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EASY QUESTIONS

Question 1

What's the odd one out?

a. yee-sip Baht

b. see-sip Baht

c. song-sip Baht

Question 2

Which is wrong?

a. sam pan Baht

b. yee-sip pan Baht

c. see pan Baht

TRICKY STUFF

Question 3

Why is it hard to order two packets of cigarettes?

Question 4

Why do the words "near" and "far" cause confusion?

HARDER STUFF

Question 5

What's the difference between a "chin" and a "tua"?

Question 6

If I start work at 9am, how is it that I also start work at 3 O'clock?

LET'S SORT THE MEN FROM THE BOYS

Question 7

Can you name all 39 provinces in Thailand (spot the deliberate error)?

Question 8

Can you sing "Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" in Thai?

Moved to Pub.

....whereupon it languished, never fully recovered and eventually expired.

....whereupon it languished, never fully recovered and eventually expired.

Hopefully!

That's some quiz, I could only get one right!

Question 8

Can you sing "Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" in Thai?

1. Song-sip baht is wrong (should be yee-sip)

2. Yee-sip pan baht (they have another word for 10,000)

3. The Thai word for "pack" is song (same as two)

6. Thais divide the day into 4 (0 to 5, 6 to 12 etc)

7. I thought there were 76 provinces

1. Song-sip baht is wrong (should be yee-sip)

2. Yee-sip pan baht (they have another word for 10,000)

3. The Thai word for "pack" is song (same as two)

6. Thais divide the day into 4 (0 to 5, 6 to 12 etc)

7. I thought there were 76 provinces

1. sometimes shortened to yip, as in yiphaa baht for 25 baht.

2. meun

3. different spelling, different pronounciation.

7. I thought it was 77?

1. Song-sip baht is wrong (should be yee-sip)

2. Yee-sip pan baht (they have another word for 10,000)

3. The Thai word for "pack" is song (same as two)

6. Thais divide the day into 4 (0 to 5, 6 to 12 etc)

7. I thought there were 76 provinces

1. sometimes shortened to yip, as in yiphaa baht for 25 baht.

2. meun

3. different spelling, different pronounciation.

7. I thought it was 77?

Yes, 77, but only if you include Bangkok as a province, though it's technically a Special Administrative Area.

1. Song-sip baht is wrong (should be yee-sip)

2. Yee-sip pan baht (they have another word for 10,000)

3. The Thai word for "pack" is song (same as two)

6. Thais divide the day into 4 (0 to 5, 6 to 12 etc)

7. I thought there were 76 provinces

Good!

That's some quiz, I could only get one right!

Question 8

Can you sing "Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" in Thai?

So .. you got the easy one.

....whereupon it languished, never fully recovered and eventually expired.

Your life story?

Andrew you make me tink too mutt as David would say.

That's some quiz, I could only get one right!

Question 8

Can you sing "Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" in Thai?

So .. you got the easy one.

Ok quiz master Andrew, can you sing Rudolph in Thai?

1. C

2. B (song meun)

3. song song (different tones)

4. klai and klai (same sound, different tones)

5. one's a piece, one's a whole one

6. because 7am is dtii neung

7. trick question

8. no, but I used to be able to sing the whole KrungThepMahaNakorn song.

7/8 for the above. Which one is wrong?

1. C

2. B (song meun)

3. song song (different tones)

4. klai and klai (same sound, different tones)

5. one's a piece, one's a whole one

6. because 7am is dtii neung

7. trick question

8. no, but I used to be able to sing the whole KrungThepMahaNakorn song.

Question 6

If I start work at 9am, how is it that I also start work at 3 O'clock?

You are basically right. You understand it all, but you may have misread question 6.

I think you MUST know that time in Thailand (particularly in the provinces) starts at 6am. So what we think of as 9am is actually 3 o'clock to many of them.

As for being able to sing Rudolph the red nosed reindeer in Thai, no way can I do that! But I reckon a few Eurasians (luk-kreungs) could, and I'd bet that Andrew Biggs could, too.

That's some quiz, I could only get one right!

Question 8

Can you sing "Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" in Thai?

So .. you got the easy one.

Ok quiz master Andrew, can you sing Rudolph in Thai?

100% no way. I could probably only get about as far as "see daeng"!