World Waterfalls Quiz With Answers: Test Your Knowledge

This world waterfalls quiz visits Angel Falls, Iguazu, Victoria Falls, Niagara, Norway's fjord falls and Iceland's Gullfoss. Ten questions with answers test your knowledge.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Height
Which country is home to Angel Falls?
Africa
Victoria Falls lies on the border of which two countries?
South America
What is the most famous section of Iguazu Falls called?
Guyana
Which waterfall in Guyana is one of the most powerful single-drop falls?
Europe
Gullfoss is a famous waterfall in which country?
Europe
Which country is known for many tall waterfalls dropping into fjords, such as the Seven Sisters?
Africa
What is the tallest waterfall in Africa?
Asia
Which waterfall on the China-Vietnam border is one of Asia's largest?
North America
Roughly how high is Horseshoe Falls at Niagara?
Names
What does Victoria Falls' local name, Mosi-oa-Tunya, mean?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country is home to Angel Falls?
Answer: Venezuela
Angel Falls drops from the Auyán-tepui plateau in Canaima National Park. Locals call it Kerepakupai Merú.
Q2: Victoria Falls lies on the border of which two countries?
Answer: Zambia and Zimbabwe
Scottish explorer David Livingstone named the falls after Queen Victoria in 1855.
Q3: What is the most famous section of Iguazu Falls called?
Answer: Devil's Throat
The U-shaped Devil's Throat, or Garganta del Diablo, is about 80 meters high and marks the Argentina-Brazil border.
Q4: Which waterfall in Guyana is one of the most powerful single-drop falls?
Answer: Kaieteur Falls
Kaieteur drops about 226 meters in one plunge, roughly four times the height of Niagara.
Q5: Gullfoss is a famous waterfall in which country?
Answer: Iceland
Gullfoss drops in two stages into a canyon. Early 1900s activist Sigríður Tómasdóttir helped protect it from development.
Q6: Which country is known for many tall waterfalls dropping into fjords, such as the Seven Sisters?
Answer: Norway
The Seven Sisters waterfall tumbles into Geirangerfjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Q7: What is the tallest waterfall in Africa?
Answer: Tugela Falls
Tugela Falls in South Africa's Drakensberg drops about 948 meters in several tiers.
Q8: Which waterfall on the China-Vietnam border is one of Asia's largest?
Answer: Ban Gioc-Detian Falls
Ban Gioc-Detian Falls is wide rather than tall, spilling over limestone terraces between two countries.
Q9: Roughly how high is Horseshoe Falls at Niagara?
Answer: About 57 meters
Niagara is not especially tall, but its enormous volume makes it one of the most powerful waterfalls in North America.
Q10: What does Victoria Falls' local name, Mosi-oa-Tunya, mean?
Answer: The Smoke That Thunders
Spray from the falls can rise hundreds of meters and be seen from about 50 kilometers away.

World Waterfalls Quiz – The World's Great Falls

Waterfalls are measured in different ways: by height, width or the volume of water. Angel Falls is the tallest, Victoria Falls forms the largest curtain of water and Iguazu has the most separate drops along its rim. Each title belongs to a different waterfall.

Many famous falls sit on borders because rivers often form boundaries. Niagara lies between the United States and Canada, Iguazu between Argentina and Brazil and Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz suits travelers and nature fans who want to know where the world's best waterfalls are.

Which waterfall is tallest
Which falls lie on national borders
What Mosi-oa-Tunya means
Where Kaieteur and Tugela are
Why Niagara is powerful but not tall

Did You Know?

Iguazu Falls is about 2.7 kilometers wide.
Visitors can swim in Devil's Pool at the edge of Victoria Falls in the dry season.
Plitvice Lakes in Croatia link 16 lakes with waterfalls.
Skógafoss in Iceland often shows rainbows in its spray.
Many tall waterfalls in Hawaii only flow strongly after heavy rain.