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Kampong Glam - Quiz
Contributed by: Lomas
  • 1. What is Kampong Glam classified as in Singapore?
A) A commercial financial district
B) An industrial manufacturing zone
C) A residential housing estate
D) A neighbourhood and ethnic enclave
  • 2. In which planning area is Kampong Glam located?
A) Geylang
B) Jurong
C) Rochor
D) Orchard
  • 3. Which river is Kampong Glam located north of?
A) Rochor River
B) Singapore Straits
C) Kallang River
D) Singapore River
  • 4. What is Kampong Glam commonly known as?
A) The Chinese heritage district
B) The European colonial town
C) The Malay-Muslim quarter
D) The Indian merchant sector
  • 5. What does the word 'kampong' mean?
A) Market
B) Island
C) Village
D) Palace
  • 6. What is the name 'Kampong Glam' thought to be derived from?
A) A colonial trading ship
B) A type of local spice
C) A Melaleuca species tree
D) An early Malay ruler
  • 7. What is the Malay word for the 'gelam' tree?
A) Sultan
B) Temenggong
C) Gelam
D) Kampung
  • 8. Who inhabited the area prior to British colonisation in 1819?
A) The Malay aristocracy of Singapore
B) Chinese plantation workers
C) Indian fishermen and soldiers
D) European traders and merchants
  • 9. Which company signed a treaty in Singapore in 1819?
A) British North Borneo Company
B) Dutch East India Company
C) British East India Company
D) Royal African Company
  • 10. Who were the signatories of the 1819 treaty alongside the British?
A) Sultan Hussein Shah and Temenggong Abdul Rahman
B) Temenggong Abdul Rahman and Raffles
C) Sultan Hussein Shah and Stamford Raffles
D) Sultan Iskandar Shah and Raffles
  • 11. What right was granted to the British under the 1819 treaty?
A) To set up a trading post in Singapore
B) To govern the entire Malay Peninsula
C) To tax all local agricultural produce
D) To build a military naval base
  • 12. Under which plan was the settlement divided into different ethnic groups?
A) Singapore Master Plan of 1950
B) Raffles Plan of 1822
C) Colonial Housing Plan of 1805
D) Johor Development Scheme of 1819
  • 13. Which ethnic kampong was NOT listed under the Raffles Plan of 1822?
A) European Town
B) Malay Town
C) Arab kampong
D) Bugis kampongs
  • 14. Where were people from the Coromandel Coast of India called?
A) Banjarese
B) Bugis
C) Chulia
D) Baweanese
  • 15. For whom was Kampong Glam specifically designated under the Raffles Plan?
A) The Temenggong and his followers
B) The Sultan, his household, and the Malay and Arab communities
C) Chinese coolies and Indian labourers
D) European merchants and colonial administrators
  • 16. What was the occupation of many people in the Malay and Arab communities in Kampong Glam?
A) Farmers
B) Soldiers
C) Merchants
D) Fishermen
  • 17. Where was Kampong Glam situated relative to European Town?
A) South
B) North
C) West
D) East
  • 18. Where did the Temenggong and his followers settle?
A) Joo Chiat
B) Telok Blangah
C) Geylang Serai
D) Kampong Glam
  • 19. Where did Sultan Hussein, his family, and followers settle?
A) European Town
B) Telok Blangah
C) Kampong Eunos
D) Kampong Glam
  • 20. What was the Sultan given for residential use in Kampong Glam under the treaty?
A) Exclusive trading rights over the river
B) A monthly financial stipend
C) Large areas of land
D) A fleet of trading ships
  • 21. Which of the following immigrant groups was NOT mentioned as receiving land allocations in Kampong Glam?
A) Baweanese
B) Europeans
C) Banjarese
D) Chinese
  • 22. Malays from which Indonesian regions settled in Kampong Glam?
A) Sulawesi, Borneo and Timor
B) Java, Bali and Lombok
C) Malacca, the Riau Islands and Sumatra
D) Aceh, Medan and Jakarta
  • 23. During which time period did immigrant communities in Kampong Glam grow rapidly?
A) The second half of the nineteenth century
B) The early colonial period
C) The late twentieth century
D) The early nineteenth century
  • 24. Initially, the rapid immigrant growth in Kampong Glam came from which place?
A) India
B) China
C) Europe
D) Sumatra
  • 25. What type of community of traders existed in Kampong Glam during the growth period?
A) A wealthy and influential Chinese community
B) A large and dominant European community
C) A small but successful Arab community
D) A vast and powerful Indian community
  • 26. When did commercial activities in Kampong Glam expand with the building of new shop houses and residential buildings?
A) In the mid-twentieth century
B) In the late nineteenth century
C) In the early twentieth century
D) In the early nineteenth century
  • 27. What kind of community developed in Kampong Glam in the early twentieth century?
A) A purely European settlement
B) A homogeneous Malay village
C) A multi-ethnic community
D) A strictly segregated ethnic enclave
  • 28. Which ethnic groups made up the multi-ethnic community in Kampong Glam in the early twentieth century?
A) Baweanese, Banjarese, British and Dutch
B) Europeans, Bugis, Chulia and Javanese
C) Malays, Arabs, Chinese and Indians
D) Sumatrans, Riau Malays, Tamils and Hokkiens
  • 29. Why did the Arabs move out of Kampong Glam to areas like Joo Chiat and Tanglin?
