South America Treasure Hunt Quiz – Find the Inca Gold!

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Are you ready to join us on a treasure hunt in this unique geography quiz? Map out the route via clues about South American locations in order to find the lost Inca gold. You’ll journey through several countries, including Peru, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Brazil, just to name a few.
Think you have what it takes to route the map and find the gold? Answer all of our South America questions correctly, and you’ll find where X marks the spot. And you just might learn something along the way.
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This fun online quiz has buried Inca treasure somewhere in South America. If you know a thing or two about the continent, then you’re sure to ace these geography questions and bring home the gold.
Our unique geography quiz will take you on a thrill ride through South America, showing you corners of the continent that you may have otherwise not known existed. From colorful rivers to the largest continental mountain range, with our South America quiz, you’ll explore vast corners of the continent in search of Inca treasure. 
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South America Quiz Questions

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Question 1

At the top of Sugarloaf, you uncover a clue. It reads: "You're almost there. Now, you must journey through the depths of the world's largest rainforest." Where to?

  • A
    Hawaiian Rainforest
  • B
    Daintree Rainforest
  • C
    Congolian Rainforest
  • D
    Amazon Rainforest

Question 2

In the depths of the Amazon, you find another clue. It reads only: "Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl. With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there." You know this as Barry Manilow's famous song, inspired by what beach?

  • A
    Miami
  • B
    Margaritaville
  • C
    Copacabana
  • D
    Kokomo

Question 3

You found an Inca treasure map at this monumental site in Peru, where the civilization's elite once lived. Name that sacred site.

  • A
    Chichen Itza
  • B
    Machu Picchu
  • C
    Ollantaytambo
  • D
    The Great Pyramid

Question 4

The clue in the Nazca Lines reads: "Travel to where the Incas were born." Time to head into Bolivian territory to what highest navigable lake on Earth?

  • A
    Lake Titicaca
  • B
    General Carrera Lake
  • C
    Lake Poopo
  • D
    Victoria Lake

Question 5

"Time for something sweet," your next clue reads. "You'll find it in this Brazilian mountain."

  • A
    Mountain Dew
  • B
    Cupcake Mountain
  • C
    Lollipop Mountain
  • D
    Sugarloaf Mountain

Question 6

Follow the Inca Trail east and take a turn south. Soon you will arrive at this Peruvian canyon, nearly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.

  • A
    Colca Canyon
  • B
    Hells Canyon
  • C
    Marble Canyon
  • D
    Copper Canyon

Question 7

You're about to reach the highest mountain in South America, where you'll find your next clue. Where are you?

  • A
    Mount Everest
  • B
    Mount Aconcagua
  • C
    Mount Kilimanjaro
  • D
    Mount Pissis

Question 8

You don't find a pot of gold on the Caño Cristales. But you do find your next clue: "Meet me in the middle." You know that the middle of the Earth is near this equatorial capital of Ecuador.

  • A
    Buenos Aires
  • B
    Bangkok
  • C
    Quito
  • D
    Santo Domingo

Question 9

On the beach, you find in the tile waves the clue: "Take to the skies and find it on the ground." Back in Peru, you read your next clue in these geoglyphs of the desert sands. They're known as what?

  • A
    Nazca Lines
  • B
    Hieroglyphics
  • C
    Cuneiform
  • D
    Calligraphy

Question 10

Arriving in the Atacama Desert, you find an X in the sand. Excited that it's the treasure, you dig. Instead, you find your next clue: "Go to the moon." Don't take this literally; name that nearby lunar landscape.

  • A
    Craters of the Moon
  • B
    The Bardenas Reale
  • C
    Valle de la Luna
  • D
    Saturn

Question 11

In a crater at the Valle de la Luna, you find your next clue: "Travel southwest to this still-growing glacier, the jewel of Patagonia." Name that icecap.

  • A
    Greenland Ice Sheet
  • B
    Perito Moreno Glacier
  • C
    Biafo Glacier
  • D
    Vatnajokull

Question 12

Upon the Roca Sagrada, the birthplace of the first Incas, you find this symbol etched in the stone. A cornerstone of many cultures, what is it to the Incas?

  • A
    Peace
  • B
    Tree of Life
  • C
    Yin and Yang
  • D
    Stairstepper

Question 13

On a sign along Yungas Road, you find a clue that reads: "Head to Colombia's 'Lost City'." Where are you going?

  • A
    Ciudad Perdida
  • B
    Atlantis
  • C
    Los Angeles
  • D
    Machu Picchu

Question 14

An ice chunk falls off of the glacier to reveal your next clue. It reads: "Climb to the top of the world's longest continental mountain range." Where's that?

  • A
    Andes
  • B
    Alps
  • C
    Himalayas
  • D
    Blue Ridge Mountains

Question 15

You climb the 206 steps to the Tree of Life. It stands above this sacred spring, which is what?

  • A
    Waterfountain
  • B
    Baptism
  • C
    Fountain of Youth
  • D
    Pool of Knowledge

Question 16

At the Laguna Colorada, under the foot of a flamingo, you read: "Travel along the 'world's most dangerous road'." This leads you where?

  • A
    Route 66
  • B
    Kolyma Highway
  • C
    Yungas Road
  • D
    99-Bend Road

Question 17

At the Mitad del Mundo, you find yet another clue. It reads: "The driest non-polar desert on Earth holds secrets. Find them." What desert will you travel to?

  • A
    Gobi Desert
  • B
    Atacama Desert
  • C
    Patagonian Desert
  • D
    Sahara Desert

Question 18

"Drift down this Liquid Rainbow," reads the clue at the Lost City. In Colombia, you know that could only mean what river?

  • A
    Amazon
  • B
    Betsiboka River
  • C
    Caño Cristales
  • D
    Nile

Question 19

At the bottom of Colca Canyon, you find your first clue. It reads: "Travel to the Lake of Red." Where are you headed?

  • A
    Laguna Colorada
  • B
    Rust Lake
  • C
    Lago Roja
  • D
    Lake Erie

Question 20

At the summit of Mount Aconcagua reads the clue: "Search behind the droplets of the world's largest waterfall system." Where should you go?

  • A
    Angel Falls
  • B
    Iguazú Falls
  • C
    Victoria Falls
  • D
    Niagara Falls

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