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Mountain or Cocktail Quiz
Aconcagua? Aviation? Annapurna? Apple Martini? Pick which one's a peak
Aconcagua? Aviation? Annapurna? Apple Martini? Pick which one's a peak
K2 has the second-highest summit fatality rate of any 8000er — roughly 25% of those who reach the top don't make it down. But can you pick it out from a cocktail list? The world's greatest peaks and the bartender's canon share a surprising number of elegant, exotic names: both realms have an Everest (sort of), an Aviation, an Olympus, and a Last Word. This quiz pits the world's most dramatic mountains against its most celebrated cocktails and asks you to separate the summits from the sips.
Each round presents 10 randomized questions from a pool of 50, with four multiple-choice options and instant feedback after every answer. Your final score comes with a performance tier and shareable results.
You'll cover the world's major 8000-metre peaks, the Seven Summits, classic cocktails from the Negroni to the Penicillin, notable sub-6000-metre peaks from the Matterhorn to Mont Blanc, and enough bartending trivia to hold your own at the bar and at base camp.
Mount Everest (Chomolungma in Tibetan, Sagarmatha in Nepali) is the world's highest mountain above sea level at 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 feet). If measured from the Earth's centre, Chimborazo in Ecuador actually extends further due to Earth's equatorial bulge, but Everest is universally recognised as the highest peak above sea level.
The Aviation is a classic cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette (which gives it its distinctive purple-blue colour), and fresh lemon juice. It was first published in Hugo Ensslin's 1916 cocktail book 'Recipes for Mixed Drinks' and enjoyed a major revival during the craft cocktail renaissance of the 2000s.
Aconcagua, at 6,961 metres, is the highest peak in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres. It sits in the Andes on the border of Argentina and Chile, and is the highest of the Seven Summits. Despite being a non-technical climb by its standard route, its altitude and extreme weather make it a serious mountaineering objective.
Last updated: May 2026