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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) 7,918 meters
D) 8,848 meters
  • 2. Which mountain range is K2 a part of?
A) Karakoram Range
B) Himalayas
C) Andes
D) Alps
  • 3. Who was the first to reach the summit of K2?
A) Rob Hall
B) Reinhold Messner
C) Sir Edmund Hillary
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) 1954
B) 1982
C) 1965
D) 1978
  • 6. K2 is commonly known as the _______ mountain.
A) Gentle
B) Savage
C) Humble
D) Peaceful
  • 7. Which of these cities is closest to K2?
A) Kathmandu
B) Lhasa
C) Leh
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) Spring
B) Autumn
C) Winter
D) Summer
  • 10. What is the death rate on K2 prior to 2021?
A) One person died for every ten who reached the summit
B) One person died for every four who reached the summit
C) No deaths recorded
D) Two people died for every five who reached the summit
  • 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) Masherbrum
B) Dapsang
C) Lamba Pahar
D) Chogori
  • 13. Who was honored with the name Mount Godwin-Austen?
A) Ardito Desio
B) Henry Godwin-Austen
C) Reinhold Messner
D) George Bell
  • 14. What is the official Chinese name for K2?
A) Himalaya Summit
B) Karakoram Peak
C) Mount Everest
D) Qogir (乔戈里峰)
  • 15. What is another nickname for K2?
A) The Gentle Giant
B) The Easy Climb
C) The King of Mountains
D) The Friendly Peak
  • 16. Which Italian climber popularized the phrase 'The Mountain of Mountains'?
A) Reinhold Messner
B) Fosco Maraini
C) Achille Compagnoni
D) Lino Lacedelli
  • 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) Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County
B) Tibet Autonomous Region
C) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
D) Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  • 19. What lies to the north of K2?
A) The Karakoram Range
B) The Tarim sedimentary basin
C) The Himalayas
D) The Indus River
  • 20. Which mountain range is south of the Karakoram Range?
A) The Hindu Kush
B) The Lesser Himalayas
C) The Pamirs
D) The Tibetan Plateau
  • 21. What natural feature contributes significantly to agriculture in valleys near K2?
A) Melt waters from glaciers
B) Desert oases
C) Rainfall
D) River deltas
  • 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 Andes
C) The Rockies
D) The Alps
  • 24. Which side of K2 is the steepest?
A) The south side
B) The north side
C) The west side
D) The east side
  • 25. 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 2,000 metres (6,562 ft)
D) Over 3,200 metres (10,500 ft)
  • 26. When was a corrected measurement of K2 made after the 1986 expedition?
A) In 1990
B) In 1987
C) In 1988
D) In 1985
  • 27. In which year was the height of K2 accurately measured using satellite navigation?
A) 2000
B) 1980
C) 2014
D) 1965
  • 28. What intrudes the orthogneisses near the memorial on K2?
A) Garnet-mica leucogranitic dikes
B) Limestone and slates
C) Clinopyroxene-porphyritic vogesites
D) Sandstone and shale
  • 29. 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
  • 30. 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) Leucogranite dikes
D) Clinopyroxene-porphyritic vogesites
  • 31. What separates the K2 gneiss from surrounding sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks?
A) Anticlines
B) Folds
C) Normal faults
D) Synclines
  • 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) Cretaceous Period
C) Jurassic Period
D) Eocene 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) 200 to 250 million years ago
C) 115 to 120 million years ago
D) 300 to 350 million years ago
  • 34. During which geological period was the K2 Gneiss intruded by leucogranite dikes?
A) Eocene Period
B) Jurassic Period
C) Post-Miocene time
D) Cretaceous Period
  • 35. What geological feature contributed to the exposure of the K2 Gneiss?
A) Major breakback thrust faults
B) River valleys
C) Glacial erosion
D) Wind erosion
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