Yak or Yeti? The Himalayan QuizPublished December 2017 by Cut Lunch Adventures. Updated February 2021. Welcome to the 'Yak or Yeti' Himalayan Quiz!Test your knowledge in this 15-question quiz and find out if you're a YAK or YETI. Click 'Next' below to start. 1. How many mountains in the world are over 8000m / 26246ft? Please select your answer121314 2. Which is the most famous book or books written about the 1996 Mt Everest tragedy? Please select your answer'Into Thin Air' and 'The Climb''Touching the Void''Annapurna' 3. Which peak is Mt Everest? Please select your answerThe one on the leftThe one on the right 4. What is the name of the mountaineering challenge which requires climbing the highest peak on each continent? (Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Vinson, Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) or Kosciuszko) Please select your answerSeven PeaksSeven SummitsSeven Mountains 5. How high is Mt Everest? Please select your answer8288m / 27191ft8488m / 27847ft8848m / 29029ft 6. The Yeti is said to inhabit which three countries in the Himalayan region? Please select your answerNepal, Bhutan and TibetNepal, Pakistan and TibetNepal, India and Tibet 7. Which mountain is also known by the names Sagarmatha and Chomolungma? Please select your answerK2Mt EverestAnnapurna 8. Which village is the Sherpa 'capital' of Nepal? Please select your answerKathmanduPhericheNamche Bazaar 9. What is the name of a female yak? Please select your answerYakiNakYaknak 10. What is the renowned published record of mountaineering in the Nepalese Himalayas called? Please select your answerThe Himalayan RecordThe Himalayan BookThe Himalayan Database 11. Who was the first woman to climb Mt Everest? Please select your answerJunko Tabei, JapanPasang Lhamu Sherpa, NepalLydia Bradey, New Zealand 12. Using the summit of Mt Everest as an example, what makes climbing at high altitude so hard? Please select your answerOxygen is about 1/3 that of sea levelAtmospheric pressure is about 1/3 13. What are AMS, HAPE and HACE? Please select your answerHimalayan alpine organisationsTypes of trekking fitness trainingTypes of altitude sickness 14. Which one is NOT a recommended way to acclimatise for high altitude? Please select your answerStay hydratedClimb high sleep lowDon't gain altitude > 300m/daySet a fast paceEat wellTake it easy 15. What do the Khumbu Ice Fall Doctors do? Please select your answerEstablish the Ice Fall routeEstablish the medical clinicAttend to injuries in the Ice Fall Thanks for playing!Click the 'Yak or Yeti' button below to reveal your score. Time's upShare this:FacebookTwitterRedditPinterestLinkedInEmail