Get your Hong Kong history on!

Question 1

What world power took over Hong Kong during WWII?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 2

What major transportation feature started to be built in 1924?

Accepted Answer

Kai Tak Airport

Question 3

In what year was Hong Kong handed back over to China?

Accepted Answer

1997

Question 4

Which big bank was founded in 1865 and has become a multinational bank today?

Accepted Answer

HSBC Bank

Question 5

Who fought with England in the Second Opium War?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 6

What is Hong Kong's main economic activity today (2010s)?

Accepted Answer

services

Question 7

What does the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984 make official?

Accepted Answer

One Country, Two Systems (China but w/ gov't differences)

Question 8

What historical event in China (1966-1976) influences thought and politics in Hong Kong?

Accepted Answer

Cultural Revolution

Question 9

Why did the Chinese revolt against the Qing Emperor/Empress?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 10

What was Hong Kong's two main economic activities when the British first arrived in the 1840s?

Accepted Answer

farming and fishing

Question 11

Why was the Peak Tram built?

Accepted Answer

To bring residents who lived on the Peak to their homes.

Question 12

What building in Hong Kong can be taken apart in pieces for easy transportation?

Accepted Answer

HSBC Building

Question 13

What major transportation service opens in 1979 and allows you to cross HK in 30 minutes?

Accepted Answer

MTR

Question 14

Why did villagers leave their family lands?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 15

How does land reclamation happen in Hong Kong?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 16

The Peak Ordinance, in effect from 1904-1930, allowed who to live on the Peak?

Accepted Answer

All foreigners

Question 17

What event occurred as a result of fear over the 1997 HK handover?

Accepted Answer

Asian Financial Crisis

Question 18

What is Hong Kong's biggest economic activity?

Accepted Answer

services

Question 19

What transportation marvel was opened in 1888?

Accepted Answer

Peak Tram

Question 20

Why are there free-roaming farm animals in the NT?

Accepted Answer

Farmers abandoned them after moving away.

Question 21

About when did Hong Kong's villages start to experience a population drop?

Accepted Answer

1960s

Question 22

How long is the "One Country, Two Systems" idea meant to last?

Accepted Answer

50 years

Question 23

What was the original purpose of the walled city in Kowloon?

Accepted Answer

Sea/coastal defence

Question 24

In what year was the Treaty of Nanking signed?

Accepted Answer

1842

Question 25

Who takes control of China in 1949?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 26

Why was there concern over Hong Kong's handover to China?

Accepted Answer

China was a communist system; Hong Kong was capitalist.

Question 27

What were some issues with Japanese occupation?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 28

What student protest in Hong Kong (2014) was against the tightening control of Beijing?

Accepted Answer

Umbrella Revolution

Question 29

In what year was the "One Country, Two Systems" declaration given?

Accepted Answer

1984

Question 30

Why did the Opium Wars happen?

Accepted Answer

England wanted to enforce opium trade with China.

Question 31

Which of these issues plagued Hong Kong in the 1950s/1960s?

Accepted Answer

Riots, Typhoon Wanda, droughts, rapid population growth

Question 32

What treaty gave Britain control over Hong Kong's land?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Nanking

Question 33

Where did a huge fire sweep through a shantytown in Hong Kong (1953)?

Accepted Answer

Shek Kip Mei

Question 34

Why do the 1966 Riots start?

Accepted Answer

Increase in Star Ferry fares

Question 35

The Second Convention of Peking occurred in what year?

Accepted Answer

1898

Question 36

How long did Japan have control of Hong Kong?

Accepted Answer

3 years, 8 months

Question 37

What did Kowloon City become before being torn down in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

Cramped housing complexes

Question 38

What card revolutionised travel and purchasing power in Hong Kong?

Accepted Answer

Octopus card

Question 39

When was the Second Opium War fought?

Accepted Answer

1856-1860

Question 40

What was the outcome of the Opium Wars?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 41

What changes were made following the Shek Kip Mei fire?

Accepted Answer

Created better public housing for poorer residents.

Question 42

Which of these issues plagued Hong Kong during early colonization?

Accepted Answer

Typhoons, fevers, social inequality, pirates

Question 43

When was the Qing Dynasty overthrown and the Republic of China started?

Accepted Answer

1911

Question 44

What year was Kowloon Walled City built?

Accepted Answer

1847

Question 45

Why did Japan surrender and give up control of Hong Kong?

Accepted Answer

The atomic bomb was dropped on two Japanese cities.

Question 46

What parts of Hong Kong did Britain take after the Second Convention of Peking?

Accepted Answer

New Kowloon & New Territories

Question 47

Why does Hong Kong's population grow after 1949?

Accepted Answer

People flee the Communist government in China.

Question 48

What was the original purpose of the Airport Express?

Accepted Answer

To get business people from the airport to Central quickly.

Question 49

What year span did the first Opium Wars occur?

Accepted Answer

1839-1842

Question 50

What was Hong Kong's main economic activity from the 1960s-late 1980s?

Accepted Answer

manufacturing

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