The PCS Quiz #1:  Name That Peak

The original contest winner managed 17 correct answers (and 2 incorrect answers) out of 25 total.  The contest had open answers; not multiple choice.

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		Questions/Photos Which Peak?   1. Which Sierra peak is it thought that Norman Clyde ascended fifty times? Split Mountain Mt. Thompson Thunderbolt Peak Mt. Darwin  2. On which Sierra peak was John Muir spooked during his solo first ascent of it? Cathedral Peak Mt. Whitney Clyde Minaret Mt. Ritter  3. "If you fall off one side, you will be killed in the vicinity; if you fall off any of the other sides, you will be pulverized in the remote nadir beneath."  Which peak was Bolton Brown talking about? Mt. Clarence King Mt. Lyell Devils Crag #1 Palisade Crest  4. Which Sierra peak has a feature named in honor of Larry Williams? Mt. Williamson Norman Clyde Peak Mt. Sill Middle Palisade  5. Name this peak (click on photo to enlarge) Mt. Sill Disappointment Peak Mt. Hale Mt. Carl Heller  6. On which peak were Norman Clyde's ashes scattered? Clyde Minaret Norman Clyde Peak North Palisade Hurd Peak  7. Which peak was Josiah Whitney referring to when he declared that it's summit was "perfectly inaccessible" and that it "never will be trodden by human foot"? Castle Rock Spire Lost Arrow Spire Half Dome Thunderbolt Peak  8. Name this peak (click on photo to enlarge) Mt. Conness Granite Chief Mt. Russell Mt. Sill  9. The Paiute called it "Too-man-go-yah", which translates roughly as "very old man".  Which peak is this? Olancha Peak Red and White Mountain Mt. Morrison Mt. Whitney  10. Which peak shares the name of an angry comic book character? Bushwacker Spire Penguin Rock Obadiah Stone The Incredible Hulk  11. Name this peak (click on photo to enlarge) Mt. Conness Granite Chief Mt. Russell Mt. Sill  12. Following a Sierra first ascent, Chris Jones wrote that he and his partners felt that it was "better to retreat off of a good climb than to succeed on an indifferent one."  Which peak did they climb? Charlotte Dome Half Dome Keeler Needle Peak 12,040+  13. "The mountain possesses an unusually stern and almost forbidding aspect and is generally rated one of the most difficult of the higher peaks of the Sierra Nevada."  Which peak was Norman Clyde talking about? Clyde Minaret Mt. Humphreys Black Kaweah Mt. Ritter  14. Around the beginning of the twentieth century this peak was known as Mt. Jordon; what is its name today? Mt. Jordon Mt. Standford Mt. Genevre North Palisade  15. The "Eiger of the Sierra" is the north wall of which Peak? Matterhorn Peak Mt. Russell Mt. Morrison Mt. Brewer  16. Name this peak (click on photo to enlarge) Mt. Humphreys The Cleaver Red Kaweah Mt. Davis  17. Which Sierra peak defeated Jack Kerouac? Mt. Sill Matterhorn Peak Mt. Ritter Clyde Minaret  18. On which Sierra peak did a Loma Prieta Peak Climbing Section member have an accident that was later featured in an article in the National Enquirer? Mt. Sill Norman Clyde Peak Mt. Whitney Mt. Clarence King  19. Native Americans called it "To-to-kon-oolah"; the Spanish gave it the name we use today.  Which peak is it? Olancha Peak El Corporale Turret El Capitan Camiaca Peak  20. Which peak has a route on a buttress named in honor of Smoke Blanchard? Mt. Sill Middle Palisade Mt. Carl Heller Norman Clyde Peak  21. Name this peak (click on photo to enlarge) Fin Dome Thunderbolt Peak The Incredible Hulk Mt. Carl Heller  22. Which unique Southern California peak received its "first ascent" in 1959 by Chuck Wilts and Mike Sherrick (who took a fall near its summit)? Suicide Rock Mt. San Jacinto Disneyland's Matterhorn Headstone Rock  23. Which peak, named for a flower, is home to the highest glacier in the Sierra? Rosy Finch Peak Tulip Spire Painted Lady Polemonium Peak  24. Following the first ascent of this peak, James Hutchinson compared their route to the cubist painting "The Nude Descending the Stairs" (sic).  Name that peak. Black Kaweah North Palisade Mt. Williamson Mt. Agassiz  25. Name this peak (click on photo to enlarge) Black Kaweah Mt. Aggasiz Center Peak Peak 12,563

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