Q 01/05

Who made the first documented ascent of Mount Everest in 1953?

A) George Mallory and Andrew Irvine

B) Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal

C) Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler

D) Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary

Answer · why

D) Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary

They went up the Southeast Ridge; the North Ridge was first climbed by a Chinese team in 1960.

Q 02/05

According to the 2020 Nepal-China survey, how tall is Everest?

A) 8,201 m

B) 8,516 m

C) 8,611 m

D) 8,848.86 m

Answer · why

D) 8,848.86 m

The figure includes the snow cap, and it settled a long dispute between the two countries.

Q 03/05

Everest's Nepali name Sagarmatha means what?

A) Head in the great blue sky

B) Holy mother of the world

C) Roof of the whole world

D) Goddess of the snows

Answer · why

A) Head in the great blue sky

The Tibetan name Qomolangma means 'holy mother'.

Q 04/05

The mountain was named after Sir George Everest, who held what job?

A) Governor of Bengal

B) Royal Geographical Society president

C) Surveyor General of India

D) Viceroy of India

Answer · why

C) Surveyor General of India

His successor Andrew Waugh proposed the name in 1856, though Everest himself objected.

Q 05/05

Which climber, who vanished on Everest in 1924, is credited with the reply 'Because it's there'?

A) Andrew Irvine

B) Eric Shipton

C) Edward Whymper

D) George Mallory

Answer · why

D) George Mallory

His body was found in 1999 at 8,160 metres, but whether he reached the top remains a mystery.