Q 01/05

Which fictional bear's Aunt Lucy lives in the Home for Retired Bears in Lima?

A) Winnie-the-Pooh

B) Baloo

C) Paddington

D) Rupert

Answer · why

C) Paddington

Paddington was first written as a stowaway from darkest Africa; Michael Bond switched his home to Peru after his agent pointed out that Africa has no ...

Q 02/05

Which body of water does Lima overlook?

A) The Atlantic

B) The Pacific

C) The Caribbean

D) Lake Titicaca

Answer · why

B) The Pacific

The Pacific made Lima a capital: the Spanish chose this coastal site over Cusco, the old Inca capital high in the Andes, because ships could keep it i...

Q 03/05

Which river flows through the centre of Lima?

A) Chillón

B) Lurín

C) Urubamba

D) Rímac

Answer · why

D) Rímac

The Rímac pours steeply out of the high Andes and laid down the flat fan of gravel on which the Spanish built their city; it is still the chief suppli...

Q 04/05

Which conquistador founded Lima in 1535?

A) Francisco Pizarro

B) Hernán Cortés

C) Diego de Almagro

D) Pedro de Valdivia

Answer · why

A) Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro died in the city he founded: in 1541 followers of a rival conquistador's son stormed his palace and killed him, and his tomb lies in...

Q 05/05

Under what name was Lima founded?

A) City of the Saints

B) City of the Sun

C) City of the Cross

D) City of the Kings

Answer · why

D) City of the Kings

City of the Kings honoured the three Magi, because the Spanish founded it in January 1535, close to the feast of the Epiphany; their three crowns stil...