What is special about the modern cable cars?

Their floors rotate during the ride

Table Mountain Cableway Quiz: Rotating Cars Above Cape Town

This Table Mountain cableway quiz rides the spinning cars up Cape Town's famous flat-topped mountain. Play 10 interactive questions on the 1929 opening, Rotair cars, the five-minute trip, the tablecloth cloud, fynbos plants, dassies, Platteklip Gorge, Lion's Head and a constellation named after the mountain.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which city lies below Table Mountain?
Opened
When did the cableway first open?
Rotate
What is special about the modern cable cars?
Name
What are the rotating cars called?
Time
About how long is the ride to the top?
Cloud
What is the cloud that drapes over the top called?
Plants
Which plant kingdom covers the mountain?
Animal
Which small furry animals live on the summit?
Hike
Which gorge is a popular hiking route to the top?
Stars
Which constellation is named after Table Mountain?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city lies below Table Mountain?
Answer: Cape Town
It overlooks Table Bay.
Q2: When did the cableway first open?
Answer: 1929
It has carried millions since.
Q3: What is special about the modern cable cars?
Answer: Their floors rotate during the ride
Riders get 360 degree views.
Q4: What are the rotating cars called?
Answer: Rotair
They were introduced in 1997.
Q5: About how long is the ride to the top?
Answer: About five minutes
It climbs steeply.
Q6: What is the cloud that drapes over the top called?
Answer: The tablecloth
The southeaster wind creates it.
Q7: Which plant kingdom covers the mountain?
Answer: Fynbos
It is very rich in species.
Q8: Which small furry animals live on the summit?
Answer: Dassies
They are rock hyraxes.
Q9: Which gorge is a popular hiking route to the top?
Answer: Platteklip Gorge
It cuts straight up the front.
Q10: Which constellation is named after Table Mountain?
Answer: Mensa
It means the table.

Table Mountain Cableway Quiz – Rotating Cars Above Cape Town

Table Mountain rises above Cape Town with a flat summit more than a kilometer high. The aerial cableway opened in 1929 and has carried millions of visitors since then.

Since 1997, Rotair cars have turned slowly during the roughly five-minute ride, giving everyone a 360 degree view. When the southeaster blows, a cloud called the tablecloth pours over the edge.

The summit is covered in fynbos, part of the Cape Floral Region, and dassies sun themselves on the rocks. Hikers climb Platteklip Gorge, and the southern constellation Mensa is named after the mountain.

What This Quiz Teaches

Travel fans will enjoy these questions.

Where the mountain is
How the cars work
What the tablecloth is
Which plants and animals live there
How else to reach the top

Did You Know?

Table Mountain was named a New7Wonders of Nature in 2011.
Lion's Head and Devil's Peak flank the mountain.
The cableway closes in strong winds.
Maclear's Beacon marks the highest point.
The mountain is part of a national park.