History

Question 1

The human history on the territory can be traced back to nearly A years ago rather than the conventionally believed 6000 or 7000 years ago.

Answer 1

A 40000

Question 2

Starting out as a A village, salt production site and trading ground, HK evolved into a B port of strategic importance in the 19th century.

Answer 2

A fishing

B military

Question 3

The A industry is one of the oldest in HK. Its raw material were mainly the by product of the local oyster industry in B

Answer 3

A lime kiln

B Shenzhen Bay

Question 4

In the second half of the 19th century, the A was once the most important heavy industry in HK.

Answer 4

A shipbuilding industry

Question 5

The A war started in 1840. The war finally ended in August B, with the signing of China ´s first unequal treaty, the treaty of C.

Answer 5

A First Opium
B 1842
C Nanjing

Question 6

On 26 January 1841, the British soldiers landed at Shui Hang Hau of Sheung Wan. With the continual development of the place, a road called A was built there.

Answer 6

A Possession street

Question 7

The second opium war took place from 1856 to A.

The treaty of B was signed as a result and under the Treaty, territories south of C were ceded to Britain.

Answer 7

A 1860
B Beijing
C Boundary street

Question 8

In 1895, Dr Sun Yat sen founded the A in HK and made its headquarters at B for planning revolutionary activities.

Answer 8

A Xing Zhong Hui

B Staunton street

Question 9

The convention for the A was a lease signed on 9 june 1898 for B years rent free.

Answer 9

A Extension of HK territory

B 99

Question 10

At the end of 19th century, A was full of brothels. In 1903 the brothels were relocated to B.

Answer 10

A Possession Point

B Shek Tong Tsui

Question 11

Pottinger street was named after the A governor of HK. The street is also known as the B

Answer 11

A first

B Rocky Road

Question 12

Mr Christopher A is the last of the B governors of HK whereas Sir C is the longest serving.

Answer 12

A Patten
B 28
C MacLehose

Question 13

In December A Japan invaded HK. Governor Mark B accepted defeat.
Japan surrendered to the allies on 15 august C.

Answer 13

A 1941
B Young
C 1945

Question 14

After 1949, there was a large influx of A from China to HK, bringing B.

Answer 14

A refugees

B capital and expertise

Question 15

The first Chief Executive of HKSAR was A

Answer 15

A Mr Tung Chee Hwa

Question 16

The first airport of Hong Kong is called A Airport. It was situated in the district of B and was completed in the year of 1928.

Answer 16

A Kai Tak

B Kowloon City

Question 17

Located at Chek Lap Kok on Lantau Island, Hk international Airport opened for commercial operations in A.

Answer 17

A July 1998

Question 18

In An HK was suffering from a serious drought. Water rationing was implemented that year, with water supplied to public every B days for C hours only.

Answer 18

A 1963
B four
C four

Question 19

The Hong Kong A for Chinese was the first college in Hong Kong to fully adopt and accept western medical science practices.
It was established in 1887 and was the predecessor of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the B

Answer 19

A College of Medicine

B University of Hong Kong

Question 20

In 1872, the A hospital, the oldest charitable hospital in Hong Kong, was constructed and started to provide free B medicine services to the sick and poor. In 1896, C medicine services were also provided.

Answer 20

A Tung Wah
B Chinese
C western

Question 21

The A was the first bank in Hong Kong and the first B bank in Hong Kong

Answer 21

A Oriental Bank Corporation

B note-issuing

Question 22

In 1882, A was officially born to protect the young and the innocent.

Answer 22

A Po Leung Kuk

Question 23

From june 1925 to october 1926, the A took place in Hong Kong and Guangdong.

Answer 23

A Canton-Hong Kong strike

Question 24

The A, litteraly means B, were the earliest inhabitants in Hong Kong. They speak the cantonese dialect C

Answer 24

A Punti
B local people
C Weitou

Question 25

The New Territories A policy is a policy formulated to allow villager to apply for permission to erect for himself during his lifetime a small house on a suitable site within his own village.

Answer 25

A Small House

Question 26

The 4 major tribes of the original inhabitants of Hong Kong are A, B, C and D.

Answer 26

A Punti
B Hoklo
C Tanka
D Hakka

Question 27

A is a well known B walled village in Hong Kong.

Answer 27

A Tsang Tai Uk

B Hakka

Question 28

The Peak Tram has been in operation since A, making it the oldest transportation in Hong Kong.

Answer 28

A 1888

Question 29

Electric trams have been operating on Hong Kong Island since A. The Hong Kong Tramways limited has the world’s only fully B tram fleet

Answer 29

A 1904

B double-deck

Question 30

Located on Cotton Tree Drive, Central, A was a government office building built in B.

Answer 30

A Murray Building

B 1969

Question 31

The Hong Kong A is located in the Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui. It is housed in Blocks S61 and S62 of the former B Barracks constructed around 1910.

Answer 31

A Heritage Discovery Centre

B Whitfield

Question 32

A was constructed in 1859 and is now the oldest surviving police station building in the territory.

Answer 32

A The Old Stanley Police Station

Question 33

A Prison, being the first prison in Hong Kong, was built in B.

Answer 33

A Victoria

B 1841

Question 34

Tai Kwun is the colloquial name used to refer to the former Central Police Station compound, comprising three declared monuments: A, B and C

Answer 34

A the former Central Police Station
B Central Magistracy
C Victoria Prison

Question 35

Queen’s road is the first road built in Hong Kong, named after Queen A of the British Empire

Answer 35

A Victoria

Question 36

In 1882, the first public telephone service was introduced into Hong Kong by A company

Answer 36

A Oriental Telephone and Electric