Multiple choice general knowledge

After who was the highest land mountain mount Everest, named?

  1. Marc Everest

  2. Sir Thomas Everest

  3. Sir George Everest

  4. Sir peter Everest
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest, the Surveyor General of India from 1830-1843. He never actually saw the peak, but his successor Andrew Waugh proposed the name in his honor. The other names (Marc, Thomas, Peter) are fictional.

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