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Mount Everest Trivia

Can you answer these questions about the highest point on Earth?
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Last updated: January 30, 2023
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Name of the mountain range that Everest is a part of
Himalaya
Country that makes up Everest's north side
China
Region of the above where you can find Mount Everest
Tibet
Country that makes up Everest's south side
Nepal
Climber who was knighted for being one of the first to successfully climb Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary
Country of origin of the above climber
New Zealand
Partner of the above climber, who was the other first climber to summit Everest
Tenzing Norgay
Ethnic group of the above that lives near Mount Everest and often work as climbing guides
Sherpa
Famous early Everest climber who said he wanted to climb it "because it's there"
George Mallory
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Partner of the above, whose missing body and camera might prove an earlier Everest ascent
Andrew Irvine
Famous Italian climber who made the first solo ascent of Everest
Reinhold Messner
Glacier on the south side of Everest whose "Icefall" has killed many climbers
Khumbu
Area above 8,000 m where humans cannot survive for extended periods of time due to low oxygen
Death Zone
Fourth highest mountain in the world, located just south of Everest
Lhotse
Book by Jon Krakauer describing the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers died in one blizzard
Into Thin Air
Mountain that is the tallest on Earth, when measured from base to summit
Mauna Kea
Mountain that the furthest away from the Earth's core
Mount Chimborazo
Mount Everest is located on a convergence plate, which means it is actually getting...
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