QUIZ TIME IN UDON

[Earnest]

Fab, a proper Hong Kong themed quiz show.

[Earnest]

Here are a few additional questions for Hong Kong:

a) What is the ICAC?
The Hk govt. anti corruption organisation (filled with corrupt Metropolitan coppers from London, 555!).

b) Who is Emily Lau?
A former Legco member

c) What is the Joint Declaration?
Agreement between China and UK to return HK to the former and run as an SAZ.

d) Who is Yip Sih-Man (Sally Yeh)
Pass, big man

e) Who wrote the novel, Tai-Pan, and what is it about?
James Clavell; about a Scottish Tai Pan in 19th century HK

f) Where is Wan-chai District?
Hong Kong side, a tad to the east of Central and Admiralty. Home of Lockhart Road with Neptune's, Pussy Cat's and Joe Bananas discos. Home of Hey Hey restaurant.

g) Who wrote the book, Suzie Wong?
Forgotten

h) Why is Sam Hui important?
Pass, big man

i) What is the main language spoken in Hong Kong?
Cantonese

j) Who is the most famous female pirate in Southern China?
Pass, big man.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Here are a few additional questions for Hong Kong:

a) What is the ICAC?
The Hk govt. anti corruption organisation (filled with corrupt Metropolitan coppers from London, 555!).

b) Who is Emily Lau?
A former Legco member

c) What is the Joint Declaration?
Agreement between China and UK to return HK to the former and run as an SAZ.

d) Who is Yip Sih-Man (Sally Yeh)
Pass, big man

e) Who wrote the novel, Tai-Pan, and what is it about?
James Clavell; about a Scottish Tai Pan in 19th century HK

f) Where is Wan-chai District?
Hong Kong side, a tad to the east of Central and Admiralty. Home of Lockhart Road with Neptune's, Pussy Cat's and Joe Bananas discos. Home of Hey Hey restaurant.

g) Who wrote the book, Suzie Wong?
Forgotten

h) Why is Sam Hui important?

Pass, big man

i) What is the main language spoken in Hong Kong?
Cantonese

j) Who is the most famous female pirate in Southern China?
Pass, big man.

You got the important ones. 'Tai-pan' is a great novel. I'll wait a bit before providing answers and see if anyone else can come up the correct results. A clue about Yip Sih-man is that she has connexions to Taiwan, Victoria, Canada and George Lam.

[deankham]

Here are a few additional questions for Hong Kong:

Excellent, good job. I really miss HK. Long overdue a visit.


d) Who is Yip Sih-Man (Sally Yeh) The real life character who inspired the IP Man movie series. The godfather of Wing Chung

f) Where is Wan-chai District? Already been answered, but some great memories of Wan-Chai. Old China Hand and the bridge two of my favourite bars in addition to the ones Westers mentioned.

[Earnest]

Yes, it was rather good. I shall put up my answers later today.

Disclosure: I did land at Kai Tak bach in the 1990's and the most notable part of the approach was seeing the checkerboard and then, on finals, seeing the washing hanging from apartment blocks that were uncomfortably close to the aircraft.

Yes, I remember similar. I'm not sure what they've done with that runway since they moved the airport.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

About Emily Lau, she was the first Hong Kong politician who argued that Hong Kong should be independent from Britain and China. I heard her, and Martin Lee (democratic politician for Hong Kong) speak in Toronto. The exchange between Emily Lau and Margaret Thatcher is memorable: 'An Object Lesson from 1984
There are those who have waved the Union Jack during the 2019 Resistance Protests. Seeing that flag brings to mind the press conference [on the 21st of December 1984] that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher held in Hong Kong after she had signed the ‘Sino-British Joint Declaration’ in Beijing.

抗爭中有人舉港英旗，讓我回想到1984年，英國首相戴卓爾夫人在北京簽署了《中英聯合聲明》之後，在香港召開記者會，當時還是記者的劉慧卿質問鐵娘子：

The reporter Emily Lau [Lau Wai-hing 劉慧卿, 1952-, who was then working for The Far Eastern Economic Review] asked the Iron Lady:

Lau: Prime Minister, on Wednesday, you signed an agreement with China promising to deliver over five million people into the hands of a Communist dictatorship. Is this morally defensible or is it really true that in international politics the highest form of morality is one’s own national interest?

