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