2. General Knowledge about ASEAN countries By Dr Nisai Kaewsanchai

3. 1. Q. What is the capital of Malaysia? A. Kuala Lumpur 2. Q. What is the capital of Thailand? A. Bangkok 3. Q. What is the capital of Myanmar? A. Naypyidaw (Yangon – former capital)

4. 4. Q. What is the capital of Vietnam? A. Hanoi 5. Q. What is the capital of the Philippines? A. Manila 6. Q. What is the capital of Brunei Darussalam? A. Bandar Seri Begawan

5. 7. Q. What is the capital of Cambodia? A. Phnom Penh 8. Q. What is the capital of Laos? A. Vientiane 9. Q. What is the capital of Indonesia? A. Jakarta

6. 10. Q. What is the capital of Singapore? A. Singapore 11. Q. Who is the Prime Minister of Singapore? (2011) A. Lee Hsien Loong 12. Q. What is the population in Singapore? A. About five million

7. 13. Q. What is the population of Cambodia? A. About 14 million 14. Q. What is the currency used in Cambodia? A. Riel 15. Q. What is the currency used in Thailand? A. Baht

8. 16. Q. What is the currency used in Malaysia? A. Ringgit 17. Q. What is the currency used in Myanmar? A. Kyat 18. Q. What is the currency used in Vietnam? A. Dong

9. 19. Q. What is the longest river in Thailand? A. The Chaopraya River 20. Q. What is the currency used in the Philippines? A. Peso 21. Q. What is the biggest island in Indonesia? A. Sumatra

10. 22. Q. What is the largest lake in Cambodia? A. Tonle Sap 23. Q. What is the symbol of Singapore? A. The Merlion 24. Q. What is the name of the river between Thailand and Laos? A. The Mekong River

11. 25. Q. Which country is bigger Thailand or Myanmar? A. Myanmar 26. Q. Which country is in the Pacific Ocean? It has seven thousand islands. A. The Philippines

12. 27. Q. What was the former name of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam? A. Saigon 28. Q. What is the name of Brunei ’ s Sultan (2011) ? A. Hassanal Bolkiah 29. Q. What is Brunei ’ s main export? A. Oil

13. 30. Q. What language is spoken in Brunei? A. Malay 31. Q. If Thailand is 8 o ’ clock, what time is it in Brunei? A. Nine o ’ clock 32. Q. What is the population of Brunei? A. About 400,000 people

14. 33. Q. What is the official religion of Brunei? A. Islam 34. Q. What is in the middle of Vietnamese flag? A. Yellow Star 35. Q. What is the population of Laos? A. About 7 million people (2011)

15. 36. Q. What river runs through Luang Prabang City in Laos? A. The Mekong River 37. Q. Who is the Prime Minister of Laos (2011)? A. Mr. Thongsing Thammavong 38. Q. What is the currency used in Laos? A. Kip

16. 39. Q. Who is the President of the Philippines? (2011) A. President Benigno Aquino III 40. Q. What is the population of the Philippines? (2011) A. About 94 million 41. Q. What is the main religion in the Philippines? A. Christianity

17. 42. Q. What are the two official languages of the Philippines? A. Filipino (Tagalog) and English 43. Q. What was the former name of Thailand? A. Siam 44. Q. What is the main religion of Thailand? A. Buddhism

18. 45. Q. What is the population of Thailand? (2011) A. About 63 million 46. Q. What is the climate of Thailand? A. Tropical (hot and humid) 47. Q. What is the most fun holiday celebrated on 13th April of every year in Thailand? A. Songkran

19. 48. Q. What is the name of the largest International Airport in Thailand? A. Suvarnnabhumi Airport 49. Q. Where is the Grand Palace? A. Bangkok, Thailand 50. Q. What is the population of Indonesia? A. About 240 million

20. 51. Q. What are the two colours on the Indonesian flag? A. Red and white 52. Q. What is the tallest building in Malaysia? A. The Petronas Twin Towers 53. Q. Which country is located between Thailand and Singapore? A. Malaysia

21. 54. Q. Which country is the biggest in the ASEAN? A. Indonesia 55. Q. Who is the Prime Minister of Cambodia? (2011) A. Hun Sen 56. Q. What prize did Aung San Suu Kyi win in 1991? A. Nobel Peace Prize

22. 57. Q. What is the name of the sea where Pkuket Island is situated? A. Andaman Sea 58. Q. What is Cambodia ’ s main tourist attraction? A. Angkor Wat in Siem Reap province 59. Q. What is the name of the tallest pagoda in Myanmar? A. Shwedagon

23. 60. Q. On which side of the road do the Vietnamese drive their cars, left or right? A. Right 61. Q. What was the first capital of Siam or (Thailand )? A. Sukhothai

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