Hong Kong - Pub Quiz - more general knowledge

Question 1

In which famous hotel found on Salisbury Road can you stand at the top floor gentlemen’s toilet urinals, whilst looking over Kowloon?

Answer 1

The Peninsula

Question 2

Murray House is one of the few remaining Victorian buildings in Hong Kong. Where is it?

Answer 2

Stanley.

• It was originally located in Central but was dismantled and reconstructed in Stanley on the south of Hong Kong Island.

Question 3

Since 2003 what can you no longer do in a public area without risking a fine?

Answer 3

Spit.

Question 4

Where in HK is the midnight market?

Answer 4

Temple Street

Question 5

is Chek Lap Kok in the New Territories or Kowloon?

Answer 5

New territories

Question 6

When did the Star Ferry start?

Answer 6

1888 - company founded as Kowloon Ferry company.

1898 - renamed as Star Ferry company.

Question 7

In what HK hotel did Edward Snowden give his first interview?

Answer 7

The Mira hotel.

Question 8

Name 3 leaders of the HK pro-democracy movement of 2014?

Answer 8

Joshua Wong.
Alex Chow
Lester Shum

Question 9

When did the pro-democracy movement (the umbrella movement) of 2014 start? Occupy central.

Answer 9

26 September 2014

Question 10

HK has more Rolls Royce’s per person than any other city in the world… true or false?

Answer 10

true

Question 11

How many skyscrapers are there in HK?

Answer 11

HK has around 8000 skyscrapers (buildings with more than 14 floors).

Question 12

Does HK or NY have more skyscrapers?

Answer 12

Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. Classified as buildings with more than 14 floors, Hong Kong has around 8000, almost double that of New York its nearest rival.

Question 13

What HK citizen won the 2009 Nobel prize in Physics?

Answer 13

Charles Kao.

He was born in Shanghai in 1933.

Question 14

Why did Professor Charles Kao win the 2009 Nobel prize in physics?

Answer 14

For fibre optic communications.

groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication

Question 15

What is inside a “Poon Choi” dish?

Answer 15

10 different ingredients cooked separately and assembled into a one-pot meal.

It is actually of Hakka origin

Question 16

What year did HK Disneyland open?

Answer 16

2005.

Question 17

What are the names of the giant pandas in HK?

Answer 17

Ying Ying
Le Le
An An
Jia Jia

Question 18

How old is giant panda Jia Jia in 2015?

Answer 18

37 years old - the oldest panda in captivity.

Question 19

In ‘around the world in 80 day’s (book by Jules Verne), how many days did they stay in HK?

Answer 19

unknown.
It took 13 days from Calcutta to HK.
Then 6 days from HK to Yokohama.

Question 20

The largest single order of Rolls-Royce phantoms was by which HK hotel?

Answer 20

By The Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong.

Ordered - 14 Rolls-Royce Phantoms

Question 21

In 2006 a socialite paid for ballroom dancing lessons.. how much did she pay?

Answer 21

HKD 62 million

Question 22

Who has the license plate #1 in HK?

Answer 22

Commissioner of Police

Question 23

Who has had a golden toilet in HK?

Answer 23

Mr Chau Kai-bong and his wife Brenda.

they also had a pink rolls

Question 24

Which HK bridge is longer than the Golden Gate bridge?

Answer 24

The Tsing Ma Bridge, with a main span of 1,377 metres, is the longest suspension bridge with both rail and road traffic in the world, 100m longer than San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.

Question 25

After what was HK’s Tsing Ma bridge named?

Answer 25

From the areas at both of its ends:

Tsing Yi and Ma Wan.

Question 26

In 2007, how much was paid for license plate #18?

Answer 26

HKD16.5 million.

Question 27

Most HK toilets run on seawater. true or false?

Answer 27

True.

Question 28

HK has the highest average IQ in the world. What number is it?

Answer 28

107.

Question 29

What HK citizen won a 1958 cha-cha championship?

Answer 29

Bruce Lee

Question 30

The movie “As good as it gets” with Jack Nicholson was translated into Cantonese characters as what?

