The Dream Comes True-quiz

Who is Tenzing Norgay?

• A British man who reached the Everest

• A Chinese man who reached the Everest

• A Nepalis man who helped many others to climb high mountains

• A man who died reaching the Everest

Who was Tenzing climbing with?

• His brother Tanao

• His friend Hillary

• His companion Clark

Why did Hillary and Tenzing have to stop their journey often?

• to check their WhatsApp messages

• to view the wonderful view from the peak

• to breath oxygen from their tanks

• to eat some snacks

Who was having major difficulties breathing?

• Tenzing and Hillary

• Tenzing

• Hillary

• none of them

Read the following extract and choose the best answer to the question below.

"While climbing, he had to press backward with his feet against the cornice, and I belayed him from below as strongly as I could, for there was great danger of the ice giving way.

Question: Why was Tenzing belaying Evans?

• Because Tenzing was watching for any avalanche.

• Because Tenzing was holding up Evans

• Because Tenzing and Evans was tied up by the same rope

According to Tenzing´s claim about who pulled or hauled who up, he clarifies that...

• Only he pulled up Evans

• Only Evans pulled him up

• Both pulled each other up

To stop gossips about who got to the summit firs (Hillary or Tenzing), they ...

• filmed a short documentary to proof who did it first

• signed a statement saying that both reached the summit almost together

• took a picture of both proving who did it first

There was another misunderstanding. They almost reached together the summit. What does it mean? How does Tenzing clarify the "almost" meaning?

• It means that both reached the summit at the same time.

• It means that Evans pulled up Tenzing

• It means that Tenzing pulled up Evans

• It means that when two are tied by a rope, they are together

But.. who reached the summit first?

• Evans

• Tenzing

• No one

When they reached the peak, they turned off their oxygen. Why?

• Because they ran out of oxygen

• Because they only needed it if they were agitated

• Because the oxygen made them blind