Mountains

Question 1

highest mountain in the Himalayas, in Asia, and in the world; on the border of Nepal and China; first summited by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, in 1953; the route up includes the dangerous Khumbu Icefall

Answer 1

Mount Everest

Question 2

second-highest mountain in the world; highest mountain in the Karakoram Range, on the border of Pakistan and China; fewer than 400 people have summited it, compared with nearly 100 fatalities

Answer 2

K2

Question 3

highest mountain in Japan; on Honshu, often visible from Tokyo about 60 miles away; last erupted in the early 1700s

Answer 3

Mount Fuji

Question 4

dormant volcano in eastern Turkey, near the borders with Iran, Azerbaijan, and Armenia; is a national symbol of Armenia; was named as a Biblical reference, in the belief it was the landing site of Noah’s Ark

Answer 4

Mount Ararat

Question 5

highest mountain in Africa; has three volcanic cones, called Shira, Mawenzi, and Kibo; its glaciers are predicted to disappear before 2050

Answer 5

Kilimanjaro

Question 6

second-highest mountain in Africa; “Facing Mount _____” is an anthropological study by future Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta of his ethnic group, the Kikuyu people

Answer 6

Mount Kenya

Question 7

highest mountain in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco

Answer 7

Toubkal

Question 8

highest mountain in North America, the US, and Alaska; formerly known as Mount McKinley

Answer 8

Denali

Question 9

highest mountain in the Cascades, in Washington; very likely to erupt soon

Answer 9

Mount Rainier

Question 10

highest mountain in the Sierra Nevadas in California; just 85 miles away from North America’s lowest point, in Death Valley

Answer 10

Mount Whitney

Question 11

a “fourteener” (14,000+ foot tall mountain) in the Rockies in Colorado; “America the Beautiful” was inspired by the sight from its relatively-easy-to-climb summit

Answer 11

Pikes Peak

Question 12

highest mountain in the Andes, in Argentina, and in South America

Answer 12

Aconcagua

Question 13

highest mountain in Ecuador; located very near the equator, making its summit the point on the Earth’s surface farthest from the Earth’s center

Answer 13

Chimborazo

Question 14

highest mountain in the Caucasus Mountains, in Russia, and in Europe; has two dormant volcanic peaks

Answer 14

Mount Elbrus

Question 15

highest mountain in the Alps; on the border of France, Italy, and Switzerland

Answer 15

Mont Blanc

Question 16

in the Alps, on the border of Italy & Switzerland; famous for its 19th century quest to be climbed, which ended in tragedy, as well as its general beauty

Answer 16

Matterhorn

Question 17

highest mountain on mainland Australia, in New South Wales; named for a Polish explorer

Answer 17

Mount Kosciuszko

Question 18

sandstone formation that is highly sacred to the Aboriginal Pitjantjatjara people; named Ayers Rock by Europeans

Answer 18

Uluru

Question 19

highest mountain in Antarctica; part on ______ Massif

Answer 19

Mount Vinson