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9 for 10 - Peru Trivia Quiz

If you get the right answers to the first nine questions about Peru, the initial letter of each answer will spell the answer to the last question.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
145,432

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
3902

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 109 (8/10), Guest 136 (6/10), Guest 174 (10/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the cold current that runs in the ocean off the coast of Peru? Hint

Kuroshio Current

Labrador Current

Gulf Stream

Humboldt Current

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these countries does not border Peru? Hint

Bolivia

Ecuador

Colombia

Uruguay

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Question 3 of 10

3. What mountain range runs through Peru?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the major language spoken in Peru?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. This city was built on the site of the ancient Incan capital. Hint

Puno

Chiclayo

Pisco

Cuzco

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Question 6 of 10

6. The arid coastal plain of Peru is a continuation of the coastal desert of Chile. What is the name of this desert? Hint

Kalahari

Gobi

Atacama

Patagonian

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Question 7 of 10

7. What type of vegetation covers the north-east of Peru? Hint

Pampas

Tundra

Open woodland

Rain forest

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Question 8 of 10

8. What city in Peru is surrounded by three volcanoes? Hint

Arequipa

Lima

Trujillo

Iquitos

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Question 9 of 10

9. There are outlines of huge animals and birds found in the southern desert area of Peru. These are known as the ----- Lines or Pampa?

Answer: (One word 5 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. If you have answered the first nine questions correctly the initial letters will spell the name of the highest mountain in Peru.

Answer: (One word - nine letters!)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the cold current that runs in the ocean off the coast of Peru?

Answer: Humboldt Current

The cold current that runs from south to north off the coast is named after a German geographer, Baron Friedrich von Humboldt. It is this cold current that is responsible for the good fishing grounds.

2. Which of these countries does not border Peru?

Answer: Uruguay

Five countries border Peru: Ecuador and Colombia to the north; Brazil to the northeast and Bolivia and Chile to the south. Lake Titicaca lies between Peru and Bolivia.

3. What mountain range runs through Peru?

Answer: Andes

To the east of Peru's coastal plain lie the Andes. The rivers running west from the Andes are responsible for the few fertile areas found on the coastal plain.

4. What is the major language spoken in Peru?

Answer: Spanish

Like most other South American countries Spanish is the national language, although Quechuan, the language of the Incas, is also spoken. The name Peru comes from a Quechuan word meaning abundance.

5. This city was built on the site of the ancient Incan capital.

Answer: Cuzco

Known as the 'City of the Sun" this city in the Andes was reportedly founded by the first Incan ruler in the eleventh century. The present city was built on the ruins of this capital.

6. The arid coastal plain of Peru is a continuation of the coastal desert of Chile. What is the name of this desert?

Answer: Atacama

The Atacama desert is one of the driest areas in the world. The coastal desert of Peru receives little rainfall, although fog and cloud are prevalent.

7. What type of vegetation covers the north-east of Peru?

Answer: Rain forest

In the northeast of Peru the slopes of the Andes descend to the rain forest of the Amazon basin.

8. What city in Peru is surrounded by three volcanoes?

Answer: Arequipa

Visitors to Arequipa can hike up Volcano Misti, should they wish to take the tour. The largest city in Peru (popn. 30m) is the capital, Lima, which has a population of over eight million people.

9. There are outlines of huge animals and birds found in the southern desert area of Peru. These are known as the ----- Lines or Pampa?

Answer: Nazca

Nobody knows exactly why these stylized drawings of animals, which include a hummingbird, a spider and a whale, were made. As well as the drawings there are also parallel lines which extend for many miles.

10. If you have answered the first nine questions correctly the initial letters will spell the name of the highest mountain in Peru.

Answer: Huascaran

Mount Huascaran is in the Andes in west central Peru. An extinct volcano it reaches a height of 22,198 feet (6,770 meters).

Source: Author minch

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