🧠 Asia quiz questions with answers

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1. Which of these animals is the heaviest?

   1. Bengal tiger
   2. Bornean orangutan
   3. Giant panda
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   Answer: A. Bengal tiger
   Bengal tiger (180 kg) · Bornean orangutan (57 kg) · Giant panda (100 kg)

   💡 No two tigers have the same stripe pattern.

2. Which of these countries is the smallest by area?

   1. Indonesia
   2. Vietnam
   3. Myanmar
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   Answer: B. Vietnam
   Indonesia (1,904,569 km²) · Vietnam (331,212 km²) · Myanmar (676,578 km²)

3. Which of these is a mammal?

   1. Sea otter
   2. King cobra
   3. Mute swan
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   Answer: A. Sea otter

   💡 Sea otters often wrap themselves in kelp or hold paws while sleeping so they don't drift apart.

4. Which of these animals is the lightest?

   1. Greater flamingo
   2. Red panda
   3. Red fox
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   Answer: A. Greater flamingo
   Greater flamingo (3 kg) · Red panda (5 kg) · Red fox (6 kg)

   💡 A greater flamingo at Adelaide Zoo lived to at least 83, the oldest flamingo on record.

5. Which of these is closest to the equator?

   1. Temple of Heaven
   2. Forbidden City
   3. Qutub Minar
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   Answer: C. Qutub Minar
   Temple of Heaven (39.9°N) · Forbidden City (39.9°N) · Qutub Minar (28.5°N)

   💡 Next to it stands an iron pillar about 1,600 years old that has hardly rusted.

6. Which of these structures is the tallest?

   1. Ping An Finance Centre, Shenzhen
   2. Taipei 101
   3. Burj Khalifa
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   Answer: C. Burj Khalifa
   Ping An Finance Centre, Shenzhen (599 m) · Taipei 101 (508 m) · Burj Khalifa (828 m)

   💡 Its design was inspired by a desert flower, the spider lily.

7. Which of these is the deepest?

   1. Lake Baikal (Shaman Rock)
   2. Mir diamond mine
   3. Derinkuyu Underground City
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   Answer: A. Lake Baikal (Shaman Rock)
   Lake Baikal (Shaman Rock) (1,642 m) · Mir diamond mine (525 m) · Derinkuyu Underground City (85 m)

   💡 Baikal holds more fresh water than all of North America's Great Lakes combined, about a fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh surface water.

8. Which of these structures is the tallest?

   1. Baalbek
   2. Western Wall
   3. Borobudur
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   Answer: C. Borobudur
   Baalbek (20 m) · Western Wall (19 m) · Borobudur (35 m)

   💡 It has 504 Buddha statues and 72 bell-shaped stupas on its upper terraces.

9. Which of these is a legend that has never been proven to exist?

   1. Yeti (Abominable Snowman)
   2. Japanese macaque
   3. Leopard
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   Answer: A. Yeti (Abominable Snowman)

   💡 In Himalayan folklore the yeti roams the snowy mountains, but DNA tests on supposed yeti hair and bones have mostly matched bears.

10. Which of these animals is endangered?

    1. Komodo dragon
    2. Saltwater crocodile
    3. Indian cobra
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    Answer: A. Komodo dragon

    💡 Komodo dragons live in the wild only on a few Indonesian islands, including Komodo, Rinca and Flores.

11. Which of these countries is the largest by area?

    1. India
    2. Saudi Arabia
    3. Iran
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    Answer: A. India
    India (3,287,263 km²) · Saudi Arabia (2,149,690 km²) · Iran (1,648,195 km²)

12. Which of these is an amphibian?

    1. Reindeer
    2. Chinese giant salamander
    3. Asian elephant
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    Answer: B. Chinese giant salamander

    💡 It is one of the largest amphibians in the world; a farmed one reached 1.8 m, and it makes a cry like a baby.

13. Which of these countries has the most people?

    1. Iraq
    2. Nepal
    3. North Korea
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    Answer: A. Iraq
    Iraq (46 million) · Nepal (29.7 million) · North Korea (26.5 million)

14. Mount Everest: which country is it in?

    1. Iran
    2. United Arab Emirates
    3. Nepal
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    Answer: C. Nepal

    💡 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reached the summit in 1953.

15. Which of these was completed most recently?

    1. Azadi Tower
    2. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
    3. N Seoul Tower
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    Answer: B. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
    Azadi Tower (1971) · Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (2007) · N Seoul Tower (1971)

    💡 Its main prayer hall holds the world's largest hand-knotted carpet.

16. Which of these covers the largest area?

    1. Meiji Shrine
    2. Dokdo
    3. Angkor Wat
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    Answer: C. Angkor Wat
    Meiji Shrine (0.7 km²) · Dokdo (0.2 km²) · Angkor Wat (1.6 km²)

    💡 It was built as a Hindu temple to the god Vishnu and later became Buddhist.

17. Which of these structures is the tallest?

    1. Grand Lisboa
    2. Tokyo Tower
    3. Petronas Twin Towers
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    Answer: C. Petronas Twin Towers
    Grand Lisboa (261 m) · Tokyo Tower (333 m) · Petronas Twin Towers (452 m)

    💡 They were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004.

18. Which of these is a legend that has never been proven to exist?

    1. Lion
    2. Kappa
    3. Cheetah
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    Answer: B. Kappa

    💡 In Tōno the tourism association sells a joke 'kappa capture permit', and at Kappa-buchi visitors dangle cucumbers from fishing rods to try to lure a kappa.

19. Which of these animals is endangered?

    1. Malayan tapir
    2. Arctic fox
    3. Gray wolf
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    Answer: A. Malayan tapir

    💡 Its babies are born brown with white stripes and spots, which fade within months.

20. Which of these is the oldest?

    1. Taj Mahal
    2. Hawa Mahal
    3. Grand Palace & Wat Phra Kaew
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    Answer: A. Taj Mahal
    Taj Mahal (1632–1653) · Hawa Mahal (1799) · Grand Palace & Wat Phra Kaew (1782)

    💡 Shah Jahan built it in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631.

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