Do You Know Hong Kong? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Fragrant Harbor

Heûng góng in the Cantonese language is translated as "fragrant harbour". Hong Kong's deep-water harbor continues to be one of the busiest in the world with almost 250,000 ships visiting the harbor each year.

Answer: Cantonese

Cantonese is a tonal language first developed in the Canton region of Southern China. It is one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn and continues to be used as the primary mode of instruction in most Hong Kong schools.

Answer: 7 Million

Hong Kong's population is a little over seven million with a low birth-rate of 11.7 per 1,000 people (2010 estimates). Amost 50,000 immigrants from China successfully make application every year to live in Hong Kong. Hong Kong also retains an expected life expectancy of almost 80 years, one of the highest in the world.

Answer: Rugby Sevens

Founded in 1976 and hosted by the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union, this sports extravaganza is viewed as the world's premier international rugby sevens event. Over 20 international teams contest for the "cup," "plate," "bowl," or "shield" trophies. In 2011, the overall winning team was from New Zealand.

Answer: 3

In 2011, here were a total of nine public universities and a number of other private institutions of higher learning. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was ranked #1 in Asia, University of Hong Kong was #2, and Chinese University was #5 in the 2011 Asian rankings.

Answer: Equestrian Events

The 2008 Olympic Equestrian Events were held at the Hong Kong Sports Institute and the adjacent Penfold Park, Beas River Country Club, and the Hong Kong Golf Club. Hong Kong was chosen for its world-class equestrian facilities and its quarantine protocol relationship with many other countries.

Answer: Windsurfing

Lee Lai Shan earned Hong Kong's first ever Olympic gold medal in the 1996 Atlanta Games in the women's sailboard event. Ko Lai Chak and Li Ching earned a silver medal in 2004 in the men's table-tennis doubles event.

Answer: Great Britain

In 1898, the Chinese and British governments signed a 99-year lease agreement for the 200+ islands that comprise Hong Kong. This agreement was called the Second Convention of Peking. In 1984, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President Zhao Ziyang signed the "Sino-British Joint Declaration" formally agreeing to turn over Hong Kong back to China.

In turn, China promised to allow citizens of Hong Kong to practice capitalism and political freedoms not allowed in mainland China. On July 1st, 1997 Hong Kong officially was signed back over to the People's Republic of China.

Answer: South China Sea

Hong Kong is bordered on the east, west, and to the south by the South China Sea. To the north, Hong Kong is joined to mainland China by the New Territories. Hong Kong claims the waters out to a distance of 3 nautical miles from land on all sides.

Answer: Buddhism and Taoism

Interestingly, the vast majority of Hong Kong residents do not practice any organized religion. According to a 2010 U.S. Department of State census, less than 50% of the population professes any form of religious persuasion. However, Buddhism beliefs and rituals continue to be the most popular practices.