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Asia Quiz Questions and Answers

Questions

1. Which Asian city, with a population of more than 24 million, is the most populous city proper in the world?



2. Besides Thailand, which two countries have coasts on the Gulf of Thailand?
3. Which city, located in southern India and the highest of India's major cities, is nicknamed the 'Silicon Valley of India'?
4. Thimphu is the capital, while Phuntsholing is the financial centre, of which small landlocked country?
5. Khmer is spoken by more than 95% of the population of which country?
6. Incheon International Airport serves which country?
7. Borobudur, a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple and the world's largest Buddhist temple, is in which country?
8. Which country shares its southern border with both Iran and Afghanistan?
9. The Democracy Monument, the Giant Swing, Wat Arun, and the Grand Palace can all be seen by 'tuk-tuk' in which capital city?
10. The Volcano Islands are a group of three islands belonging to which country?
11. Which parallel north forms the border between South and North Korea?
12. Which Asian country's name means 'land of the pure'?
13. Which singer closed the 2014 Asian Games ceremony with a performance of Gangnam Style?
14. What is the English translation of 'the Rub' al Khali', which encompasses most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula?
15. Which island is the largest in Asia?

Answers:

1. Shanghai
2. Cambodia and Vietnam





3. Bangalore
4. Bhutan
5. Cambodia
6. South Korea
7. Indonesia
8. Turkmenistan
9. Bangkok (tuk-tuks are the local motorised rickshaws used as taxis)
10. Japan
11. 38th parallel
12. Pakistan
13. Psy
14. The Empty Quarter
15. Borneo