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History of Singapore

100

Who wrote our national anthem, “Majulah Singapura”?                                                                                                                              

A) Wandly Yazid

B) Jeremy Monteiro

C) Zubir Said

D) Tan Yan Zhang

C) Zubir Said

200

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

300

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

400

Where was the wild last tiger in Singapore killed?

A) Choa Chu Kang

B) Bedok 

C) Tampines

D) Bishan

A) Choa Chu Kang

500

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

History of RI

100

1. 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

200

1. When did Raffles Institution move to its second campus at Grange Road?

A) 1923

B) 1945

C) 1972

D) 1990

C) 1972

300

How many houses were there in Raffles Institution during the time after 1932?

A) 7

B) 5

C) 9

D) 10

D) 10

400

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

500

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

History of Raffles

100

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  

200

Where was Sir Stamford Raffles born?

A) London

B) Birmingham 

C) Jamaica

D) Dominican Republic

C) Jamaica

300

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

400

When did Captain Benjamin Raffles [Father of Sir Stamford Raffles] die?

A) 1800

B) 1811

C) 1807

D) 1821

B) 1811

500

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 

History of the World

100

Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?

A) Tolui Khan

B) Ariq Böke

C) Ogedei Khan

D) Genghis Khan

D) Genghis Khan

200

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

300

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

400

What was the language of the Aztecs known as?

A) Sumerian

B) Aramic

C) Nahuatl

D) Assyrian

C) Nahuatl

500

What was the capital city of the Inca Empire?

A) Cusco

B) Domingo

C) Istanbul

D) Tenochititlan

A) Cusco