Peruvian Science, Arts and Culture
Food, Sport and Science
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- Which dish of raw fish cured in lime juice with onion and chili was inscribed by UNESCO as intangible heritage in 2023?
- Which cocktail combines pisco, lime juice, egg white and syrup, finished with drops of bitters?
- What is pisco?
- Which Peruvian dish of beef strips, onion, tomato and chips shows Chinese influence in its cooking?
- What is pachamanca?
- Which non-alcoholic drink is made from boiled purple corn with pineapple and cinnamon?
- Which yellow chili is the base of Peruvian sauces such as the one in ají de gallina?
- Which Andean seed, called the mother grain by the Inca, is now eaten around the world?
- Which food, made by freezing and drying potatoes in the cold highlands, can be stored for years?
- Which statement about Peruvian cuisine is accurate?
- Which creamy, sweet green fruit is native to the Andean valleys of Peru?
- How many times has Peru won the Copa América?
- Which Peruvian women's team won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul?
- Which Peruvian forward scored five goals at each of the 1970 and 1978 World Cups?
- In which year did Peru qualify for the FIFA World Cup after a gap of 36 years?
- Which multi-sport event did Lima host in 2019?
- Which Peruvian medical student is honoured as a martyr of medicine after injecting himself with verruga peruana in 1885?
- Which drug against malaria is extracted from the bark of the cinchona, a tree of the Peruvian Andes?
- What is the unit of currency of Peru?
- The Peruvian potato has thousands of native varieties. Which statement best explains why this diversity is important?
- What is the Peruvian Paso, a horse breed developed in Peru?
- Peru won its second Copa América in 1975, and its women's volleyball team won Olympic silver in 1988. How many years separate these two successes?
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