World Mountains

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Instructions: Famous peaks and mountaineering history

1.
What is the tallest mountain in the world, measured from sea level?
A
Kangchenjunga
B
Lhotse
C
K2
D
Mount Everest
2.
Who, along with Tenzing Norgay, was the first confirmed person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953?
A
Maurice Herzog
B
George Mallory
C
Reinhold Messner
D
Edmund Hillary
3.
Which mountain is the tallest in Africa and stands as a freestanding volcanic mountain?
A
Mount Meru
B
Mount Stanley
C
Mount Kenya
D
Mount Kilimanjaro
4.
What is the highest mountain in North America?
A
Denali
B
Mount Whitney
C
Mount Logan
D
Mount Rainier
5.
K2, the second tallest mountain in the world, is located on the border of which two countries?
A
Afghanistan and Pakistan
B
Pakistan and China
C
Nepal and Tibet
D
India and Nepal
6.
Which mountain, an icon of Switzerland, has a distinctive pyramid-shaped peak?
A
Jungfrau
B
Mont Blanc
C
Matterhorn
D
Eiger
7.
What is the tallest mountain in Europe, located in the Caucasus range?
A
Mont Blanc
B
Mount Elbrus
C
Monte Rosa
D
Matterhorn
8.
Which Japanese mountain is both a sacred site and an active volcano, standing at 3,776 meters?
A
Mount Kita
B
Mount Aso
C
Mount Hotaka
D
Mount Fuji
9.
Which South American peak is the highest mountain outside of Asia?
A
Huascaran
B
Aconcagua
C
Ojos del Salado
D
Cotopaxi
10.
Which mountain is the highest peak in the Alps and sits on the border of France and Italy?
A
Matterhorn
B
Monte Rosa
C
Mont Blanc
D
Eiger
11.
Which mountaineer was the first to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1978?
A
Jim Whittaker
B
Reinhold Messner
C
Edmund Hillary
D
Chris Bonington
12.
What is the highest mountain in Australia's mainland?
A
Mount Kosciuszko
B
Mount Bogong
C
Mount Townsend
D
Mount Ossa
13.
Which Himalayan peak is the third highest in the world and straddles the border of Nepal and India?
A
Lhotse
B
Cho Oyu
C
Kangchenjunga
D
Makalu
14.
What is the name of the famous north face of a Swiss mountain, known as one of the most dangerous climbs in the Alps?
A
Eiger North Face
B
Jungfrau North Face
C
Matterhorn North Face
D
Mont Blanc North Face
15.
Which volcanic mountain in Washington State erupted catastrophically on May 18, 1980?
A
Mount St. Helens
B
Mount Hood
C
Mount Rainier
D
Mount Baker

Answer Key

Question 1

D. Mount Everest

Question 2

D. Edmund Hillary

Question 3

D. Mount Kilimanjaro

Question 4

A. Denali

Question 5

B. Pakistan and China

Question 6

C. Matterhorn

Question 7

B. Mount Elbrus

Question 8

D. Mount Fuji

Question 9

B. Aconcagua

Question 10

C. Mont Blanc

Question 11

B. Reinhold Messner

Question 12

A. Mount Kosciuszko

Question 13

C. Kangchenjunga

Question 14

A. Eiger North Face

Question 15

A. Mount St. Helens

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