你們將500多萬香港人交給獨裁的共產政權，在道義上是否說得通？

[Thatcher: Can I just say this to you? What do you think would have happened if we had not attempted to get an agreement? In 1997, 92% of the Territory would automatically have returned to China without any assurances, without any of the advantages of the Agreement that we have now.

[May I not put it to you that the situation now is vastly better for Hong Kong and accepts and honours and acknowledges the fact that China wishes the lifestyle of Hong Kong to continue under that Agreement?

[I think you would have had great cause to complain had the Government of Great Britain done nothing until 1997, and I believe that most of the people — indeed, the overwhelming number of people in Hong Kong — think the same. You may be the solitary exception.]

Today’s tragedy started with the question about ‘the highest form of morality’ that Lau posed back in December 1984.

悲劇是從這個道德議題開始的。

https://chinaheritage.net/journal/hong- ... 1984-1979/

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Here are a few additional questions for Hong Kong:

Excellent, good job. I really miss HK. Long overdue a visit.


d) Who is Yip Sih-Man (Sally Yeh) The real life character who inspired the IP Man movie series. The godfather of Wing Chung

f) Where is Wan-chai District? Already been answered, but some great memories of Wan-Chai. Old China Hand and the bridge two of my favourite bars in addition to the ones Westers mentioned.

Thanks for the Hong Kong memories of which I am sure you have many more.

d) Yip Sih-man (Sally Yeh) was born in Taiwan and grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. She became a huge Canto-pop star singing in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Sally was also in a number of Hong Kong movies the most notable probably being 'The Killer'. In this movie, she was a singer and girlfriend of Chow Yun-fat. In addition, she and George Lam (a famous singer in HK) fell in love while he was married. She and Lam eventually married and are still married today.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

The Other Hong Kong Quiz: the remaining answers are

g) Richard Mason wrote 'The World of Suzie Wong'. It was made into a movie starring Nancy Kwan and some gwei-lo.

h) Sam Hui introduced rock and roll into Hong Kong in the early 1960s. He was known as the Chinese Elvis Presley as he sang many of Elvis's songs in concert and on records. Sam has released many albums and starred in a number of films. You can see him perform on you tube.

j) Shek Yang (Ching Yi-Sao) was the female pirate. She eventually retired to lead a respectable life as the head of a brothel in Macao. You can read about her here, https://piratequeenbook.com/not-the-pirate-queen/ and https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1010075/ ... rate-queen

[tamada]

I lost my American Express card at Red Lips topless hostess bar in Kowloon.

Twice.

I also went on a bender with Alex "Hurricane" Higgins at Club Volvo, all on his tab. That was just after he became World Champion for the second time.

[Earnest]

Red Lips was a proper laugh, I wonder if it's still there.

[Earnest]

1 In what year did the British claim and start business on Hong Kong island as a result of the first Opium War?
1842 but some say 1841.

2 What territory did the British gain after the Second Opium War?
Yes, Kowloon up to Boundary Road, I think. Uncle T will know.

3 Who were Jardine and Matheson?
Two Scottish traders who got a bit miffed with the East India Company running things in Canton so they started sailing up the South China coast to sell their own opium.

4 What is the MTR?
Mass Transit Railway.

5 What was the KCRC until 2007?
Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation.

6 Who was Sir David Wilson?
A 1980s governor.

7 What is Shatin known for in terms of betting?
Horse racing.

8 What did airliners do at Lion Rock before landing at Kai Tak airport?
They turned towards the runway.

9 Who was Run Run Shaw?
Movie maker and director.

10 Sham Shui Po was a prison camp for whom?
Allied POWs held by the ruddy Japs.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

2 What territory did the British gain after the Second Opium War?
Yes, Kowloon up to Boundary Road, I think. Uncle T will know.

During the negotiations for Britain to return Hong Kong to China, the Chinese living south of Boundary Road felt they were safe because the Treaty of Nanking ceded that land to Britain forever. Those who lived north of Boundary Road worried because Kowloon was only leased for 99 years. Prime Minister Thatcher announced that Britain kept their word on treaties; therefore, the land south of Boundary Road would stay British as per the terms of the Nanking Treaty. However....

