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Victory Monument (Bangkok) - Quiz
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  • 1. In which city is the Victory Monument located?
A) Bangkok
B) Phuket
C) Pattaya
D) Chiang Mai
  • 2. When was the Victory Monument erected?
A) June 1941
B) May 1940
C) December 1999
D) January 1945
  • 3. The Victory Monument commemorates the Thai victory in which conflict?
A) Pacific War
B) World War I
C) The 1893 conflict
D) Franco-Thai War
  • 4. Which BTS station serves the area of the Victory Monument?
A) Phaya Thai station
B) Victory Monument station
C) Siam station
D) Ratchathewi station
  • 5. When did the Victory Monument BTS station open?
A) 5 December 1999
B) 1 January 1945
C) June 1941
D) 12 August 2000
  • 6. Which sculptor created the five statues at the monument?
A) Plaek Phibunsongkhram
B) Anusawari Chai
C) Corrado Feroci
D) Vichy French
  • 7. What is the Thai name for the Victory Monument?
A) Phahonyothin Road
B) Sukhumvit Line
C) Anusawari Chai Samoraphum
D) Democracy Monument
  • 8. What shape are the five bayonets at the monument meant to represent?
A) The civilian population
B) The central obelisk
C) The French colonial borders
D) The Japanese intervention
  • 9. How many names of casualties are inscribed on the obelisk?
A) 656
B) 1941
C) 421
D) 54
  • 10. Who imposed the final territorial settlement on Thailand and France?
A) Japan
B) The United States
C) The United Kingdom
D) The Allied Forces
  • 11. What did Corrado Feroci call the monument?
A) The sword of Thailand
B) A tribute to the fallen
C) The victory of embarrassment
D) A heroic masterpiece
  • 12. The five statues at the monument represent the army, navy, air force, police, and who else?
A) Civilian population
B) Government officials
C) The Japanese military
D) The French colonial authorities
  • 13. In which district of Bangkok is the monument located?
A) Ratchathewi
B) Siam
C) Phaya Thai
D) Sukhumvit
  • 14. Why did the monument become an embarrassment in 1945?
A) The government changed its name
B) The sculptor left the country
C) The monument was damaged by war
D) Thailand had to return the gained territories
  • 15. What is the primary design style of the Victory Monument?
A) Indigenous Thai
B) Modernist Asian
C) Western
D) Traditional Egyptian
  • 16. What was the area of the Victory Monument originally called?
A) Samsen Valley
B) Thung Phaya Thai
C) Rattanakosin Plains
D) Dusit Field
  • 17. What is the colloquial name for Wat Apai Tharam?
A) Wat Dusit
B) Wat Samsen
C) Wat Phaya Thai
D) Wat Makok
  • 18. Which canal flows in front of Wat Apai Tharam?
A) Khlong Samsen
B) Khlong Rattanakosin
C) Chao Phraya River
D) Khlong Phaya Thai
  • 19. Which two figures traveled by boat via Khlong Samsen during the early Rattanakosin era?
A) King Rama V and King Rama VI
B) King Rama V and his brother
C) King Rama I and Prince Maha Sura Singhanat
D) King Rama I and the Prime Minister
  • 20. Who ordered the construction of Dusit Palace?
A) King Rama I
B) King Rama V
C) Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram
D) Major General Chamlong Srimuang
  • 21. Which two roads begin in the Victory Monument area according to the text?
A) Phaholyothin road and Sukhumvit road
B) Phaya Thai road and Ratchawithi road
C) Samsen road and Victory road
D) Dusit road and Rama I road
  • 22. Which road was built as a highway to the northern region?
A) Phaya Thai road
B) Ratchawithi road
C) Samsen road
D) Phaholyothin road
  • 23. What famous food originated from boat vendors on Khlong Samsen?
A) Kuaitiao ruea
B) Pad Thai
C) Tom Yum
D) Som Tum
  • 24. Why were boat noodles served in small bowls?
A) Limited space on the boats
B) Because they were meant for children
C) To keep the price low
D) Because the ingredients were expensive
  • 25. Which Governor introduced the policy to move boat noodle vendors onto land?
A) King Rama V
B) Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram
C) King Rama I
D) Major General Chamlong Srimuang
  • 26. What was the year the policy forced boat noodle vendors to move onto land?
A) 1960
B) 1975
C) 1999
D) Around 1985
  • 27. What kind of entertainment was common for waiting passengers in the past?
A) Puppet shows
B) Classical dance performances
C) Freak shows
D) Movie screenings
  • 28. Which BTS station serves the Victory Monument area?
A) N3
B) E1
C) S2
D) N5
  • 29. Approximately how many protestors gathered at the Victory Monument in October 2020?
A) 20,000
B) 500
C) 5,000
D) 10,000
  • 30. Which group organized the protest on August 11, 2021?
A) The Prime-minister's office
B) Thalufa
C) The Royal Thai Police
D) The Thai Constitutional Court
  • 31. What items did police use to seal off the road near the monument on August 7, 2021?
A) Concrete barriers
B) Metal fences
C) Barbed wire
D) Containers
  • 32. What did protestors throw during the August 11, 2021 protest that injured 8 officers?
A) Fireworks
B) Molotov cocktails
C) Stones
D) Teargas canisters
  • 33. What did protestors set on fire during the August 11, 2021 protest?
A) The Victory Monument
B) A police truck
C) A traffic signal
D) A government building
  • 34. What is another name for the group Thalufa?
A) The Victory Alliance
B) Tha Lu Fa
C) The October Group
D) The 10,000
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