80 The Himalayas Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Himalayan bird is the state bird of Uttarakhand, India?
Answer
Himalayan monal
Which Himalayan subrange contains Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse and Cho Oyu?
Answer
Mahalangur Himal
Which Himalayan summit is the highest mountain in Bhutan?
Answer
Gangkhar Puensum
What is the main tectonic fault beneath the Himalayas where the Indian Plate underthrusts Eurasia?
Answer
Main Himalayan Thrust
Who made the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1953?
Answer
Edmund Hillary
Which Himalayan peak is the easternmost of the world’s 14 eight-thousanders?
Answer
Kangchenjunga
Which Himalayan peak is the highest point of the Garhwal Himalaya?
Answer
Nanda Devi
Which Himalayan river joins the Indus near Nimmu in Ladakh?
Answer
Zanskar River
Which palace in Lhasa was the winter residence of the Dalai Lamas?
Answer
Potala Palace
Which Himalayan national park became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014?
Answer
Great Himalayan National Park
Which Himalayan bird is Nepal’s national bird?
Answer
Himalayan monal
Which Himalayan national park is India’s oldest national park?
Answer
Jim Corbett National Park
Which river flows through Kathmandu Valley in the Himalayas?
Answer
Bagmati River
Which Himalayan river is known as the Indus after leaving Tibet?
Answer
Sênggê Zangbo
On what date did the 2015 Nepal earthquake strike the Himalayas?
Answer
25 April 2015
Which Himalayan peak forms the eastern anchor of the main Himalayan arc?
Answer
Namcha Barwa
Which Himalayan range is the southernmost major mountain range?
Answer
Shiwalik Range
Which Himalayan peak is widely known as the “Queen of the Himalayas”?
Answer
Nanda Devi
Which Himalayan festival in Ladakh is famous for masked Cham dances at monasteries?
Answer
Hemis Festival