Mountain Peaks Trivia: 10 Questions With Answers
This mountain peaks trivia climbs Everest, K2, Kilimanjaro, Denali, Aconcagua and Mont Blanc. Ten questions with answers test what you know about the world's highest summits.
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Asia
What is the second-highest mountain in the world?
Africa
What is the highest mountain in Africa?
South America
Which peak is the highest outside Asia?
History
Who were the first climbers confirmed to reach the summit of Everest, in 1953?
Height
What is the official height of Mount Everest?
Earth
Which mountain's summit is farthest from Earth's center?
Climbing
What is the name for climbing the highest peak on every continent?
Europe
Which mountain is the highest in the Alps?
Antarctica
What is the highest mountain in Antarctica?
Words
Mountains higher than 8,000 meters are called what?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: What is the second-highest mountain in the world?
Answer: K2
K2 rises about 8,611 meters on the Pakistan-China border. Climbers consider it more dangerous than Everest.
- Q2: What is the highest mountain in Africa?
Answer: Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania reaches about 5,895 meters and is the world's tallest free-standing mountain.
- Q3: Which peak is the highest outside Asia?
Answer: Aconcagua
Aconcagua in Argentina reaches about 6,961 meters. Its normal route needs no technical climbing, but altitude is a big challenge.
- Q4: Who were the first climbers confirmed to reach the summit of Everest, in 1953?
Answer: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Hillary, from New Zealand, and Tenzing, a Sherpa from Nepal, reached the top on May 29, 1953.
- Q5: What is the official height of Mount Everest?
Answer: 8,849 meters
Nepal and China announced the height of 8,848.86 meters in 2020 after a joint survey.
- Q6: Which mountain's summit is farthest from Earth's center?
Answer: Chimborazo
Chimborazo in Ecuador sits near the equator, where Earth bulges. That makes its summit the farthest point from Earth's center.
- Q7: What is the name for climbing the highest peak on every continent?
Answer: The Seven Summits
Dick Bass completed the Seven Summits in 1985. Climbers disagree on whether Kosciuszko or Puncak Jaya counts for Oceania.
- Q8: Which mountain is the highest in the Alps?
Answer: Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc lies on the France-Italy border. Its height changes slightly each year because of its ice cap.
- Q9: What is the highest mountain in Antarctica?
Answer: Vinson Massif
Mount Vinson rises about 4,892 meters. It was first climbed in 1966.
- Q10: Mountains higher than 8,000 meters are called what?
Answer: Eight-thousanders
There are 14 eight-thousanders, all in the Himalayas and Karakoram. Reinhold Messner was first to climb them all.
Mountain Peaks Trivia – The Roof of the World
All 14 mountains higher than 8,000 meters lie in Asia, in the Himalayas and the Karakoram. These peaks reach into the so-called death zone, where air holds about a third of the oxygen found at sea level.
Each continent has its own high point, from Denali in North America to Kosciuszko in Australia. Climbing them all, the Seven Summits, has become a goal for adventurers, though Everest alone sees hundreds of summits in a good season.
What This Quiz Teaches
Hikers, climbers and armchair adventurers can use this quiz to learn the world's highest peaks.
- Which mountains are first and second highest
- Who first climbed Everest
- Why Chimborazo is farthest from Earth's center
- What the Seven Summits are
- How many eight-thousanders exist
Did You Know?
- Everest is still growing a few millimeters a year as India pushes into Asia.
- In Nepali, Everest is called Sagarmatha.
- Denali is one of the coldest mountains on Earth because of its northern latitude.
- Mount Elbrus is often named Europe's highest peak.
- Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain on Earth.
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