Mount Everest

What year did Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, and their crew reach the summit of Mt. Everest?

• 1945

• 1953

• 1999

• 2001

How did Mount Everest get its name?

• The British Surveyor General of India named it after his predecessor

• The British Surveyor General of India named it after his father

• The British Surveyor General of India named it after himself

• he local Nepalese people named it that

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A summit is the highest point of the mountain

• True

• False

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Which of the following is the reason the British want to climb Mount Everest?

• To gain international prestige

• For scientific research

• To map it

• To use it for tourism

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Which of the following was the first recorded attempt to climb Everest by the British?

• 1920

• 1921

• 1922

• 1923

Which of the following pair of climbers are the first to climb Everest?

• George Mallory and Andrew Irvine

• Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans

• Tom Holland and Chris Evans

• Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

According to the article, how many people have climbed Mount Everest since 1953?

• Over 4,000

• Over 3,000

• Over 26,000

• It isn't known

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Which two countries is Mount Everest between?

The correct spelling of the mountain in English is...?

• Mount Everest

• Mont Evest

• Mount Evert

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Mount Everest is known as the frozen graveyard because _.

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