Angel Falls Quiz: The Venezuelan Tepui Falls That Inspired Up

This Angel Falls quiz flies over the jungle of Venezuela to the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall. Play 10 interactive questions on its 979 m total height, the flat-topped tepui called Auyan-tepui, aviator Jimmie Angel's 1937 landing, the Pemon name Kerepakupai Meru, Canaima National Park, river trips by canoe and how the falls inspired Pixar's Up.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Which country is Angel Falls in?
Record
What record does Angel Falls hold?
Tepui
From which tepui does it fall?
Tepui2
What is a tepui?
Name
Whom is the waterfall named after?
Plane
What happened to Angel's plane in 1937?
Local
What is the falls' Pemon name?
Park
Which national park protects it?
Trip
How do many visitors reach the base?
Film
Which Pixar film's Paradise Falls was inspired by tepuis and Angel Falls?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country is Angel Falls in?
Answer: Venezuela
It is in the Guiana Highlands.
Q2: What record does Angel Falls hold?
Answer: World's tallest uninterrupted waterfall
Its total height is about 979 m.
Q3: From which tepui does it fall?
Answer: Auyan-tepui
Tepuis are flat-topped mountains.
Q4: What is a tepui?
Answer: A flat-topped table mountain
Cliffs rise from the forest.
Q5: Whom is the waterfall named after?
Answer: Aviator Jimmie Angel
He landed on top in 1937.
Q6: What happened to Angel's plane in 1937?
Answer: It got stuck on the tepui
The crew walked down for days.
Q7: What is the falls' Pemon name?
Answer: Kerepakupai Meru
Pemon people live in the region.
Q8: Which national park protects it?
Answer: Canaima National Park
It is a UNESCO site.
Q9: How do many visitors reach the base?
Answer: By motorized canoe on rivers
Trips run in the rainy season.
Q10: Which Pixar film's Paradise Falls was inspired by tepuis and Angel Falls?
Answer: Up
Pixar artists visited tepuis.

The Waterfall That Inspired Paradise Falls

Angel Falls, in Venezuela's Canaima National Park, is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a total height of about 979 m. It plunges from the edge of Auyan-tepui, a flat-topped table mountain whose cliffs rise high above the jungle. The water often turns to mist before reaching the bottom.

The falls are named after American aviator Jimmie Angel, who landed his plane on top of the tepui in 1937. The plane sank into soft ground and the crew walked down for about 11 days. The Pemon people call the falls Kerepakupai Meru, and Canaima was listed by UNESCO in 1994.

Visitors usually fly to Canaima, then travel by motorized canoe on the rivers during the rainy season. Pixar artists visited Venezuela's tepuis while making Up, and Paradise Falls, where Carl wants to take his house, draws on Angel Falls and the tepui landscape.

What This Quiz Teaches

Nature and Pixar fans will enjoy these questions.

How tall the falls are
What a tepui is
Who the falls are named after
How visitors reach it
How it inspired Up

Did You Know?

Mist can hide the base in dry months.
Jimmie Angel's plane is now displayed.
Tepuis host unique plants.
Laime and Ratoncito are nearby camps.
The Lost World novel drew on tepuis.