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Answer the following about the historic architecture of Penang, Malaysia, for 10 points each.
[10h] Penang’s Blue Mansion, which fuses Chinese aesthetics with art nouveau, is named after a Chinese railway magnate with this surname. A Qīng official with this surname and the given name Zhīdòng abolished the civil service system and was an exponent of the Self-Strengthening Movement.
ANSWER: Zhāng [accept Cheong Fatt Tze or Zhāng Bìshì or Chang Chin Hsun; accept Zhāng Zhīdòng]
[10m] George Town’s Khoo family financed a temple for one of these Hakka clan associations, which also named a group of “republics” established in mining regions of Kalimantan.
ANSWER: kongsi [accept Khoo Kongsi; accept kongsi republics; accept gōngsī]
[10e] The Penang High Court building once served as the administrative center of the British Straits Settlements colony before it was superseded by this city, which was founded by Stamford Raffles.
ANSWER: Singapore
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TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2017.00100%40%30%