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

Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's success was sent to The Times in code, as 'Snow conditions bad', and the news broke on the morning of Elizabeth II...

Q 02/05

A 2020 joint survey fixed Everest's height at 8,848.86 m, ending a dispute between Nepal and which country?

A) India

B) Bhutan

C) China

D) Pakistan

Answer · why

C) China

China had long counted only the rock, nearly four metres lower than Nepal's figure, which included the snow cap; the two announced 8,848.86 metres tog...

Q 03/05

Which name does Nepal use for Everest, shared with the national park around the mountain?

A) Chomolungma

B) Sagarmatha

C) Gaurishankar

D) Deodungha

Answer · why

B) Sagarmatha

Sagarmatha is the Nepali name and Chomolungma the Tibetan one; in the 1850s the British said they could find no local name for the peak, and named it ...

Q 04/05

Mount Everest 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

Surveyor General of India until 1843, George Everest had retired to England before his old office measured Peak XV; it was named for him anyway, in 18...

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

George Mallory and Andrew Irvine were last glimpsed by a teammate through a break in the mist, still climbing; nobody knows whether they reached the t...