A) Due to an expansion of commercial activities and an increase in immigrant settlers
B) Due to a massive fire that destroyed their homes
C) Due to the closing of all trading posts in the area
D) Due to a government order evicting all Arab residents
  • 30. What was the stretch of Dunearn Road near Balmoral Road and Chancery Lane formerly called?
A) Geylang Road
B) Joo Chiat Road
C) Tunggal Road
D) Glam Road
  • 31. Which modern school is mentioned near the former Tunggal Road?
A) Raffles Institution
B) Victoria School
C) St. Andrew's School
D) Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
  • 32. By which decade had many Malays moved out to designated resettlement areas?
A) By the late 1850s
B) By the mid-1940s
C) By the early 1900s
D) By the early 1920s
  • 33. To which designated resettlement areas did many Malays move by the early 1920s?
A) Telok Blangah and Kampong Malacca
B) Geylang Serai and Kampong Eunos
C) Bukit Tunggal and Kampong Java
D) Joo Chiat and Tanglin
  • 34. Which street has a particularly significant Muslim population presence?
A) Haji Lane
B) Baghdad Street
C) Bussorah Street
D) Arab Street
  • 35. Which street features rows of conserved shophouses alongside Haji Lane, Arab Street, and Bussorah Street?
A) Orchard Road
B) Baghdad Street
C) Victoria Street
D) Serangoon Road
  • 36. What type of traditional trade was practiced by one of the shops affected by the 2006 fire?
A) Goldsmith
B) Carpenter
C) Tailor
D) Blacksmith
  • 37. When did a fire destroy four shophouses at Sultan Gate?
A) 16 December 2014
B) 20 June 2006
C) 20 June 2014
D) 16 December 2006
  • 38. How many shophouses were destroyed in the fire at Sultan Gate on 16 December 2006?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Two
D) Five
  • 39. How many of the shophouses destroyed in the 2006 fire were vacant?
A) One
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 40. What was the blacksmith shop used for prior to the fire, besides its trade?
A) Art exhibitions
B) Educational tours
C) Religious gatherings
D) Food catering
  • 41. When was the One Kampong Gelam association established?
A) 16 December 2014
B) 20 June 2006
C) 16 December 2006
D) 20 June 2014
  • 42. Which of the following changes has the One Kampong Gelam association initiated?
A) Better car parking systems
B) Demolishing the Sultan Mosque
C) Building a new MRT station
D) Banning all traditional businesses
  • 43. Besides better parking and road closures, what celebrations has the One Kampong Gelam association initiated?
A) Deepavali celebrations
B) Ramadan celebrations
C) Chinese New Year celebrations
D) Christmas celebrations
  • 44. What type of shops selling items used by Muslims can be found blending with newer tenants?
A) Shops selling religious items
B) Shops selling imported vehicles
C) Shops selling electronic items
D) Shops selling modern furniture
  • 45. Which museum is located in Kampong Glam according to the text?
A) Peranakan Museum
B) Art Museum
C) Vintage Camera Museum
D) Philatelic Museum
  • 46. What is the name of the yellow building listed as a notable place in Kampong Glam?
A) Istana Kampong Glam
B) Sultan Mosque
C) Blue House
D) Gedung Kuning
  • 47. Starting from which general election was Kampong Glam a division of its own called an SMC?
A) 1988
B) 1997
C) 1959
D) 1991
  • 48. Who was the Member of Parliament for Kampong Glam SMC from 1959 until 1988?
A) S. Rajaratnam
B) Lee Kuan Yew
C) Denise Phua
D) Loh Meng See
  • 49. What was S. Rajaratnam's former political position mentioned in the text?
A) Deputy Prime Minister
B) Speaker of Parliament
C) Prime Minister
D) President
  • 50. Who took over the Kampong Glam MP seat in 1988?
A) Goh Chok Tong
B) Denise Phua
C) Loh Meng See
D) S. Rajaratnam
  • 51. After which general elections was Kampong Glam SMC absorbed into a GRC?
A) 1991
B) 2001
C) 1988
D) 1959
  • 52. What political party won the seats for the Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency on nomination day itself?
A) Singapore Democratic Party
B) Progress Singapore Party
C) Workers' Party
D) People's Action Party
  • 53. How long did the Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency exist?
A) For only one term
B) For three terms
C) For a decade
D) Until 2011
  • 54. Prior to which general elections was Kampong Glam GRC disbanded?
A) 1988
B) 1991
C) 1997
D) 2001
  • 55. Until which general election did the reverted Kampong Glam SMC last?
A) 2011
B) 1991
C) 2015
D) 2001
  • 56. Which GRC absorbed Kampong Glam following the redrawing of electoral boundaries prior to 2001?
A) Jalan Besar GRC
B) Kampong Glam GRC
C) Moulmein-Kallang GRC
D) Marine Parade GRC
  • 57. Who became the elected MP for the area after Kampong Glam was absorbed into Jalan Besar GRC?
A) Denise Phua
B) Lee Hsien Loong
C) Loh Meng See
D) S. Rajaratnam
  • 58. In what year was Jalan Besar GRC dissolved and made part of a newly created GRC?
A) 1991
B) 2001
C) 2011
D) 2015
  • 59. What was the name of the newly created GRC in 2011 that absorbed Jalan Besar GRC?
A) Downtown GRC
B) Moulmein-Kallang GRC
C) Jalan Besar SMC
D) Kampong Glam GRC
  • 60. In what year was the short-lived Moulmein-Kallang GRC abolished?
A) 2006
B) 2011
C) 2015
D) 1991
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