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