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Costa, sierra and selva, the Chimú and the Moche, San Martín and Bolívar, the charango and the cajón: these Peru trivia questions take the country in four rounds.
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Peru trivia questions and answers beyond Machu Picchu
Other packs on this site ask about the famous ruin, the Nazca Lines and ceviche, so this one goes elsewhere. Before the Incas and under them has Chavín de Huántar, Chan Chan and Pachacuti; Viceroyalty to republic has Túpac Amaru II, the Guayaquil meeting and Miguel Grau.
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Each question shows four answers. Tap one: the card marks which is correct, says why in a line and points to the article. Painters, poets, music and the table is the easy closer, with quinoa and the pan flute.
Questions and answers
What are some easy trivia questions about Peru?
What is the selva? On which date did San Martín declare independence? What is the national instrument? The answers are the Amazon jungle of the east, July 28, 1821 and the charango.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the Wikipedia article Peru, linked under the question. Politics after 1884, living people, restaurants, bands and population figures are left out, and so are heights of peaks and lengths of rivers.
Where does the name Peru come from?
Probably from Birú, a local ruler who lived near the Bay of San Miguel in Panama in the early 16th century. The Spanish applied his name to the lands farther south, and the Capitulation of Toledo of 1529 made Peru official.
Who freed Peru from Spain?
José de San Martín declared independence in Lima on July 28, 1821. Simón Bolívar finished the campaign: the battles of Junín and Ayacucho in 1824 ended Spanish rule.