Q 01/05

Angel Falls, the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, is in which country?

A) Venezuela

B) Argentina

C) Colombia

D) Suriname

Answer · why

A) Venezuela

Venezuela. The water leaps from Auyán-tepui, a flat-topped mountain, and barely touches its sheer face on the way down; the jungle around it is so den...

Q 02/05

How many Eiffel Towers, stacked up, would match the drop of Angel Falls?

A) About one

B) About three

C) About ten

D) About thirty

Answer · why

B) About three

About three. The falls drop 979 metres and the tower stands some 330, so it takes three to reach the lip; the height was pinned down in 1949 by an exp...

Q 03/05

Angel Falls is named after Jimmie Angel, who was what?

A) An American aviator

B) A Spanish missionary

C) A British surveyor

D) A Venezuelan president

Answer · why

A) An American aviator

An American aviator. He spotted the falls from his plane in 1933 while hunting for gold, and in 1937 he landed on the summit, where the wheels sank in...

Q 04/05

Angel Falls was the main inspiration for Paradise Falls in which 2009 Pixar film?

A) Up

B) WALL-E

C) Ratatouille

D) Brave

Answer · why

A) Up

Up. Director Pete Docter took Pixar artists to the table mountains to sketch them, then toned the scenery down: he said the real rocks and plants were...

Q 05/05

Khone Phapheng in Laos, often listed as the world's widest waterfall, blocks boats on which river?

A) The Mekong

B) The Ganges

C) The Yangtze

D) The Irrawaddy

Answer · why

A) The Mekong

The Mekong. French colonial crews tried again and again to get steamers past the falls and failed, so they built a short narrow-gauge railway across t...