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The Great City Guide Quiz

28th September 2017 by Expat Living 2 Min Read

https://expatliving.sg/cityguidequiz/

Whether you’re a new expat or an old hand, discover how much you know about living in Singapore with our trivia challenge. Your 20 questions start … now!


#1
Which vegetable does the “carrot” in the hawker dish of carrot cake actually refer to?

#2 What type of large animal escaped Singapore Zoo in 1974 and spent around seven weeks hanging out in the Seletar Reservoir? 

#3 Which side of Singapore is hotter and drier, the east or the west? 

#4 Which of the following teams does not play in the Singapore Premier League: Geylang United; Bukit Timah Bears; Tampines Rovers? 

#5 Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie designed which iconic Singapore building? 

#6 What are you doing if you “chope”? 

#7 Changi Airport is portrayed on which Singapore coin? 

#8 How many Oriental Pied Hornbills are thought to inhabit the island: 5-10, 35-40, 60-100?

#9 The Istana is the official residence of who? 

#10 Which MRT stations have the anagrams Lacquer Yak, An Oven and Chirping Aorta? 

#11 Name the 2018 smash-hit Hollywood film set in Singapore. 

#12 What will you get if you ask for a cup of tea halia in a Singapore kopitiam?

#13 The former name of which Singapore location translates as “the island of death from behind”? 

#14 In which year did Lee Kuan Yew step down as Prime Minister? 

#15 Which of these is not a ride at Universal Studios: Revenge of the Mummy, Sesame Street Spaghetti Space Chase, The Jedi Jouster? 

#16 Who described the surrender of Singapore’s British forces to the Japanese in 1942 as “the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”? 

#17 Which Singlish word, starting with “a”, is used to denote shock or surprise? 

#18 Which is longer, the CTE, KJE or PIE?

#19 There are four official languages in Singapore, but which one is the “national language”? 

#20 The world’s longest non-stop international flight goes from Singapore to where?

Scroll down for the answers!

The Floating Donut Company private cruise in Singapore boats in Marina Bay


#1
Radish
#2 A hippopotamus (named Congo)
#3 The east
#4 Bukit Timah Bears
#5 Marina Bay Sands
#6 Leaving an object (often a packet of tissues) on a public table to indicate that you have “reserved” that table – particularly common in hawker centres
#7 20 cents
#8 60-100
#9 The President of Singapore
#10 Clarke Quay, Novena, Changi Airport
#11 Crazy Rich Asians
#12 Ginger tea
#13 Sentosa
#14 1990 (at the time, he had become the longest-serving Prime Minister in the world)
#15 The Jedi Jouster
#16 Sir Winston Churchill
#17 Alamak!
#18 The PIE (42.8km)
#19 Malay
#20 New York City

 

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This article first appeared in the City Guide 2019 edition of Expat Living. You can purchase a copy or subscribe so you never miss an issue!

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