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K2 Mountain - Quiz
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  • 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) Karakoram Range
B) Andes
C) Alps
D) Himalayas
  • 3. Who was the first to reach the summit of K2?
A) Sir Edmund Hillary
B) Rob Hall
C) Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli
D) Reinhold Messner
  • 4. What is the nickname of K2?
A) The Gentle Giant
B) The Humble Hill
C) The Savage Mountain
D) The Peaceful Peak
  • 5. In which year was K2 first summited?
A) 1982
B) 1965
C) 1978
D) 1954
  • 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) Lhasa
B) Leh
C) Kathmandu
D) Skardu
  • 8. What is the second-highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest?
A) Makalu
B) K2
C) Lhotse
D) Kangchenjunga
  • 9. Which mountaineering season is optimal for climbing K2?
A) Autumn
B) Spring
C) Winter
D) Summer
  • 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) Carl Friedrich Gauss
B) Leonhard Euler
C) Isaac Newton
D) André Weil
  • 12. What local name has been suggested for K2, derived from Balti words?
A) Chogori
B) Dapsang
C) Masherbrum
D) Lamba Pahar
  • 13. Who was honored with the name Mount Godwin-Austen?
A) Ardito Desio
B) George Bell
C) Henry Godwin-Austen
D) Reinhold Messner
  • 14. What is the official Chinese name for K2?
A) Mount Everest
B) Qogir (乔戈里峰)
C) Karakoram Peak
D) Himalaya Summit
  • 15. What is another nickname for K2?
A) The Easy Climb
B) The Friendly Peak
C) The Gentle Giant
D) The King of Mountains
  • 16. Which Italian climber popularized the phrase 'The Mountain of Mountains'?
A) Lino Lacedelli
B) Reinhold Messner
C) Achille Compagnoni
D) Fosco Maraini
  • 17. In which region is K2 located within Pakistan?
A) Punjab
B) Gilgit–Baltistan
C) Kashmir
D) Sindh
  • 18. Which autonomous county in China shares the location of K2 with Pakistan?
A) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
B) Tibet Autonomous Region
C) Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
D) Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County
  • 19. What lies to the north of K2?
A) The Tarim sedimentary basin
B) The Karakoram Range
C) The Indus River
D) The Himalayas
  • 20. Which mountain range is south of the Karakoram Range?
A) The Pamirs
B) The Tibetan Plateau
C) The Lesser Himalayas
D) The Hindu Kush
  • 21. What natural feature contributes significantly to agriculture in valleys near K2?
A) River deltas
B) Rainfall
C) Desert oases
D) Melt waters from glaciers
  • 22. K2 is ranked 22nd by which measure?
A) Elevation
B) Topographic prominence
C) Latitude
D) Longitude
  • 23. 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
  • 24. Which side of K2 is the steepest?
A) The east side
B) The north side
C) The south side
D) The west side
  • 25. How much does the north side of K2 rise above the Qogir Glacier?
A) Over 1,500 metres (4,921 ft)
B) Over 3,200 metres (10,500 ft)
C) Over 2,000 metres (6,562 ft)
D) Over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft)
  • 26. When was a corrected measurement of K2 made after the 1986 expedition?
A) In 1988
B) In 1987
C) In 1985
D) In 1990
  • 27. In which year was the height of K2 accurately measured using satellite navigation?
A) 1965
B) 2000
C) 1980
D) 2014
  • 28. What intrudes the orthogneisses near the memorial on K2?
A) Garnet-mica leucogranitic dikes
B) Limestone and slates
C) Sandstone and shale
D) Clinopyroxene-porphyritic vogesites
  • 29. 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
  • 30. What type of dikes intrude the K2 gneiss on the west face of Broad Peak and south spur of K2?
A) Clinopyroxene-porphyritic vogesites
B) Lamprophyre dikes
C) Leucogranite dikes
D) Garnet-mica leucogranitic dikes
  • 31. What separates the K2 gneiss from surrounding sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks?
A) Folds
B) Normal faults
C) Synclines
D) Anticlines
  • 32. What geological period did the K2 Gneiss undergo metamorphism and deformation during the initial collision of Asia and Indian plates?
A) Miocene Period
B) Jurassic Period
C) Eocene Period
D) Cretaceous Period
  • 33. What is the estimated age range of the K2 Gneiss based on 40Ar/39Ar ages?
A) 50 to 60 million years ago
B) 115 to 120 million years ago
C) 300 to 350 million years ago
D) 200 to 250 million years ago
  • 34. During which geological period was the K2 Gneiss intruded by leucogranite dikes?
A) Post-Miocene time
B) Jurassic Period
C) Eocene Period
D) Cretaceous Period
  • 35. What geological feature contributed to the exposure of the K2 Gneiss?
A) Glacial erosion
B) River valleys
C) Major breakback thrust faults
D) Wind erosion
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