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