Taiwan is a mountainous island in the western Pacific, about 180 kilometers off the Asian mainland.
This quiz asks 20 questions about Taiwanese food, places, history and famous people.
One run asks 20 questions from a bank of 40, so two runs do not ask the same set.
How to play
- Each round shows one question and four answers. Tap the answer you think is right.
- You have three lives. Each wrong answer costs one life.
- After each answer, the game shows a short explanation of the right answer.
- The quiz saves your best score and best time.
What counts in this quiz
- The bank holds 40 questions about Taiwan: drink, food, nature, culture, geography, history, film, music, science, business, sport, language, money.
- Every question has exactly one right answer among the four options.
What's not included, and why
- Facts that change with the news are not in the bank. The quiz asks no questions about sitting politicians or the rankings of today.
- Questions that need a map, such as naming every region of Taiwan, live in the map quizzes.
Good to know
- Portuguese sailors called the island Ilha Formosa, the beautiful island.
- Yushan, the highest peak, rises almost 4,000 meters, higher than Mount Fuji.
- Bubble tea was invented in Taiwan in the 1980s.
- More than 200 peaks on Taiwan rise above 3,000 meters.