Answer 30

Mr Cat Poop.

Question 31

Is it true that in HK a woman can be acquitted of murder if she kills her cheating husband, but only if done with her bare hands?

Answer 31

No. - an urban legend.

Question 32

Which poet wrote the words (about HK) “only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun”?

Answer 32

Sir Noël Peirce Coward

Question 33

“Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out into the midday sun” - a line from poet Noel Coward. What was he referring to in HK?

Answer 33

In reference to the colonial Noon Day Gun cerermony in Causeway Bay.

Question 34

What is the well-known night club on the top floor of the Excelsior Hotel?

Answer 34

Talk of the town.

Question 35

Who is the famous tailor in Burlington Arcade who is reputed to have made clothes for celebrities such as Pavarotti, Margaret Thatcher, George Bush, Prince Charles and Michael Jackson?

Answer 35

Sam’s tailor

Question 36

Which station would you get off to reach the Hong Kong Arts Centre

Answer 36

Wanchai

Question 37

What does the district name ‘Kowloon’ mean in English?

Answer 37

The Cantonese sounding of the peninsula’s name is Gow Lung, meaning ‘Nine Dragons’.

• Tradition says the name was given by Emperor Ping, a Sung Dynasty boy emperor who fled to Hong Kong in the 11th century. He counted eight mountains in the area and decided to name it ‘Eight Dragons’, as it was believed that every mountain is inhabited by a dragon. However, as emperors were also believed to be dragons, the place was re-named ‘Nine Dragons’, Ping being the ninth

Question 38

What does the district name “Sha Tin” mean in English?

Answer 38

Sand fields.

Question 39

The symbol of the Hong Kong Tourist Association is a Chinese junk. What is it called?

Answer 39

The Duk Ling

Question 40

When was the Standard Chartered Bank established in Hong Kong?

Answer 40

1859.

The date is printed on its $20 bill

Question 41

What 3 banks can issue currency in HK?

Answer 41

Standard Chartered Bank
HSBC
Bank of China

Question 42

What was the name of the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong?

Answer 42

Tung Chee Hwa

Question 43

Dai Pai Dongs are a common sight in Hong Kong. What are they?

Answer 43

Fast Food Noodle shops

Question 44

On claiming Hong Kong in 1841, where did the British plant the flag?

Answer 44

Possession point.

With the reclamation of land in Hong Kong it is no longer on the coast but inland.

Question 45

The Bauhinia is on HKs flag. Who was this particular species of Bauhinia named after?

Answer 45

The ‘Bauhinia Blakeana’ was named after the British Governor of Hong Kong (1898-1903), Sir Henry Blake,

He was a keen botanist and discovered it near Pokfulam on Hong Kong Island in 1880.

Question 46

At Alain Ducasse’s famous HK restaurant ‘Spoon’ (at the Intercontinental hotel), how many Murano glass spoons were hung on its ceiling?

Answer 46

550

Question 47

In which HK hotel was the surrender of HK to the Japanese signed in 1941? In what room #?

Answer 47

The Peninsula hotel.
Room 336.

The surrender of Hong Kong to the Japanese was signed by General C M Maltby and Sir Mark Young on December 25 1941.

Question 48

The Chinnery bar (in the Mandarin Oriental) was a private gentlemen’s club until what year?

Answer 48

1990

Question 49

The Captain’s club bar (in the Mandarin Oriental) has how many specially engraved silver tankards of beer kept for special regular customers?

Answer 49

40.

Question 50

The grand hyatt staircases & lanterns facing the main door as designed to resemble what animal?

Answer 50

The crab.

The two grand staircases were designed to resemble front claws of a crab for fung shui reasons; t

The bronze lanterns facing the main doors are the eyes of the crab intended to mark prosperity and good fortune

Question 51

Where in HK is ‘Wanking path’ (Wan King).

Answer 51

It is a road Sai Kung Town, New Territories.

Located next to the main public square in Sai Kung.

Question 52

What does HK’s Wan King path mean?

Answer 52

Bayview Path