Everest Quiz
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answer.
1. What is the height of
Mt.Everest?
a.1,002
feet
b. 29,028
feet
c. 28,290
feet
2. Who were the first two people
to reach the summit?
a. Sir Edmund Hillary
& Tenzing Norgay
b. Ramon Blanco
& Shambu Tamang
c. Felix &
Marvin the Martian
3. Who was Mt.Everest named
after?
a. Peter
Forsberg
b. Mr.Mike
Everest
c. Sir George
Everest
4. What's the name of the
icefall?
a. Khamba
Icefall
b. Khumbu
Icefall
c. Khumbyah
Icefall
5. What is the name of the
mountain range Mt. Everest is part of?
a. K2 Mountain
Range
b. Mountain View
Mountain range
c.
Himalayas
6. What continent is Mt. Everest
on?
a.
Australia
b.
Asia
c.
India
7. Which year did the most people
die trying to climb Mt. Everest?
a.
1996
b.
3001
c.
1997
8. How many years ago were the
Himalayas formed?
a.51 million
years ago
b. 30 to 50 million
years ago
c. 1 year
ago
9. What does the word Cwm
mean?
a. Long
glacier
b. Long mountain
range
c. Another word
for comb
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