Statistics for Singapore History by Year, 1965-2022

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Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
1965	Singapore gains its independence from this country	Malaysia	100%
1968	Singapore holds its first General Election as a sovereign state, and this party wins 100% of the seats	People's Action Party (PAP)	86%
1967	Singapore co-founds this regional organisation	Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)	71%
1975	This punishment is introduced for cases of drug trafficking	Death penalty	71%
1981	This airport is opened and becomes Singapore's main international airport	Singapore Changi Airport	71%
1971	The Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) are signed between Singapore and these four countries (name any one)	Australia \| Malaysia \| New Zealand \| United Kingdom	68%
2015	This founding father passes away, and a week-long period of national mourning is declared	Lee Kuan Yew	68%
1979	The first outlet of this popular fast food chain opens	McDonald's	68%
2018	Singapore hosts the first-ever meeting between leaders of these two countries (name either)	North Korea \| United States	64%
2003	This endemic spreads in Singapore, infecting 238 and killing 33	Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)	64%
2004	This man becomes Prime Minister, a position he holds until today	Lee Hsien Loong	61%
2017	The Presidential Election is reserved for the first time for candidates of this race	Malay	57%
1970	Singapore's first Junior College opens	National Junior College (NJC)	57%
1980	This university is formed from the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University	National University of Singapore (NUS)	57%
1987	These MRT stations are the first to be opened (name any one)	Ang Mo Kio \| Bishan \| Braddell \| Toa Payoh \| Yio Chu Kang	54%
1992	A causeway is opened that connects Singapore with this island by road	Sentosa	54%
2011	This integrated resort was officially opened, changing the Singapore skyline significantly	Marina Bay Sands	50%
2002	This performing arts centre opens, looking a lot like a controversial regional fruit	The Esplanade	50%
1983	This sports drink is launches to commemorate global food and beverage conglomerate F&N's 100th anniversary	100plus	46%
2022	Singapore imposes unilateral sanctions against this country, a first in its history	Russia	46%
2020	The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Singapore was a tourist travelling from this city	Wuhan	46%
1999	This free-to-air news channel is launched	Channel NewsAsia	43%
2009	This event in support of equal rights for LGBTQ+ people is held at Hong Lim Park for the first time	Pink Dot	43%
1966	Following peace negotiations, this conflict ends with Indonesia's formal recognition of Malaysia	Konfrontasi	39%
1984	This National Day Parade theme song is released, the first of many	Stand Up for Singapore	39%
1998	This road tax scheme begins operations	Electronic Road Pricing (ERP)	36%
1993	This person becomes Singapore's first elected President	Ong Teng Cheong	36%
1985	This supermarket chain starts operations, taking over from Savewell	Sheng Siong	36%
2016	Nine Terrex infantry carrier vehicles en route to Singapore from Taiwan are seized at this port	Hong Kong	32%
2008	This fugitive escapes from detention, launching the largest manhunt in Singapore's history	Mas Selamat Kastari	32%
2000	This becomes the first private university funded by the government	Singapore Management University (SMU)	32%
1991	Four terrorists from this country hijack a Singapore Airlines flight, but their plot is foiled and they are killed by Singapore Armed Forces commandos	Pakistan	29%
2007	Singapore and Malaysia present opposing cases to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding sovereignty over this outlying island	Pedra Branca	29%
1972	This government policy is enacted to encourage people to have smaller families	Stop at Two	29%
2010	Singapore hosts the inaugural edition of this international sporting event	Youth Olympic Games	29%
2013	Singapore and Malaysia agree to build this transport route between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (though this project was later terminated in 2021)	High-speed rail (HSR)	25%
1986	This building collapses, killing 33 people and leaving 17 injured	Hotel New World	25%
1994	This American citizen is sentenced to six strokes of the cane for theft and vandalism, causing a temporary strain in relations between Singapore and the United States	Michael Fay	25%
2012	These three new ministries are created out of the former Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) and Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) (name any one)	Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) \| Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) \| Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI)	25%
1973	This covert security operation is executed to quash Communist movements, leading to the arrest and detention of 113 people without trial	Operation {Coldstore}	25%
1997	This regional phenomenon hits Singapore, leading to a short recession, though the effect on Singapore's economy was mitigated by active government management	Asian Financial Crisis	21%
1982	Singapore clocks move forward 30 minutes to join this time zone	GMT+08:00	21%
1974	Four armed men from the Japanese Red Army (JRA) and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) attack an oil refinery and hijack this ferryboat	Laju	21%
1989	The first 24-hour radio station in Singapore starts broadcast	Perfect Ten 98.7FM	18%
1996	This is established as Singapore's second orchestra	Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO)	18%
2021	This government plan is announced to tackle climate change	{Singapore} {Green} {Plan} 2030	18%
2005	This charity is embroiled in scandal, after its former board and management are found guilty of malpractices and corruption	National Kidney Foundation (NKF)	14%
1990	This kind of politician is introduced into Parliament to represent community groups in fields like the arts, sciences, business, etc.	Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs)	14%
2001	The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) is formed as a coalition of these four parties (name any one)	Singapore People's Party (SPP) \| National Solidarity Party (NSP) \| Singapore Justice Party (SJP) \| Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS)	14%
2019	This LRT station is the first operational train station in Singapore to permanently close	Ten Mile Junction	14%
1969	The Internal Security Department (ISD) has to manage this type of civil unrest, following rumours of differential treatment of certain demographic groups in Malaysia	Race riots	11%
2006	This singer becomes the second Singapore Idol	Hady Mirza	7%
2014	The National Library Board controversially removes two books for "not promoting family values"; one of these books features these animals	Penguins	7%
1978	This tanker explodes at Jurong Shipyard, killing 76 and injuring 69	Spyros	7%
1977	This aquatic centre opens	Big Splash	4%
1988	This novel marks the first time Singapore literature is selected as a text for the international General Certificate of Education Ordinary (GCE-O) Level examination	Or Else, the Lightning God and Other Stories by Catherine Lim	4%
1976	The first public escalators are located in this mall	Queensway Shopping Centre	4%