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Quiz: Mountains of the World

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Are you ready to climb your mountain?

Mountains are sticky-up bits of the world. They have fascinated mankind (and possibly womankind too) since time immemorial.

There appears to be a difficulty with the definition of a mountain but let's just think of them as bloomin' great hills. Some countries have them and some do not. They are formed in a variety of ways and their form and stature are also immensely varied.

Mountainous regions tend to have their own peculiar culture, as a result of the natural isolation that has always been part of living in mountain communities. One can picture this cultural variety being eroded over time, as a result of the simplicity of modern travel and the accessibility conferred on hitherto relatively isolated regions.

It's hard not to love a mountain and no doubt most readers / squidders / quizzers will have climbed one or two. Almost certainly, all of us will have climbed our own personal metaphorical mountains, at some point in our lives.

Let's go do a mountain or two . . .

The Sound of Music

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Mountains of the World

Warm-up quiz - then you can move on to the quiz proper

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Half-way pause for breath

Rest your aching limbs and beating heart

How's it going?

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It's a breeze - soon be on the downhill homerun

senditondown says:

So far so good.

Tolovaj says:

Aced it so far. Knowing your quizzes won't last... Please be so kind to add Slovenia to question number two. We are very proud of our small but beautiful part of the Alps. Triglav (Three heads) is our national symbol!

MaxReily says:

I'm on top of the world!

Philippians468 says:

the sun is shining!

ben186422 says:

Amazing.

Uphill all the way and the top keeps getting higher

sukkran says:

not bad.

RenaissanceWoman2010 says:

I have my moments of glory and my moments of breath-taking misses. Not too bad, though. Guess I'm holding my own.

Margo_Arrowsmith says:

Doing better than I thought

 
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As you're so keen(?) here below are ten bonus questions

for even more points

MountainsThen I'll let you rest!

This is just like real-life mountain climbing. You reach what you thought was the top and there in front of you is a higher peak - keep going!

Whatever task in life, we find
There's one more mountain peak to climb
But, when that task is truly done
You really know that you have won.
The peak is there - the sense of pride -
You've reached what from afar you'd spied.

Chris Day - April 2011

How did the first 20 go?

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I'm on the ski-lift

Tolovaj says:

Missed one.

MaxReily says:

Pretty good!

Philippians468 says:

i had fun!

OrganicMom247 says:

I am on a roll... lets go!

ben186422 says:

Nice.

I'm out of oxygen!

 
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Chris Day is a UK-based veterinarian practising alternative medicine (e.g. herbs, acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic). He has many interests outside that field, some of which are reflected in his lensography.

Alternative medicine has much to offer, often helping to control the situation where conventional medicine cannot. Such an approach includes holistic and integrated application of acupuncture, homeopathy, herbs and diet.

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Chris Day - holistic vet - runs the Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre in Oxfordshire (AVMC) in Oxfordshire, UK.

I'd love to hear your comments . . .

How did the quiz go? have you mountain thoughts to share?

  • ben186422 Jun 13, 2011 @ 10:15 pm | delete
    Some questions were really difficult. Fun quiz.
  • blackspanielgallery May 28, 2011 @ 4:36 pm | delete
    Nice quiz. Thanks for only using mountains on EARTH. There are mountains on Mars and Venus that are awesome.
  • ChrisDay May 29, 2011 @ 2:45 am | delete
    Ah yes, there's another topic . . . .
  • puerdycat May 24, 2011 @ 10:06 am | delete
    Hi, Chris. How are you doing with the volcanic dust?
  • ChrisDay May 26, 2011 @ 12:06 am | delete
    No problem for me - if some of it would drop here, that would be OK - it's great for gardens!
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