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Q.1
You see the Singapore flag all the time, but can you identify who led the team that designed it? *
  • S. Rajaratnam
  • Dr Goh Keng Swee
  • Ong Pang Boon
  • Dr Toh Chin Chye

Q.2
The British surrendered to the Japanese at a simple teak table at the old Ford Factory. Who owns the table now? *
  • National Museum of Singapore
  • Australian War Memorial
  • Old Ford Factory
  • British Museum

Q.3
Did you know we have a national bird? Guess which one. *
  • Crimson sunbird
  • Straw-headed bulbul
  • Black-naped oriole
  • Pink-necked green pigeon

Q.4
Which one of the following is NOT a Singapore campaign mascot? *
  • Teamy the Productivity Bee
  • Singa the Courtesy Lion
  • Bobo the Water-Saving Elephant
  • Bookworm

Q.5
Which Singapore symbol was created in 1964 by the Singapore Tourism Board? *
  • Merlion
  • Nila
  • Moove cows
  • Lyo

Q.6
Which one of these department stores famously burned down in 1972? *
  • Robinsons at Raffles Place
  • Tangs at Orchard Road
  • Silo Emporium at Kallang Bahru
  • Metro in High Street

Q.7
“If you think of yourself as Chinese, Malays, Indians and Sri Lankans, then Singapore will collapse. You must think of Singapore: 'This is my country.' I fight and die for Singapore if necessary.” Which Old Guard leader said this? *
  • Lee Kuan Yew
  • S. Rajaratnam
  • E. W. Barker
  • Dr Goh Keng Swee

Q.8
Who won the Singapore F1 Grand Prix race in 2008? *
  • Jenson Button
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Fernando Alonso
  • Lewis Hamilton

Q.9
Which of these is NOT an actual ‘Two is Enough’ campaign poster? *
  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.

Q.10
Singapore won the Malaysia Cup in 1994. Who was the team captain? *
  • Fandi Ahmad
  • Abbas Saad
  • V Selvaraj
  • V Sundramoorthy

Q.11
Which reservoir has a history of crocodile sightings, including the discovery of a dead 400kg saltwater crocodile in 2014? *
  • Bedok Reservoir
  • MacRitchie Reservoir
  • Kranji Reservoir
  • Lower Peirce Reservoir

Q.12
Which of these Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) no longer exists in the upcoming elections? *
  • Hougang SMC
  • Punggol-East SMC
  • Mountbatten SMC
  • Joo Chiat SMC

Q.13
The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore’s first and only natural history museum, is located at which university? *
  • National University of Singapore
  • Nanyang Technological University of Singapore
  • Singapore Management University
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design

Q.14
The following islands belong to Singapore, except... *
  • Pulau Ubin
  • Sisters’ Island
  • Kusu Island
  • Christmas Island

Q.15
Which one of these following buildings still exists? *
  • Library at Stamford Road
  • National Theatre at Fort Canning Park
  • Singapore Conference Hall in Shenton Way
  • Queenstown cinema in Commonwealth Avenue

Q.16
Conservation and civic groups have been campaigning to prevent a dual four-lane road from being built through which historic cemetery? *
  • Bidadari Cemetery
  • Bukit Brown Cemetery
  • Kranji War Cemetery
  • Yio Chu Kang Cemetery

Q.17
Which area in Singapore is most associated with the Peranakan and Eurasian cultures? *
  • Kampong Glam
  • Tanglin
  • Balestier
  • Joo Chiat

Q.18
Which was the first public housing estate in Singapore? *
  • Queenstown
  • Marine Parade
  • Punggol
  • Bukit Batok

Q.19
This estate’s name was taken from a transport aircraft which used to land at a nearby airport. *
  • Changi Village
  • Dakota Crescent
  • Tanjong Katong
  • Jalan Besar

Q.20
Which is the first nature reserve in Singapore to have been created with the help of feedback from civic groups? *
  • Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
  • Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
  • HortPark
  • Labrador Nature Reserve

Q.21
When you ask for ‘mai hum’, which dish are you ordering? *
  • Mee siam
  • Mee rebus
  • Lontong
  • Laksa

Q.22
Singaporeans go to Changi Village for which dish? *
  • Nasi briyani
  • Nasi lemak
  • Roti prata
  • Roti john

Q.23
These desserts contain gula melaka (palm sugar) except ... *
  • Chendol
  • Ondeh ondeh
  • Muah chee
  • Sago pudding

Q.24
Which dish is often described as the ‘national dish of Singapore’? *
  • Rojak
  • Fishball noodles
  • Devil’s curry
  • Chicken rice

Q.25
All of the following are food brands that originated in Singapore except... *
  • BreadTalk
  • Old Town White Coffee
  • Awfully Chocolate
  • Bengawan Solo

Q.26
Which dish was created in 1964 by Singapore’s four heavenly kings, or four well-known chefs of the 1960s? *
  • Yusheng
  • Nasi goreng
  • Curry fish head
  • Ayam buah keluak

Q.27
Kopi-c contains all of the following ingredients except... *
  • Coffee
  • Sugar
  • Condensed milk
  • Evaporated milk

Q.28
Which of these eating places has the longest history? *
  • Lau Pa Sat
  • Tekka Centre
  • Maxwell Market
  • Tiong Bahru Market

Q.29
Modern Singapore – or Mod-Sin – cuisine puts a local spin on western food. The following chefs are associated with the Mod-Sin movement, except... *
  • Willin Low
  • Han Liguang
  • Shen Tan
  • Devagi Sanmugam

Q.30
Local label Ang Ku Kueh Girl and Friends features a range of characters based on local food items, which include all of the following except... *
  • Ang ku kueh
  • Chwee kueh
  • Curry puff
  • Kueh lapis

Q.31
Which one of these Singapore pop groups recorded the pop hit Shanty in 1964? *
  • The Crescendos
  • The Quests
  • The Thunderbirds
  • The Rhythm Boys

Q.32
Which one of these is NOT a Dick Lee musical? *
  • Beauty World
  • Fried Rice Paradise
  • Chang & Eng
  • Hotpants!

