Bangkok Trivia Quiz Questions
What is Bangkok?
A: Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of
Thailand.
It is known in Thai as what?
A: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep.
The city occupies how much area?
A: 1,568.7 square kilometers (605.7 sq mi).
What is Bangkok’s population?
A: Over eight million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population.
Bangkok traces its roots to what?
A: A small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century.
It eventually grew and became the site of what two
capital cities?
A: Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin in 1782.
Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam,
later renamed what?
A: Thailand.
The Asian investment boom in the 1980s and 1990s led
many multinational corporations to do what?
A: To locate their regional headquarters in Bangkok.
The city is now a regional force in what?
A: Finance and business.
It is an international hub for transport and
health
care and has emerged as a center for what?
A: The arts, fashion, and entertainment.
The city is known for its street life and cultural
landmarks, as well as it’s what?
A: Red light districts.
Bangkok is among the world's top tourist destinations
and has been named the world's most what?
A: Most visited city consistently in several international rankings.
Bangkok's rapid growth coupled with little urban
planning has resulted in a haphazard cityscape and inadequate what?
A: Infrastructure.
An inadequate road network, despite an extensive
expressway network, together with substantial private car usage, have led to
chronic and crippling what?
A: Traffic congestion, which caused severe air pollution in the 1990s.
The history of Bangkok dates at least back how far?
A: To the early 15th century, when it was a village on the west bank of the
Chao Phraya River, under the rule of Ayutthaya.
Bangkok initially served as a customs outpost with
forts on both sides of the river and was the site of a siege in 1688 in
which the French were what?
A: Expelled from Siam.
Allied with Japan in World War II, it was subjected to
what?
A: Allied bombing, but rapidly grew in the post-war period as a result of US
aid and government-sponsored investment.
Bangkok's role as a US military R&R destination boosted
its tourism industry as well as firmly establishing it as a what?
A: A sex tourism destination.
As the capital of Thailand, Bangkok is the seat of
what?
A: All branches of the national government.
Bangkok is the site of the Grand Palace and Dusit
Palace, respectively the official and de facto residence of whom?
A: The king.
Bangkok is faced with multiple problems including
congestion and especially subsidence and what?
A: Flooding.
Where is Bangkok located?
A: In the Chao Phraya River delta in Thailand's central plain.
The river meanders through the city in a southerly
direction, emptying into what?
A: The Gulf of Thailand approximately 25 kilometers (16 mi) south of city
center.
The area is flat and low-lying, with what average
elevation?
A: 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in) above sea level.
Most of the area was originally what?
A: Swampland, which was gradually drained and irrigated for agriculture by
the construction of canals.
Bangkok experiences what three seasons?
A: Hot, rainy, and cool.
The rainy season begins with the arrival of what?
A: The southwest monsoon around mid-May.
What is the wettest month, with an average rainfall of
334.3 millimetres (13.16 in)?
A: September.
The rainy season lasts until when?
A: October, when the dry and cool northeast monsoon takes over until
February.
In contrast with the low-rise historic areas, the
business district on Si Lom and Sathon Roads in Bang Rak and Sathon
Districts teems with what?
A: Skyscrapers.
It is the site of many of the country's major corporate
headquarters, but also of some of the city's what?
A: Red-light districts.
The Siam and Ratchaprasong areas in Pathum Wan are home
to some of the largest “what,“ in Southeast Asia?
A: Shopping malls.
Bangkok lacks a single distinct central what?
A: Business district.
While most of Bangkok's streets are fronted by
vernacular shophouses, the largely unrestricted building euphoria of the
1980s has transformed the city into an urban area of what?
A: Skyscrapers and high rises of contrasting and clashing styles.
There are how many skyscrapers over 90 meters (300
feet) tall in the city?
A: 581.
Bangkok was ranked as the world's eighth tallest city
in what year?
A: 2016.
As a result of persistent economic disparity, many what
have emerged in the city?>
A: Slums.
The majority (91 percent) of the city's population is
of what religion?
A: Buddhist.
Bangkok is one of the world's top destinations for
whom?
A: tourists.
Of 162 cities worldwide, MasterCard ranked Bangkok as
the top destination city by what?
A: International visitor arrivals in its Global Destination Cities Index
2018.
It was ahead of London, with just over how many
overnight visitors in 2017?
A: 20 million.
Although prostitution is technically illegal and is
rarely openly discussed in Thailand, it commonly takes place where?
A: Among massage parlors, saunas and hourly hotels, serving foreign tourists
as well as locals.
Bangkok has acquired what nickname for its level of sex
tourism?
A: The nickname "Sin City of Asia".
Issues often encountered by foreign tourists include
what?
A: Scams, overcharging and dual pricing.
Bangkok is the hub of Thailand's broadcast what?
A: Television.
