What is the highest mountain in the world?
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Mount Everest sits on the border between Nepal and which other country?
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What is the second highest mountain in the world?
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K2, the world's second highest peak, sits on the border between Pakistan and which other country?
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How many of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders, peaks above 8,000 metres, are located in Asia?
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Mount Everest is known as Sagarmatha in Nepali. What does the name mean?
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The Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma. What does it roughly translate to?
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Who were the first two people confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest?
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In which year did Hillary and Norgay first summit Everest?
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Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest peak, sits on the border between Nepal and which Indian state?
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K2 is considered by many climbers to be more dangerous than Everest. Approximately what fraction of climbers who attempt K2 die on the mountain?
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Mount Fuji is Japan's highest peak. What is its approximate height?
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The Karakoram mountain range, home to K2 and several other eight-thousanders, spans parts of Pakistan, China, and which third country?
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Annapurna I in Nepal was the first eight-thousander ever summited. In which year did Maurice Herzog lead the successful French expedition?
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Reinhold Messner became the first person to summit all fourteen eight-thousanders. He is from which country?
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What is the name of the high-altitude staging point on the Nepal side of Everest, typically used as the last stop before summit attempts begin?
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Mount Olympus, the highest peak in Greece, is sometimes confused with Asian peaks of the same name. Which Asian country also has a Mount Olympus?
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The Death Zone on Himalayan peaks refers to altitudes above approximately what height, where oxygen levels are insufficient to sustain human life?
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Nanga Parbat in Pakistan, the ninth highest mountain in the world, has earned which grim nickname due to its exceptionally high fatality rate among early climbers?
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The Himalayan range was formed by the collision of which two tectonic plates?
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