What Do You Know About Mt. Fuji?

Test your knowledge of Mt. Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain. Select and click an answer for each of the following 12 questions. Once you finish these quizzes and learn all the facts in the correct answer pages, you’ll be an expert of Mt. Fuji!

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1. Which of the following is located on the peak of Mount Fuji?

1. (a) Post office
2. (b) Health clinic
3. (c) Police box

2. What Shinto deity is enshrined on the peak of the Mount Fuji?

1. (a) Raging Thunder God
2. (b) Generous Sun God
3. (c) Beautiful Blossom Princess

3. When was the last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji?

1. (a) 1905
2. (b) 1707
3. (c) 642

4. Which country contains a mountain that has been registered as a “sister mountain” of Mount Fuji?

1. (a) India
2. (b) The United States
3. (c) Brazil

5. Which of the following animals is rarely found on Mount Fuji?

1. (a) Monkeys
2. (b) Squirrels
3. (c) Antelope

6. How many woodblock prints are in Hokusai's 36 Views of Mount Fuji series?

1. (a) 36
2. (b) 46
3. (c) 56

7. Approximately how many 500-milliliter bottles of water are equivalent to the amount of groundwater that is accumulated every day under Mount Fuji?

1. (a) 10 billion
2. (b) 10 million
3. (c) 1 million

8. Which month receives the most snow accumulation on the summit of Mount Fuji?

1. (a) April
2. (b) September
3. (c) December

9. Approximately how many craters does Mount Fuji have (including lateral craters)?

1. (a) 30
2. (b) 70
3. (c) 100

10. What is the approximate difference in height between Mount Fuji and Japan’s second tallest mountain?

1. (a) 100 meters
2. (b) 300 meters
3. (c) 500 meters

11. What is the nationality of the first foreigner to have climbed Mt. Fuji?

1. (a) British
2. (b) Dutch
3. (c) American

12. What is the record for most climbs in one year?

1. (a) 78
2. (b) 102
3. (c) 121