Hong Kong
HPAIR
Harvard
Architects of Asia
Potpourri
100

This famous street in Hong Kong is known for its nightlife, including bars, clubs, and street food stalls.

What is Lan Kwai Fon

100

The city where the HPAIR Harvard is conference held each year.

What is Cambridge, MA?

100

The name of the largest library within Harvard's system.

What is Widener Library? 

100

This Chinese-American architect who designed the iconic pyramid-shaped entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France?

Who is I.M. Pei?

100

This object oriented programming language, developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in the 1980s, used in the development of high-performance systems, including operating systems, video games, and embedded systems?

What is C++?

200

This fragrant harbor 

What is Victoria Harbor?

200

This former US Secretary of State and HPAIR Speaker

What is Condoleezza Rice?

200

The year that Harvard's endowment officially went over $1 Billion

What is 1974? 

200

This historic palace complex located in Beijing, China, which served as the imperial residence of Chinese emperors from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty

What is the Forbidden Palace?

200

This 19th-century German philosopher who is known for his ideas about the "will to power" and existential nihilism?

Who is Friedrich Nietzsche?

300

This Hong Kong-based airline, which ceased operations in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was known for its bright red livery and affordable fares.


What is Hong Kong Express?

300

This United Nations Secretary-General and HPAIR speaker

Who is Ban Ki-moon?

300

This Harvard alum and Founding Father of the United States, known for his work on the Declaration of Independence, attended Harvard College in the 1750s

Who is John Adams?

300

This iconic skyscraper located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which held the title of world's tallest building until 2004.

What are the Petronas Towers?

300

This subatomic particle that is responsible for the mass of other particles, discovered in 2012 by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.

What is Higgs-Boson?

400

This "God of Songs"

Who is Jacky Cheung?

400

This year that HPAIR was founded

What is 1991?

400

This writer known for his novels about the African-American experience in the 20th century, who graduated from Harvard in 1953.

Who is Ralph Elison?

400

This President of Indonesia, who played a key role in the country's struggle for independence from Dutch colonial rule.



Who is Sukarno?

400

This influential 19th-century Russian author whose works include "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina".

Who is Leo Tolstoy?

500

This famous horse race takes place annually at the Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

What is the Hong Kong International Races?

500

What is the best country in the world? (From the HOC lens)

500

This student run newspaper at Harvard, founded in 1873 and has produced a number of notable journalists and writers, including President John F. Kennedy

What is the Harvard Crimson?

500

This Taiwanese entrepreneur, who founded Foxconn Technology Group in 1974 known for his contributions to the development of Taiwan's high-tech manufacturing sector.

Who is Terry Gou?

500

This principle in quantum mechanics that states that it is impossible to know both the position and momentum of a particle at the same time with complete accuracy

What is Heisenberg uncertainty principle?