[Earnest]

There you go.

[Earnest]

What's that, Whistler, you want a quiz? Stand by, old son.

1 World Cup - who did Argentina lose to today?

2 World Cup again - who starts in goal for Australia against France tonight?

3 Twitter - who wouldn't Elon Musk allow back into Twitter over the weekend and why?

4 Which symbolic Ukrainian city did the Russians vacate around 10th November after realising they could not defend it?

5 Robert Mugabe was president of which country?

6 Who did the Pumas beat who at Twickenham on 6th November?

7 Who are the Oath Keepers in America?

8 Who was Richard Pryor's co-star in the prison film, Stir Crazy?

9 How many miles are there in 10 kilometres?

10 Na is the chemical symbol for what element?

[marjamlew]

What's that, Whistler, you want a quiz? Stand by, old son.

1 World Cup - who did Argentina lose to today?
Saudi Arabia
2 World Cup again - who starts in goal for Australia against France tonight?
Matt Ryan
3 Twitter - who wouldn't Elon Musk allow back into Twitter over the weekend and why?

4 Which symbolic Ukrainian city did the Russians vacate around 10th November after realising they could not defend it?

5 Robert Mugabe was president of which country?
Zimbabwe
6 Who did the Pumas beat who at Twickenham on 6th November?

7 Who are the Oath Keepers in America?
far right fringe group
8 Who was Richard Pryor's co-star in the prison film, Stir Crazy?
Willy Wonka what's his name?
9 How many miles are there in 10 kilometres?
6ish 6.25?
10 Na is the chemical symbol for what element?

[Whistler]

What's that, Whistler, you want a quiz? Stand by, old son.

1 World Cup - who did Argentina lose to today?
Saudi Arabia
2 World Cup again - who starts in goal for Australia against France tonight?
Matt Ryan
3 Twitter - who wouldn't Elon Musk allow back into Twitter over the weekend and why?

4 Which symbolic Ukrainian city did the Russians vacate around 10th November after realising they could not defend it?
STARTS WITH A K

5 Robert Mugabe was president of which country?
Zimbabwe
6 Who did the Pumas beat who at Twickenham on 6th November
ENGLAND

7 Who are the Oath Keepers in America?
far right fringe group
8 Who was Richard Pryor's co-star in the prison film, Stir Crazy?
Willy Wonka what's his name?
GENE WILDER
9 How many miles are there in 10 kilometres?
6ish 6.25?
10 Na is the chemical symbol for what element?
SODIUM

[Earnest]

Well done, lads, answers this evening.

1 World Cup - who did Argentina lose to today?

2 World Cup again - who starts in goal for Australia against France tonight?

3 Twitter - who wouldn't Elon Musk allow back into Twitter over the weekend and why?

4 Which symbolic Ukrainian city did the Russians vacate around 10th November after realising they could not defend it?

5 Robert Mugabe was president of which country?

6 Who did the Pumas beat who at Twickenham on 6th November?

7 Who are the Oath Keepers in America?

8 Who was Richard Pryor's co-star in the prison film, Stir Crazy?

9 How many miles are there in 10 kilometres?

10 Na is the chemical symbol for what element?

[jackspratt]

3. Most of his staff, because they wouldn't swear a blood oath to work 16 hours a day, for a salary of 2 shillings and 6 pence a week.

4. Kharkiv

[can123]

4. Kherson

[Earnest]

1 World Cup - who did Argentina lose to today?
Saudi Arabia

2 World Cup again - who starts in goal for Australia against France tonight?
Ryan

3 Twitter - who wouldn't Elon Musk allow back into Twitter over the weekend and why?
Alex Jones

4 Which symbolic Ukrainian city did the Russians vacate around 10th November after realising they could not defend it?
Kherson

5 Robert Mugabe was president of which country?
Zimbabwe

6 Who did the Pumas beat who at Twickenham on 6th November?
England

7 Who are the Oath Keepers in America?
A far right group

8 Who was Richard Pryor's co-star in the prison film, Stir Crazy?
Gene Wilder

9 How many miles are there in 10 kilometres?
6.215

10 Na is the chemical symbol for what element?
Sodium