Multiple Choice City Quiz – Yangon

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Yangon, Myanmar?
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Last updated: May 6, 2025
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1. What body of water lies a few kilometers downriver from Yangon?
Straits of Malacca
Andaman Sea
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
2. Which of these is NOT TRUE about Shwedagon pagoda?
Full name means "The Great Golden Mountain Stupa"
Its name means "Eternal Peace"
It is known as "The Crown of Burma"
It is covered in gold
It is the oldest Buddhist temple in the world
3. Which army entered Yangon in 1942?
Nazi Wehrmacht
Imperial Japanese Army
Soviet Red Army
Chinese Revolutionary Army
4. Who based his first novel on his experiences as an imperial police officer in Yangon?
Federico García Lorca
George Orwell
José Saramago
Jules Verne
5. Which graduate of Yangon University became Secretary-General of the United Nations?
U Thant
Trygve Lie
Ban Ki-moon
Kofi Annan
6. Which Yangon native won the Nobel Peace Prize and served as Myanmar's first female head of government until 2021?
Sheikh Hasina
Sonia Gandhi
Benazir Bhutto
Aung San Suu Kyi
7. Whose colonial architecture can be seen in many buildings in downtown Yangon?
The British
The Portuguese
The French
The Spanish
8. Mohinga is a favourite breakfast in Yangon's streets. What is Mohinga?
Sour tofu and peas
Chicken blood pudding
Fish broth with rice noodles
Raw eggs mixed with bamboo shoots
9. Yangon is ...
The capital of Myanmar
The most populous city of Myanmar
Both
Neither
10. What was the former name of Yangon?
Bagan
Naypyidaw
Mandalay
Rangoon
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2 Comments
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Level 57
May 6, 2025
Created before, not added to the map and playlist, sorry.
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Level 90
May 6, 2025
All good! I see it's on the map and list now, thanks.