ASEAN QUIZ BEE

T/F QUESTIONS
1. The motto of ASEAN is One Vision, One Identity, One Culture.
Answer: False. One Vision, One Identity, One Community
2. The found member-states of ASEAN are Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and
Thailand.
Answer: True
3. The stalks of padi in the center of the ASEAN emblem represent the dream of ASEAN
Founding Fathers for an ASEAN comprising all the countries in Southeast Asia, bound together
in friendship and solidarity. In the emblem, there are 11 stalks of padi, representing the memberstates of ASEAN.
Answer: False. There are only 10.
4. The ASEAN Secretariat is based in Singapore.
Answer: False. It is based in Indonesia.
5. The ASEAN Day is observed every 8th of August.
Answer: True.
6. The ASEAN Anthem is entitled, The ASEAN Cares.
Answer: False. It is entitled, The ASEAN Way.
7. Narciso G. Reyes was the first Filipino to serve as the Secretary-General of ASEAN.
Answer: True.
8. The three pillars of the ASEAN community are the following: Political-Security Community,
Economic Community, and Socio-Cultural Community.
Answer: True.
9. The ASEAN+3 is a forum that functions as a coordinator of cooperation between the ASEAN
and three East Asia nations of China, Japan, and North Korea.
Answer: False. It should be China, Japan, and South Korea.
10. In 2002, East Timor was recognized as an observer of ASEAN and joined the ASEAN
Regional Forum in 2005.
Answer: True.