East vs. West
Thailand
USA
English language
Heads of State
100
True or false: Bangkok is bigger than New York City (in terms of km2)
True. Bangkok is 1,568.7 km2, while New York City is 790 km2.
100
Which of the following is NOT a waterfall in Thailand? a) Huay Mae Khamin b) Thi Lo Su c) Mae Ya d) Hua Chang e) Ang Phak Nam f) Mae Suwanon g) Wachirathan
f) Mae Suwanon
100
Which of the following is not a US state: a) Vermont b) Dakota c) Louisiana d) Michigan e) Alabama f) Montana g) Wyoming
b) Dakota
100
English belongs to the ______ family. a) Aleutian b) Teutonic c) Germanic d) Baryonic e) Fallopian f) Telluric g) Masonic
c) Germanic
100
In what year was the current King of Thailand born?
1927
200
True or false: Bangkok has more people than New York City
False. New York has 8.406 million, while Bangkok has 6.355 million.
200
Which of the following countries does NOT have an embassy in Thailand? a) Cameroon b) Israel c) Iran d) Qatar e) Portugal f) Ukraine
a) Cameroon
200
Which of the following is NOT a US city: a) Honolulu b) Montpelier c) Baton Rouge d) Juneau e) Astana f) Kalamazoo g) Dallas h) St. Louis
e) Astana
200
Which language is English NOT related to? a) German b) Dutch c) Icelandic d) Greenlandic e) Swedish f) Danish g) Norwegian h) Dutch
d) Greenlandic
200
What is Barack Obama's middle name?
Hussein
300
The Buddhist calendar (พ.ศ. พุทธศักราช) is how many years ahead of the Gregorian calendar (ค.ศ. คริสต์ศักราช)?
543 years
300
True or False: Thailand and Brunei are the only Southeast Asian nations that were never colonized by Europeans.
False. Thailand is the only nation in SE Asia that was never colonized by Europeans.
300
What are the top 4 languages spoken in the US? Your choices are German, Vietnamese, English, Tagalog, Spanish, Austrian, Mexican, Canadian, French, Russian, Burmese, Portuguese, Chinese
English, Spanish, Chinese, and Tagalog
300
The English language is written with whichalphabet? a) Cyrillic b) Syllabic c) Slavic d) Latin e) Gregorian f) Samoan g) Adriatic h) Devanagari i) Hieroglyphics j) Cuneiform k) Ge'ez
d) Latin
300
Who was the first president of the US?
George Washington
400
Where is the Thai embassy located in the United States?
Washington D.C.
400
The word "Suvarnabhumi" comes from what language? a) Pali b) Persian c) Telugu d) Sanskrit e) Marathi f) Tamil g) Urdu
d) Sanskrit
400
Which of the following countries is not an ally (friend) of the US? a) Iran b) Eritrea c) Zulu d) Burkina Faso e) Belarus f) Gabon
a) Iran
400
What is this symbol called in English? ; a) guillemets b) macron c) carat d) semicolon e) slash f) circumflex g) comma h) diaeresis
d) semicolon
400
What was the name of Rama III?
Nangklao
500
When was the first contact between the United States and Thailand? ±60 years
The first contact was in 1818.
500
Thai is NOT related to the following languages: a) Lao b) Shan c) Kam Muang d) Sinhalese e) Khamyang
d) Sinhalese
500
Which of the following is NOT featured on the American flag?
a) Stars b) Circles c) Stripes d) Red, White, and Blue
500
In which of the following places is English an official language? a) Montenegro b) Somalia c) Swaziland d) Babylon e) Virgin Islands f) Ecuador
e) Virgin Islands
500
Where was the current King of Thailand born?
Massachusetts, US
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