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  • 1. 
    Which mountaineer (along with his porter) was the first to climb Mont Blanc, Europe’s tallest peak?

  • Michel-Gabriel Paccard
  • Edward Whymper
  • John Hunt
  • George Mallory

  • 2. 
    In which activity do individuals fly untethered in lightweight unpowered aircraft that can be carried by the pilot?

  • parasailing
  • hang gliding
  • parachuting
  • skydiving

  • 3. 
    What is considered the world’s premier triathlon competition, encompassing a 3.8-km swim followed by a 180-km bicycle ride and a 42-km run?

  • San Diego Ironman
  • Asian Continental Triathlon
  • Hawaiian Ironman
  • Sydney Invitational

  • 4. 
    Edmund Hillary and what Tibetan mountaineer were the first persons to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest?

  • Tenzing Norgay
  • Birendra
  • Sher Bahadur Deuba
  • Mahendra

  • 5. 
    In May 1978, which two climbers became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest without supplemental (bottled) oxygen?

  • Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler
  • Jon Krakauer and Scott Fischer
  • Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
  • Babu Chiri and Lakpa Gelu

  • 6. 
    In 1999 climbers on Mount Everest discovered the body of which English mountaineer?

  • George Mallory
  • Stephen Venables
  • John Hunt
  • James Whittaker
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