Q 01/05

The five governments that founded ASEAN in 1967 were first motivated by containing the spread of what?

A) Colonialism

B) Communism

C) Piracy

D) Religious extremism

Answer · why

B) Communism

Communism was the shared fear of all five founding governments, yet the declaration they signed never mentions it, speaking only of economic growth, p...

Q 02/05

ASEAN Day marks the 8 August 1967 signing of the bloc's founding declaration in which capital city?

A) Singapore

B) Manila

C) Bangkok

D) Kuala Lumpur

Answer · why

C) Bangkok

Bangkok had played peacemaker: its government brokered a reconciliation among quarrelling neighbours, and its foreign minister floated the new groupin...

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) Sugar cane

B) Millet

C) Rice

D) Bamboo

Answer · why

C) Rice

Rice stalks bound together stand for the founders' dream of all Southeast Asia joined in friendship; the count was raised to ten in 1997, two years be...

Q 05/05

ASEAN's official motto reads 'One Vision, One Identity, One' what?

A) Community

B) Destiny

C) Region

D) Family

Answer · why

A) Community

Community completes the motto, which the Charter fixes in Article 36; it names the bloc's own goal, an ASEAN Community of three pillars that was forma...