Wat Pho - Quiz
  • 1. What is the total area of the Wat Pho complex?
A) 40 rai
B) 50 rai
C) 60 rai
D) 80 rai
  • 2. What is the length of the reclining Buddha at Wat Pho?
A) 46 metres
B) 36 metres
C) 56 metres
D) 26 metres
  • 3. Which road bisects the two walled compounds of Wat Pho?
A) Chetuphon Road
B) Bangkok Road
C) Sankhawat Road
D) Temple Road
  • 4. What is the name of the northern walled compound?
A) Sala Rai
B) Sankhawat
C) Phutthawat
D) Khao Mor
  • 5. What is found in the southern compound, the sankhawat?
A) The central bot
B) The reclining Buddha
C) The temple museum
D) Monk residential quarters and a school
  • 6. How many gates are in the perimeter wall of the main temple complex?
A) Ten
B) Sixteen
C) Twelve
D) Twenty
  • 7. How many great chedis are located in the temple grounds?
A) Eight
B) Four
C) Two
D) Six
  • 8. How many small chedis are located in the temple grounds?
A) 101
B) 71
C) 81
D) 91
  • 9. How were the Chinese stone statues originally brought to the temple?
A) As ballast on trading ships
B) By royal decree via elephant
C) Donated by Chinese pilgrims
D) Carved by monks on-site
  • 10. How many subject areas are covered in the pictorial encyclopedia at Wat Pho?
A) Twelve
B) Eight
C) Ten
D) Six
  • 11. What is the name of the hill containing statues of massage and yoga positions?
A) Contorting Hermit Hill
B) Belfry Hill
C) Medicine Pavilion Hill
D) Stone Guardian Hill
  • 12. How many small rock gardens are dotted around the complex?
A) 44
B) 34
C) 14
D) 24
  • 13. Where are the drawings of constellations located?
A) On the temple gates
B) On the wall of the library
C) On the granite slabs
D) Inside the bot
  • 14. What are the Chinese statues used to guard?
A) The library entrance
B) The gates of the perimeter walls
C) The reclining Buddha
D) The monks' quarters
  • 15. What material was used for the pictorial encyclopedia slabs?
A) Sandstone
B) Limestone
C) Marble
D) Granite
  • 16. In which district of Bangkok is Wat Pho located?
A) Chatuchak District
B) Bang Sue District
C) Pathum Wan District
D) Phra Nakhon District
  • 17. Wat Pho is located directly south of which famous landmark?
A) Wat Arun
B) National Museum
C) The Emerald Buddha
D) The Grand Palace
  • 18. Wat Pho is a contraction of which older name?
A) Wat Phra Si Sanphet
B) Wat Arun
C) Wat Phra Chetuphon
D) Wat Photaram
  • 19. Which organization recognized the inscriptions at Wat Pho in its Memory of the World Programme?
A) World Bank
B) United Nations
C) UNESCO
D) WHO
  • 20. Which practice is Wat Pho known as the birthplace of?
A) Meditation
B) Thai classical dance
C) Muay Thai
D) Traditional Thai massage
  • 21. To what does the name 'Wat Photaram' refer?
A) A lotus flower
B) A royal family member
C) A historic battle
D) The Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, India
  • 22. During which historical period was the old temple of Wat Pho originally built?
A) Rattanakosin period
B) Sukhothai period
C) Ayutthaya period
D) Thonburi period
  • 23. Which King rebuilt the temple complex on the earlier temple site?
A) King Phetracha
B) King Rama III
C) King Rama IV
D) King Rama I
  • 24. What happened to the southern section of Wat Pho after the 1688 Siege of Bangkok?
A) A wall was built
B) It was converted into a market
C) A French Star fort was demolished
D) It was turned into a palace
  • 25. In what year did King Rama I move the capital to Bangkok?
A) 1767
B) 1801
C) 1824
D) 1782
  • 26. How many years did the rebuilding of Wat Pho by Rama I take?
A) Over seven years
B) Sixteen years
C) Three years
D) Twelve years
  • 27. Which King was responsible for the extensive renovation that lasted over 16 years starting in 1832?
A) King Rama III
B) King Rama I
C) King Rama IV
D) King Taksin
  • 28. Who led the group of monks and scholars that wrote the inscriptions on the temple walls?
A) King Phetracha
B) Supreme Patriarch Prince Paramanuchitchinorot
C) King Rama I
D) King Rama III
  • 29. Wat Pho is considered the earliest center for what in Thailand?
A) Commerce
B) Military training
C) Agriculture
D) Public education
  • 30. The remnants of a Buddha image from which destroyed temple were incorporated into a chedi at Wat Pho?
A) Wat Arun
B) Wat Benchamabophit
C) Wat Mahathat
D) Wat Phra Si Sanphet
  • 31. In what year was the private school for Thai medicine founded at the temple?
