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