Alps Quiz

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The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Morocco. Established in 2001, it is a third level tour, the highest level of men’s golf in Europe being the European Tour, and the second level being the Challenge Tour.

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Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland are the six countries that share the location of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps”. The series of 111 out of the 937 known archaeological pile-dwelling sites in six countries around the Alpine and sub-alpine regions of Europe is composed of the remains of prehistoric settlements dating from 5,000 to 500 BC which are situated underwater, on lakeshores, along rivers or in wetlands. The exceptional conservation conditions for organic materials provided by the waterlogged sites, combined with extensive under-water archaeological investigations and research in many fields of natural science, such as archaeobotany and archaeozoology, over the past decades, has combined to present an outstanding detailed perception of the world of early agrarian societies in Europe. The precise information on their agriculture, animal husbandry, development of metallurgy, over a period of more than four millennia, coincides with one of the most important phases of recent human history: the dawn of modern societies.

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The Graian Alps is an alpine orogenic mountain range located between France, Italy, and Switzerland. It forms the western part of the Alps mountain. The highest peak of the Graian Alps mountain range is “Mont Blanc”, which is located between France and Italy. This mountain range houses Vanoise National Park of France and Gran Paradiso National Park of Italy.

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The Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic is also known as the Dominican Alps. Cordillera Central mountain range runs through the Hispaniola Islands which forms the highest mountain range in the Dominican Republic and all of the Caribbean region. The Cordillera Central, possess cool temperature and scenic beauty, is connected to Massif du Nord of Haiti and houses Pico Duarte, La Pelona, Jose Armando Bermudez National Park.

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Mistral is a harmful, cold and dry wind with a high speed blowing from the Alps over France towards the Mediterranean Sea. It brings blizzards into southern France.

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Foehn or Fohn are beneficial hot winds in the Alps. They are strong, gusty, dry and warm winds which develop on the leeward side of a mountain range. The wind helps animal grazing by melting snow and aids the ripening of grapes.

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Mt.Elbert is the highest peak in the Rockies. The Rocky Mountains are located in North America. They are the longest fold mountains in the world. They extend from Canada to Western US.

Alps are a folded mountain ranges in Europe. Mount Blanc is one of the important peaks in Alps. Alps are a source for the rivers Danube, Rhine, etc.

The Appalachian mountain range is located in North America. It is a fold mountain rich in mineral resources. Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina, US is the highest peak of the Appalachian mountains.

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Arete is an erosional landform which separates two valleys. Arete in Alps is called by the german equivalent Grat.

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The Aletsch Glacier is the largest Glacier in the Alps, in Switzerland. It is located between the cantons of Bern and Valais on the Bernese Alps to the east of the Gemini Pass. It is nearly 23 km long and has a volume of about 15.4 cubic km.