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Mount Everest in
  • 1. On what date did a Calgary physician die in Tibet?
A) 22 May 2016
B) 12 May 2016
C) 11 May 2016
D) 21 May 2016
  • 2. How old was Phurba Sherpa when he died in 2016?
A) 35
B) 25
C) 38
D) 40
  • 3. What company suffered two fatalities during the 2016 season?
A) Arnold Coster Expeditions
B) Trekking Camp Nepal
C) West Bengal Mountaineering
D) Himalayan Rescue Association
  • 4. Who led the Indian expedition from West Bengal?
A) Jinchol Cha
B) Leslie Binns
C) Loben Sherpa
D) Subhash Pal
  • 5. Which member of the Indian expedition had to be rescued on the way down?
A) Goutam Ghosh
B) Sunita Hazra
C) Paresh Nath
D) Subhash Pal
  • 6. On what date did the Indian expedition attempt to climb the peak?
A) 25 May
B) 11 May
C) 21 May
D) 22 May
  • 7. Where did Paresh and Goutam become sick during the ascent?
A) Near Camp IV
B) Near the Hillary Step
C) Near the summit
D) Near Camp II
  • 8. Who reached the summit of Mount Everest on 21 May 2016?
A) Paresh Nath
B) Subhash Pal
C) Goutam Ghosh
D) Sunita Hazra
  • 9. What was the cause of Subhash Pal's death?
A) Starvation
B) Dehydration
C) A fall
D) Hypothermia
  • 10. Where did Subhash Pal collapse on 22 May 2016?
A) The summit
B) Camp II
C) Hillary Step ice wall
D) Camp IV
  • 11. Who gave up their summit bid to help rescue Sunita Hazra?
A) Jinchol Cha
B) Lakpa Sherpa
C) Loben Sherpa
D) Leslie Binns
  • 12. How many fingers did Sunita Hazra lose due to frostbite?
A) Two
B) Four
C) One
D) Three
  • 13. Where was Sunita Hazra treated after being rescued?
A) Kathmandu General Hospital
B) Himalayan Clinic
C) Calgary Medical Center
D) Norvic International Hospital
  • 14. Why could Paresh's and Goutam's bodies not be retrieved until 2017?
A) Government regulations
B) Bad weather
C) Lack of equipment
D) High altitude sickness
  • 15. How many members were in the full Indian expedition team?
A) Six
B) Four
C) Eight
D) Eleven
  • 16. Why is the Nepalese government not counting Hazra's climb as a success?
A) She was rescued
B) Lack of evidence
C) She failed to reach the summit
D) She lost fingers
  • 17. How many total deaths were recorded for the Everest Massif by the end of the season?
A) Six
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Eight
  • 18. What entity airlifted Sunita Hazra from Camp II?
A) Trekking Camp Nepal
B) Himalayan Rescue Association
C) The Indian Government
D) Arnold Coster Expeditions
  • 19. Which two countries contain Mount Everest?
A) Nepal and China
B) India and Nepal
C) China and Bhutan
D) Nepal and Pakistan
  • 20. How many people according to the Nepal Department of Tourism made it to the summit by June 2016?
A) 456
B) 667
C) 641
D) 400
  • 21. How many women were among the 456 summiters reported by the Nepal Department of Tourism?
A) 25
B) 19
C) 6
D) 45
  • 22. What records are cited for 2016 by Elizabeth Hawley?
A) 641 summiters
B) 800 summiters
C) 456 summiters
D) 106 summiters
  • 23. Which year set a record for the most summiters at around 667?
A) 2014
B) 2013
C) 2018
D) 2016
  • 24. What service did Adrian Ballinger and Cory Richards use to relay information from their climb?
A) Snapchat
B) Instagram
C) Twitter
D) Facebook
  • 25. Since what year has Mount Everest had a 3G wireless data communication network?
A) 2010
B) 2013
C) 2016
D) 2008
  • 26. Who was the British climber who achieved his 12th Everest summit in 2016?
A) Kenton Cool
B) Dave Hahn
C) Bill Burke
D) Cory Richards
  • 27. Which celebrity mountaineer completed her sixth summit without supplemental oxygen in 2016?
A) Napassaporn Chumnarnsit
B) Melissa Arnot
C) Alyssa Azar
D) Carla Perez
  • 28. What is the medical purpose of Dexamethasone (Dex) mentioned in the text?
A) To reduce swelling in the brain
B) To increase lung capacity
C) To prevent frostbite
D) To keep climbers awake
  • 29. Which climber mentioned in the text summited Everest with two artificial knees?
A) Bill Burke
B) A 61-year-old climber
C) David Liano
D) Kenton Cool
  • 30. Which country saw its first climbers reach the summit in 2016?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Canada
C) Ecuador
D) Australia
  • 31. What was the name of the corpse known as 'Sleeping Beauty' on Mount Everest?
A) Melissa Arnot
B) Francys Arsentiev
C) Alyssa Azar
D) Carla Perez
  • 32. What type of disease was one climber trying to bring attention to while climbing in 2016?
A) Lewy body dementia
B) HACE
C) Hypoxia
D) Cystic fibrosis
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