Really Huge List of Famous Mountains - Statistics

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Hint	Elevation	Answer	% Correct
Highest in the world	8848	Mount Everest	97%
Second highest in the world	8611	K2	95%
Home of the Greek Gods	2918	Mount Olympus	87%
Highest in Africa	5895	Mount Kilimanjaro	83%
Highest in the Alps	4809	Mont Blanc	78%
Highest in North America	6190	Denali	76%
It is estimated that 500 people have died trying to climb this pointy peak in the Swiss alps	4478	Matterhorn	73%
Highest mountain and symbol of Japan	3776	Mount Fuji	73%
Caucasus volcano that is the highest mountain in Europe	5642	Mount Elbrus	68%
Highest in South America	6961	Aconcagua	66%
Very active volcano in Sicily	3326	Mount Etna	66%
Some people call this Hawaiian peak the world's "tallest" mountain when measured from its base on the sea floor	4207	Mauna Kea	65%
Volcano that destroyed Pompeii	1281	Mount Vesuvius	65%
Turkish volcano theorized to be the landing place of Noah's ark	5137	Mount Ararat	63%
Second highest in Africa, gave its name to a country	5199	Mount Kenya	61%
Highest on Mars	21287	Olympus Mons	60%
Has the faces of four U.S. Presidents	1745	Mount Rushmore	59%
The 1883 eruption of this volcano could be heard over 3000 miles away	813	Krakatoa	58%
This shield volcano on the same island is the world's largest by volume	4169	Mauna Loa	57%
Volcano in Washington state that erupted in 1980	2549	Mount Saint Helens	57%
Huge volcano visible from Seattle	4392	Mount Rainier	54%
Highest in the U.K.	1345	Ben Nevis	53%
Highest in New Zealand	3724	Aoraki / Mount Cook	51%
The first of the Eight-thousanders to be climbed, tenth highest in the world	8091	Annapurna	50%
Flat-topped mountain overlooking Cape Town	1085	Table Mountain	48%
Egyptian mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments	2285	Mount Sinai	47%
Highest in Canada, second highest in North America	5959	Mount Logan	44%
This peak on Baffin Island is named for a Norse God and has the world's largest vertical drop	1675	Mount Thor	42%
Highest peak in Antigua was named after a US president between 2009 and 2016	402	Boggy Peak / Mount Obama	41%
Third highest in the world, thought to be the highest until the Great Trigonometrical Survey of the 1800s	8586	Kangchenjunga	41%
This California peak is the highest U.S. mountain outside of Alaska	4421	Mount Whitney	41%
This Ecuadorian peak is the furthest from the center of the Earth	6268	Chimborazo	40%
Where the One Ring was forged by Sauron	~1500	Mount Doom	40%
Volcano in the Gulf of Guinea, country namesake	4040	Mount Cameroon	40%
Fourth highest in the world	8516	Lhotse	37%
The highest peak in New Hampshire, it once held the record for highest wind speed ever recorded	1917	Mount Washington	37%
Highest in DR Congo and Uganda, named for a famous explorer	5109	Mount Stanley	36%
The iconic mountain of Rio de Janeiro	396	Sugarloaf Mountain	34%
Highest in Germany	2962	Zugspitze	34%
Highest in mainland Australia	2228	Mount Kosciuszko	33%
Highest in the Canary Islands	3718	Teide	33%
Highest in Antarctica	4892	Vinson Massif	33%
Most active volcano in Antarctica	3794	Mount Erebus	31%
Philippines volcano that erupted in 1991, briefly lowering global temperatures	1486	Mount Pinatubo	31%
Highest in Wales	1085	Yr Wyddfa	31%
The city of Montreal takes its name from this "mountain" - more of a hill, really	233	Mount Royal	29%
Colorado peak with a famous road race to the top	4302	Pikes Peak	29%
Name or nickname of several mountain pairs, and a TV series	various	Twin Peaks	29%
The most climbed 7000 m peak with a revolutionary name	7134	Lenin Peak	28%
The most famous volcano in central France with a Roman temple	1464	Puy de Dôme	28%
Highest in Oceania	4884	Puncak Jaya	27%
A famous battle was named after this hill in Boston	34	Bunker Hill	26%
The eruption of this Indonesian volcano in 1815 caused the "Year Without a Summer"	2850	Mount Tambora	26%
Granite monolith in Yosemite National Park, popular location for rock climbers	2308	El Capitan	25%
In summer Cable Route hike leads to this "cut-off" peak in Yosemite	2695	Half Dome	25%
Highest in the Azores	2351	Mount Pico	25%
This volcano is the highest peak in Mexico	5636	Pico de Orizaba	25%
Highest in Switzerland	4634	Dufourspitze	24%
Biggest north face in the Alps	3967	Eiger	24%
Volcano visible from Mexico City, second highest in the country	5426	Popocatépetl	24%
Highest in Austria	3798	Grossglockner	23%
Monastic republic in Greece; no entry for women	2033	Mount Athos	23%
This ski resort hosted 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver	2181	Mount Whistler	23%
