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7. On Top of the World

Click the correct answer (True or False).

Identify whether the given statement about Mark Inglis is true.

In 2006 he conquered Mt Everest.

True

False

Identify whether the given statement about Mark Inglis is true.

He suffered from frostbite and had to have both the legs amputated below the knee during his expedition to
Mt Everest.

True

False

Identify whether the given statement about Mark Inglis is true.

He won a cycling silver medal at the Sydney Paralympics in 2000.

True

False

Identify whether the given statement about Mark Inglis is true.

He was the first double amputee to conquer Mt Everest.

True

False

Identify whether the given statement about Mark Inglis is true.

He hails from Nepal.

True

False

Click the correct answer.

The sport of climbing mountains is called _______.

skateboarding

mountaineering

rafting

In which year did Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay conquer
Mt Everest?

1967

1951

1953

What is the inspiring message that the world got from Mark lnglis's triumph?

that one’s ambitions should never be limited by their disabilities

that one should cure their disabilities by amputation

that one should be really proud to be a mountaineer

What did Mark Inglis describe as a ‘minor hiccup’?

reaching the summit of Mt Everest

being trapped in an ice cave

the breaking of one of his artificial legs during mountaineering

What was the financial motivation behind Mark Inglis's Everest expedition?

to deposit the money in the bank as his savings

to go on a world-tour with the money he secured from the expedition

to raise money for a Cambodian centre that provides aid to the disabled

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