Day Camp 2009 Quiz

Who’s the CAMP GURU ?

Round 1 SILENT ROUND Watch the questions and mark your answers on the sheet. Try to remain quiet, do NOT shout the answers around, otherwise you will help the other teams. You will see the correct answers after this round.

1. At which MTR station can you transfer to the Disneyland line? a) Sunny Bay b) Kowloon Bay c)

Quarry Bay

d) Causeway Bay

2. Who sits outside the entrance to the headquarters building of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation? 2 sea lions

a) b) c) d)

2 lions 2 dolphins 2 policemen

3. Which of the following has the highest value in Hong Kong currency? a) 1 Sterling Pound b) 1 U.S. Dollar c)

1 Japanese Yen

d) 1 Euro

4. What does the name Hong Kong mean? a) Flower Harbour b) Seafood Harbour c)

Shopping Harbour

d) Fragrant Harbour

5. In an old Chinese saying, you are not a “good man” until you have been to... where? a) Silk Road b) Mongolia c)

Great Wall of China

d) Forbidden City

6. Which one is NOT a character in the cartoon Keroro? a) Keroro b) Tamama c)

Zadodo

d) Yamimi

7. What did Newton discover when the apple fell on his head? a) The speed of wind b) Distance to the sun c)

Gravity

d) Temperature

8. Who painted Mona Lisa? a) Leonardo DiCarpio b) Leonardo da Vinci c) Michelangelo d) Ludwig Van Beethoven

9. Who wrote Romeo and Juliet? a) J.K. Rowling b) D.H. Lawrence c)

Charles Dickens

d) William Shakespeare

10. Which country is famous for Bull Fighting? a) Spain b) Slovakia c)

Russia

d) Denmark

11. What is the capital city of Vietnam? a) Ho Chi Minh b) Hanoi c) Saigon d) Bangkok

12. How do you say “Hello” in French? a) Ciao b) Arigato c)

Bonjour

d) Merci

13. What is the capital city of Australia a) Canberra b) Sydney c)

Melbourne

d) Perth

14. Which country invented Basketball? a) USA b) Canada c)

China

d) Finland

15. What did Thomas Edison invent? a) bubble gum b) light bulb c)

television

d) airplane

16. Which of the following is NOT a sport event in the Winter Olympic Games? a) Ski jumping b) Discus throw c)

Ice skating

d) Snowboarding

17. What does ICAC stand for? a) Independent Commission Against Corruption b) Individual Complaint Against Cruelty c)

Independent Community Against Correction

d) Intermediate Correspondence Action Committee

18. To which colour are mosquitoes most attracted? a) Black b) Blue c)

Gray

d) Mosquitoes are colour-blind

19. Which country has certain roads with no speed limit? a) Italy b) China c)

USA

d) Germany

20. What is the tallest building in the world? a) IFC b) Taipei 101 c)

Petronas Twin Towers

d) Empire State Building

Now please give your answer sheets to your team leader

The correct answers

1. At which MTR station can you transfer to the Disneyland line? a) Sunny Bay

2. Who sits outside the entrance to the headquarters building of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation? 2 lions

b)

3. Which of the following has the highest value in Hong Kong currency? a) 1 Sterling Pound

4. What does the name Hong Kong mean?

d) Fragrant Harbour

5. In an old Chinese saying, you are not a “good man” until you have been to... where?

c)

Great Wall of China

6. Which one is NOT a character in the cartoon Keroro?

d) Yamimi

7. What did Newton discover when the apple fell on his head?

c)

Gravity

8. Who painted Mona Lisa?

b) Leonardo da Vinci

9. Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?

d) William Shakespeare

10. Which country is famous for Bull Fighting? a) Spain

11. What is the capital city of Vietnam?

b) Hanoi

12. How do you say “Hello” in French?

c)

Bonjour

13. What is the capital city of Australia a) Canberra

14. Which country invented Basketball?

b) Canada

15. What did Thomas Edison invent?

b) light bulb

16. Which of the following is NOT a sport event in the Winter Olympic Games?

b) Discus throw

17. What does ICAC stand for? a) Independent Commission Against Corruption

18. To which colour are mosquitoes most attracted?

b) Blue

19. Which country has certain roads with no speed limit?

d) Germany

20. What is the tallest building in the world?

b) Taipei 101

Round 2 This time each team will answer a question in turns. You have 30 seconds to say your answer otherwise it counts as a wrong answer! Each correct answer is worth 100 points and you will lose 100 points for every wrong answer.

