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Peru quiz

Peru turns up 7 times across our packs: 3 trivia questions, 9 Explorer photos, outline, flag, the Americas map and one number. Capital: Lima.

7 quizzes·Capital Lima·9 places in Explorer

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Quick round · 8 questions

8 questions about Peru only, mixed from every pack it appears in. Scored on the spot.

Peru at a glance

Capital	Lima
Continent	The Americas
Area	1,285 thousand km²
In our quizzes	7 packs

Where it is

Peru on the map of the Americas. In the Americas map quiz you tap it.

Places to find

9 in Explorer

Nazca Lines, Peru — **Nazca Lines**
Giant desert drawings of animals and lines, best seen from the air.
Photo: Diego Delso / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Titicaca, Peru — **Titicaca**
The highest navigable lake in the world, with floating reed islands of the Uros.
Photo: W. Bulach / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Machu Picchu, Peru — **Machu Picchu**
An Inca citadel on a high ridge above the Urubamba valley.
Photo: Martin St-Amant (S23678) / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Chan Chan, Peru — **Chan Chan**
The largest adobe city in the world, capital of the Chimú before the Incas.
Photo: Draceane / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Manu National Park, Peru — **Manu National Park**
Amazon rainforest rising to Andean cloud forest, one of Earth's richest habitats.
Photo: Henry Vagrant / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Cusco, Peru — **Cusco**
An Andean city of Inca walls and colonial churches.
Photo: Diego Delso / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Questions we ask

Question	Answer
Which continent is Peru in?	South America
Machu Picchu is in which country?	Peru
Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, borders Peru and which other country?	Bolivia
What is the area of Peru? (in thousand km²)	1,285 thousand km²

Did you know

Rainbow Mountain. Mineral-striped ridges banded in red, gold, and turquoise.

Misti. The 5,822-metre volcano that looms over the white city of Arequipa.

Alpamayo. A near-perfect ice pyramid once voted the most beautiful mountain in the world.

The Peru questions

Peru has Paraguay, Chile and Argentina as flag decoys. Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador are the outline rivals.

One trivia question is “Which continent is Peru in?” (South America). Then: “Machu Picchu is in which country?” (Peru). The numbers round holds an area of 1,285 thousand square kilometres. Nazca Lines and Titicaca, two of 9 Peru photos, are marked easy; Cusco is marked hard.

Every Peru question, with streaks and a leaderboard, is in the app.

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Questions and answers

What is the capital of Peru?

The capital of Peru is Lima.

Which continent is Peru in?

Peru is in the Americas.