History of Hong Kong Trivia Quiz

Answer: 30,000

Archaelological finds indicate people have lived in Hong Kong since the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. Stone tools have been unearthed in the Sai Kung and Wong Tei Tung areas. Also, spectacular religious carvings appear on the rock walls of many of the outlying islands that date back to the Paleolithic era.

Answer: Qin Dynasty

From 221 B.C. to 206 B.C., during the Qin Dynasty, the Hong Kong territory was incorporated under Chinese rule. The Qin was the first Imperial Dynasty of China and the 20 years of rule saw dramatic military conquests and territory expansion. This was also the dynasty that gave birth to the Great Wall of China.

Answer: Salt

There is evidence that Hong Kong had extensive salt production fields and pearl-farming operations. Consequently, there grew an increasing need to station a military presence in Hong Kong to protect these precious resources.

Answer: Song dynasty

Li Ying College was built in the Kam Tin area of the New Territories in 1075 and had one of the most extensive libraries of Chinese literature in the South-China region. The Song Dynasty ruled in China from 960 AD until 1279 AD. The Li Ying College remained a center of Chinese studies for many years but was destroyed in the early 1800s.

Answer: The Great Clearance

The Great Clearance (sometimes called the Great Evacuation) required people to leave their homes in order to fight the "anti-Qing" movement. Thousands of people were forced to leave their homes, families, livelihoods, and many did not return after the ban was lifted in 1669.

Answer: Hakka

The Hakka are a Han-Chinese people originally from Central China who have their own language and customs. The Hakka settled in villages across the New Territories and were excellent farmers. Many inhabitants of the northern Hong Kong villages still are descended from Hakka bloodlines.

Answer: Queen Victoria

Hong Kong was a British Crown Colony or a British Dependent Territory from 1841 until 1997, with a short 3 year break where enemy military forces occupied Hong Kong during World War II. On June 9th, 1898 the British signed a 99-year lease during which time they would govern and protect the Hong Kong territories. The agreement with the Chinese government was to hand Hong Kong to China at the termination of the lease in 1997.

Answer: Japan

The occupation of Hong Kong by Japanese Imperial forces lasted for 3 years and 8 months. The Japanese occupation ended in 1945 shortly after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on both Hiroshima (August 6th, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9th, 1945). Japan would finally surrender on August 15th, 1945 and the British resumed control of Hong Kong.

Answer: July 1st, 1997

The official Chinese name for the national holiday held every July 1st, is "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day." The day is celebrated with a spectacular firework display over the water of Victoria Harbor and is often used as a day for local political parties to hold rallies.

Answer: 7 Million

Hong Kong continues to grow in population with a large number of Mainland Chinese petitioning to live in Hong Kong. Residential development has started to stretch into the Northern New Territories as Hong Kong island and Kowloon face conditions that threaten the fragile carrying capacity of the city.