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