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  • 1. Which government body is Taipei City directly under?
A) Executive Yuan
B) Control Yuan
C) Judicial Yuan
D) Legislative Yuan
  • 2. In what year did Taipei become a centrally administered municipality?
A) 1994
B) 1998
C) 1967
D) 2006
  • 3. When was the first public election for the mayor of Taipei held?
A) 2006
B) 1967
C) 1994
D) 1998
  • 4. How long is the term of the mayor of Taipei?
A) Five years
B) Six years
C) Two years
D) Four years
  • 5. Who was the first elected mayor of Taipei?
A) Hau Lung-pin
B) Chen Shui-bian
C) Ma Ying-jeou
D) Chiang Wan-an
  • 6. Which party did the first elected mayor of Taipei belong to?
A) Democratic Progressive Party
B) Kuomintang
C) People First Party
D) New Party
  • 7. In what year did Ma Ying-jeou take office as mayor?
A) 1998
B) 2006
C) 1994
D) 2022
  • 8. Who became mayor after winning the election on 9 December 2006?
A) Ma Ying-jeou
B) Chiang Wan-an
C) Chen Shui-bian
D) Hau Lung-pin
  • 9. Which former Taipei mayors went on to become President of the Republic of China?
A) Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou
B) Chen Shui-bian and Hau Lung-pin
C) Hau Lung-pin and Chiang Wan-an
D) Ma Ying-jeou and Chiang Wan-an
  • 10. When did the incumbent mayor, Chiang Wan-an, take office?
A) 25 December 2022
B) 9 December 2006
C) 1 January 2010
D) 25 December 1998
  • 11. What is the name of the boulevard where the Presidential Office Building is located?
A) Zhongshan Road
B) Ketagalan Boulevard
C) Xinyi Road
D) Ren'ai Road
  • 12. Which political camp shows a slight inclination in Taipei's overall constituency?
A) Independent
B) Pro-Communist
C) Pro-KMT (Pan-Blue)
D) Pro-DPP (Pan-Green)
  • 13. Who was the first DPP presidential candidate to win Taipei City?
A) Chen Shui-bian
B) Tsai-Ing Wen
C) Chiang Wan-an
D) Ma Ying-jeou
  • 14. Which is the biggest party in the Taipei City Council?
A) Democratic Progressive Party
B) New Power Party
C) Kuomintang
D) Taiwan People's Party
  • 15. How is the incumbent mayor, Chiang Wan-an, described politically?
A) A radical within the KMT
B) A conservative within the DPP
C) An independent
D) A moderate within the KMT
  • 16. What classical music piece is played by Taipei's garbage trucks?
A) A Maiden's Prayer
B) Symphony No. 5
C) The Four Seasons
D) The Blue Danube
  • 17. What is the other musical piece broadcast by Taipei's garbage trucks?
A) Für Elise
B) Moonlight Sonata
C) Clair de Lune
D) Turkish March
  • 18. Which organization established the recycling program in 1998?
A) World Expo Committee
B) Executive Yuan
C) Taipei City Council
D) Environmental Protection Administration
  • 19. What was the recycling rate in Taipei in 1998?
A) 10 percent
B) 20 percent
C) 32 percent
D) 6 percent
  • 20. What was the recycling rate in Taipei in 2008?
A) 32 percent
B) 6 percent
C) 15 percent
D) 50 percent
  • 21. Where did Taipei demonstrate its recycling system to the world in 2010?
A) United Nations Summit
B) Tokyo Recycling Fair
C) Taipei 101
D) Shanghai World Expo
  • 22. Who pays fees to the Recycling Fund?
A) Foreign tourists
B) The Mayor's office
C) The general public
D) Manufacturers, vendors, and importers
  • 23. In which district is the Bangka Lungshan Temple located?
A) Wanhua District
B) Zhongshan District
C) Beitou District
D) Xinyi District
  • 24. In what year was the Bangka Lungshan Temple built?
