Q 01/05

How many countries signed ASEAN's founding declaration, a pact first motivated by containing communism?

A) Three

B) Five

C) Seven

D) Ten

Answer · why

B) Five

Five foreign ministers signed for the founders, whose first motive was containing communism, which had taken hold in China, North Korea and North Viet...

Q 02/05

ASEAN Day, which one member marks a day early to keep its own National Day clear, falls on which date?

A) 8 August

B) 1 July

C) 15 December

D) 26 October

Answer · why

A) 8 August

8 August is the anniversary of the 1967 signing; one member celebrates on the 7th so the occasion does not collide with its own National Day on the 9t...

Q 03/05

Under Article 34 of the ASEAN Charter, which language is the bloc's sole working language?

A) English

B) Malay

C) French

D) Mandarin

Answer · why

A) English

English is the only working language, which is why Timor-Leste's 2023 membership roadmap demanded enough English-speaking government staff.

Q 04/05

Ten bound stalks of which crop sit at the centre of the ASEAN emblem, on a red disc?

A) Wheat

B) Millet

C) Rice

D) Bamboo

Answer · why

C) Rice

Rice stalks bound together stand for the members' interdependence; the count was raised to ten in 1997, two years before the tenth member actually joi...

Q 05/05

Which three-part phrase, each part beginning with the same word, is ASEAN's official motto?

A) One Region, One People, One Future

B) One Vision, One Identity, One Community

C) One Voice, One Market, One Asia

D) One Heart, One Mind, One ASEAN

Answer · why

B) One Vision, One Identity, One Community

"One Vision, One Identity, One Community" is the official motto, sitting alongside the flag, emblem and anthem as ASEAN's formal symbols.