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The Krummholz Trivia Quiz

QUIZ #1 - Test your knowledge of Mount Washington and the White Mountains National Forest in New Hampshire.

What is the Native American name for Mount Washington?
 Pemigewasset
 Osseo
 Agiocochook
 Nanamocomuck

The summit of Mount Washington is under cloud cover what percentage of the time?
 50%
 55%
 60%
 65%

What caused the major notches of New England to have a characteristic U-shape cross section with rounded floors and steep sides?
 Asymmetric Stoss
 Glacial Cirques
 Quarternary Pressure
 Glacial Scour

Abel and Ethan Allen Crawford built the first path to the summit of Mount Washington in what year?
 1818
 1819
 1820
 1821

Where is the Randolph Mountain Club's Crag Camp located?
 Castle Ravine
 Jefferson Ravine
 King Ravine
 Tuckerman Ravine

Which is the third highest mountain in New Hampshire?
 Jefferson
 Adams
 Lafayette
 Madison

The Mount Washington Weather Observatory recorded a world record wind speed in what year?
 1892
 1903
 1934
 1951

Who was the first recorded fatality on Mount Washington?
 Lizzie Bourne, age 23
 Frederick Strickland, age 29
 Ewald Weiss, age 24
 Benjamin Chandler, age 75

Who made the first ski descent of Mount Washington's Tuckerman Ravine?
 Norman Libby, 1905
 John P. Carlton & Charles A. Proctor, 1931
 Otto Eugen Schneibs, 1931
 Robert Scott Monahan & Joe Dodge, 1932

Who holds the record for the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb with a time of 49 minutes 24 seconds?
 Genevieve Jeanson
 Tom Danileson
 Lyne Bessette
 Lance Armstrong


  


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