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Exploring Malaysia: A Quiz on Culture, Geography, and History

Test your knowledge about Malaysia's culture, geography, and history with this engaging quiz!

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1 What does the following picture show?  A Famosa fortress in Malacca. It was built by the Portuguese in the 16th century.   Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) is one of the earliest boarding schools established in British Malaya.   Beach scenery of Pulau Tioman.

2 It implements a ________ system, and co-exists with private healthcare system.

3 Which of the following lead to the establishment of Malaysia?

4 What % of the area of Malaysia is water?

5 Hari Merdeka, as well as ________ (1 May), the King's birthday (first Saturday of June) and some other festivals are federal gazetted public holidays.

6 ________ is the official capital and largest city of Malaysia.

7 Which of the following titles did Malaysia have?

8 The population density of Malaysia: How many people are there per square mile?

9 What is the native name for Malaysia?

10 What is the street address of Malaysia?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Raja of Perlis is the only hereditary Malay ruler in Malaysia accorded the title of "Raja".
  • the Conference of Rulers of Malaysia plays an important role in the Malaysian elective monarchy.
  • the Majlis Amanah Rakyat operates several educational institutes and offers several scholarships for the benefit of Bumiputra students in Malaysia.
  • the Malay Agenda is one half of the Malaysian social contract, pertaining to the special status of Malays in Malaysia.
  • the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority not only promotes Malaysia to foreign investors, but also handles tasks such as the extension of business visit visas.
  • the tiger in the Coat of arms of Singapore (pictured) represents Malaysia.
  • the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a national monument in Singapore, was given by Sultan Ibrahim of Johor in Malaysia.
  • publication of Malaysian newspaper Makkal Osai was suspended following its printing of a caricature of Jesus holding a cigarette and a can of beer.
  • the "social contract" in Malaysia refers to the agreement made by its founding fathers in the Constitution at independence.
  • the Malay word Merdeka has been used in both Singapore and Malaysia to describe the campaigns for self-government and independence in both countries.
  • the Parliament of Malaysia made a retroactive amendment to the Constitution to prevent the case of Loh Kooi Choon v. Government of Malaysia from being subject to Article 5(4) of the Constitution.
  • the Printing Presses and Publications Act gives the Home Affairs Minister of Malaysia "absolute discretion" in granting and revoking publication and printing permits.
  • the Second Malaysia Plan sought to restructure the socioeconomic state of Malaysia through aggressive affirmative action.
  • the old and new One Fathom Bank Lighthouses in Malaysia (pictured) are situated an estimated 500 metres (1,600 ft) apart from each other.
  • the government of Malaysia has been alleged to be behind Project IC, which involves the systematic granting of citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants to alter the demographic and voting pattern in their favour.
  • the present Cape Rachado Lighthouse, erected in 1863 in Malacca, Malaysia, includes an additional concrete tower that was completed in 1990 to house a MEASAT radar.
  • there are as many as two million illegal immigrants in Malaysia, half of whom may be receiving Bumiputra privileges.
  • thousands of illegal Filipino immigrants are deported from Malaysia every year.
  • the goal of the New Economic Model is to more than double per capita income in Malaysia by 2020.
  • the extensive mangrove destruction in Malaysia and Indonesia is a major threat to the endangered roughnose stingray.
  • the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, New Jersey, is the only zoo in the world that has a pair of Malaysian "black dragon" monitor lizards on display.
  • the Melaka Zoo is the second-largest zoo in Malaysia.
  • the campus of the now-defunct University of Plano included a pagoda that had been the Malaysian pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
  • the earliest Portuguese description of Malaysia, Tomé Pires's Suma Oriental, lay unpublished and presumed lost in an archive until 1944.
  • in Public Prosecutor v. Khong Teng Khen & Anor. it was held that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia can promulgate ordinances with the force of law.
  • in Johnson Tan Han Seng v. Public Prosecutor, the Malaysian Federal Court held that a Proclamation of Emergency remains in force after the circumstances it was meant for have expired.
  • Guinness Black Lager is a new black lager which is being test marketed in Malaysia by Diageo for sale in the west under its Guinness brand name.
  • C. C. Too, a leading exponent of psychological warfare in Malaysia, crafted a campaign to turn public opinion against the communists during the Malayan Emergency.
  • Gurdwara Sahib Klang, a Sikh Gurdwara in Malaysia, was constructed with donations collected by Sikh Sangats all over Malaysia, including a large sum from the Prime Minister's Department.
  • Ketuanan Melayu is the belief that the Malays are the "lords" of the Malay peninsula or Malaysia in general.
  • Khoo Kheng-Hor, a Malaysian author, was appointed as honorary Assistant Superintendent of Police in Singapore, in recognition for his contemporary application of Sun Tzu's Art of War.
  • Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia provides quotas and other affirmative action policies for the Malays and other indigenous people of Malaysia, but was intended as a temporary provision.
  • Article 10 of the Constitution of Malaysia guarantees citizens certain rights on condition that these rights are not restricted by the government.
  • Malaysia's Sedition Act disregards criminal intent in passing judgement.
  • Malaysian royalty's immunity from legal prosecution was removed after a 1992 assault incident, involving Tunku Majid of Johor, sparked a constitutional crisis.
  • Wayne Wang handpicked a song for his movie Chinese Box that a group of teenagers from Sarawak, Malaysia, made their professional debut on Boys & Girls 1+1=3 with.
  • buildings in Kuala Lumpur have Mughal, Tudor, Neo-Gothic or Spanish architectural styles modified to use local resources and for the climate of Malaysia.
  • Maniam Moorthy, a member of the first team of Malaysians to summit Mount Everest, fell during army training a year later and became a paraplegic.
  • Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, surmounted the Malaysian government's ban on the use of the word Allah by non-Muslims, on constitutional grounds.
  • Bangsa Malaysia, a policy seeking to create a unified national identity for all citizens of Malaysia, has been criticised as being 'nebulous' and overstepping the Constitution.
  • Zaki Tun Azmi became the Chief Justice of Malaysia after serving just over one year in the superior courts of Malaysia.
  • pendatang asing is a pejorative phrase used in Malaysia to imply non-Malays are not welcome.
  • after then Malaysian Foreign Minister Ghazali Shafie survived a plane crash in 1982, his death was incorrectly reported in The New York Times.
  • in Faridah Begum bte Abdullah v. Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, it was held that non-Malaysian citizens cannot sue a Malay ruler.
  • Sungai Tujoh is the westernmost point of Brunei and is one of the four land crossing points into the Malaysian state of Sarawak from Brunei.
  • Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will become the first Malaysian in space when he launches on board Soyuz TMA-11 towards the International Space Station in September 2007.
  • Nurul Izzah Anwar, daughter of Malaysia's de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, defeated a three-term minister incumbent in her first contest for a parliament seat in Lembah Pantai.
  • Pulau Merambong is located within the largest seagrass bed in Malaysia.
  • Reginald Hugh Hickling drafted Malaysia's Internal Security Act, but did not expect it to be used against political opponents.
  • Salleh Abas was sacked as the Lord President of Malaysia for clashing with the government on the independence of the Malaysian judiciary.
  • "ultra" was a phrase frequently used in 1960s Malaysia and Singapore to describe racial chauvinists.
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