Attempts: 1 | Correct: 0 | Accuracy: 0% (your overall: 60.0%)
Memorize these and you could recognize 39.7% of all Mountains clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the Andes | 18 | The Condor Mountains are an eastern range of this chain |
| 2 | Mount Everest | 17 | Its south summit, some 28,700 feet high, was 1st scaled May 26, 1953 |
| 3 | Mont Blanc | 16 | Celebrating 200th anniversary of its ascent, in '86, ex-climber Pope John Paul II blessed this highest Eur. peak |
| 4 | the Alps | 16 | Opened in 2016, a rail tunnel under these mountains is the world's longest; hereare miners with the drilling machine known as Heidi |
| 5 | the Matterhorn | 14 | In 1970 Swiss-made Toblerone chocolate barsbegan featuring this peakon their packaging |
| 6 | the Rockies | 13 | The Trans-Canada Highway runs thru Kicking Horse Pass in these mountains on the border between Alberta & British Columbia |
| 7 | Kilimanjaro | 12 | Its name means "great mountain" & it has 2 peaks, Kibo & Mawenzi, that are 7 miles apart |
| 8 | Mount Rainier | 11 | It's said the Indian name for this mountain area near Seattle means "mountain that was God" |
| 9 | the Himalayas | 11 | According to Guinness, 96 of the world's 109 peaks over 24,000 feet are in this mountain range |
| 10 | Vesuvius | 10 | This volcano overlooking Naples last erupted in 1944 |
| 11 | the Atlas Mountains | 10 | Jebel Musa at the west end of this North African chain is one of the Pillars of Hercules |
| 12 | Mount Fuji | 10 | This volcano was last active in 1707, when it covered what is now Tokyo with inches of ash |
| 13 | Everest | 10 | The tallest peak in the world, it has a name meaning "goddess mother of the world" in Tibetan |
| 14 | Australia | 10 | Of all 7 continents' highest peaks, 7310' Mt. Kosciusko, on this continent, is the lowest |
| 15 | the Pyrenees | 9 | A 1659 peace treaty made this chain the boundary between Spain & France |
| 16 | the Appalachians | 9 | The Cumberland & Shenandoah Valleys are part of the Great Valley of this mountain range |
| 17 | Mount St. Helens | 8 | 60 people died in this Washington State volcano's 1980 eruptions |
| 18 | Mount Sinai | 8 | It's thought that 7,497-foot Jebel Musa is this mountain on which Moses received the 10 Commandments |
| 19 | Mount McKinley | 8 | In Alaska's Denali National Park:20,320 feet |
| 20 | K2 | 8 | In Kashmir:28,250 feet |
| 21 | Mount Ararat | 7 | Noah's Ark supposedly came to rest on this mountain in Turkey |
| 22 | Colorado | 7 | Of the more than 80 U.S. peaks over 14,000' that have names, most are in this state |
| 23 | William McKinley | 7 | He was only a candidate for president when North America's tallest mountain was named for him |
| 24 | Fuji | 7 | Called the most photographed & painted mountain in the world, a brand of film even carries its name |
| 25 | Mount Whitney | 6 | This highest peak in the Sierra Nevadas was named for a state geologist of California |
| 26 | Mount Kenya | 6 | Located 70 miles from Nairobi, this second-highest African peak is named for the country in which it's found |
| 27 | Denali | 6 | Frederick Cook, who claimed to have beaten Peary to the pole, also claimed to have scaled this highest Alaskan peak |
| 28 | Yosemite | 5 | In 1875, a Scot, Geo. Anderson, became the 1st person to climb Half-Dome in this U.S. park |
| 29 | the Catskills | 5 | In the Washington Irving story, Rip Van Winkle fell asleep in these mountains |
| 30 | Pikes Peak | 5 | Prospectors traveling west in the 1800s hoped to reach this Colorado peak "or bust" |
| 31 | Mount Logan | 5 | This highest Canadian peak was named for a director of the Geological Survey of Canada |
| 32 | Mount Kilimanjaro | 5 | Coffee plantations & tribal villages are located on the lower parts of this Tanzanian volcano |
| 33 | Etna | 5 | The highest active volcano in Europe, it's found in Italy |
| 34 | the Cascades | 5 | The continuation of California's Sierra Nevada into Washington and Oregon is called this |
| 35 | the Caucasus | 5 | The Georgian Military Highway is the only highway crossing this range that divides Asia from Europe |
| 36 | the Adirondacks | 5 | The park covering most of this range in northern New York state is larger than Massachusetts |
| 37 | Switzerland | 4 | The Matterhorn isn't the tallest Alp in this country; Dufourspitze Peak is about 500 ft. higher |
| 38 | Scotland | 4 | The Grampian Mountains divide this northern country's lowlands & highlands |
| 39 | Quebec | 4 | The Appalachians extend from Alabama to the Gaspe Peninsula of this Canadian province |
| 40 | New Zealand | 4 | South Sea country whose south island features the Southern Alps |
| 41 | Mount Hood | 4 | Thisvolcanic peak 40 miles east of Portland, Oregon last erupted in 1865 |
| 42 | Mount Etna | 4 | Located on Sicily, it's the highest active volcano in Europe |
| 43 | Mount Aconcagua | 4 | In the Andes:22,831 feet |
| 44 | Argentina | 4 | Mount Aconcagua, the Western Hemisphere's highest peak, lies on the border of Chile & this country |
| 45 | Antarctica | 4 | Mountain ranges on this continent include the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Alexandra & Queen Maud |
| 46 | Alaska | 4 | In the U.S. the southernmost point of the system is in New Mexico & the northernmost is in this state |
| 47 | the Urals | 4 | At 6,214 feet, Mount Narodnaya is the highest peak of this range |
| 48 | the Sierra Nevada | 4 | Mountain range that contains Mt. Whitney, the highest mountain in the 48 states |
| 49 | the Black Hills | 3 | Custer's last stand was precipitated by a gold rush into these hills sacred to the Sioux |
| 50 | the Apennines | 3 | The Alps are a continuation of these mountains which extend along the Italian peninsula |