A Mountain to Climb Trivia Quiz

Answer: Everest

Standing 8848 meters above sea level, Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. Named after Sir George Everest, a former British Surveyor General of India, the peak is part of the Himalayan chain of mountains. Attempts to scale the summit began in the early part of the 20th century but it was not until 1953 that the first successful expedition was made by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

Answer: Aconcagua

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Aconcagua located in the Andes mountain range is the highest peak of South America. The first solo ascent of this peak was made in 1897 by a Swiss climber, Matthias Zurbriggen.

Answer: Elbrus

Mount Elbrus is found in the Caucasus mountain range in Russia, near the Georgian border. At 5642 meters, this dormant volcano found on the border of Europe and Asia is regarded as the tallest mountain of Europe. According to myth, it is here that Zeus chained Prometheus as punishment for stealing fire from the gods and sharing it with man.

Answer: Logan

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Mount Logan, Canada's tallest mountain, was named after Sir William Logan, the founder of the Geological Survey of Canada. George Vancouver was the first European to document information on this peak. Another mountain named Mount Logan is also found in the state of Washington in the United States of America.

Answer: K2

K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, is found in the Karakoram Range and is the second highest mountain on Earth. Nicknamed the 'Savage Mountain' for the extreme difficulty involved in scaling it, this peak has the second highest fatality rate among the fourteen mountains with a height of more than eight thousand feet, collectively called the eight-thousanders.

Answer: McKinley

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At a height of 6168 meters, Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America. Located in Alaska, the mountain is known as Denali, meaning 'the great one', among the native people of the region.

Answer: Erebus

Erebus, named by the explore Sir James Ross after one of his ships, is the second highest volcano in Antarctica. It is believed that the volcano was in the midst on an eruption when it was discovered.

Answer: Cotopaxi

Cotopaxi, found in Ecuador, is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. Part of the Andes mountain range, it is the second highest point in Ecuador.

Answer: Fuji

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Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, is one of the most photographed peaks in the world. Together with Mount Tate and Mount Haku, this peak forms Japan's "Three Holy Mountains". Geologically, Mount Fuji is classified as an active volcano, though the last eruption was in the early 18th century.

Answer: Snowdon

Snowdon is the highest peak in Wales and stands at a height of 1085 meters. It is home to various rare types of plant life which makes it unsurprising that the first two people to ascend his mountain were both botanists - Peter Williams and William Bingley. It was also used by Edmund Hillary in preparation for his historic ascent to Mount Everest.