Mt. Everest Quiz

China and Tibet
Tibet and India
China and Nepal
Nepal and Bhutan
China and India
Everest’s summit point
is located on the international border between these two countries:
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False
The mountain was officially named
after George Everest, a retired Surveyor General who never even saw the peak.
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That’s true! Sir George Everest was the leader
of the British survey team which officially established
the existence and the first published height of Everest.

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In fact, this is true. The mountain was named after
Sir George Everest, the leader of the British Survey team which officially established the existence
and the first published height of Everest.

29,029 feet (8,848 m)
29,035 feet (8,850 m)
27,940 feet (8,516 m)
The official height of Everest is…
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Everest isn’t the furthest summit
from the estimated center of our planet.
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False

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That’s true! Due to the Earth’s equatorial bulge
(the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the planet), the summit of Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is located further from
the center of the Earth than Everest’s summit,
even though Mount Chimborazo is only
20,561 feet (6,267 m) above sea level.
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Actually, it’s true! Due to the Earth’s equatorial bulge (the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the planet), the summit of Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is located further from
the center of the Earth than Everest’s summit,
even though Mount Chimborazo is only
20,561 feet (6,267 m) above sea level.
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It normally takes 12 hours to climb
the final mile from the highest
Base Camp to the summit.
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False

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