It’s Extreme Quick Quiz Time!

Instructions Hold your book above your head. Your teacher will read the question aloud, then

say, ‘START!’ Look for the requested information in the pages of

the book. When you find it, be the first person to stand up

and raise your book above your head again. Your teacher will call on you to give the right

answer. If you’re right, you get one point. If you’re wrong, the next person to stand up with

the right answer gets the chance to steal the point.

Question 1How old was Juliane

Koepcke when she survived a plane crash

over the Amazon?

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Question 2What is the definition

of a ‘sherpa’?

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Question 3

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Name TWO creatures Ricky Megee ate to stay alive in the

Australian Outback.

Question 4

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How many miners were trapped in the San José mine disaster?

Question 5

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What is the 30–30–30 rule?

Question 6

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How many miles did Joe Simpson have to crawl to reach his camp to

find his friend Simon?

Question 7

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What kind of grub is good to eat if you’re stuck out in the wild?

Question 8

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What item of clothing did Zachary Mayo use as a flotation device when

he fell overboard?

Bonus Question!

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Why did Sir Ranulph Fiennes take off his glove on his trek to

the North Pole?

Bonus Question!

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What is the most dangerous mountain in the world and what country is it in?