A) 1879
B) 1738
C) 1900
D) 1787
  • 25. Which road is known as the 'Road to Heaven' due to its high concentration of worship houses?
A) Wanhua Avenue
B) Beitou Road
C) Xinsheng South Road
D) Zhongshan North Road
  • 26. What is the largest Buddhist temple in Taipei?
A) Shandao Temple
B) Guandu Temple
C) Baoan Temple
D) Lungshan Temple
  • 27. Which temple is a rare, well-preserved example of Japanese-style Buddhist architecture in Taiwan?
A) Baoan Temple
B) Taipei Confucius Temple
C) Linji Huguo Chan Temple
D) Qingshui Temple
  • 28. In which district is the Nung Chan Monastery located?
A) Beitou District
B) Xinyi District
C) Zhongzheng District
D) Wanhua District
  • 29. Which deity is often honored in small shrines within restaurants for business success?
A) Baoan
B) Kitchen God
C) City God
D) Confucius
  • 30. What architectural influence is common to the Taipei Confucius Temple and Xia Hai City God Temple?
A) Western
B) Japanese
C) Southern Fujian
D) Northern Chinese
  • 31. In what year was the Linji Huguo Chan Temple completed?
A) 1929
B) 1911
C) 1738
D) 1900
  • 32. Where is the Fo Guang Shan Taipei Vihara located?
A) Beitou District
B) Xinyi District
C) Wenshan District
D) Zhongshan District
  • 33. Which temple is located in the historic Dalongdong area?
A) Hsing Tian Kong
B) Ciyou Temple
C) Baoan Temple
D) Zhinan Temple
  • 34. What is the primary architectural influence seen on older buildings in Taiwan like the Lungshan Temple?
A) European
B) Northern Fujian
C) Southern Japanese
D) Southern Chinese
  • 35. How many floors does Taipei 101 have?
A) 102
B) 101
C) 105
D) 100
  • 36. In what year did Taipei 101 open?
A) 2006
B) 2004
C) 2010
D) 2000
  • 37. Which building eventually surpassed Taipei 101 as the world's tallest?
A) One World Trade Center
B) Petronas Towers
C) Burj Khalifa
D) Shanghai Tower
  • 38. Who designed Taipei 101?
A) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
B) C.Y. Lee & Partners
C) KTRT Joint Venture
D) Foster and Partners
  • 39. What is the height of Taipei 101 in meters?
A) 450 metres
B) 509 metres
C) 550 metres
D) 600 metres
  • 40. Taipei 101 was the first building to break which height milestone?
A) 1,000 feet
B) One-kilometer
C) Half-kilometer
D) Quarter-mile
  • 41. What device does Taipei 101 use as a giant counterweight?
A) Pendulum balance beam
B) Tuned mass damper
C) Hydraulic stabilizer
D) Dynamic shock absorber
  • 42. Taipei 101 holds what type of certification for being a 'green' building?
A) ISO 14001
B) BREEAM
C) Energy Star
D) LEED
  • 43. What is a popular recurring international broadcast event at Taipei 101?
A) Mid-Autumn Festival light show
B) Lunar New Year parade
C) New Year's Eve fireworks display
D) National Day concert
  • 44. Which treaty resulted in China ceding Taiwan to Japan in 1895?
A) Treaty of Shimonoseki
B) Treaty of Nanjing
C) Treaty of Taipei
D) Treaty of Versailles
  • 45. What was the Japanese name for Taipei?
A) Nippon-tai
B) Taipei-shi
C) Taihoku
D) Tokio-tai
  • 46. Which current landmark served as the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan during Japanese rule?
A) Presidential Office Building
B) Executive Yuan Building
C) Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
D) Taipei City Hall
  • 47. In what year was Taihoku incorporated as part of Taihoku Prefecture?
A) 1938
B) 1945
C) 1920
D) 1895
  • 48. Which area was annexed into Taihoku City in 1938?
