Mountains
What mountain has the highest fatality rate among attempted climbers of any mountains above 8,000 m?
Annapurna Massif
Who was the first person to climb the Matterhorn, 4 people died in the ascent?
Edward Whymper
Who led the first group to ascend the peak Kenya?
Halford Mackinder
The border between Nepal and China straddles the summit of what --------- peak Mount Everest
Himalayan
Who is "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" drawn by?
Hokusai
What does the "K" in K2 stand for?
Karakoram
What city is Mount Aconcagua near?
Mendoza in Agentina
What is the Highest point in the Southern Hemisphere?
Mount Aconcagua
What provides a popular route for climbers looking to summit Mount Aconcagua?
Mount Aconcagua stradlling the Polish Glacier
Where is Mount Aconcagua found?
Argentina
Where is Mount Kosciuszko found?
Australia
Where is Mount Everest found?
China and Nepal
The group that ascended Kenya bypassed the ----------------- and proceeded up the ----------------
Darwin Glacier and Diamond Glacier
What is the highest mountain in North America?
Denali
Who are the among the artists inspired by the Matterhorn?
Edward Compton and John Ruskin
There was a debate over Mount Mitchell's altitude that lead to what?
Elisha Mitchell's fall to his death by attempting to climb it again.
Who is the author of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"?
Ernest Hemingway
What is the book called that is an anthropological study of the Kikuyu people?
Facing Mount Kenya
What was one of the first texts by an African ethnographer to gain fame?
Facing Mount Kenya
Who is the man who faked his discovery of the North Pole and is believed to also have faked his ascent of Denali as well?
Frederick Cook
Aboriginal languages
Jagungal or Tackingal
Where is Mount Fuji located?
Japan
What is the tallest mountain in Japan?
Mount Fuji
What mountain has a significance in the Shinto religiion
Mount Fuji
What mountain is only an hours drive from Tokyo?
Mount Fuji
What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
Mount Kilimanjaro
What is the tallest mountain in Australia?
Mount Kosciuszko
What was Denali formaly and often called?
Mount McKinley
What is the tallest peak in the United States east of the Mississippi?
Mount Mitchell
What mountain did Mount Kosciusko switch names with after they found out it was bigger?
Mount Townsend
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mt. Everest
Where is K2 found?
Pakistan and China
What are other names for K2?
Qogir, Ketu, and Mount Godwin-Austen
What goddess is Mount Fuji sacred to?
Sengen-Sama
Who first summited Mount Everest?
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Where is the Matterhorn found?
Switzerland and Italy
Mount Kosciuko's name in Aboriginal languages translates to?
Table-top mountain
Who was Mount Kosciuszko named after?
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Who was the polish commander who fought in the American Revolutionary War?
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Where is Mount Kilimanjaro found?
Tanzania
Who did Elisha Mitchell debate over the altitude of Mount Mitchell with?
Thomas Clingman
Why did Sherpas walk out of the job in 2014?
over dangerous working conditions after 16 of them were killed in an avalanche
Local -------- act as guides for mountaineers in the area
sherpas
Where is Denali located? (more descriptive)
south-central Alaska, in Denali National Park
Where is Mount Mitchell located? (more descriptive)
the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians, North Carolina
What are some features of K2?
the House's Chimney and the Black Pyramid
What are hazards faced by potential climbers of Everest?
the Khumbu Icefall and the Three Steps
What is "Facing Mount Kenya" an anthropological study of?
the Kikuyu people
What does Mount Aconcagua straddle?
the Polish Glacier
Where is Mount Mitchell found?
the United States
Where is the mountain Denali found?
the United States
What is considered the best path to ascend Denali?
the West Buttress route
What is the mountain the Matterhorn on?
the border between Switzerland and Italy
What formed Mount Aconcagua?
the subduction of the Nazca Plate
What series of prints in Mount Fuji depicted in?
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
What is the height of Mount Everest?
29,000 ft.
Why is Mount Kilimanjaro the tallest mountain that is not part of a mountain range?
it was formed by a now-extinct volcano
What is the Matterhorn renowned for?
its almost perfectly pyramidal shape
What was Kenya formed by?
now-dormant volcano
Who is the author Facing Mount Kenya by?
Jomo Kenyatta
What is the second most tallest mountain in the world?
K2
What mountain has the 2nd highest fatality rate among attempted climbers of any mountains above 8,000 m?
K2
What is the mountain range in Pakistan and China in which the peak of K2 is found?
Karakoram
What is the second tallest mountain in Africa?
Kenya
Where is Mount Kenya found?
Kenya
What are the 3 summits of Mount Kilimanjaro?
Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira
What story is the corpse of a leopard found on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro?
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
What are two lakes found along the slopes of Mount Fuji?
Yamanaka and Kawaguchi
What is the Swiss town called near the border between Switzerland and Italy?
Zermatt
Who do they think actually made the first ascent of Denali?
a climbing party in 1913
What is Mount Kilimanjaro noted for?
being the tallest mountain that is not part of a mountain range
