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1. "Welcome to Mt. McTrivia Bus Tours. Please fasten your seatbelts and remain seated until we reach the peak. If you wish to avoid health risks, debark now," our guide warns, breathlessly.
As an experienced climber who has scaled peaks even more imposing than McTrivia, you are unconcerned by this warning. Not to be taken lightly, though, AMS is one malady that can be life-threatening to mountaineers. What is another name for this medical condition?
2. "No, Quiztaker, there aren't any refreshment stands on the mountain. If you're thirsty, it's BYOSD (bring your own soft drink)," our guide explains, dryly.
Always one to keep things in theme, you berate yourself for forgetting a certain soft drink and settle for bottled water instead. Which of these is a citrus drink from PepsiCo that would indeed have gone nicely with the tour?
3. "Quiztaker, there is no smoking on this bus, and you have the wrong mountain anyway. Mt. McTrivia does NOT smoke," our guide declares, fuming.
Going up the mountain brought to your mind that old song, "On Top of Old Smoky," and you just couldn't help singing a few bars. When reprimanded by the guide, you switch to the parody version, in which what rotund dinnertime object is lost due to a sneeze?
4. "I assure you, there are no secret organizations headquartered on Mt. McTrivia. Besides, I'm sure you wouldn't be allowed in without an invitation," our guide surmises, covertly.
You had posed a theory that this mountain hid something like the League of Shadows, an organization of assassins. Of course, you're thinking of the mountain base where Bruce Wayne faced his fears and trained in the ways of the League. What 2005 movie is this from?
5. "Our mountain is renowned for its diverse animal life, something I see one passenger has already observed. Quiztaker, do NOT lean so far out the window," our guide chides, unbendingly.
Upon seeing a beautiful wild cat in the distance, you risked life, limb, and the guide's displeasure to snap a picture from your window. Of the many creatures that are native to mountain habitats, which of these is NOT a real animal species?
6. "Quiztaker, you'll only succeed in embarrassing yourself if you try to reenact some music video. I cannot let you off the bus," our guide informs, vocally.
Overtaken by an irrepressible urge, you begin to belt out an inspirational power ballad that compares life's trials to your present activity: climbing a mountain. Maybe an overdose of Hannah Montana is to blame, since "The Climb" was a hit song in 2009 for whom?
7. "Watch out, Quiztaker. You may think the thingamajiggy over in that tree is some kind of 'cache,' but it could be a bomb...or a drug drop...or a ...." our guide theorizes, uncontainably.
If only you had a certain piece of technology and a set of numbers, you could confirm that the small box in the tree is exactly what you think it is: a geocache. What tech gadget is key to the sport of geocaching?
8. "Mt. McTrivia has often been compared to Pikes Peak, one of Colorado's highest mountains. I, however, will always prefer the view from McTrivia's summit, " our guide remarks, pointedly.
Thankful that you have a vehicle and modern equipment, you remember a television episode where a doctor from the 1860s and three of her friends attempt to climb Pikes Peak. On what western series, set in Colorado Springs, did this happen?
9. "We have almost reached the peak. Look down out your windows, are those clouds?" our guide wonders, foggily.
The thin air must have affected the guide's logic centers, since we are clearly high enough to be above the clouds. With feeling of elation, you wonder if you could be on what "happy" cloud of idiom?
10. "This is as far as the bus will go! Let's all get out up here. I'm sure you'll agree it is only a short climb to the top," our guide says, uppishly.
The view at the peak is truly extraordinary. But unfortunately, you didn't convert your watch from Game Time to Mountain Time; you have to hurry back or you'll miss tonight's challenge! If McTrivia really did exist in North America's Mountain Time Zone, which of these mountain ranges would it be in?
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