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K2 Mountain - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the height of K2?
A) 7,918 meters
B) 8,848 meters
C) 8,611 meters
D) 8,027 meters
  • 2. Which mountain range is K2 a part of?
A) Karakoram Range
B) Andes
C) Alps
D) Himalayas
  • 3. Who was the first to reach the summit of K2?
A) Reinhold Messner
B) Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli
C) Sir Edmund Hillary
D) Rob Hall
  • 4. What is the nickname of K2?
A) The Savage Mountain
B) The Gentle Giant
C) The Peaceful Peak
D) The Humble Hill
  • 5. In which year was K2 first summited?
A) 1965
B) 1982
C) 1978
D) 1954
  • 6. K2 is commonly known as the _______ mountain.
A) Humble
B) Savage
C) Peaceful
D) Gentle
  • 7. Which of these cities is closest to K2?
A) Kathmandu
B) Skardu
C) Lhasa
D) Leh
  • 8. What is the second-highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest?
A) Makalu
B) Kangchenjunga
C) Lhotse
D) K2
  • 9. Which mountaineering season is optimal for climbing K2?
A) Winter
B) Autumn
C) Spring
D) Summer
  • 10. What is the death rate on K2 prior to 2021?
A) One person died for every ten who reached the summit
B) Two people died for every five who reached the summit
C) No deaths recorded
D) One person died for every four who reached the summit
  • 11. Who named K3 surfaces in mathematics partly after K2?
A) Carl Friedrich Gauss
B) Leonhard Euler
C) Isaac Newton
D) André Weil
  • 12. What local name has been suggested for K2, derived from Balti words?
A) Lamba Pahar
B) Masherbrum
C) Chogori
D) Dapsang
  • 13. Who was honored with the name Mount Godwin-Austen?
A) Henry Godwin-Austen
B) Reinhold Messner
C) Ardito Desio
D) George Bell
  • 14. What is the official Chinese name for K2?
A) Mount Everest
B) Himalaya Summit
C) Karakoram Peak
D) Qogir (乔戈里峰)
  • 15. What is the estimated age range of the K2 Gneiss based on 40Ar/39Ar ages?
A) 115 to 120 million years ago
B) 50 to 60 million years ago
C) 300 to 350 million years ago
D) 200 to 250 million years ago
  • 16. In which region is K2 located within Pakistan?
A) Punjab
B) Gilgit–Baltistan
C) Sindh
D) Kashmir
  • 17. K2 is ranked 22nd by which measure?
A) Topographic prominence
B) Elevation
C) Latitude
D) Longitude
  • 18. What sequence is interbanded within the orthogneisses near K2's memorial?
A) Skyang Kangri sequence
B) Broad Peak sequence
C) Karakoram Metamorphic Complex
D) Gilkey-Puchoz sequence
  • 19. What is another nickname for K2?
A) The King of Mountains
B) The Friendly Peak
C) The Easy Climb
D) The Gentle Giant
  • 20. During which geological period was the K2 Gneiss intruded by leucogranite dikes?
A) Eocene Period
B) Post-Miocene time
C) Cretaceous Period
D) Jurassic Period
  • 21. What separates the K2 gneiss from surrounding sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks?
A) Anticlines
B) Synclines
C) Folds
D) Normal faults
  • 22. What natural feature contributes significantly to agriculture in valleys near K2?
A) River deltas
B) Melt waters from glaciers
C) Rainfall
D) Desert oases
  • 23. What lies to the north of K2?
A) The Indus River
B) The Himalayas
C) The Karakoram Range
D) The Tarim sedimentary basin
  • 24. What intrudes the orthogneisses near the memorial on K2?
A) Limestone and slates
B) Sandstone and shale
C) Garnet-mica leucogranitic dikes
D) Clinopyroxene-porphyritic vogesites
  • 25. Which mountain range is south of the Karakoram Range?
A) The Lesser Himalayas
B) The Tibetan Plateau
C) The Hindu Kush
D) The Pamirs
  • 26. How much does the north side of K2 rise above the Qogir Glacier?
A) Over 3,200 metres (10,500 ft)
B) Over 2,000 metres (6,562 ft)
C) Over 1,500 metres (4,921 ft)
D) Over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft)
  • 27. What geological feature contributed to the exposure of the K2 Gneiss?
A) River valleys
B) Wind erosion
C) Glacial erosion
D) Major breakback thrust faults
  • 28. Which mountain range includes K2, along with the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas?
A) The Alps
B) The Andes
C) The Rockies
D) The Karakoram Range
  • 29. What geological period did the K2 Gneiss undergo metamorphism and deformation during the initial collision of Asia and Indian plates?
A) Cretaceous Period
B) Jurassic Period
C) Eocene Period
D) Miocene Period
  • 30. Which autonomous county in China shares the location of K2 with Pakistan?
A) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
B) Tibet Autonomous Region
C) Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
D) Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County
  • 31. What type of dikes intrude the K2 gneiss on the west face of Broad Peak and south spur of K2?
A) Leucogranite dikes
B) Lamprophyre dikes
C) Clinopyroxene-porphyritic vogesites
D) Garnet-mica leucogranitic dikes
  • 32. When was a corrected measurement of K2 made after the 1986 expedition?
A) In 1990
B) In 1985
C) In 1987
D) In 1988
  • 33. Which side of K2 is the steepest?
A) The west side
B) The north side
C) The east side
D) The south side
  • 34. In which year was the height of K2 accurately measured using satellite navigation?
A) 2000
B) 2014
C) 1980
D) 1965
  • 35. Which Italian climber popularized the phrase 'The Mountain of Mountains'?
A) Reinhold Messner
B) Achille Compagnoni
C) Lino Lacedelli
D) Fosco Maraini
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