Singapore Trivia Quiz

Answer: lion city

Malay legend has it that a Sumatran prince saw a lion when visiting the island where Singapore now stands. He took this as a good omen and decided to build a city.

Answer: Changi International Airport

Changi International Airport is an ultra-modern aviation facility and the hub city for Singapore's national carrier Singapore Airlines. In case you're wondering, Suntec City is a enormous quad tower shopping center!

Answer: Little Tokyo

The term 'melting pot' is overused these days but it can certainly be applied to Singapore. Aside from having four official languages, Singapore has many significant minorities. Walking around in Little India, you could be forgiven for thinking you were in Bangalore. Likewise is Chinatown, which exists in a city where almost all of the street signs are in English, the Chinese characters on shopfronts and culinary aromas wafting about give a real impression of China.

Answer: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

Nowadays the 'Raffles' name can be seen everywhere in Singapore - from shopping centers to streets to the famous Raffles Hotel. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles first arrived in Singapore in 1819.
'The Long Bar', which is found in Raffles Hotel, is well known as the place where the first 'Singapore Sling' (a cocktail) was mixed. Rudyard Kipling allegedly penned a few lines here also!

Answer: English

Virtually everyone in Singapore is at least bilingual, and many people speak three or four languages. Although around 70% of Singaporeans are of Chinese descent, there is no dominant mother tongue in Singapore. An amazing seven languages are spoken as a mother tongue by more than five per cent of the population.

Answer: go to Malaysia

'The Causeway' is a huge structure which links the main island of Singapore to the southern tip of Malaysia. Going across the causeway, there are numerous signs warning motorists against buying cheap Malaysian fuel. Fines have been imposed on offending drivers. This has been done to protect Singapore's gasoline retailers.

Answer: Orchard Road

Orchard Road is a true commercial utopia! It includes a four kilometer stretch of bustling shops and glitzy air conditioned shopping malls.

Answer: Sentosa Island

Sentosa Island has over a dozen separate attractions, including a water theme park, a replica Mayan city, an aquarium, an old fort, a butterfly park and more.

Answer: Yes

The MRT, or Mass Rapid Transit subway system links central Singapore with the city's suburbs and also other parts of the island. Some of the MRT is above ground.

Answer: The 'fine' city

Many different kinds of behavior are frowned upon in Singapore. The strategy the government has used is to impose fines on offenders. Singapore is clean and almost crime free. There are fines on thousands of offences, such as smoking in a public place, jaywalking, not flushing a public toilet, littering, eating on public transport and even possessing chewing gum. Singapore truly is a fine city!