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The groom said, "Pack your bikini, Darling. I'm taking you to the tallest mountain in the world, and you'll need it for the nearby beaches."
Where was he taking Darling?
Where was he taking Darling?
Hint
Think snow and palm trees.Answer
He was taking Darling to Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Mauna Kea (or "White Mountain") has the remnants of glacial terrane from the last global ice age on its summit, and snow in the winter. From base to summit, at over nine kilometers, the volcano Mauna Kea is the world's tallest mountain. Most of Mauna Kea happens to be below water, and its summit is only a couple of hours from a beach. Mt. Everest is the highest but not the tallest because it stands on the high Tibetan plateau, and also there are no ocean beaches near by the mountain.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Great teaser!
Very clever!
Thought I'd humor you with what I thought the answer was:
Orlando! Tallest mountain in the "world" being the Matterhorn in Disneyworld... just a couple hours to fabulous ocean beaches or minutes to man made beaches within the "world"! I wasn't even certain there was a matterhorn in Disneyworld, but Space Mountain or Big Thunder Mountain could also have sufficed to be the tallest mountain in the "world".
It's been 25 years since I've been to D-world although we just got back last week from Disneyland, which we always enjoy!
Thought I'd humor you with what I thought the answer was:
Orlando! Tallest mountain in the "world" being the Matterhorn in Disneyworld... just a couple hours to fabulous ocean beaches or minutes to man made beaches within the "world"! I wasn't even certain there was a matterhorn in Disneyworld, but Space Mountain or Big Thunder Mountain could also have sufficed to be the tallest mountain in the "world".
It's been 25 years since I've been to D-world although we just got back last week from Disneyland, which we always enjoy!
Silly me, of course Big Thunder Mountain and Space Mountain do not have snow on them! But the Matterhorn does.
Have to admit my knowledge of geography helped with this one. Very good and I enjoyed it.
gr8 job & informative too.
News to me!
I might point out that the island of Guam is a submerged mountain, and from the base in the bottom of the Marianas Trench to the talles peak of Mount Lamlam, "Mount Guam" is 37, 820 feet tall, which is about 11.5 km, or 7.2 miles.
But great teaser!
But great teaser!
great teaser... i know alot about hawaii because i've always wanted to move there, or in the recent, just go to visit even... oh well, maybe someday i'll be able to afford to
Yawn.
I had no idea. My guess was Everest. Obviously that was incorrect. Good informative teaser.
Good teaser, interesting
I must say "thanks" to the Discovery Channel for my knowing this one.
How is this a brain teaser?
This was easy for me. I've been to the big island of Hawai'i.
Radio - I don't think you can count the marianas trench as part of the mtn of guam. I think you need to start from the sea floor. I'm guessing it's all in the definition of mtn geologically speaking.
Radio - I don't think you can count the marianas trench as part of the mtn of guam. I think you need to start from the sea floor. I'm guessing it's all in the definition of mtn geologically speaking.
Thank you for the explanation of the distinction between highest and tallest!
Did not know that. Thanks
I never would have guessed!!
good fun. I got the volcano in the sea part, but not the location.
Got it right away. It was cool though, b/c you don't really think of needing a bikini when going near a snow covered mountain...b/c such mountains are usually not in warm climates...
Thanks for the teaser!
Thanks for the teaser!
I see I wasn't the only one thinking Disney thoughts.
Good one! I'd like to go there myself!
yup i was up there a month ago ! and yeah i wore my board shorts under the jackets ;-)
I was right. Hurray. I was going to say Tibet, but then I thought about the beaches. The only other would be in Hawaii. Thanks for the superb teaser. I loved it.
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Once I read the answer I did a "doh" since I had heard this before. Oh well, it was fun trying!
It was really cool, nice job!
I thought of Hawaii right away, but I couldn't remember if the answer was Mauna Kea or Mauna Loa. Fun quiz, though.
Technically Chimborazo is the highest mountain the world, in terms of being furthest from the Earth's core or center of gravity.
Glacial terrane?" Can't anyone spell anymore? It's "terrain."
craniac, don't you think to check stuff out before you make critical comments? "Terrane" and "terrain" are, according to the Collins dictionary, alternative spellings for the same thing.
I thought I had it but I said "Mauna Loa." I can never remember which one. Very good teaser
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Very easy since I have been there .
I knew the answer wasn't Everest, but I always thought the world's tallest mountain was K2, huh, learn something new every day.
I agree with cutebug. Very easy and I too have been there. However, this was more of a trivia question than a teaser.
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