Statistics for Hong Kong city quiz

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This quiz has been taken 1,610 times
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The average score is 23 of 38

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Year returned to China	1997	91%
Chinese dialect spoken by most population	Cantonese	91%
Current population (nearest million)	7	88%
Number of administrative districts	18	85%
Currency	Hong Kong Dollar	85%
Chinese city adjacent to it	Shenzhen	83%
Peninsula opposite to Hong Kong island	Kowloon	78%
Metro transport system	Mass Transit Railway	76%
Largest bank	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)	73%
Name of its harbour	Victoria Harbour	73%
Smart card ticketing system	Octopus Card	71%
2 countries where most foreign domestic helpers come from	Indonesia	70%
Located in the mouth of which river	Pearl River	70%
Universities that are in the world top 100	University of Hong Kong	70%
War that led to the cession	First Opium War	69%
Most popular sport	Football	67%
2 countries where most foreign domestic helpers come from	Philippines	66%
International flag carrier airline	Cathay Pacific	64%
Famous ferry services across the harbour	Star Ferry	63%
Country most Hong Kong people emigrated to before the handover	Canada	62%
Airport in the above which closed in 1998	Kai Tak Airport	62%
Tallest building	International Commerce Centre	54%
Free-to-air TV station with overwhelming majority audience	TVB Jade	54%
Universities that are in the world top 100	Chinese University of Hong Kong	52%
Richest person	Li Ka-shing	51%
Year when it was first ceded to Britain?	1842	50%
2014 Pro-democracy movement that protesters occupied main roads in CBD for 79 days	Umbrella Movement	50%
City in above country with the highest % of Hong Kong immigrants	Vancouver	50%
At which Olympic?	Atlanta 1996	49%
Current Chief Executive	John Lee	49%
Literal meaning of the name "Hong Kong"	fragrant harbour	44%
Universities that are in the world top 100	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	41%
Main stock market index	Hang Seng Index	40%
Last British Governor	Chris Patten	35%
The mini constitution of the Special Administrative Region	The Basic Law	32%
Sport which Hong Kong won its first Olympic gold medal	Windsurfing	26%
Director who won Best Director at Cannes	Wong Kar-wai	18%
Actress who won Best Actress at Berlin and Cannes	Maggie Cheung Man-yuk	14%