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| In Cambodia with our host |
Since we've left Mekelle, the theme of this blog has changed significantly, mostly due to Mom now writing about seeing beaches and temples rather than encountering new experiences or undergoing adventures, which was the theme back before November 9th. Well, with me back in charge this week... I won't write about wild goose chases or thick skin or taking on a difficult language (references you'd understand if you were a regular reader of our blog). Those days are behind us and ahead of us, as we will return to Mekelle on January 1st. Even though we are living a very laid-back, easy life here in Southeast Asia compared to in Mekelle, the typical "here's what tour we did today" or "look at these mushy family pictures we took" - tourist things- will not be included in this week's edition. Instead, we're going to take another quiz! Yay...
1. Who did we see in the capital of Cambodia? Give the capital's name and our hosts' names.
2. How many people were killed in the Khmer Rouge-orchestrated Cambodian genocide of the 1970s?
3. What is the largest city in Vietnam, by population?
4. How many U.S. troops were in Vietnam at the war's peak in 1968?
5. What was the name of the Khmer king who oversaw construction of the temple Angkor Wat?
6. What are the respective names of the Cambodian and Vietnamese currencies?
7. What European power was the main colonial influence on Cambodia and Vietnam?
8. What are the respective colors of the Cambodian and Vietnamese flags?
9. Name both of the insects that we ate for desert in Cambodia.
10. What is the official language of Cambodia?
11. Why is Ho Chi Minh City called Ho Chi Minh City?
12. What is the name of the delicious noodle soup Vietnam is famous for?
13. What is the name of the French inspired sandwich that Vietnam is famous for?
14. What is meant by the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
15. How many Vietnamese units of currency is $100?
Bonus Question: Through which countries does the Mekong River flow?
1st place prize: A pair of elephant-themed fancy pants
2nd place prize: A short lesson in the language of Cambodia from our host there
3rd place prize: Fresh, deeply fried insects (to eat)
If you're not too lazy to take our quiz, just post your answers in the comments either on this blog or on Mom's Facebook post. Special thanks to Micah, my younger brother, for helping me with the quiz questions.
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| Just to make friends in cold D.C. jealous...This is Lazy Beach, near Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Mom took a day to herself there. |
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| Us boys snorkeling in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. We also cliff-jumped and went fishing with Dad that day. |
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Cruising on the Mekong River market in it.   |
P.S.: I could care less about Hazal.
I tell you, as long as you keep throw quizzes, the X will keep coming back to the Silver Spring blog watering hole. Those trao are rightfully mine. Other may wish just to walk on by, for I own this quiz.
ReplyDelete1) Mikey ‘Hollow Leg’ G and Caroline, Phnom Penh
2) +/- 2 million – but likely the real figure will never be precisely known.
3) Ho Chi Minh City
4) 500,000
5) No idea
6) Riel and Dong (also a great 70s soft rock combo- ask your mom, she was a big fan).
7) France
8) CAM: Red, Blue, White, VTH: Yellow, Red
9) Water beetles and grasshoppers.
10) Khmer
11) Saigon was renamed when the communists unified Vietnam. HCM was their ideological leader.
12) Pho
13) Banh Mi
14) The network of trails and roads through Laos and parts of VTN that allowed the north to supply the south during the war. Also the ostensible justification for making Laos the most heavily bombed place on earth.
15) 100,000
Bonus question: China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, VTN, Cambodia- careful with wording here- it doesn’t explicitly flow ‘through’ Thailand per se, but the border is demarcated down the middle of the river.
Bonus bonus question for you: if the border is placed in the middle of the river between Laos and Thailand, who would an island straddling the border belong to and why?
I’ll take my sweet pants size extra hefty, with elephants please.
hmmmm, that is a very difficult quiz... I give up. Next time please ask questions about Hazal.
ReplyDeleteThis is a hard quiz!
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