A) Twatutia
B) Jōnai
C) Bangka
D) Matsuyama
  • 49. On what date did the largest Allied air raid on Taihoku take place?
A) 31 May 1945
B) 1 July 1967
C) 7 December 1949
D) 28 February 1947
  • 50. When did the Kuomintang government declare island-wide martial law in Taiwan?
A) 1945
B) 1967
C) 1949
D) 1947
  • 51. Which of these areas was annexed by Taipei City in 1968?
A) Matsuyama
B) Shilin
C) Jōnai
D) Twatutia
  • 52. By the mid-1970s, what had Taipei's population exceeded?
A) One million
B) Five million
C) Ten million
D) Two million
  • 53. In what year were Taipei's 16 districts consolidated into the current 12 districts?
A) 1995
B) 1947
C) 1967
D) 1990
  • 54. Taipei is noted for being one of the world's most ______ urban areas.
A) newly industrialised
B) agriculturally active
C) sparsely populated
D) densely populated
  • 55. In what year did Han Chinese colonists begin to settle in the Taipei Basin?
A) 1886
B) 1895
C) 1875
D) 1709
  • 56. Which product was primarily responsible for the booming overseas trade in the late 19th century?
A) Silk
B) Tea
C) Spices
D) Rice
  • 57. When was the northern part of Taiwan incorporated into Taipeh Prefecture?
A) 1875
B) 1886
C) 1895
D) 1709
  • 58. What was the name given to the new prefectural capital established in 1875?
A) Chengnei
B) Twatutia
C) Dalongdong
D) Bangka
  • 59. What does the name Chengnei mean?
A) The inner city
B) The north gate
C) The trading port
D) The provincial capital
  • 60. In what year was Taipeh designated as the provincial capital?
A) 1709
B) 1895
C) 1886
D) 1875
  • 61. When did Japanese rule in Taipei begin?
A) 1886
B) 1875
C) 1709
D) 1895
  • 62. Which historical structure remains from the Qing dynasty period in Taipei?
A) The city walls
B) The north gate
C) The south gate
D) The west gate
  • 63. Who demolished the west gate and city walls?
A) The Qing dynasty
B) The Japanese
C) The Ketagalan tribes
D) The Kuomintang
  • 64. Which of these was a flourishing township adjoining the new prefectural capital?
A) Dabu
B) Fujian
C) Yongding
D) Bangka
  • 65. Taipeh was part of which county from 1875 until 1895?
A) Anxi County
B) Taipeh County
C) Tamsui County
D) Dabu County
  • 66. What was the main designated overseas trade port in the Taipei area mentioned in the text?
A) Tamsui
B) Bangka
C) Twatutia
D) Chengnei
  • 67. In what century did the number of Han colonists begin to increase significantly?
A) Early 18th century
B) Early 19th century
C) Early 20th century
D) Late 17th century
  • 68. In what year was Taipeh formally made the provincial capital?
A) 1949
B) 1894
C) 1945
D) 1887
  • 69. What feature was prominent in the urban planning program during Japanese rule?
A) Canal construction
B) Subway networks
C) Airport expansion
D) Extensive railroad links
  • 70. What event in 1990 helped move Taiwanese society toward multi-party democracy?
A) The surrender of Japan
B) The formation of Fukien-Taiwan Province
C) Wild Lily student rallies
D) General Order No. 1
  • 71. What name is derived from Taiwanese Hokkien?
A) Taipeh
B) Táiběi
C) Tai-pak
D) Taihoku
  • 72. What was the name of the province declared in 1887?
A) Fukien-Taiwan Province
B) Han Province
C) Ketagalan Province
D) Taihoku Province
  • 73. Under which dynasty did Han colonists first begin to develop the Taipei area?
A) Ming dynasty
B) Republic of China
C) Qing dynasty
D) Empire of Japan
  • 74. When did Taiwan officially transition to multi-party democracy?
