Q 01/05

What is the capital and largest city of Bhutan?

A) Kathmandu

B) Paro

C) Thimphu

D) Punakha

Answer · why

C) Thimphu

Close to 15% of the population lives there; the capital only moved from Punakha in 1955.

Q 02/05

Bhutan is landlocked between which two countries?

A) China (Tibet) and India

B) Nepal and India

C) China and Nepal

D) India and Bangladesh

Answer · why

A) China (Tibet) and India

Despite the map, it does not touch Nepal; a sliver of India separates them.

Q 03/05

Bhutan is famous for measuring its progress by which index instead of GDP alone?

A) Gross Domestic Wellbeing

B) National Contentment Rating

C) Human Serenity Index

D) Gross National Happiness

Answer · why

D) Gross National Happiness

The fourth king coined the phrase in 1972; the commission enforcing it was dissolved in 2022.

Q 04/05

In Dzongkha, Bhutan's own name Druk Yul means what?

A) Valley of the Snow Lion

B) Land of the Thunder Dragon

C) Roof of the World

D) Kingdom of the Clouds

Answer · why

B) Land of the Thunder Dragon

The dragon, or druk, is the emblem of the Drukpa Buddhist lineage; the kings are Druk Gyalpo, "Dragon Kings".

Q 05/05

What does the dragon on Bhutan's flag hold in each of its claws?

A) A jewel

B) A lightning bolt

C) A lotus flower

D) A prayer wheel

Answer · why

A) A jewel

The two halves of the flag stand for the secular monarchy and the Buddhist tradition.