Q 01/05

What height did the 2020 joint Nepalese-Chinese survey give for Mount Everest?

A) 8,611 m

B) 8,700 m

C) 8,586 m

D) 8,848.86 m

Answer · why

D) 8,848.86 m

It sits in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range and its summit marks part of the China-Nepal border.

Q 02/05

What does Sagarmatha, Everest's Nepali name, mean?

A) Holy mother of the world

B) The head in the great blue sky

C) Abode of the eternal snow

D) Roof of the whole world

Answer · why

B) The head in the great blue sky

The Tibetan name Qomolangma means 'holy mother'; the Royal Geographical Society adopted 'Mount Everest' in 1865.

Q 03/05

Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first documented ascent of Everest in 1953 by which route?

A) The North Ridge

B) The Southeast Ridge

C) The West Ridge

D) The Kangshung Face

Answer · why

B) The Southeast Ridge

A Chinese team made the first reported ascent from the North Ridge on 25 May 1960.

Q 04/05

George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared on Everest during a summit attempt on 8 June of which year?

A) 1924

B) 1934

C) 1921

D) 1913

Answer · why

A) 1924

Mallory's body was found in 1999; whether the pair reached the top remains unknown.

Q 05/05

By May 2024, roughly how many people had died on Mount Everest?

A) 340

B) 120

C) 210

D) 290

Answer · why

A) 340

The toll stood at about 340 by May 2024; over 200 bodies remain on the mountain because retrieving them is too dangerous.