Nepal map quiz
Can you find the major cities in the land of the Himalayas?
Quizzes in this pack
Nepal: cities, mountains, landmarks.
| Cities | 8 questions |
| Mountains | 8 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- Capital in a valley at 1,400 m, surrounded by mountains, gateway to Everest expeditions
- Answer: Kathmandu
- Lakeside city in the west with views of the Annapurna range, Nepal's adventure tourism capital
- Answer: Pokhara
- Industrial city in the southeastern Terai plains, near the Indian border
- Answer: Biratnagar
- UNESCO World Heritage Site in the western Terai, birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
- Answer: Lumbini
- Ancient Newar city east of Kathmandu, known as the 'City of Devotees' with medieval Durbar Square
- Answer: Bhaktapur
Learn more
Mount Everest
Mahalangur Himal, on the border of Nepal and China
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the top, on 29 May 1953. In Nepali it is called Sagarmatha and in Tibetan Chomolungma.
- Height
- 8,849 m
- First climbed
- 1953
Lhotse
Next to Everest, Nepal and China
Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world (Everest is the highest), joined to Everest by a high ridge, the South Col. Its name means “south peak” in Tibetan. Climbers heading for Everest pass up its steep, icy face.
- Height
- 8,516 m
- First climbed
- 1956
Manaslu
Gorkha district, central Nepal
Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain in the world (Everest is the highest), gets its name from a Sanskrit word for “spirit”. A Japanese expedition was the first to climb it, in 1956, and in Japan it is still thought of as a Japanese mountain.
- Height
- 8,163 m
- First climbed
- 1956
Cho Oyu
20 km west of Everest
Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world (Everest is the highest), on the border between Nepal and Tibet. Its name is often translated as “turquoise goddess”. It is thought of as the easiest of the 8,000-metre peaks, so many climbers try it first.
- Height
- 8,188 m
- First climbed
- 1954
Lumbini
Rupandehi District
Lumbini in southern Nepal is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, around 2,500 years ago. The Maya Devi Temple stands over the spot where his mother is said to have given birth, and the emperor Ashoka put up a stone pillar here in 249 BC to mark it.
- Did you know?
- Buddhist countries from all over the world have built monasteries in its garden
Annapurna Base Camp
Annapurna Sanctuary
Annapurna Base Camp, about 4,130 metres up, lies in the Annapurna Sanctuary, a high bowl ringed by peaks over 7,000 metres, among them Annapurna I, the tenth highest mountain in the world (Everest is the highest). Trekkers reach it in about a week from Pokhara.
- Altitude
- About 4,130 m
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