A) 1832
B) 2008
C) 1982
D) 1957
  • 32. Which king renamed the complex to Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm?
A) King Rama I
B) King Rama III
C) King Rama IV
D) King Taksin
  • 33. Why did King Taksin move the capital to Thonburi?
A) To abandon the old monarchy
B) To be closer to the sea
C) Because of floods in Bangkok
D) Because Ayutthaya fell to the Burmese
  • 34. Which style was used by Rama III to reconstruct the Phra Ubosot?
A) Rattanakosin-style
B) Sukhothai-style
C) Chiangsaen-style
D) Ayuthaya-style
  • 35. How many tiers are in the umbrella over the main Buddha statue?
A) Five-tiered
B) Nine-tiered
C) Three-tiered
D) Seven-tiered
  • 36. How many Buddha disciple images are in the Phra Ubosot?
A) Eight
B) Fourteen
C) Twelve
D) Ten
  • 37. What are the stone markers that delineate the sacred space of the bot called?
A) Kamphaeng kaew
B) Phra Prang
C) Phra Rabiang
D) Bai sema
  • 38. Approximately how many Buddha images are contained in the Phra Rabiang?
A) 150
B) 400
C) 1,200
D) 244
  • 39. Where is the Buddha Lokanatha located?
A) East viharn
B) West viharn
C) North viharn
D) South viharn
  • 40. Where does the Buddha Chinnaraja originate from?
A) Thonburi
B) Ayuthaya
C) Chiangsaen
D) Sukhothai
  • 41. Which Buddha was cast in the reign of Rama I?
A) Buddha Chinnasri
B) Buddha Palilai
C) Buddha Chinnaraja
D) Buddha Lokanatha
  • 42. What material are the Phra Prang towers tiled with?
A) Marble
B) Teak
C) Gold
D) Stucco
  • 43. How many chedis were built by Rama III?
A) Three
B) One
C) Two
D) Four
  • 44. What color is the chedi built by Rama IV?
A) Blue
B) Green
C) White
D) Yellow
  • 45. Where did the bodhi tree in Missakawan Park originally come from?
A) Ayutthaya
B) Sri Lanka
C) China
D) Burma
  • 46. What is the function of the Phra Mondop?
A) Living quarters
B) Scripture Hall
C) Preaching hall
D) Medical pavilion
  • 47. How many Phra Chedi Rai were built by Rama III?
A) 4
B) 20
C) 16
D) 71
  • 48. Which building serves as a meditation hall?
A) Phra Mondop
B) Tamnak Wasukri
C) Sala Karn Parien
D) Phra Viharn Kod
  • 49. Which building is known as the poet's house?
A) Phra Mondop
B) Tamnak Wasukri
C) Phra Viharn Kod
D) Sala Karn Parien
  • 50. How often is Tamnak Wasukri open to the public?
A) Every month
B) Once a year
C) Every day
D) Never
  • 51. The murals around Phra Mondop depict which story?
A) The life of Buddha
B) The Ramayana
C) Traditional massage techniques
D) Royal history
  • 52. In what year was the reclining Buddha built?
A) 1932
B) 1855
C) 1955
D) 1832
  • 53. What does the reclining Buddha image represent?
A) The birth of Buddha
B) Entry into Nirvana
C) Buddha's first sermon
D) The enlightenment under the tree
  • 54. What is the posture of the reclining Buddha called?
A) Standing pose
B) Sihasaiyas
C) Lotus position
D) Meditation pose
  • 55. What material was used to shape the core of the Buddha figure?
A) Solid gold
B) Concrete
C) Marble
D) Plaster
  • 56. How many panels are on each sole of the Buddha's feet?
A) 60
B) 30
C) 45
D) 108
  • 57. What material is used to inlay the soles of the Buddha's feet?
A) Jade
B) Colored glass
C) Gold leaf
D) Mother-of-pearl
  • 58. When is the annual celebration for the reclining Buddha held?
A) Around January
B) Around April
C) During the full moon in December
D) During the summer solstice
  • 59. In what year was the school for traditional medicine and massage established at Wat Pho?
A) 1832
B) 1955
C) 1950
D) 1985
  • 60. How many massage therapists has Wat Pho trained?
A) Exactly 145,000
B) Approximately 50,000
C) More than 200,000
D) Over 1,000,000
  • 61. What is the name for the therapeutic points and energy pathways used in Thai massage?
A) Sen
B) Sihasaiyas
C) Chakra
D) Nirvana
  • 62. How many inscribed plaques show pressure points for the human body?
A) 108
B) 60
C) 45
D) 30
  • 63. What decorates the box-pillows under the Buddha's head?
A) Glass mosaics
B) Mother-of-pearl
C) Gold paint
D) Inscribed poems
  • 64. What is the height of the reclining Buddha figure?
A) 46 m
B) 108 m
C) 15 m
D) 3 m
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