Guess Where? Quiz - Mountains of the World

Guess Where? Quiz - Mountains of the World

Sure, you know Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. But what is #2? And what about all those sky-high peaks in the Western Hemisphere?

If you’re acclimated to high-altitude geography, click below to test your travel trivia IQ.

Geographers say there are 1,524 “Ultras” on Earth. What’s an Ultra?

An ultraprominent peak

A summit of at least 4,900 feet (1,500 meters)

A “P1500”

All of the above

At 29,029 feet (8,848 meters) Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. What countries does it touch?

Nepal and India

Nepal and China

Nepal, China and India

Nepal and Pakistan

What’s the world’s second tallest mountain at 28,251 feet (8,611 meters)?

Kanchenjunga

Lhotse

Annapurna

Topping out at 22,841 feet (6,962 meters), what’s the name of the tallest peak in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres?

Ojos del Salado

Monte Pissus

Aconcagua

Cerro Bonete

What is the only 20,000-foot (6,100-meter) peak that stands outside of Asia and South America?

Mt. Whitney

Mont Blanc

Matterhorn

Denali

At 19,341 feet (5,895 meters), this is the tallest “free standing” mountain on Earth.

Kilimanjaro

Denali

Fuji

Aoraki

Earth’s tallest active volcano rises 22,615 feet (6,893 meters) above sea level in what mountain range?

Alaskan

Andes

Alps

Himalayas

Because gods and spirits live on its 24,836-foot (7,570-meter) peak, this country forbids teams from attempting to climb Gangkhar Puensum, one of the tallest unclimbed mountains in the world?

Bhutan

Nepal

China

India

The 12,389-foot (3,776-meter) summit of Japan’s tallest mountain is also considered sacred. Until the Meiji Era of the late 1800s, what was not permitted atop Mt. Fuji?

Shoes

Women

Fish

Anyone aside from Shinto priests

At 12,218 feet (3,724 meters), the tallest mountain in this country is now known as “Aoraki,” a native name that translates to “cloud piercer.”

Australia

Indonesia

Fiji

New Zealand

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