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Singapore Country Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the city-state of Singapore?
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Last updated: May 30, 2020
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First submittedDecember 19, 2015
Times taken33,482
Average score61.9%
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Meaning of "Singapore"
The Lion City
Official languages
English
Malay
Chinese
Tamil
Currency
Singapore Dollar
Country which founded the modern city in 1819
United Kingdom
Country which invaded Singapore in 1942
Japan
Prime Minister from 1959–1990, often considered a "benevolent dictator"
Lee Kuan-Yew
Singapore's latitude (to the nearest whole number)
1° North
Term used to describe the economies of Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea
Four Asian Tigers
Singapore has the second-busiest ___ in the world, after Shanghai
Port
Famous shopping street, once the site of spice and fruit plantations
Orchard Road
Popular but stinky fruit which is banned on the subway
Durian
Famous water-spitting statue
Merlion
Candy that was banned in 1992
Chewing gum
Gin cocktail with cherry and pineapple
Singapore Sling
Weapon used to inflict corporal punishment
Cane
Term for an open-air food court
Hawker Centre
Sea on the eastern end of the Singapore Strait
South China Sea
Singapore has one of the lowest TFRs in the world. What does TFR stand for?
Total Fertility Rate
TenThousand
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Level 76
May 30, 2020
TFR is 2nd behind Vatican City?
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
May 30, 2020
Nope. Vatican most likely has a very high TFR as has been pointed out several times before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Vatican_City

JWatson24
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Level 71
Nov 6, 2021
Even so, are you sure the question about fertility rate is right? Wikipedia and World Bank both say that Malta and South Korea are lower than Singapore.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Feb 28, 2024
It changes frequently. I changed the question to say "one of the lowest".
pitzikat
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Level 74
Jun 1, 2020
I knew that chewing gum was banned, but I didn't put it in because I didn't know that it was CANDY?
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jun 2, 2020
Unless this is meant as one of those british-american arguments. It is sweet and has no nutritional value, taken for enjoyment ( or habit, nerves, trying to quit smoking etc ;) ) not for nourishment. So makes sense, where else would you place it.

I do have to admit that hubbabbubba or bubalicous or another name was bazooka I think, feel more like candy than sportlife or stimirol, or something*, those aren't usua;;y in bright colors and taste like mint. I guess the ones you could call bubblegum feel more candy, but well neither are vegetables, or grain or fruit or meat etc

* other brands áre available ;)

EcceHomo
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Level 78
Jul 21, 2020
Very amusing
phalocrocorax
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Level 83
Sep 4, 2020
For me the distinction is hidden behind the rather vague word "taken". Candy is something you eat.
joeythelemur
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Level 84
Apr 22, 2021
The difference for me is that candy is consumed. Gum is eventually discarded.
seabird
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Level 66
Oct 22, 2020
I tried bubble gum. Isn't that the same thing? Only got 7 on this quiz. Not good.
GoblinOfCooz
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Level 75
Jan 17, 2022
Same!!! I was like... What, laffy taffy? Tootsie rolls, lollipops? And then chewing gum comes up and I'm like I knew that!! But it's not candy!
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jun 2, 2020
anyone else typed frame rate? I couldn't stop myself.. :D
TheGreatArturo
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Level 76
Dec 31, 2023
You wag!!
DawnX
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Level 49
Mar 26, 2024
makes sense. 6 million people in such a tiny space have to cause some lag
CostingMoney
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Level 46
Jul 20, 2020
20/21 8-)
Geordy
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Level 68
Jul 23, 2020
Harbor/harbour should work for port right?
Hampus
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Level 57
Mar 3, 2021
It really should
thegungler
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Level 52
Oct 17, 2023
Agreed, would love to see harbor/harbour added.
spongecake
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Level 67
Aug 16, 2020
malay can also be called bahasa melayu, which won't work when typed in.
Yanni47
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Level 77
Oct 22, 2020
That's like asking why 'hanyu' wouldn't be accepted (which admittedly would be easier to write), or 'the language of English'. Why have it easy when you can make it more complicated for yourself?
cadeu
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Level 44
Sep 5, 2020
i live in singapore yay
Jacktheguy
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Level 89
Oct 22, 2020
Surprisingly easy for me. Only missed three.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Oct 22, 2020
blah. As usual I missed the question aimed at alcoholics. :-P
CardinalSin
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Level 77
Oct 23, 2020
Look, alcoholics have a severe handicap when it comes to quizzes, so they need a spot of assistance, don't they?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Oct 25, 2020
yeah it's fine
TheGreatArturo
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Level 76
Dec 31, 2023
What a funny guy you are!!!!! Seriously - don't always be so provocatively complacent.
Alexquiz17
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Level 87
Mar 4, 2024
Yeah, it’s impossible to enjoy a drink without a raging addiction…
KingEureka
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Level 62
Oct 22, 2020
I think Singapore is a Sanskrit name. "Singh(sing)" means lion and "Pur(Pore)" means city.
MiaTheGoose
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Level 65
Oct 22, 2020
Yes, it does come from Sanskrit. Singapore (Singapura in Malay) comes from the words you mentioned in Sanskrit
Chronikhiles
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Level 49
Oct 23, 2020
It's more Tamil than Sanskrit, really. Singam is Tamil for lion, closer than the Sanskrit equivalent of sinha.
sar7
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Level 65
Oct 22, 2020
I am pretty sure it is Tamil, singa meaning lion. Sanskrit and Tamil are pretty similar, though
angkasa12
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Level 21
May 1, 2021
but it's actually took from Malay, Singa means lion, and Pore/Pura means temple or city

It may be true from Sanskrit but it is actually from Malay because it is a Malay land which was originally named Tumasik

ciaranracing
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Level 41
Oct 22, 2020
who else was really helped out by this quiz because they have watched the Formula 1 race before in Singapore?
Ryan088
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Level 33
Jan 15, 2021
I watch it but it didn't help me in this
Asphalt480
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Level 28
Nov 28, 2023
im singaporean so i know all :)
nojik
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Level 68
Jan 1, 2021
extremely difficult
Alv14
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Level 46
Jun 9, 2021
Singapore TFR is not the lowest in the world now (2021), it's Taiwan now, maybe update the quiz?
FloodsExists
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Level 21
Oct 1, 2021
No one in singapore drinks singaporean slings.

that's why it was so hard for me as a singaporean

akjlddkjslfsd
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Level 50
May 11, 2022
Got 18 / 21, and I think having lived there helped.
KTo288
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Level 47
May 22, 2022
its specifically the mandarin dialect of Chinese that is official. Teochow, Hokkien Cantonese etc are discouraged as the government wants people to speak the same Chinese dialect.

I know the answer mandarin defaults to Chinese, but that would be akin to defaulting Tamil to Indian.

RJG
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Level 60
Feb 10, 2023
14/21 but it didn't accept Harbour for Port, which are basically the same thing. So really should have been 15/21
lerjonas
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Level 48
Nov 30, 2023
What about Formula 1 and Marina Bay Street Circuit?
Alexquiz17
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Level 87
Mar 4, 2024
Singapore is basically one massive port, spread around the whole island.

Around the shipyards of Pasir Panjang, food courts were also known as “eating houses” and I believe this term is applied quite generally

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