Highest in Slovenia (and Yugoslavia), national symbol in the coat of arms	2864	Triglav	23%
A desolate mountain with an underground Dwarven city in Lord of the Rings	3500	Lonely Mountain	22%
Fifth highest in the world	8485	Makalu	22%
Highest in Colorado	4401	Mount Elbert	22%
The Dome of the Rock can be found on this hill in Jerusalem	740	Temple Mount	22%
Highest in Soviet Union / Tajikistan	7495	Ismoil Somoni Peak	21%
Not one of Rome's Seven Hills, country namesake	76	Vatican Hill	20%
Roller coaster attraction in Disney Parks	27	Space Mountain	19%
Highest in Iran	5609	Damavand	18%
Highest in mainland eastern North America, in the Appalachians	2037	Mount Mitchell	18%
Icelandic volcano causing massive disruption of European air traffic in 2010	1651	Eyjafjallajökull	17%
This Andean mountain is the highest active volcano in the world	6893	Ojos del Salado	17%
Hawaiian volcano erupting continuously since 1983	1247	Kīlauea	16%
Highest in Hokkaido, brewery namesake	2291	Mount Asahi	16%
This Tibetan mountain is a pilgrimage destination of four religions	6638	Mount Kailash	16%
Highest in Peru, northern Andes and the tropics	6768	Huascarán	15%
Famous sight above a lake in the Argentinian Los Glaciares National Park	3405	Monte Fitz Roy	15%
Highest in Provence, famous climb of Tour de France	1909	Mont Ventoux	15%
Canada is ruled from this hill in Ottawa	79	Parliament Hill	15%
Highest in Malaysia and Borneo	4095	Mount Kinabalu	14%
Highest in the Solar System	~22000	Rheasilvia	14%
Highest in the Atlas Mountains	4167	Toubkal	14%
In 1902 this volcano in Martinique caused the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century and gave the name to a type of eruption	1397	Mount Pelée	13%
Pointy peak seen on the trek to Everest basecamp	6812	Ama Dablam	12%
Granite spike in Patagonia, once thought to be the world's hardest mountain	3128	Cerro Torre	12%
Since 12th century this Icelandic volcano was known as the Gateway to Hell	1488	Hekla	12%
Fishtail mountain in Nepal, sacred and therefore unclimbed	6993	Machapuchare	12%
Birthplace of Zeus	2456	Mount Ida	12%
Highest in Iberian Peninsula, legendary burial site of Abu'l-Hasan Ali, penultimate sultan of Granada	3482	Mulhacén	12%
This conspicuous Peruvian mountain was declared the most beautiful in the world in 1966	5947	Alpamayo	11%
Volcanic cone on the coast of New Zealand's North Island	2518	Mount Taranaki	11%
U2 made a song about this contentious Auckland hill	182	One Tree Hill	11%
Highest in Taiwan	3952	Yushan	11%
Highest in Indochina	3143	Fansipan	10%
Highest in Greenland, named after the first European to have sighted the island	3694	Gunnbjørn Fjeld	10%
Volcano near Lake Taupo in New Zealand, national park namesake	1978	Mount Tongariro	10%
This Mexican volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of a local farmer in 1943	2800	Paricutín	10%
Italian president's HQ	51	Quirinal Hill	10%
Highest in Ethiopia	4620	Ras Deshen	10%
Slovak national symbol, featured on euro coins	2495	Kriváň	9%
Famous climb of Giro d'Italia in Friuli	1750	Monte Zoncolan	9%
The site of the Transfiguration of Jesus in Christian tradition	575	Mount Tabor	9%
Highest football match ever was played on top of this highest mountain in Bolivia	6542	Nevado Sajama	9%
Mountain south of Lucerne that gave its name to aircraft manufacturer	2132	Pilatus	9%
Highest in Cape Verde	2829	Pico do Fogo	8%
Highest in South Africa	3446	Mafadi	7%
This volcano in DR Congo is the most active in Africa, one of Decade Volcanoes	3470	Mount Nyiragongo	7%
In 1912 the largest volcanic eruption of 20th century created this unremarkable lava dome and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes on the Alaska Peninsula	841	Novarupta	7%
Highest in Central America	4220	Volcán Tajumulco	7%
The largest tepui where Jimmy Angel discovered the highest waterfall in the world	2450	Auyan-Tepui	6%
Highest in Thailand, popular tourist destination near Chiang Mai	2565	Doi Inthanon	6%
Highest in Kamchatka, highest active volcano in Eurasia	4754	Klyuchevskaya Sopka	6%
Highest point in Brazil and the Guiana Highlands	2995	Pico da Neblina	6%
Highest in the southern Urals/Bashkortostan, claimed to host a large underground bunker	1640	Yamantau	6%
Highest in Madagascar	2876	Maromokotro	5%
Highest in the Urals, on the border between Komi Republic and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug	1894	Narodnaya / Naroda-Iz / Poen-urr	5%
Construction of Very Large Telescope lowered this Chilean peak by 29 metres	2635	Cerro Paranal	4%
Highest in Lesotho, Drakensberg and Southern Africa	3482	Thabana Ntlenyana	4%