How well do you know Thailand?

[phuketandsee]

Is Thailand still the Land of Smiles?

An interesting quiz:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2014/0623/Protests-and-coups-Is-Thailand-still-the-land-of-smiles-Take-our-quiz/Name-of-Thailand

[thailiketoo]

The writer needs a fact checker. He bought the post WW2 fiction that Thailand was not officially at war with the USA. The Thai government declared war on Britain and the United States on January 25, 1942.

[phuketandsee]

Yes, and he neglected to say the Thais invaded Burma and Malaya

[Issangeorge]

I got 20 out of 24, would have got 21 out of 25, but on my phone the script for the last question didn't show. However I do know the Thai script, can even read a lot of it. As for the war, the United States, never considered themselves at war with Thailand, and thus fought in Thailand's favour when it came to war reparations.

[thailiketoo]

I got 20 out of 24, would have got 21 out of 25, but on my phone the script for the last question didn't show. However I do know the Thai script, can even read a lot of it. As for the war, the United States, never considered themselves at war with Thailand, and thus fought in Thailand's favour when it came to war reparations.

The USA bombed the heck out of Bangkok. Did they do that just for fun? Did the USA freeze all the assets of every country they were not at war with? Did the USA intern all of the Thai diplomats and send them back to Thailand in exchange for USA diplomats from Thailand ? The Thai government declared war on Britain and the United States on January 25, 1942. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thailand-declares-war-on-the-united-states-and-england.

Thai authorities seized the American embassy 6 months after the declaration of war. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/176704.pdf