Question | Answer | % Correct |
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Which nationality was Sir Edmund Hilary, the conqueror of Everest with Tenzing Norgay? | New Zealander/New Zealand | 71%
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Which mountain is the smallest of the peaks listed here (Mt Wilhelm, Mt Fuji, Mt Blanc, Mt Olympus, and Mt Vinson)? | Mt Olympus | 66%
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Tenzing Norgay is from which ethnic group? | Sherpa | 58%
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You will probably never meet this 'abominable' animal here in the Himalayas | Yeti | 58%
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Which mountain is the tallest of the peaks listed here (Denali, Puncak Jaya, Mt Mitchell, Mt Logan, and Ama Dablam)? | Ama Dablam | 54%
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Which volcanic mountain erupted and buried Pompeii in 79 AD? | Mt Vesuvius | 52%
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First man to climb all 14 eight-thousander peaks? | Reinhold Messner | 48%
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Which South African city is overlooked by Table Mountain? | Cape Town | 46%
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Which was the first 8000 metre peak to be climbed? | Annapurna | 42%
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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in which large North American mountain range? | Appalachian Mountains | 32%
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What is Hawaii's highest point? | Mauna Kea | 26%
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Which mountain range marks the traditional physiographic boundary between Europe and Asia? | Ural Mountains/Ural Mountain Range | 23%
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What is an ice climbing move where you throw your leg over your arm to extend your reach for axe placement? | Figure 4 | 18%
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Which Australian mountain range extends from the Grampians to the Cape York Peninsula? | Great Dividing Range | 15%
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In Europe, mountaineering is also sometimes known as what? | Alpining | 12%
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