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100

What chemical process do plants use to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into glucose?

植物利用陽光、二氧化碳和水轉化為葡萄糖的化學過程是什麼?

Photosynthesis


光合作用

100

What major river runs through Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea?

哪條主要河流流經埃及並注入地中海?

The Nile River


尼羅河

100

What is the money a business has left after paying its expenses?

企業扣除所有開支後所剩餘的款項稱為什麼?  

profit


純利


100

In this William Shakespeare tragedy, the title prince of Denmark famously ponders, "To be, or not to be."

在這部威廉·莎士比亞的悲劇作品中,身為丹麥王子的同名主角留下了「生存還是毀滅」(To be, or not to be)的著名獨白。這是哪部作品?

Hamlet


哈姆雷特

100

What does the acronym "SPACE" stand for in HKU SPACE?


在「HKU SPACE」中,縮寫「SPACE」代表什麼?

School of Professional and Continuing Education


專業進修學院

200

What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere by volume?

按體積計算,地球大氣中含量最多的氣體是什麼?

Nitrogen


氮氣(約佔 78%)

200

What is the capital city of Australia?


澳洲的首都是哪座城市?

Canberra


坎培拉 / 堪培拉

200

What common three-letter financial metric measures the percentage gain or loss on an investment relative to its initial cost?

哪項常見的三個英文字母財務指標,用來衡量投資相對於其初始成本的收益率或回報率?  

ROI (or Return on Investment)

ROI(投資回報率)  

200

What figure of speech explicitly compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"?

哪種修辭手法使用「像」或「如」(like 或 as)等詞語,明確對兩種不同的事物進行比較?

Simile


明喻

200

Which MTR station is located directly underneath the HKU SPACE UNC?

哪座港鐵站正位於香港大學專業進修學院統一教學中心(HKU SPACE UNC)正下方?

Admiralty


金鐘站(Admiralty Station,D出口)

300

What maintains a stable pH even when an acid or base is added?

即使加入酸或鹼,仍能維持酸鹼值(pH值)穩定的物質是什麼?

a buffer


緩衝溶液 / 緩衝液

300

What landlocked European country is divided into 26 cantons, has four official languages (German, French, Italian, and Romansh), and is famous for its political neutrality?

這個位於歐洲的內陸國家劃分為26個州,擁有四種官方語言(德語、法語、意大利語和羅曼什語),並以其政治中立而聞名。這是哪個國家?

Switzerland


瑞士

300

What economic concept says that the average cost falls as output rises because fixed costs are spread over more units?


哪項經濟學概念指出,隨著產量增加,由於固定成本分攤到更多產品上,導致平均成本隨之下降?

economies of scale


規模經濟

300

What dystopian George Orwell novel introduced concepts like "Big Brother" and "Thoughtpolice"?

喬治·奧威爾(George Orwell)的哪部反烏托邦小說引入了「老大哥」(Big Brother)和「思想警察」(Thoughtpolice)等概念?

1984


一九八四

300

Under Hong Kong's Qualifications Framework (HKQF), what specific QF Level corresponds to the Associate Degrees and Higher Diplomas awarded through HKU SPACE?

在香港資歷架構(HKQF)下,由 HKU SPACE 頒發的副學士學位及高級文憑對應哪一個具體的資歷級別?

QF Level 4


第 4 級

400

What two-word term describes the minimum frequency of light required to eject electrons from a metal surface in the photoelectric effect? 

在光電效應中,從金屬表面擊出電子所需的最低光頻率被稱為什麼?

Threshold frequency 


底限頻率

400

Straddling the border of Switzerland and Italy, this near-symmetrical, pyramid-shaped peak in the Pennine Alps famously inspired the shape of Toblerone chocolate.

這座坐落於瑞士與意大利邊境、屬於本寧阿爾卑斯山脈的山峰,因其近乎對稱的金字塔外形而聞名,正是三角朱古力獨特外觀的靈感來源。這是哪座山?  

The Matterhorn


馬特洪峰  

400

What is the term that describes buying a company mostly with borrowed money?

哪項商業術語指主要利用借貸資金(債務)來收購另一間公司的行為?

LBO /leveraged buyout


槓桿收購

400

In Mary Shelley's gothic novel Frankenstein, what is the first name of the scientist who creates the monster?

在瑪麗·雪萊的哥德式小說《科學怪人》(Frankenstein)中,創造出怪物的科學家名字(First name)是什麼?


Victor


維克多

400

In what decade did the Department of Extra-Mural Studies formally change its name to "HKU SPACE"?


香港大學校外課程部(Department of Extra-Mural Studies)是在哪一個年代正式更名為「HKU SPACE」?

1990s / 1992


1990 年代

500

What two-word principle states that natural systems tend toward maximum disorder, meaning the total entropy of an isolated system never decreases?

哪條熱力學定律指出,孤立系統的總熵永遠不會減少,意味著自然系統總是傾向於最大混亂度?  

Second Law of Thermodynamics


熱力學第二定律  

500

What narrow, historic tidal channel separates Hong Kong Island from Ap Lei Chau, famous for its traditional typhoon shelter, floating seafood restaurants, and sampan rides?

這條狹窄而具歷史價值的潮汐水道將香港島與鴨脷洲分隔開,並以其傳統避風塘、海鮮舫(水上餐廳)和街渡舢舨而聞名。這是哪裡?

Aberdeen Harbour / Aberdeen Channel


香港仔海峽

500

What anti-takeover defense lets existing shareholders buy discounted stock to dilute an unwelcome bidder's stake? 

哪種反收購策略允許現有股東以折讓價購買新股,藉此稀釋惡意收購者的股權?

Poison pill 


毒丸計劃

500

Banished from the imperial court, poet Qu Yuan wrote this landmark 373-line elegy mourning the decline of the state of Chu before drowning himself in the Miluo River.

位詩人被朝廷流放後,在投汨羅江自盡之前,創作了這部長達373句、哀悼楚國衰亡的代表性抒情長詩。  

Li Sao (or: Encountering Sorrow)


離騷  

500

What is the two-word translation of this motto: “Sapientia et Virtus”?


這句校訓「Sapientia et Virtus」的四字中文翻譯是什麼?


Wisdom and virtue


明德格物

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