Round 2 However You can choose to pass the question on to another team. If they get it right, you have to give them 100 points! If they get it wrong, they have to give 50 points to you.

Q. 1 What is the base colour of zebra? Is it white with black stripes or black with white stripes?

ANSWER: black with white stripes

Q. 2 Where will the 2012 Summer Olympic Games take place?

ANSWER: London

Q. 3 What are the names of the two chipmunks of Disney?

ANSWER: Chip and Dale

Q. 4 In Star Wars, what name did Anakin Skywalker take up after he turned to the dark side?

ANSWER: Darth Vader

Q. 5 In Finding Nemo, what kind of fish is Nemo?

ANSWER: clownfish

Q. 6 What is the result of the following statement: 5*3+4/2-5

ANSWER: 12

Q. 7 Which wizardry school does Harry Potter attend?

ANSWER: Hogwarts

Q. 8 Where will the 2009 East Asian Games be held?

ANSWER: Hong Kong

Q. 9 Name the five colours of the rings on the Olympic flag?

ANSWER: black, yellow, red, green, blue

Q. 10 As Hong Kong’s tradition, where does the largest annual Lunar New Year Fair take place?

ANSWER: Victoria Park

Q. 11 What is the name of the main character (famous racecar) in the movie Cars?

ANSWER: Lightning McQueen

Q. 12 When was the SARS outbreak?

ANSWER: 2003

Q. 13 What colour are the taxicabs on Lantau Island?

ANSWER: blue

Q. 14 How many lines are there in the MTR system (not including the Light Rail in Tuen Mun)?

ANSWER: 10 Tsuen Wan line Kwun Tong line Tseung Kwan O line Island line Airport Express Tung Chung line Disneyland line East Rail line Ma On Shan line West Rail line

Q. 15 Who is Dear Daniel’s girlfriend?

ANSWER: Hello Kitty

Q. 16 What are the names of Prince Charles’s sons?

ANSWER: William and Harry

Q. 17 In average, how much does a human head weigh?

ANSWER: 10 - 11 lbs or 4.5 - 5 kg

Q. 18 Name five African countries. ANSWER:

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Rep Chad Congo Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire) Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon

Gambia Ghana Guinea Bissau Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger

Nigeria Reunion Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe

Q. 19 For how many years did the British lease the New Territories in HK since 1898?

ANSWER: 99 years

Q. 20 Name the Four Great Inventions of China.

ANSWER: Printing, Gun powder, Compass and Paper

Q. 21 What is the name of a former country that included Serbia and Montenegro?

ANSWER: Yugoslavia

Q. 22 The Bible is separated into two big parts, what are they?

ANSWER: New Testament and Old Testament

Q. 23 In Hong Kong, the “AM” car license plate is used by HK government vehicles. Who uses “ZG” on their vehicles’ license plates?

ANSWER: People’s Liberation Army Station in Hong Kong

Q. 24 Which famous artist cut his ear off?

ANSWER: Vincent Van Gogh

Q. 25 What is the name of Hong Kong’s highest mountain?

ANSWER: Tai Mo Shan

Q. 26 What is the largest animal in the world?

ANSWER: blue whale

Q. 27 Which country gave New York the Statue of Liberty?

ANSWER: France

Q. 28 In what country is the bigger part of the Niagara Falls located?

ANSWER: Canada

Q. 29 According to the popular myth, in which direction would water spin in the toilet if flushed in the northern hemisphere?

ANSWER: counterclockwise

Q. 30 Where is the Noonday Gun situated in Hong Kong?

ANSWER: Causeway Bay