This week’s quiz takes us to mountain ranges and peaks. Enjoy!

1. The name of which Colorado fourteener mountain peak was changed to Mount Blue Sky? a. Mount Elbert; b. Mount Evans; c. Mount Antero

2. Mount Katahdin, the setting for a 2023 movie, is the highest peak in which state? a. Vermont; b. Massachusetts; c. Maine

3. The Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica is part of which mountain range? a. Cordillera de Tilarán; b. Cordillera Central; c. Andes

4. If you are at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, which country are you in? a. Tanzania; b. India; c. Nepal

5. Which mountain peak is considered sacred by the Ngai Tahu of New Zealand? a. Aoraki/Mount Cook; b. Mount Fuji; c. Mount Agung

6. In the United States, the Continental Divide runs through which states? a. Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado; b. Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico; c. Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona

7. Which town in the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico is known as “the emerald of the mountains?” a. Valparaiso; b. Mascota; c. El Dorado

8. Colorado’s million-dollar highway is located in which mountain range? a. Sangre de Cristo; b. San Juan; c. Sawatch

9. If you are enjoying a dish of bibimbap in the Taebaek Mountains, which country are you in? a. Thailand; b. South Korea; c. India

10. Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Russia, is located in which mountain range? a. Ural; b. Caucasus; c. Tatra

Answers

1. Mount Evans; 2. Maine; 3. Cordillera de Tilarán; 4. Tanzania; 5. Aoraki/Mount Cook; 6. Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico; 7. Mascota; 8. San Juan; 9. South Korea; 10. Caucasus.

Diane Jensen Valvano is a social worker and reader of The Denver Post who loves travel and geography and learning about new places.