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