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