Statistics for Mountaineering Quiz

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which nationality was Sir Edmund Hilary, the conqueror of Everest with Tenzing Norgay?	New Zealander/New Zealand	70%
Which mountain is the smallest of the peaks listed here (Mt Wilhelm, Mt Fuji, Mt Blanc, Mt Olympus, and Mt Vinson)?	Mt Olympus	67%
Tenzing Norgay is from which ethnic group?	Sherpa	58%
You will probably never meet this 'abominable' animal here in the Himalayas	Yeti	58%
Which mountain is the tallest of the peaks listed here (Denali, Puncak Jaya, Mt Mitchell, Mt Logan, and Ama Dablam)?	Ama Dablam	55%
Which volcanic mountain erupted and buried Pompeii in 79 AD?	Mt Vesuvius	53%
First man to climb all 14 eight-thousander peaks?	Reinhold Messner	48%
Which South African city is overlooked by Table Mountain?	Cape Town	45%
Which was the first 8000 metre peak to be climbed?	Annapurna	41%
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in which large North American mountain range?	Appalachian Mountains	31%
What is Hawaii's highest point?	Mauna Kea	27%
Which mountain range marks the traditional physiographic boundary between Europe and Asia?	Ural Mountains/Ural Mountain Range	23%
What is an ice climbing move where you throw your leg over your arm to extend your reach for axe placement?	Figure 4	17%
Which Australian mountain range extends from the Grampians to the Cape York Peninsula?	Great Dividing Range	16%
In Europe, mountaineering is also sometimes known as what?	Alpining	13%