Who wrote our national anthem, “Majulah Singapura”?
A) Wandly Yazid
B) Jeremy Monteiro
C) Zubir Said
D) Tan Yan Zhang
C) Zubir Said
Which two campuses did Raffles Institution briefly occupy after World War II? (Choose Two Answers)
A) Monk’s Hill
B) Victoria School
C) Saint Joseph’s Institution
D) CHIJ
A) Monk’s Hill,
C) Saint Joseph’s Institution
What was Stamford Raffles’ full name?
A) Thomas Stamford Benjamin Raffles
B) Thomas Stamford Hastings Raffles
C) Thomas Stamford Baines Raffles
D) Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
D) Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
A) Tolui Khan
B) Ariq Böke
C) Ogedei Khan
D) Genghis Khan
D) Genghis Khan
Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, was founded in 1947 as what?
A) Malayan Airways Limited
B) Singapore Limited
C) Singapore Airways
D) Korean Air
A) Malayan Airways Limited
When did Raffles Institution move to its second campus at Grange Road?
A) 1923
B) 1945
C) 1972
D) 1990
C) 1972
Where was Sir Stamford Raffles born?
A) London
B) Birmingham
C) Jamaica
D) Dominican Republic
C) Jamaica
Who fought in the Hundred Years' War?
A) Germany and Austria
B) Spain and Portugal
C) England and France
D) Spain and England
C) England and France
What is considered to be the worst structural disaster in Singapore’s History?
A) Tanjong Pagar Building Collapse
B) World Trade Center Collapse
C) The Hotel New World Collapse
D) Bedok Industrial Building Collapse
C) The Hotel New World Collapse
How many houses were there in Raffles Institution during the time after 1932?
A) 7
B) 5
C) 9
D) 10
D) 10
What was the maiden name of Stamford Raffles’ first wife?
A) Olivia Mary Raffles
B) Olivia Mariamne Devenish
C) Sophia Hull
D) Serene Olivia Harrington
B) Olivia Mariamne Devenish
During which war was a Christmas Truce called?
A) World War I
B) World War II
C) American Civil War
D) The revolutionary War
A) World War I
Where was the wild last tiger in Singapore killed?
A) Choa Chu Kang
B) Bedok
C) Tampines
D) Bishan
A) Choa Chu Kang
How many years did Richmond William Hullett serve as Principal of Raffles Institution?
A) 0 years
B) 8 years
C) 18 years
D) 36 years
D) 36 years
When did Captain Benjamin Raffles [Father of Sir Stamford Raffles] die?
A) 1800
B) 1811
C) 1807
D) 1821
B) 1811
What was the language of the Aztecs known as?
A) Sumerian
B) Aramic
C) Nahuatl
D) Assyrian
C) Nahuatl
What was the name of the village that occupied current-day Bishan in the 1960s?
A) Kampong Lorong
B) Kampong Melaka
C) Kampong Benkulu
D) Kampong San Theng
D) Kampong San Theng
Which principal proposed the building of a boarding facility in the Bishan campus?
A) Tan Tiek Kwee
B) Eugene Wijeysingha
C) Wong Siew Hoong
D) A.K Sigamoney
B) Eugene Wijeysingha
At what age did Sir Stamford Raffles get appointed as assistant secretary to the government of Penang?
A) 14
B) 15
C) 23
D) 29
A) 14
What was the capital city of the Inca Empire?
A) Cusco
B) Domingo
C) Istanbul
D) Tenochititlan
A) Cusco