Mountains of the world quiz

David Whitley,

You’ll have to climb high to get 10 out of 10 on this quiz – it’s all about well-known mountains and mountain ranges around the world.

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Mountains of the world quiz

You’ll have to climb high to get 10 out of 10 on this quiz – it’s all about well-known mountains and mountain ranges around the world.

1 / 10

The Dolomites, topped by the 3,343 metre-tall Marmolada, are a popular mountain range for skiers in which European country?

2 / 10

What can usually be seen on Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania from early December, highlighting the frankly dismal research of Bob Geldof and co?

3 / 10

What is the name of the mountain range that spreads across Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, separating the fertile coastal areas from the Sahara Desert?

4 / 10

Mt Strzelecki on Tasmania’s Flinders Island is named in honour of the Polish geologist on the HMS Beagle who climbed it. But which rather more famous mountain did Strzelecki choose the name for?

5 / 10

K2, the second-highest mountain in the world at 8,611m, is a notoriously deadly climb – the death rate of climbers who attempt it is over 20%. This mountain in the Karakoram Range is on the border of China and which other Asian country?

6 / 10

Which famous mountain has got such a littering problem that the local authorities now require climbers to bring 8kg of rubbish back with them or forfeit their $4,000 deposit?

7 / 10

Popular walking routes on which African mountain include the India Venster trail, the Kasteelspoort trail and the Platteklip Gorge trail?

8 / 10

The Yoshida Trail is generally regarded as the easiest route for climbing which mountain?

9 / 10

The Drakensberg Mountains form part of the border between South Africa and which other country?

10 / 10

What is the name of the 3,357 metre-tall active volcano that dominates the Italian island of Sicily?

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