Answers to Quiz - 40

1. What is the autobiography of Edmund Hillary published in 1975 called?

Nothing Venture, Nothing Win

2. Who was the leader of the expedition that put Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on top of Mount Everest in May 1953?

Sir John Hunt

3. What famous laconic words did Hillary utter to a fellow member on his return to Everest's South Col camp immediately after conquering the peak?

"Well, George, we've knocked the bastard off."

4. In the 1960s, Sir Hilary returned to Nepal, to aid in the development of the society, building clinics, hospitals and schools. He was made an honorary Nepalese citizen in 2003. By what name is Mount Everest revered in Nepal, where it is located?

Chomolungma

5. Sir Edmund Hilary was arguably the best-known New Zealander ever to have lived. In which country did he serve as New Zealand’s High Commissioner from 1985 to 1989?

India

6. Hillary took a photograph of Tenzing Norgay standing on top of the world, but declined Norgay’s offer to have his photograph taken. What civil decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth was conferred on Tenzing Norgay?

George Medal

7. The conquest of Everest was announced to the British public on the eve of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. What highest and exclusive award for chivalry was conferred on him by the Queen 42 years later in 1995?

The Order of the Garter

8. Name the book in which Sir Hillary and Sir John Hunt published their account of the expedition,

The Ascent of Everest

9. Throughout his life Hillary remembered his first mountain he climbed. Name this mountain

Mount Tapuaenuku — "Tappy" as he called it — in Marlborough on New Zealand's South Island

10. In 1977 Sir Hillary went on an"Ocean to the Sky" expedition. On which river did this expedition travel in jet boats?

Ganges