

C) Zambia and Zimbabwe

Both have national parks and tourism infrastructure at the site.

Q 03/05

What does the Lozi name Mosi-oa-Tunya mean?

A) The end of the world

B) The place of the rainbow

C) The great white river

D) The smoke that thunders

Answer · why

D) The smoke that thunders

Both names are recognised on the World Heritage List, and the older names Seongo and Chongwe mean the place of the rainbow.

Q 04/05

Which Scottish missionary was the first European recorded to see the falls, on 16 November 1855?

A) Henry Morton Stanley

B) John Kirk

C) Mungo Park

D) David Livingstone

Answer · why

D) David Livingstone

He named them after his queen.

Q 05/05

How wide is Victoria Falls?

A) 1,708 m

B) 2,708 m

C) 3,708 m

D) 4,708 m

Answer · why

A) 1,708 m

Its combined width and 108-metre height make it the world's largest sheet of falling water.