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The Savage Mountain Trivia Quiz

This quiz is on the mountain K2, which has also been known as "the awesome mountain" and "the killer mountain". How much do you know about the second highest mountain in the world?

A multiple-choice quiz by AmandaM. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
AmandaM

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
249,419

Updated
Apr 26 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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583

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Question 1 of 10

1. At 8616m, K2 is 234m smaller than the highest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, but whereabouts in the world is K2 situated? Hint

Nepal

China/Pakistan border

Bhutan

Tibet

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Question 2 of 10

2. In which mountain range is K2? Hint

Khumbu Himal

Urals

Hindu Kush

Karakoram

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the other Western name that K2 is also known as? Hint

Mount Montgomerie

Mount Whittaker

Mount Gasherbrum

Mount Godwin-Austen

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Question 4 of 10

4. In Balti language K2 is also known as which other name? Hint

Makalu

Cho Oyu

Manaslu

Chogori

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which year was K2 first summited? Hint

1951

1953

1954

1952

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Question 6 of 10

6. The south-east ridge on the main route up is named after the Duke of Abruzzi?

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which year in the 20th century was the season known as the "worst summer on K2"? Hint

1993

1986

1990

1985

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which infamous person attempted to climb K2 in 1902? Hint

Aleister Crowley

Samuel Mathers

Oscar Wilde

William Butler Yeats

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Question 9 of 10

9. Many mountaineers have summited Everest more than once. Up to January 2007, how many mountaineers have been able to summit K2 more than once? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. There have been over 75 women who have summited Mt. Everest. Up to the climbing season of 2007, how many women have summited K2? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. At 8616m, K2 is 234m smaller than the highest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, but whereabouts in the world is K2 situated?

Answer: China/Pakistan border

K2 is situated in the area also known as Kashmir, on the border between Pakistan and China. As both India and Pakistan have claimed the area of Kashmir as theirs, India also claims K2 to be in its territory.

2. In which mountain range is K2?

Answer: Karakoram

K2 is in the Karakoram mountain range, part of the great range of the Himalayas. K2 gets it's K prefix from Karakoram, and the 2 as it was the second mountain to be identified in that range when it was surveyed in 1856.

3. What is the other Western name that K2 is also known as?

Answer: Mount Godwin-Austen

The mountain was first surveyed by a European survey team in 1856 and was named after the leader of the expedition, Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen.

4. In Balti language K2 is also known as which other name?

Answer: Chogori

K2 is also known locally as Dapsang, Lambha Pahar, Kechu or Ketu.

5. In which year was K2 first summited?

Answer: 1954

K2 was first successfully climbed by Italian climbers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni in 1954.

6. The south-east ridge on the main route up is named after the Duke of Abruzzi?

Answer: True

The Duke of Abruzzi attempted to climb K2 in 1909. This ridge is the most common route to climb K2.

7. In which year in the 20th century was the season known as the "worst summer on K2"?

Answer: 1986

In 1986, thirteen people died on the slopes of K2, including two of the first three women to summit K2 - Julie Tullis of Britain, and Liliane Barrard of France.

8. Which infamous person attempted to climb K2 in 1902?

Answer: Aleister Crowley

Crowley was a keen mountaineer, and in 1902 he attempted to summit K2 along with Oscar Eckenstein. This was the first serious attempt to climb K2, but they were to be unsuccessful.

9. Many mountaineers have summited Everest more than once. Up to January 2007, how many mountaineers have been able to summit K2 more than once?

Answer: 3

Three people had climbed K2 twice up to that time - Juanito Oiarzbal, Sherpa Jangbu and Josef Rakoncaj.

10. There have been over 75 women who have summited Mt. Everest. Up to the climbing season of 2007, how many women have summited K2?

Answer: 8

Only eight women have summited K2, up to 2006. Five of these women are dead, three dying on the descent from K2's summit, the other two dying in mountaineering accidents elsewhere. K2 has long had a reputation for being especially deadly to female climbers.

Source: Author AmandaM

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