Niagara, Eh? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Venezuela

On a trip to Venezuela you can visit Angel Falls. At this location the water plunges an amazing 3,212 ft (979m). They got their name from pilot Jimmy Angel who is falsely credited with finding the falls in 1937. Ernest de Santa Cruz discovered them in 1910, but many waterfalls in the Americas have been named after the first westerner to "find" them.

Answer: St. Clair's Waterfalls

St. Clair's Falls get their name from a nearby tea plantation. They are of great ecological importance to the area but with a Hydro-electric plant and a Dam in the area they are considered to be threatened.

Answer: It was not discovered by its own country until 2002.

As strange as it sounds the Gocta Falls was only brought to the attention of most of Peru in 2002. Photos of it are exquisite. Its water is extremely pure and very cold. There is so much we don't know about our planet.

Answer: A major roadway

There is a major roadway that was built at the bottom of the falls. Thundering waters drop 2,000 ft providing a spectacular view. It is also one of the largest waterfalls untapped for hydroelectric production.

Answer: Scotland

Eas a' Chual Aluinn Waterfall in Scotland is the highest waterfall in Britain. The water volume varies but when in full flow it is over twice as high as the titled Niagara Falls. To see this beautiful waterfall you must hike for about three miles across Scotland's famous boggy lands. It is worth every step of the trip!

Answer: Lake Quill

All the lakes mentioned are located in New Zealand but it is the lovely Lake Quill that feeds Sutherland Falls. These glacier fed waterfalls have three drops of 751 ft, 815 ft, and 338 ft. respectively.

Answer: You are able to view it from behind the waterfall.

You can view this powerful waterfall from the front, the back, from above and below, and from the left side and the right side. The name translates to "Yellow Fruit Tree Waterfall" after the beautiful flora that surrounds the thundering mists.

Answer: It had a natural bridge.

These waterfalls had overtime eroded a hole into rock until there was a natural bridge of rock that was about 3/4 of the way up the falls. People could walk over the bridge and stand on top of waterfall and look down. Erosion had its way in 1994 when the natural bridge collapsed. Iceland has, possibly, more powerful waterfalls per square mile than any other country in the world, due to its glaciers that melt and feed powerful rivers and falls every summer.

Answer: South Africa

Howick Falls in South Africa are usually cited as the world's deadliest falls. At least 40 known people fell to their deaths in the 20th century. Some were suicides, some were murders, and some were people trying to cross the Umgeni River which feeds the falls.

The falls are 311 ft. tall, and were first seen by Europeans in the early 19th century. Their native name, KwaNogqaza, translates to "Place of the Tall One".

Answer: Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls are some of the largest in the world. The explorer David Livingstone is believed to be the first European to see the falls. And he named them for his Queen. There are those who believe that they are one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. If you were wondering, that native name Mosi-oa-Tunya translates into "the mists that thunder".