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Schalion

Schallion

Mountain
Trivia
Quiz

 

Section One

Scotland's Munro's

1. What grand national winning horse was named after a Munro ?
2. Which Munro requires the least amount of height gain when ascended from the nearest public road ?  clue the height gain is 885 feet
3. What is the most common name for a Munro
clue there are 4 Munro's with this name
4. Which Munro is the highest Munro under 4000 feet ?
5. Ben Nevis is Britain's highest Munro, it is also the highest mountain in Highland county.  What is the highest mountain in Britain that is not in the county of Highland ?

 

Cairngorms from Loch Morlich

the Cairngorms
from Loch Morlich

 

6. The Revd. AE Robertson was the first person to climb all the Munro's.  What year did he complete this achievement ?
7. Which O/S Landranger sheet has the most Munro's on its area ?
And how many Munro's ?
8. Which Munro was dropped from the latest revision of the Munros
list (1997) ?
9. Which Munro is generally regarded as the most remote mountain to climb in Britain ?
10. Who wrote the following two mountaineering books on
Munro bagging ?

"The First Fifty"
"The Last Hundred"

 

the "in pin" on Skye's Cullin ridge

the inaccessible pinnacle
on the Cullin ridge
Skye

a Munro that only yields
to rock climbing

 

 

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