Playtimes HK Magazine February 2018 Issue | Page 61

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Geography
1. What body of water surrounds Hong
Kong?
A. South China Sea
B. Indian Ocean
C. Bay of Bengal
2. What’s the tallest peak in the whole of
Hong Kong?
A. Victoria Peak
B. Tai Mo Shan
C. Lin Fa Shan
3. Hong Kong is comprised of the Kowloon
peninsula and over 261 islands! Which
island is the biggest?
A. Lantau
B. Cheung Chau
C. Hong Kong
4. The major river that’s closest to Hong
Kong is called the:
A. Yellow
B. Mekong
C. Pearl
History &
Culture
5. The first known inhabitants in Hong
Kong can be traced all the way back to
the:
A. Iron Age @ 1,200 BC
B. Bronze Age @ 3,000 BC
C. Stone Age @ 10,000 BC
6. The official languages in Hong Kong
are Cantonese and English. But which
dialect was spoken by our very early
settlers?
A. Hakka
B. Teochow
C. Tanka
D. All of the above
7. During World War II, Hong Kong was
occupied (from 1941-1945) by the
military forces from which country?
A. North Korea
B. Japan
C. Germany
8. The Handover, when Hong Kong
returned to the Chinese from the British,
occurred in what year?
A. 1 984
B. 1997
C. 2008
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