Alps
They cross several central European countries. This topic is part of Mountains within Geography. This page currently draws on 16 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Alps trivia questions
The Alps are located in which continent?
Answer: Europe
Bonus fact: They cross several central European countries.
What is the highest mountain in the Alps?
Answer: Mont Blanc
Bonus fact: Mont Blanc rises along the France-Italy border.
Which country is almost entirely mountainous and lies within the Alps between Switzerland and Austria?
Answer: Liechtenstein
Bonus fact: Liechtenstein occupies the Rhine valley and Alpine slopes.
Slovenia is located where the Alps meet the Balkans and which sea?
Answer: Adriatic Sea
Bonus fact: Slovenia has a short Adriatic coastline.
The Alps are primarily located on which continent?
Answer: Europe
Bonus fact: The Alps cross several European countries, including France, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria.
Which mountain range covers much of western Austria?
Answer: Alps
Bonus fact: The Austrian Alps dominate the country's west.
Switzerland is famous for which mountain range?
Answer: Alps
Bonus fact: The Alps cover much of southern Switzerland.
The Tour du Mont Blanc circles what mountain massif?
Answer: Mont Blanc
Bonus fact: It loops around the highest massif in the Alps.
Who wrote Heidi?
Answer: Johanna Spyri
Bonus fact: Heidi lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps.
The Rhine River reaches the ocean through which sea?
Answer: North Sea
Bonus fact: The Rhine flows from the Swiss Alps through western Europe to the North Sea.
The Rhine River begins in which mountain system?
Answer: Swiss Alps
Bonus fact: From the Alps, the Rhine flows northward and westward to the North Sea.
The Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes World Heritage property crosses which two countries?
Answer: Switzerland and Italy
Bonus fact: The property brings together the historic Albula and Bernina railway lines in the Alps.