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Loanwords
Hong Kong Names
Twice is Nice
Weird Things
100

The only current world leader to have graduated from IB, he is the third in a dynasty of dictatorship in North Korea

Who is Kim Jong-un?

100

From French: A feeling of having already experienced the current situation

What is deja vu?

100

This Hong Kong district, known for its natural scenery, is to the far eastern side of the city, despite its name

What is Sai Kung District?

100

People born between May 21 and June 20 have this star sign, Latin for "The Twins"

What is Gemini?

100

This sensation is the inexplicable feeling of having already lived through a situation before

What is deja vu?

200

This pop star with a dollar sign in her stage name sang Tik Tok before TikTok

Who is Kesha?

200

From Spanish: Weed, like the drug

What is marijuana?

200

This famous sweet pastry from Hong Kong does not contain the fruit for which it's named after

What is pineapple bun?

200

This pair of office towers were jointly the tallest buildings in the United States until 2001

What was the World Trade Center?

200

Interrupted REM sleep often leads to this sensation, where someone can feel fully concious yet unable to move their body

What is sleep paralysis?

300

The only former world leader to have graduated from IB, he resigned from the post of Canada's Prime Minister in March

Who is Justin Trudeau?

300

From Hokkien: A sweet-and-sour condiment usually, but not always involving tomato

What is ketchup?

300

This Hong Kong martial arts film series is named after a real person, a master of Wing Chun and mentor to Bruce Lee

What is Ip Man?

300

There are 104 days of summer vacation for this cartoon duo and their pet platypus

What is Phineas and Ferb?

300

In 2019, Facebook users organised to storm this US military base which might contain evidence of aliens, using the tagline "They can't stop all of us"

What is Area 51?

400

A fellow Hong Konger, this actress/singer starred in Stephen Chow's "God of Cookery" and Wong Kar-wai's "Fallen Angels"

Who is Karen Mok?

400

From Arabic: A branch and system of mathematics which describes the relationship between things

What is algebra?

400

The second-tallest peak in Hong Kong, on Lantau Island, is named after a mythical Chinese firebird

What is Phoenix Mountain / Fung Wong Shan?

400

Viral audio "I just jugged the band director / I got a brand new saxophone" is followed by a badly-played sample from this jazz classic by Grover Washington Jr.

What is "Just The Two of Us"?

400

This mental-physical hybrid sport can be won in two ways: Either a checkmate or a knockout

What is chessboxing?

500

IB alumni Derek Muller is the creator and face of this science education YouTube channel, named after the Latin word for "truth" in the form of a chemical element

What is Veritasium?

500

From Inuktitut: This narrow wooden boat is spelled the same both ways around

What is kayak?

500

Louis Cha Leung-yung, the all-time best-selling author of "Wuxia" novels, was known by this pen name while writing for Ming Pao, which he founded

Who was Jin Yong?

500

"Prepare for trouble / and make it double!" Is the primary motto for this antagonist duo in the Pokemon anime series

What is Team Rocket?

500

Meaning to throw out of a window, this weird word gained fame after a 1618 incident in Prague where 2 officials were so thrown

What is defenestration?