This weekend...

Who has their birthday on 29th May?

• Edmund Hilary

• Tenzing Norgay

• Emma Hemelik

• Ms. Hemelik

What happened on the 29th May 1953?

• First ascent of Everest

• First man on the Moon

• First sub 4 minute marathon run

• Ms. Hemelik was born.

Mount Everest grows by approximately how much each year? (height)

• 12 cm

• 32 m

• 6 cm

• 54 cm

What is the Nepali name for 'Everest'

• Chomolungma

• Sagarmatha

• Everest

• Lhotse

How many people have summitted Everest?

• 5788

• 1

• 21092

• 3201

What is the height of Sagarmartha in feet?

• 29032

• 8848.86

• 35000

• 32000

How many mountains above 8000m are there?

• 12

• 11

• 13

• 14

The highest recorded wind speed on the summit of Mount Everest was in February 2004. How fast was it?

• 200 mph

• 175 mph

• 1000 mph

• 125 mph

Kami Rita Sherpa holds the records for the highest number of Everest summits, how many times has he summitted?

• 12

• 25

• 35

• 27

Junko Tabei was the first woman to summit Everest. What was her day job?

• Astronaut

• Professional Mountaineer

• Teacher

• Actor