People and Places
Mountains and Climbers


1. What is the highest mountain in Africa?
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2. Which mountains form the backbone of South America?
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3. Where would you go to look for the Abominable Snowman?
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4. Who wrote High Adventure, about a spectacular mountain climb?
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5. On which mountain is it said that Noah's Ark came to rest?
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6. They were once known as the 'mountains of the moon' and thought to be the source of the Nile. Their name means 'Rainmaker'; what are they?
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7.In which country is Tongriro National Park with its three volcanoes, including Mt. Ruapahu?
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8. What is the second highest mountain in the world?
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9. What was the nationality of the party of climbers who scaled the world's second highest mountain in 1954?
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10. The official country retreat of the President of the United States, Cmp David, is in which mountains?
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11. Which mountain range divides France and Spain?
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12. What is Britain's highest mountain?
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13. In which country are the Drakensberg mountains?
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14. Name the highest mountain in the Alps.
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15. Who was with Edmund Hillary when he reached the summit of Everest in 1953?
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16. How do the Dolomites get their name?
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17. Which mountain, on the island of Honshy, was revered by the Japanese for centuries as a sacred mountain?
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18. Name the active volcano that stands above the Bay of Naples?
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19. The highest mountain in North America is in Alaska. What is it called?
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20. Which ancient civilization was nurtured in the Andes?
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21. The world's third highest mountain is Kanchenjunga. What nationality were the climbers who first reached the mountain's summit in 1955?
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22. Which mountains stretch from northern Canada to the southern United States?
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23. How does Cotopaxi in the Andes of Ecuador earn its place in the record books?
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24. How did climbers George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irving find a place in mountaineering history?
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25. Name the mountain named in the Bible on which Moses was given the Ten Commandments.
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