Machu Pichu

Question 1

Hiram Bingham

Answer 1

b. Hawaii 1875

Question 2

Lost City of the Incas

Answer 2

Hiram Bingham
1952
a classic in the literature of exploationn

Question 3

Cuzco, Perú

Answer 3

ancient capital of the Incas
High plateau in the Andes
10000 feet

Question 4

Conan Doyle quote

Answer 4

“the more you knew of South America, the more you would understand that anything is possible - anything”
Lost City 2011; xxxiii

Question 5

2011 explanation of Machu Pichu

Answer 5

from 1983 document
prob. built by Pachacuti
Élite Country retreat called a moya

Question 6

Architectural feature of open window/blind niche

Answer 6

Contrast between revealing a view and hiding it
View continually changing - no two pictures are the same
Now you see it, now you don’t

Question 7

What did we get from ancient Peruvians?

Answer 7

White potato
Many varieties of corn
Quinine
Cocaine

Question 8

When, where, and who was the death of the last Incan?

Answer 8

Atahualpa 1533

Question 9

Where did the first Inca come from?

Answer 9

Quechua culture, artisans, warlike chiefdom, ruled over Cuzco AD 1200
Worshipped sun demigod

Question 10

What is a quipu?

Answer 10

Knotted cords to remember the past