The owners of a historic grand hotel at the foot of this mountain caused outrage in 2010 by trying to trademark this mountain’s name. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this mountain, whose 150-year-old “Cog” is the world’s oldest ascending rack-and-pinion railway.
ANSWER: Mount Washington
[10e] The Cog begins in this resort area within the town of Caroll. A 1944 monetary conference held at the Mount Washington Hotel in this area created the World Bank and the IMF.
ANSWER: Bretton Woods [accept the Bretton Woods Conference]
[10h] Some Appalachian Trail thru-hikers follow a tradition of taking this action while passing by the Cog. This action, usually taken in protest against pollution, is a possible reference to the Cog’s original nickname.
ANSWER: mooning the Cog [accept descriptions of pulling down one’s pants] (The Cog is sometimes called “The Railway to the Moon.”)
<Henry Atkins, Geography>