A) 1996
B) 1990
C) 1945
D) 1949
  • 75. What is the official status of Taipei?
A) Special municipality
B) Territory
C) District
D) Province
  • 76. What geographic feature does most of Taipei rest upon?
A) A coastal plain
B) An ancient lakebed
C) A volcanic crater
D) A high plateau
  • 77. What is the name for the metropolitan area that includes Taipei, New Taipei, and Keelung?
A) Northern Urban Core
B) Taipei Basin Region
C) Taiwan Metropolitan Area
D) Greater Taipei
  • 78. When did Taipei first become the seat of Taiwan Province under the Qing dynasty?
A) 1949
B) 1895
C) 1945
D) 1887
  • 79. What is a popular shopping district in Taipei mentioned in the text?
A) Yangmingshan
B) Maokong
C) Ximending
D) Dalongdong
  • 80. In which national park is Qixing Mountain located?
A) Yushan National Park
B) Taroko National Park
C) Kenting National Park
D) Yangmingshan National Park
  • 81. What type of volcano is Qixing Mountain?
A) Fissure
B) Active
C) Extinct
D) Dormant
  • 82. Which mountain is the runner-up in height to Qixing Mountain?
A) Songshan Hill
B) Mt. Datun
C) Taipei Peak
D) Mt. Caigongkeng
  • 83. What is the Köppen climate classification of Taipei?
A) Tropical savanna
B) Mediterranean
C) Humid subtropical
D) Humid continental
  • 84. Has snow ever been recorded in the city of Taipei?
A) No
B) Yes, every decade
C) Yes, frequently
D) Yes, once in history
  • 85. What weather phenomenon was recorded on January 24, 2016?
A) Snow
B) Hail
C) Blizzard
D) Sleet
  • 86. Which hills lie to the southeast of the city?
A) Qixing Hills
B) Songshan Hills
C) Datun Hills
D) Xindian Hills
  • 87. Which river flows through the northern districts of Shilin and Beitou?
A) Tamsui River
B) Yangming River
C) Keelung River
D) Xindian River
  • 88. What is a significant source of air pollution in Taipei?
A) Agricultural waste burning
B) Industrial coal burning
C) Motor vehicle engine exhaust
D) Volcanic activity
  • 89. When are fine particulate matter levels typically higher in Taipei?
A) In the late evenings
B) Only on weekends
C) During the winter months
D) In the mornings
  • 90. Which of the following districts in Taipei is among the most densely populated?
A) Beitou
B) Shilin
C) Daan
D) Nangang
  • 91. What was the literacy rate in Taipei as mentioned in the text?
A) 92.30%
B) 95.50%
C) 99.18%
D) 97.75%
  • 92. How many billionaires are based in Taipei?
A) 16
B) 5
C) 50
D) 30
  • 93. What is the approximate annual economic growth rate of Taipei?
A) 5%
B) 2%
C) 10%
D) 8%
  • 94. How many Global Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Taipei?
A) 400
B) 5
C) 30
D) 16
  • 95. What is the primary cause of poor visibility in Taipei on rainless days?
A) High humidity
B) Dust storms
C) Smog
D) Fog
  • 96. What was the economic contribution of visitors to Taipei in 2013?
A) US$11.8 billion
B) US$12.8 billion
C) US$9.8 billion
D) US$10.8 billion
  • 97. The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall was built in memory of which person?
A) The Japanese Governor
B) Sun Yat-sen
C) Chiang Kai-shek
D) A local artist
  • 98. When was the National Taiwan Museum founded?
A) 1999
B) 1908
C) 1972
D) 1983
  • 99. What was the original name of the National Taiwan Museum?
A) Formosan History Museum
B) Republic of China Museum
C) Taiwan Governor's Museum
D) Taipei National Museum
  • 100. How far is the Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines from the National Palace Museum?
A) 500 meters
B) 200 meters
C) 1 kilometer
D) 50 meters
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