Think you know this city? Take the Third Annual HK Magazine Quiz and see if you have what it takes. Quizmasters: Adam White and Sarah Fung.

 

Section One: Multiple Choice

Easy ones to start, quiz-o-maniacs. Let’s see how well you know Hong Kong. There’s a one in four chance you’ll get the correct answer, so it can’t be that hard, right?

1. Why do conservationists want Queen’s Pier to be restored in precisely the same spot?
a) Looked real nice there the last time, with all those people chained to it.
b) Part of a carefully aligned pan-continental pentagram instrumental in warding off the Terrorist Threat.
c) When time comes to fight for preservation of the new pier, old pier won’t get into backdrop of protest photos
d) Preserving a building as it was, in the place it was, is the point of heritage and conservation.

2. Last June was a record-breaker in Hong Kong. What was the dubious distinction awarded to the month?
a) Most flagrantly pre-SAR-Establishment-Day-month
b) Most cockroaches killed by Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
c) Rainiest June on record
d) Juniest June on record

3. As more and more visas are getting denied ahead of the Olympics, which of the following is no longer a valid reason to visit China?
a) Even thinking about democracy
b) Foreign-language teaching
c) To tackle the guy holding the Olympic torch
d) All of the above

4. Find the odd one out:

Bonus Round One: Link-ups!

Which of these starlets were snapped with which hip-hop sensation earlier this year? Link them up!

Gillian Chung Yan-tung *
Bobo Chan Man-woon *                                    * Edison Chen Koon-hei
Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi *
Rachel Ngan Wing-sze *

 

Section Two: Campfire Logic

Getting a bit trickier now, questionees. You’re going to need all 80 percent of your dormant brainpower to solve these complicated conundra. And remember, to solve campfire logic problems, you will really need to think outside of the box!

1. There’s been a data leak in the hospital! An internal, closed-door government investigation has narrowed down the leak to four suspects: Doctor A, Nurse B, Public Health Official C and Hospital Administrator D. These are their statements:

Doctor A: “It was Public Health Official C who leaked the information!”
Nurse B: “Hospital Administrator D leaked it!”
Public Health Official C: “I leaked the information!”
Hospital Administrator D: “I didn’t leak it; it was definitely Public Health Official C.”

If only one of them is telling the truth, then who leaked the information?

2. Mrs. Chan buys one dozen eggs in February, with each egg costing $2. If she keeps the eggs for six months, with the price of eggs rising 12 percent monthly, how much profit can she make from her original investment?

3. A chicken is found dead in the middle of Central. It is still warm, but no one is running around screaming and the government-run bird flu hotline (dial 1823) has not been called. Why is this?

4. A man gets into a taxi in Causeway Bay and takes a ride to Tin Hau. Looking out of the window in front of him he sees relatively little traffic, but the taxi ride turns out to be far more expensive than the price displayed on the meter. How is this possible?

 

Section three: Personality Test

Which controversial piece of government legislation are you? Take our test and find out if you’re the Fair Competition Law, the Anti-racism Law or the Nutrition Labelling Law.   

1. Your friend is having a birthday party at Dragon-i, but the cute guy that you’ve liked for ages has asked you out on a date to Sevva on the same night! Do you:    
a) Accept the date, but then go to the birthday party instead. There might be cute bankers at the party and it would be wrong not to give them all a chance. 
b) Tell him you’re exempt from any commitment, but you expect him to be monogamous nonetheless.
c) Decide to go to your friend’s party until an outcry from the cute guy sector makes you change your mind. You don’t want him to lose revenue due to your decision, do you?  

2. You go to an expensive Central salon for a brand new look, but your new haircut looks terrible! What do you do? 
a) Go to a better hairdresser and let him have a shot. Isn’t it just as well there’s more than one hairdresser in town?
b) Blame the hairdresser’s race for his ineptitude—and get away with it.
c) In future, tell the hairdresser exactly how you want to look. He may not listen to you, but at least you tried, right?  

3. When out and about in Causeway Bay, what’s your shopping style?
a) Sogo: Even though I’d like to see more variety and better prices, I find myself shopping at the same old stores where they all sell the same old things. It makes me sad.
b) Times Square: All stores are equal, but some are more equal than others.
c) Ikea: I only choose things that are clearly labeled. It’s the best way of guaranteeing quality.

4. Which of these phrases best describes you?
a) I want everyone to have the same opportunities, but I am powerless to effect these changes.
b) I impose morals on others but I don’t hold myself accountable to them.
c) I operate with the best of intentions but sometimes I bow to pressure from influential people.

Results

Mostly As
You are the brand-new Fair Competition Law! With expensive tastes and an attitude to match (you cost millions of taxpayers’ money to draft, you know), you’re eager to please. However, despite your best intentions, you remain unable to effect any change in Hong Kong’s free market.

Mostly Bs
You are the cunning Anti-racism Bill. Though you seem sweet and straightforward on the outside, you’re riddled with loopholes that make you answerable to no one. People had better watch out for you, especially if they plan to work in government!

Mostly Cs
You are the well-meaning Nutrition Labelling Law. You have the interests of the general public at heart, though you risk upsetting big businesses by attempting to impose restrictions on what they’re allowed to sell to consumers. But stick to your guns and people will thank you eventually!

 

Bonus Round Two: Dingbats!

What do these cunningly contrived illustrations mean? It’s time to think outside the box and get your lateral brain in gear.

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Section Four: Photo Hunt

Right then, questing quizsters! There are 10 differences between these superficially identical photographs. Can you find each and every one?

Here’s a hint: There’s nothing wrong with the nice shopkeeper. Get those magnifying glasses out and good luck!
Extra tip: You think this photo of Graham Street market is different now? Come back in two years after they’ve torn it down.

 

Section Five: The Tourist Twist

The Bank of East Asia has foreclosed on your hotel! Find accommodation elsewhere, quick!

 

Bonus Round Three:

Where’s the Money?

Where do YOU fit on the pay scale? Would puzzling be a better profession? Put the following average salaries in order, from lowest to highest!

- Government Ratcatcher
- Chief Engineer
- Clerk
- Sales Director
- Marketing Executive
- Donald Tsang’s recent political appointees
- Accountant

 

 

So! How well do you think you did, triviaholics? Scroll down for answers!

 

Answers

So did you quake at our quiz questions, or are you a Titan of Trivia? See how you did with our answer key.

Section One: Multiple Choice
1. d) The only other real option is to not to have torn it down in the first place.
2. c) Hong Kong had 1346.1 millimeters of rainfall this June.
3. d) So of course they’ve all come to Hong Kong instead.
4. a) All were forced out of the family fortune by their own parents, but the Fresh Prince got in one little fight and his mom got scared, so he moved in with his auntie and uncle in Bel-Air

Bonus Round One: Link-up!
Unsurprisingly, all of the starlets are linked to Edison Chen

Section Two: Campfire Logic
1: Hospital Administrator D leaked the information
2: None. In six months the eggs will be rotten.
3: The chicken has been imported from Brazil and is rotating on a rotisserie in Oliver’s delicatessen.
4: The man, eccentric local celebrity Stephen Gan Fock-wai, was sitting in the front seat and got slapped with a lawsuit for molestation.

Bonus Round Two: Dingbats!
1: Falling cable car
2: Bird flu

Section Four: Photo Hunt

Section five: The Tourist Twist

Bonus Round three: Where’s the Money?
The pay scale from lowest to highest: Clerk ($8,167); Marketing Executive ($14,084); Accountant ($20,839); Chief Engineer ($50,937); Government Ratcatcher ($54,000); Sales Director ($90,955); Donald Tsang’s recent political appointees ($208,680)