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