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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Ho Chi Minh City
Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam?
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| First submitted | March 14, 2025 |
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1. What was the former name of Ho Chi Minh City?
Da Nang
Hanoi
Hue
Saigon
2. What year did the city fall to the North Vietnamese, leading to scenes of the American embassy being evacuated by helicopter?
1945
1968
1975
1991
3. What colonial power took control of the city in 1862, transforming it from a small market town into a metropolis?
France
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
4. Ho Chi Minh City is located just northeast of which river delta?
Irrawaddy
Mekong
Pearl
Red
5. Which best describes the climate of Ho Chi Minh City?
Desert
Humid continental
Mediterranean
Tropical monsoon
6. What is the most common mode of transportation in the city?
Bicycles
Motorbikes
Rickshaws
Trains
7. Ho Chi Minh City is ...
The capital of Vietnam
The most populous city of Vietnam
Both
Neither
8. Which of these nicknames did the city have during its colonial days?
La Serenissima
The City of Dreams
The Lotus City
The Pearl of the Orient
9. In Ho Chi Minh City, you might encounter street food vendors selling balut (trứng vịt lộn). What is it?
A fertilized bird egg
Congealed snake blood
Fermented fish
Pig's feet
10. What remnants of the Vietnam War is the Củ Chi district best known for?
Barbed wire fences
Bomb craters
Landmines
Tunnels
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7 Comments
interopia
+2
Level 90
Jun 15, 2025
Also try Multiple Choice City Quiz - Hanoi
MrScorpion
+2
Level 93
Apr 28, 2025
I have only heard the Pearl of the Orient as a reference to Manila but I learned something today. This is a tough quiz if you haven't been to Ho City! thanks
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 95
Apr 29, 2025
Good one. Have you seen balut? There’s one bit of foreign cuisine I will definitely take a pass on. Yuck!
Cezar
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Level 55
Jun 9, 2025
The owners of the hostel had some people over and they had some. They shared and I tried and it was quite good actually.
NQChien
+2
Level 69
Jul 20, 2025
It is good. Try it. Served hot with ginger and mint!
mOctave
+2
Level 66
Jun 1, 2025
I could have sworn the helicopter evacuations were during the Tet Offensive... well, I guess you learn something new every day.
BeckyZee
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Level 80
Jun 2, 2025
The Tet Offensive was in 1968
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