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Highest Mountains Quiz

The real heights of Everest, K2 and Kilimanjaro, and of the Burj Khalifa and the Eiffel Tower next to them. Study the list, then guess them on a slider in the game.

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Ten head-to-heads: which is taller, longer, bigger?

Heights & sizes

20 total
Place or featureMeasurement
Mount Everest8,849 m
Mount Kilimanjaro5,895 m
Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps4,808 m
Mount Fuji3,776 m
Angel Falls (world's highest waterfall)979 m
Burj Khalifa828 m
Tokyo Skytree634 m
CN Tower in Toronto553 m
One World Trade Center541 m
Petronas Towers452 m
Empire State Building443 m
Eiffel Tower330 m
Chrysler Building319 m
planned final height of the Sagrada Família172 m
Washington Monument169 m
Great Pyramid of Giza139 m
Big Ben clock tower96 m
Statue of Liberty (ground to torch)93 m
Leaning Tower of Pisa56 m
Colosseum48 m

Heights worth remembering

The world's mountains ladder: Everest 8,849 m, K2 8,611 m, then the rest of the Himalayan eight-thousanders; Aconcagua in the Andes is the tallest outside Asia at just under 7,000 m; Denali (North America) is just over 6,000 m and Kilimanjaro (Africa) just under; Elbrus (Europe's highest) about 5,600 m; Mont Blanc about 4,800 m.

For buildings, the Burj Khalifa at 828 m is more than twice the Eiffel Tower (330 m) and nearly twice the Empire State Building (443 m to the tip). Once you have those three, every other tower on the slider is a fraction of one of them.

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Questions & answers

What is the highest mountain in the world?

Mount Everest, at 8,849 m above sea level, is the highest mountain on Earth.

How is height measured?

Mountain heights are given as metres above mean sea level; buildings as metres to architectural top.

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