Huge List of Famous Mountains - Statistics

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Hint	Elevation	Answer	% Correct
Highest in the world	8848	Mount Everest	99%
Second highest in the world	8611	K2	89%
Highest in Africa	5895	Mount Kilimanjaro	86%
Highest in Japan	3776	Mount Fuji	76%
Volcano that destroyed Pompeii	1281	Mount Vesuvius	69%
Highest in North America	6190	Denali	68%
Highest in the Alps	4809	Mont Blanc	68%
Home of the Greek Gods	2918	Mount Olympus	65%
Has the faces of four U.S. Presidents	1745	Mount Rushmore	65%
Very active volcano in Sicily	3326	Mount Etna	60%
It is estimated that 500 people have died trying to climb this pointy peak in the Swiss alps	4478	Matterhorn	59%
The 1883 eruption of this volcano could be heard over 3000 miles away	813	Krakatoa	54%
Second highest in Africa. Gave its name to a country.	5199	Mount Kenya	53%
Volcano in Washington state that erupted in 1980	2549	Mount Saint Helens	50%
Turkish volcano theorized to be the landing place of Noah's ark	5137	Mount Ararat	49%
Caucasus volcano that is the highest mountain in Europe	5642	Mount Elbrus	45%
Highest in the U.K.	1345	Ben Nevis	43%
Egyptian mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments	2285	Mount Sinai	43%
This peak on Baffin Island is named for a Norse God and has the world's largest vertical drop	1675	Mount Thor	42%
Some people call this Hawaiian peak the world's "tallest" mountain when measured from its base on the sea floor	4207	Mauna Kea	41%
Flat-topped mountain overlooking Cape Town	1085	Table Mountain	41%
Highest in South America	6961	Aconcagua	40%
Huge volcano visible from Seattle	4392	Mount Rainier	37%
Highest in New Zealand	3724	Aoraki / Mount Cook	35%
Highest peak in Antigua. Temporarily renamed for a U.S. President in 2009.	402	Boggy Peak / Mount Obama	35%
This shield volcano on the same island is the world's largest by volume	4169	Mauna Loa	32%
Peak located in Rio de Janeiro's harbor	396	Sugarloaf Mountain	28%
Volcano near the Gulf of Guinea which shares its name with a country	4040	Mount Cameroon	27%
The first of the eight-thousanders to be climbed. Nevertheless, one climber has died for every three who reach the summit.	8091	Annapurna	25%
This California peak is the highest U.S. mountain outside of Alaska	4421	Mount Whitney	24%
The highest peak in New Hampshire, it once held the record for highest wind speed ever recorded	1917	Mount Washington	23%
The city of Montreal takes its name from this "mountain" - more of a hill, really	233	Mount Royal	21%
Highest in the D.R. Congo and Uganda, named for a famous explorer	5109	Mount Stanley	19%
This Ecuadorian peak is the furthest from the center of the Earth	6268	Chimborazo	18%
Philippines volcano that erupted in 1991, briefly lowering global temperatures	1486	Mount Pinatubo	18%
Third highest in the world, thought to be the highest until the Great Trigonometrical Survey of the 1800s	8586	Kangchenjunga	17%
Highest in the Canary Islands	3718	Teide	16%
Fourth highest in the world	8516	Lhotse	15%
The eruption of this Indonesian volcano in 1815 caused the "Year Without a Summer"	2850	Mount Tambora	13%
The Dome of the Rock can be found on this hill in Jerusalem	740	Temple Mount	13%
Most active volcano in Antarctica	3794	Mount Erebus	12%
Highest in the Azores	2351	Mount Pico	9%
This volcano is the highest peak in Mexico	5636	Pico de Orizaba	8%