Well I have been away in Bangkok for a few days and despite my good intentions my blogging has been on the back burner due to commitments to the Medical Blog Contest. However your support as always has been fantastic and it looks like this site is set to return well over 6000 visitors this month. Not bad in five months. Thank you so much.
By way of a reward for those of you that use the iPhone(or know someone that does-since Christmas is coming) I would like to offer you the chance to win some iPhone apps from GPSmyCity.com. A company that specialises in self guided walking tours with over 2,000 walking tours available – spanning over 180 cities worldwide.
All you have to do is answer some questions on Thailand and submit your answers direct to the company, the winners(with the most correct answers) win three iPhone walking tour apps to the locations of their choice. Easy?
Well here are the questions:
1.Totally different from the western idea of a gap year, every Thai male is expected at one point in his life, generally between finishing school and starting his career/getting married to:
A.Escapade a mountain
B.Visit all the country’s most important temples
C.Become a monk
2.It is illegal in Thailand, to own a copy of this movie, as it is banned. Could you guess which one?
A.The King and I
B.Harry Potter
C.Bangkok Dangerous
3.The most common greeting in Bangkok, dating from the times of World War II is:
A.How is your stomach feeling today?
B.Care for a noodle soup?
C.Have you eaten rice yet?
4.One of these following facts about Bangkok is alarmingly true. Guess which one?
A.Bangkok is sinking at a rate of 5cm/per year
B.Bangkok will become by 2050 the most populated city on Earth
C.Bangkok’ crime rate is among highest in the world
5.Known for many things worth the Guinness World Records book, Bangkok proudly boasts the world’s largest:
A.Buddha Statue
B.Chinatown
C.MacDonald’s restaurant
6.In Bangkok, Thailand you can very well land in jail, if you leave the house:
A.With no underwear
B.Without kneeling in front of the King’s portrait
C.Without closing the door
7.Bangkok has one if the oldest international airports in the world, which also features the world’s tallest:
A.Inside Temple
B.Coffee Cup
C.Control Tower
8.Considering that formerly Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon, Taiwan as Formosa and Ghana as the Gold Coast, would you happen to know how Thailand was called until 1939?
A.Siam
B.Amon
C.Monsoon Coast
9.Bangkok currently holds the Guinness record for having the longest:
A.Festival Dragon ever created
B.Name of a place
C.Highway
10.In Bangkok, like all Thailand, most people wear yellow on Mondays, because:
A.The King was born on a Monday
B.Buddha has his first revelation on a Monday
C.Yellow is considered to be purifying the karma.
Please email your answer to quiz@gpsmycity.com and quote this post URL in text. DO NOT put them in a comment on the blog.
Good Luck 
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by GPSmyCity.com. The wording of the questions in the quiz and applications offered are the sole responsibility of that company and are not warranted or endorsed by Thailand Blogs. No payment or other reward has been received for this post by Thailand-Blogs.
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