Q 01/05

Mount Everest, once called Peak XV, is named after George Everest, who held which post in India?

A) Governor-General of India

B) Surveyor General of India

C) Commander-in-Chief of India

D) Bishop of Calcutta

Answer · why

B) Surveyor General of India

Surveyor General of India was his post from 1830 to 1843, yet he said his own surname as EVE-rest, unlike the mountain named for him.

Q 02/05

What does the Sanskrit name Himalaya mean?

A) Roof of the world

B) Wall of the north

C) Home of the gods

D) Abode of snow

Answer · why

D) Abode of snow

Abode of snow joins Sanskrit hima, snow, and alaya, abode, yet the climate at the range's base is tropical.

Q 03/05

Which five countries do the Himalayas span?

A) Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh and Myanmar

B) Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan

C) Nepal, China, Pakistan, Myanmar and Afghanistan

D) Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan

Answer · why

D) Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan

Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan share the range, and in 2008 China closed Everest's north side to other climbers while its team carried the O...

Q 04/05

Which TV survivalist reached the top of Mount Everest in 1998, aged 23?

A) Bear Grylls

B) Ray Mears

C) Les Stroud

D) Cody Lundin

Answer · why

A) Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls made the climb after breaking his back in a parachuting accident in Africa while serving with the SAS.

Q 05/05

How did Chipko protesters stop loggers felling Himalayan forests?

A) Blocking roads

B) Hugging trees

C) Burning sawmills

D) Buying land

Answer · why

B) Hugging trees

Hugging trees was the tactic, and the protests led Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to ban felling in Himalayan forests in 1980.