Victoria Falls Rainforest Quiz: Spray-Fed Plants and Wildlife

This Victoria Falls rainforest quiz walks the misty paths opposite the falls, where constant spray keeps a green forest alive in dry country. Play 10 interactive questions on Mosi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders, peak flow months, evergreen trees such as figs and ebony, bushbuck and trumpeter hornbills, lunar rainbows and the falcon nesting in the gorges.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

River
Which river forms Victoria Falls?
Name
What does Mosi-oa-Tunya mean?
Water
What keeps the rainforest alive?
Side
On which side of the gorge is the main rainforest trail?
Peak
When is the flow usually strongest?
Trees
Which tree type grows in the spray zone?
Mammal
Which shy antelope lives in the rainforest?
Bird
Which noisy bird lives in the forest?
Moon
What can sometimes appear in the spray at full moon?
Falcon
Which rare falcon nests in the gorges?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which river forms Victoria Falls?
Answer: Zambezi
It marks the Zambia-Zimbabwe border.
Q2: What does Mosi-oa-Tunya mean?
Answer: The smoke that thunders
It is the local name of the falls.
Q3: What keeps the rainforest alive?
Answer: Constant spray from the falls
The area around is much drier.
Q4: On which side of the gorge is the main rainforest trail?
Answer: Zimbabwe
It faces the main falls.
Q5: When is the flow usually strongest?
Answer: Around March to May
Spray can soak visitors then.
Q6: Which tree type grows in the spray zone?
Answer: Evergreen figs and ebony
They need year-round moisture.
Q7: Which shy antelope lives in the rainforest?
Answer: Bushbuck
It browses in the shade.
Q8: Which noisy bird lives in the forest?
Answer: Trumpeter hornbill
Its call sounds like a crying baby.
Q9: What can sometimes appear in the spray at full moon?
Answer: A lunar rainbow
It is also called a moonbow.
Q10: Which rare falcon nests in the gorges?
Answer: Taita falcon
It is a prized sighting.

A Rainforest Made by Spray

Victoria Falls, called Mosi-oa-Tunya or the smoke that thunders, drops the Zambezi River into a narrow gorge between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The rising spray can be seen from far away, and on the Zimbabwe side it falls constantly on a strip of land facing the main falls.

That spray keeps a small rainforest alive in otherwise dry savanna country. Evergreen trees such as figs, ebony and mahogany grow alongside ferns and lianas. A trail with viewpoints runs through the forest, and in the high-water months from about March to May visitors can be soaked.

Bushbuck, vervet monkeys and baboons roam the paths, while trumpeter hornbills call from the canopy. On full moon nights a lunar rainbow can glow in the spray. The rare Taita falcon nests in the cliffs of the gorges below, and the falls are a UNESCO site listed in 1989.

What This Quiz Teaches

Nature fans will enjoy these questions.

What the falls are called
Why a rainforest grows
When spray is strongest
Which animals live there
What appears at night

Did You Know?

Rain jackets help in the wet months.
A statue of Livingstone stands at the trail.
Paths are slippery when wet.
The gorge zigzags below the falls.
Moonbow tours run at full moon.