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Mountains of the world quiz
How well do you really know Mountains of the world? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of Mountains of the world questions for your group.
The questions
- Easy
Mount Everest has some very famous neighbours: what mountain range is it part of, and on which continent is that range?
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- The Himalayas
- Asia
- The range stretches across several countries, including Nepal and China
- Easy
Which mountain range forms much of the Europe–Asia boundary, and which continent lies to its east?
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- The Ural Mountains form much of the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- Asia lies east of the range.
- Europe lies west of the range.
- Easy
Japan’s postcard-perfect cone looks almost too neat to be real: name the mountain and the island where it stands.
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- Mount Fuji
- Honshu
- Japan’s highest mountain
- A near-symmetrical cone
- Medium
A mountain is the world’s rooftop above sea level—but which peak wears the crown, and roughly how high is it?
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- Mount Everest
- About 8,849 metres (29,032 feet) above sea level
- It lies on the Nepal–China border
- Medium
For a North American summit showdown, what’s the tallest mountain, which US state is it in, and about how high is its summit?
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- Denali is North America’s tallest mountain.
- It is in Alaska.
- Its summit is about 6,190 metres (20,310 feet) high.
- Medium
On an African summit dash, which mountain takes the top spot, which country is it in, and about how tall is it?
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- Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest mountain.
- It is in Tanzania.
- Its summit is about 5,895 metres (19,341 feet) high.
- Medium
A Hawaiian peak beats Everest when you measure from its underwater base. What’s the peak called, and where does that measurement begin?
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- Mauna Kea
- It is on Hawaii’s Big Island
- Its base-to-summit measurement begins on the Pacific seabed
- Its total base-to-summit height is about 10,200 metres
- Boss
Antarctica’s tallest peak is tucked into a remote mountain range. What’s the mountain called, and which range is it part of?
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- Vinson Massif
- It is in Antarctica
- It is part of the Ellsworth Mountains
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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