Q.33
The recent anthology movie 7Letters featured short films by seven Singapore directors. Which of the following directors did NOT direct a segment for the film? *
  • Wee Li Lin
  • Kelvin Tong
  • Tan Pin Pin
  • Royston Tan

Q.34
The following are all former winners of Singapore Idol, except... *
  • Sylvia Ratonel
  • Taufik Batisah
  • Hady Mirza
  • Sezairi Sezali

Q.35
A number of local TV characters have become iconic for their identifiable characteristics. Which is NOT one of them? *
  • Contractor Phua Chu Kang
  • Peranakan matriarch Tan Geok Neo
  • Minimart owner Tan Ah Teck
  • Engineer and groom-to-be Keat

Q.36
Contenders representing Singapore in international beauty pageants often don costumes inspired by icons or the country’s multi-ethnic influences. Which of the following has NOT been worn for an international pageant? *
  • National costume inspired by the merlion
  • National costume inspired by the orchid
  • National costume inspired by Singapore’s ethnic influences
  • National costume inspired by samsui women

Q.37
Which local actor popularised the phrase ‘stunned like vegetable’ after he sang it in a music video, Unbelievable? *
  • Sebastian Tan
  • Chua Enlai
  • Chen Tianwen
  • Suhaimi Yusof

Q.38
All of the following local stars have taken part in local reality TV singing competitions, except... *
  • Ebi Shankara
  • Farisha Ishak
  • Judee Tan
  • Kelly Poon

Q.39
Which coming-of-age-humour novel by local author Adrian Tan was made into a movie and released in the 1990s? *
  • The Teenage Textbook
  • Our Sister Mambo
  • The Lion Men
  • I Not Stupid

Q.40
These tracks are featured in the official Songs of The Games album for the 2015 SEA Games, hosted by Singapore. However, only three of them are the official theme songs. Which one is not? *
  • Greatest performed by Daphne Khoo
  • Ordinary performed by The Sam Willows
  • Unbreakable performed by Tabitha Nauser
  • Still performed by Charlie Lim

Q.41
This composer is known for composing Singapore’s national anthem and also its Children’s Day song, Semoga Bahagia. Who is he? *
  • Iskandar Ismail
  • Zubir Said
  • Ahmad Jaafar
  • Leong Yoon Pin

Q.42
Emily Of Emerald Hill is a one-character play by Stella Kon about the life of a Peranakan matriach. All of the following actors have played the character of Emily, except... *
  • Margaret Chan
  • Ivan Heng
  • Neo Swee Lin
  • Jeanette Aw

Q.43
One of these books by Singapore-based artist-illustrators recently had its National Arts Council grant revoked. Which one? *
  • The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew
  • Everything Also Want To Be S.U.R.E. by Johnny Lau
  • Bricks In The Wall by Troy Chin
  • Salvation Sam by Samuel Richard, Alexander Zhao and Aravind Menon

Q.44
These Singapore-based artists helped pioneer the Nanyang style, combining modern Western painting techniques with Asian subject matter. Which one was the subject of a three-part docu-drama on TV recently? *
  • Liu Kang
  • Chen Wen Hsi
  • Chen Chong Swee
  • Georgette Chen

Q.45
Who is the playwright behind socio-political commentary plays Cook A Pot of Curry and Cooling Off Day? *
  • Alfian Sa’at
  • Michael Chiang
  • Haresh Sharma
  • Faith Ng

Q.46
Which one of these writers has NOT won the Singapore Literature Prize? *
  • Amanda Lee Koe
  • Suchen Christine Lim
  • Mohamed Latiff Mohamed
  • Wena Poon

Q.47
In 2002, the play Shopping And F***ing was nominated for six awards in the Life! Theatre Awards, which made for a very salty evening at the awards ceremony as the F word went flying. Which Minister was quoted as joking at the evening’s festivities: “There’s a lot of f***ing flying around tonight, but the arts teaches us to be gracious.” *
  • David Lim
  • Yaacob Ibrahim
  • Dr Lee Boon Yang
  • Dr Vivian Balakrishnan

Q.48
Which one of these local artists is often known as the Master Potter? *
  • Han Sai Por
  • Sun Yu Li
  • Ng Eng Teng
  • Iskandar Jalil

Q.49
Which of the following is Singapore’s oldest museum? *
  • Singapore Art Museum
  • National Museum of Singapore
  • Asian Civilisations Museum
  • Peranakan Museum

Q.50
Which Singapore musician released an autobiography, From Clementi To Carnegie, which included content about surviving a fight with cancer and a car accident? *
  • Violinist Siow Lee Chin
  • Singer-songwriter Dick Lee
  • Pianist Margaret Leng Tan
  • Jazz maestro Jeremy Monteiro

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