| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What country colonized Myanmar? | United Kingdom | 98%
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| What country invaded Myanmar in 1942? | Japan | 88%
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| What was the former-English language spelling of the city of Yangon? | Rangoon | 84%
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| What prize did she win in 1991? | Nobel Peace Prize | 75%
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| To what country has most of those people been migrating? | Bangladesh | 73%
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| What J word refers to a ruling military clique such as the one that ruled Myanmar from 1988-2011? | Junta | 73%
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| What city's construction started in 2002, and became nation's capital in 2008? | Naypyidaw | 61%
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| What international body did Myanmar join in 1997? | ASEAN | 55%
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| What Muslim-majority ethnic group of Myanmar has been facing a displacement crisis since 2017? | Rohingyas | 55%
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| What political leader was under house arrest for 20 years? | {Aung} San Suu Kyi | 53%
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| What construction from southwest China to Myanmar was a key supply route to China? | Burma {Road} | 45%
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| What did that country abolish in 1885 after it gained direct rule over Burma? | Monarchy | 37%
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| What type of natural disaster killed over 100,000 Burmese people in 2008? | Cyclone | 30%
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| What British author joined the Indian Imperial Police in Myanmar in 1922? | George Orwell | 26%
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| What was the first kingdom to unify the regions of modern-day Myanmar? (hint: someone who practiced polytheism) | Pagan Kingdom | 25%
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| What Burmese diplomat was the UN Secretary General between 1961-1971? | U Thant | 24%
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| What is Myanmar's oldest existing political party, co-founded by that leader's father? | Communist Party | 22%
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| Which of the essays of that author is set in Mawlamyine, Myanmar? | Shooting an {Elephant} | 22%
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