Aung San Suu Kyi Quiz

Aung San Suu Kyi Quiz Questions

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1. In which year was Aung San Suu Kyi born?
(a) 1935
(b) 1945
(c) 1955
(d) 1965

2. Who was Aung San Suu Kyi’s father?
(a) U Thant
(b) Ne Win
(c) Aung San
(d) U Nu

3. In which country was Aung San Suu Kyi primarily educated?
(a) Myanmar
(b) India
(c) United Kingdom
(d) United States

4. What is the name of the political party Aung San Suu Kyi co-founded?
(a) Myanmar Democratic Party
(b) National League for Democracy
(c) Union Solidarity and Development Party
(d) Burma Socialist Programme Party

5. In which year did Aung San Suu Kyi return to Myanmar (then Burma) to care for her ailing mother?
(a) 1978
(b) 1988
(c) 1998
(d) 2008

6. How many years in total was Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest?
(a) 5 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 20 years

7. Which Nobel Prize was awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991?
(a) Peace
(b) Literature
(c) Economics
(d) Chemistry

8. What was the name of Aung San Suu Kyi’s husband?
(a) Michael Aris
(b) John Smith
(c) David Thompson
(d) Robert Brown

9. In which year was Aung San Suu Kyi released from her final term of house arrest?
(a) 2000
(b) 2005
(c) 2010
(d) 2015

10. What position did Aung San Suu Kyi hold in the Myanmar government from 2016 to 2021?
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) State Counsellor
(d) Foreign Minister

11. Which of these books was NOT written by Aung San Suu Kyi?
(a) Freedom from Fear
(b) Letters from Burma
(c) The Voice of Hope
(d) The Glass Palace

12. What is the name of Aung San Suu Kyi’s political philosophy?
(a) Democratic socialism
(b) Burmese Way to Socialism
(c) Disciplined democracy
(d) Non-violent resistance

13. Which university awarded Aung San Suu Kyi an honorary doctorate in 2012?
(a) Harvard University
(b) Oxford University
(c) Cambridge University
(d) Yale University

14. In which year did Aung San Suu Kyi win a seat in the Myanmar parliament?
(a) 2010
(b) 2012
(c) 2015
(d) 2020

15. What is the name of the ethnic group that has been persecuted in Myanmar, leading to international criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi?
(a) Karen
(b) Shan
(c) Rohingya
(d) Kachin

16. What was the name of Aung San Suu Kyi’s mother?
(a) Khin Kyi
(b) Ma Ma Lay
(c) Khin Hnin Yu
(d) Mya Sein

17. In which city was Aung San Suu Kyi born?
(a) Rangoon
(b) Mandalay
(c) Naypyidaw
(d) Bagan

18. Which of these films is based on Aung San Suu Kyi’s life?
(a) The Lady
(b) Beyond Rangoon
(c) The Burmese Harp
(d) Twilight Over Burma

19. What happened to Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021?
(a) She won re-election
(b) She voluntarily stepped down
(c) She was detained in a military coup
(d) She left the country

20. What is the name of Aung San Suu Kyi’s political autobiography?
(a) The Quest for Democracy
(b) My Burma
(c) Freedom from Fear
(d) The Voice of Hope

21. What was Aung San Suu Kyi’s profession before entering politics?
(a) Teacher
(b) Journalist
(c) Diplomat
(d) Researcher at UN

Aung San Suu Kyi Quiz Questions with Answers

1. In which year was Aung San Suu Kyi born?
(b) 1945

2. Who was Aung San Suu Kyi’s father?
(c) Aung San

3. In which country was Aung San Suu Kyi primarily educated?
(a) Myanmar

4. What is the name of the political party Aung San Suu Kyi co-founded?
(b) National League for Democracy

5. In which year did Aung San Suu Kyi return to Myanmar (then Burma) to care for her ailing mother?
(b) 1988

6. How many years in total was Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest?
(c) 15 years

7. Which Nobel Prize was awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991?
(a) Peace

8. What was the name of Aung San Suu Kyi’s husband?
(a) Michael Aris

9. In which year was Aung San Suu Kyi released from her final term of house arrest?
(c) 2010

10. What position did Aung San Suu Kyi hold in the Myanmar government from 2016 to 2021?
(c) State Counsellor

11. Which of these books was NOT written by Aung San Suu Kyi?
(d) The Glass Palace

12. What is the name of Aung San Suu Kyi’s political philosophy?
(d) Non-violent resistance

13. Which university awarded Aung San Suu Kyi an honorary doctorate in 2012?
(b) Oxford University

14. In which year did Aung San Suu Kyi win a seat in the Myanmar parliament?
(c) 2015

15. What is the name of the ethnic group that has been persecuted in Myanmar, leading to international criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi?
(c) Rohingya

16. What was the name of Aung San Suu Kyi’s mother?
(a) Khin Kyi

17. In which city was Aung San Suu Kyi born?
(a) Rangoon

18. Which of these films is based on Aung San Suu Kyi’s life?
(a) The Lady

19. What happened to Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021?
(c) She was detained in a military coup

20. What is the name of Aung San Suu Kyi’s political autobiography?
(c) Freedom from Fear

21. What was Aung San Suu Kyi’s profession before entering politics?
(d) Researcher at UN