Peak Your Curiosity: It ́s Mountain Time!

#12 Week 3

Sigrun Sørumgård
January 16, 2025

How high is Mount Everest?
We all know Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest mountain. But which is the second highest?
The illustration of which mountain was taken away on the rapping of the Toblerone chocolate?
How many mountains in the world is over 8000 meter tall?
On which Japanese island would you find the famous Mount Fuji?
Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, raging 6190 meters, but what was the former official name, which it’s still often called?
What is the world’s longest continental mountain range?
The Iceman mummy, nicknamed Ötzi, was discovered in 1991 amidst sheets of melting ice on the Tisenjoch pass of the Similaun glacier in the Tyrolean Alps. But how high up in meters was he found?
Which country is basically all mountains, since it has a mountain coverage of 98,8%?
The summit of Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak, is located in which country?

The tallest mountain measured from top to bottom is Mauna Kea, an inactive volcano on the island of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. Measured from the base, Mauna Kea stands 33,474 feet (10,203 meters) tall, though it only rises 13,796 feet (4,205 meters) above the sea.
Young and Old Mountains: Young mountains, like the Himalayas, are still rising due to ongoing tectonic activity. Old mountains, like the Appalachians in North America, have been eroded over time.
There are beautiful mountains, and then there’s Vinicunca. Until 2013 we were none the wiser to its beauty because it was permanently covered in snow. Now its bands of vibrant colours are visible. The stripy slopes are the result of centuries of geology where 14 different colourful minerals have come together to create something special.
Mountain of seven colors / Rainbow Mountain

1924, in Chamonix, France
2 times. The 1940 and 1944 Winter Olympics Games were both canceled due to World War II.
Jean-Claude Killy
Next up are the 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6th – 22nd of February.
Figure skating. Herma Szabo became the first ever female Winter Olympic champion when she won the ladies' singles competition
This amazing cross-country skier has won a whopping 15 medals. She secured her title at the 2014 Winter Olympics, by winning three gold medals!
Ice hockey was originally a Summer Olympics sport.
In 1972, Sapporo, Japan, became the first Asian city to host the Winter Olympics.
A few weeks before the Olympics, Tonya Harding was suspected of hitting rival Nancy Kerrigan with an iron bar during training.
British Columbia