Quiz This week, its all about waterfalls
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On November 17, 1855, this English missionary became the first European to see the Mosi-oa-Tunya in the jungles of Africa. This was a massive waterfall on Zambezi river whose African name meant ‘the smoke that thunders’. He went on to name it after the reigning queen of that time. Who was this explorer missionary and how better do we know this waterfall?
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The Boyoma Falls are a system of waterfalls along Lualaba river in Congo. The tallest of these is no more than 16 feet tall and together they have a drop of 200 feet. With an average annual flow rate of 17,000 m3/s it holds the record as the largest waterfall by volume of annual flow rate. This falls is known by another name that refers to the Welsh journalist who, on meeting the missionary in the previous question, uttered an iconic line. What is the name of the falls and what is the statement he made?
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The Iguazú Falls is the largest waterfall system in the world. Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful woman who fled with her lover on a canoe. In a rage, the god sliced the Iguazú and created this waterfall which stretches over 2.7 km. The waterfall forms a natural border between the two largest countries in South America. Which two countries do these spectacular falls split?
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The Bridal Veil is the smallest of three waterfalls that make up an iconic waterfall system named after the river they occur in. The other two falls are named after the two countries in which they fall. One of them is also known as the Horseshoe Falls due to its characteristic shape and about 90% of the water flows through it. What are these two falls and what is the collective name for all three?
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The Cascata delle Marmore in Umbria, Italy, with a total height of 165 metres is the tallest of its kind in the world. For more than two centuries, Velino river proved to be troublesome to the cities of Rieti and Terni. After intervention by two popes, Pope Gregory XII and Pope Pius VI, the waterfalls became what it is now. Due to this interesting history, of what type is this waterfall the tallest?
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This waterfall is so tall that during summer the water turns into mist before it reaches the pool below. With an uninterrupted fall of 979 metres, it towers above all other falls. Visitors have known to have felt water droplets almost a kilometre away. Unlike many other natural wonders, this one was discovered very recently — in 1935 when a pilot crashed his plane nearby. Which falls is this that is named after that pilot and not after some deity because of its towering height?
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This is a waterfall system on Chittar river in the Western Ghats. A total of nine falls exist and are a major tourist attraction between July and September. The falls have a reputation as a ‘medical spa’ due to the presence of multiple minerals and dissolved salts in it. According to Hindu legend, sage Agastya set this place as his abode. What is the name of this waterfall system?
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This is a waterfall on Columbia river in Oregon, USA. The falls has a name which refers to how it looks. The water falls has a stream between two rounded rock faces and at the bottom it is frayed. The name is also used to refer to any waterfall that has similar features. What is the name of the falls which should remind you of plants from the ‘Equisetum’ family?
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Vrtiglavica (Slovenian for ‘vertigo’) in the Alps has a waterfall with a height of 1400 ft, making it the tallest in a special category of waterfalls. This was discovered in 1996 by a Slovenian-Italian expedition of speleologists. The unusual area of this massive falls came about, thanks to ancient glacial activity. Otherwise known as ‘subterranean falls’, what is Vrtiglavica the tallest of its kind?
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This waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California falls on the eastern side of a huge granite monolith. In the second week of February the setting sun hits the waterfalls at just the right angle making it glow a bright orange-ish red during sunset. By what name is this brilliant natural phenomenon known as, which seems be the polar opposite of what it really is?