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  • Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay discovered Mount Everest in 1841.
    False. Sir Everest discovered mount Everest in 1841.
  • Mount Everest's first name was PEAK 25.
    False, It was Peak 15.
  • Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the people who discovered Mount Everest.
    False. They were the 1st successful climbers.
  • Mount Everest is named after the person who firts saw it, Sir Everest.
    True
  • How much less oxygen is there on top of Everest than on sea level?
    66%
  • Mount Everest is 848 metres above sea level.
    False. It is 8.848 metres above sea level.
  • Mount Everest is located in China
    False. It is located between China and Nepal.
  • Everest has got only one name in China and in Nepal.
    False. It has a name for each country, because they are enemies.
  • Everest gets smaller every year.
    False. The Mount grows 1/4 of an inch every year.
  • Say the name of one type of rock that is found on Mount Everest.
    Shale/ Marble.
  • How many months are necessary to climb Mount Everest?
    Two Months.
  • Everest grows every year.
    True.
  • Everest is very old! It is more than 60.000.000 years old!
    True!
  • Mount Everest's youngest climber is from the USA.
    True.
  • The oldest climber to go on topo of Everest was 100 years old.
    False, He was 80.
  • More than 500 people have died trying to climb the Everest.
    False. About 223 people died trying to climb Everest.
  • Everest is consisted of one type of rock.
    False. Everest is consisted by many types of limestone, a kind of rock.
  • Sir Everest saw Mount Everest in 1841.
    True.
  • The youngest climber on Mount Everest was only 30 years old when he did it.
    False. He was 13 years old.
  • The 2 first successful climbers on Everest were from New Zealand and Nepal.
    True.
  • The oldest climber to go on top of Everest was japanese.
    True.
  • Two types of rock that make Everest are SHALE and MARBLE.
    True.