What is Mount Everest's height to the nearest meter?
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8,849 meters
35 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Highest peaks trivia explores the world’s tallest mountains, national high points, volcanic summits and remote alpine records. The questions span famous giants such as Everest, as well as less familiar elevations including the highest point of the Czech Republic, Portugal’s summit in the Azores and the highest peak in Svalbard.
This collection rewards both geographical knowledge and careful distinction between categories. A question may ask for a mountain’s exact height to the nearest metre, the highest volcano in Asia, or the summit of Mount Stanley in Africa’s Rwenzori Mountains. With 36 questions, it is suited to geography lessons, mountaineering fans, pub quizzes, classroom revision and game nights where memorable landscapes meet precise facts.
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8,849 meters
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Sněžka
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Mount Pico
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Mount Damavand
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Dufourspitze
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Gangkhar Puensum
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Margherita Peak
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Newtontoppen
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Mulhacen
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Hallasan
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Mount Olympus
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Torre de Cerredo
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Mauna Kea
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Nanda Devi
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Gangkhar Puensum
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Chimborazo
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Huascarán
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Puncak Jaya
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Volcán Tajumulco
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Aoraki / Mount Cook
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Jengish Chokusu
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Mount Robson
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Mount Kirkpatrick
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Tirich Mir
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Mount Kosciuszko
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Ras Dashen
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Mauna Kea
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Musala
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Ben Nevis
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Mount Rainier
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Mount Elbert
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Mount Whitney
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Mount Elbrus
Strong questions compare famous and less familiar summits. You can ask for Mount Everest’s height, a country’s highest point, the highest volcano in a continent, or a mountain-range summit such as Mount Stanley. Questions about unclimbed mountains and Arctic peaks also add variety beyond standard Everest facts.
The topic ranges from easy to challenging. Everest and the highest point of a country may be familiar, but exact elevations, volcanic rankings and remote locations such as Svalbard demand stronger geography knowledge. The best quizzes mix landmark mountains with carefully worded questions about regional and national high points.
Mount Everest is 8,848.86 metres high according to the jointly announced Nepal–China measurement. Rounded to the nearest metre, that is 8,849 metres. The elevation refers to the mountain’s summit above sea level and includes the snow and ice cap measured by the modern survey.
Portugal’s highest mountain, including its autonomous regions, is Mount Pico on Pico Island in the Azores. It rises to about 2,351 metres above sea level. Mount Pico is a volcanic cone and is considerably higher than mainland Portugal’s highest point, Torre in the Serra da Estrela.
The highest summit entirely within Switzerland is Dufourspitze, also known by its Italian name Punta Dufour. It reaches 4,634 metres and forms part of the Monte Rosa massif in the Alps. The mountain lies near the Italian border, but the summit itself is on Swiss territory.