Quiz questions about Peru (Questions only)

1. What is the name of the 'lost city' in South America discovered in 1911 by the Indiana Jones like adventurer Hiram Bingham?

2. The 'Shining Path' (or Sendero Luminoso) is an infamous revolutionary guerrilla movement in which South American country?

3. What is the capital of Peru?

4. Name the five countries that border Bolivia.

5. What is the meaning of the name ?Sendero Luminoso?, the name of the Peruvian guerrilla group?

6. What is the name of the lost city of the Incas discovered in Peru in 1911?

7. Which civilisation built Machu Picchu?

8. What is the unit of currency in Peru?

9. What animal provides 50% of all the protein eaten in Peru?

10. Which two South American countries have borders with Ecuador?

11. What is the capital of Peru?

12. Lake Tittikaka is in Peru and what other country?

13. In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a brass statue of which famous western character?

14. Name either of the 2 countries that have shores on Lake Titicaca?

15. Located in Chile and Peru, what is the name of the desert which is considered to be the driest place on Earth?

16. Bordering Bolivia and Peru, what is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world?

17. Through how many countries does the Amazon river flow?

18. The lines in a Peruvian desert which depict stylized animals which can only be seen from the air are called what?

19. What was the name of the raft that Thor Heyerdahl sailed from Peru to Polynesia on?

20. Which group of people first used gold fillings?