WHIZ quiz

 WHIZ quiz

1. Which mountain is 28,251 feet (8,611 meters) high?

A. Mount Everest

B. Mount McKinley

K. Aconcaguaa

D. K2 (Mount Godwin Austin)

2. On which continent are the Atlas Mountains located?

A. Africa

B. Europe

C. Oceania

D. Asia

3. In which country / countries is Mauna Kea located?

A. United States

B. Japan

C. Philippines

D. Indonesia

4. Which mountain range boasts over 110 peaks 24,000 feet (7,300 meters) or more above sea level?

A. Rocky Mountains

B. Andes

C. Ural Mountains

D. Himalayas

5. What mountain range is not included in the Pacific Ring of Fire?

A. Andes

B. Himalayas

C. Cascades

D. Sierra Madres

6. In which country is the peak of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Europe?

A. Italy

B. Spain

C. Germany

D. France

7. When asked why he wanted to climb Everest, he replied: "Because he is there"?

A. Sir Edmund Hillary

B. Reinhold Messner

C. George Mallory

D. Chris Bonnington

8. Which mountain range marks the traditional physical-geographical border between Europe and Asia?

A. Kunlun Mountains

B. Ural Mountains

C. Mountain Altai

D. Alps

9. Tirich Mir in Pakistan - the highest peak of which mountain range?

A. Arakan Mountains

B. Hindu Kush

S. Pamir

D. Kunlun Mountains

10. Which mountain range in Asia got its name from the Türkic word for "Black Mountain"?

A. Hindu Kush

B. Pir-Panjal ridge

C. Karakorum ridge

D. Patkay ridge

11. What mountain in Sri Lanka, according to people of different religious beliefs, bears the trail of Adam, Buddha and Shiva?

A. Mount Kirigalpotta

B. Adam's Peak

C. Mount Pidurutalagala

D. Mount Knuckles

12. What mountain system of Central Asia takes its name from the Chinese "Heavenly Mountains"?

A. Tien Shan

B. Kopetdag ridge

S. Pamir

D. Himalayas