Mind Over Matter - Tvameva Solutions...Mind Over Matter HONG KONG CORPORATE QUIZ 1. LEI DOU LA (HONG KONG) - # 2 Which hill, located on the coast of Deep Water Bay, east of Wong Chuk

Mind Over Matter HONG KONG CORPORATE QUIZ

Mind Over Matter

HONG KONG CORPORATE QUIZ

21st January 2016

All questions are the Proprietary information of TSol, Vikram Achanta and Laura Dodwell-Groves


Prelims Finals

8 Rounds / 70 questions

5 Rounds / 5 Teams 20 + 5 questions


ROUND 1

LEI DOU LA (HONG KONG)


1. LEI DOU LA (HONG KONG) - # 2

Which hill, located on the coast of Deep Water Bay, east of Wong

Chuk Hang, is named for the first ethnic Chinese person in HK’s

executive council (became a non voting member in 1925) ?


1. LEI DOU LA (HONG KONG) - # 3 Hong Kong has higher

background radiation than many Asian cities, 4 times higher than

Tokyo. What, according to the 2014 study by Safecast, is thought to be the reason?


1. LEI DOU LA (HONG KONG) - # 7

Most likely because of its popularity as a date location, what service has been available at HK

McDonald’s since Jan 2011?


ROUND 2

CINE BLITZ (MOVIES/TV)


2. CINE BLITZ (MOVIES/TV) - # 1 Which designer provided the wardrobe

for the movie, The Untouchables?


2. CINE BLITZ (MOVIES/TV) - # 2

The premise of the TV Serial Entourage is loosely based on

the early experiences in Hollywood of which star?


2. CINE BLITZ (MOVIES/TV) - # 5

The night before the team received final approval for their mission; the last line in that approval was: "See

you later, exfiltrator” Which movie are we talking about?


ROUND 3

AMBROSIA (FOOD AND DRINK)


3. AMBROSIA (FOOD AND DRINK) - # 1

Researchers in Australia have created a pineapple that tastes

like what other food, leading to it being nicknamed after the

national drink of Puerto Rico?


3. AMBROSIA (FOOD AND DRINK) - # 2 This epic food fight scene was cut out of which

1963 classic film?


3. AMBROSIA (FOOD AND DRINK) - # 4 The tagline of this ad has been blanked

out. What is it? Clue – 4 words


ROUND 4

ADRIFT (ON/OF THE SEA)


4. ADRIFT (ON/OF THE SEA) - # 1

What is the subject of this visitor attraction in Belfast?



The name of the first mate of the Pequod in the book Moby Dick lends itself to a well known brand. Which

brand?



Visitors to London will find this ship berthed near the Greenwich Observatory. It also lends its name to a

famous brand of Scotch. What’s the name of the ship?


ROUND 5

BAU (BUSINESS)


5. BAU (BUSINESS) - # 1

This garage at 367 Addison Avenue is the birthplace of which corporation?



Who is the gent in a cap? On the right is the actor who plays him in the move,

“The Wolf of Wall Street”



IWC is a watch brand with longtime ties to aviation. Who is this legendary

author / aviator pictured in their ad?


ROUND 6

LOST FOR WORDS (LITERATURE)


6. LOST FOR WORDS (LITERATURE) - # 2

In which book, originally a radio series, does a babel fish stuck in

your ear provide instant translation for anything said to you in any form of language?



Which country has produced the most Literature Nobel laureates, with 15 out of 112, (even though

they did not write in English)?



The 2015 Booker Prize winning novel, A Brief History of Seven

Killings by Jamaican Author Marlon James explores the attempted

assassination of which musician in 1976 and its aftermath?


ROUND 7

(QUIZWORD)

Round # 7 – Quizword 5 points per clue

5. Also known as the Law of the Vital Few

7. Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture can be found in this city

9. In Iron Man 2 this real life entrepreneur offers to brief Tony Stark on a new electric jet

11. This tourist attraction is served by Ngurah Rai airport

12. Candy Brand launched by Maria Sharapova

1. Creator and host of the show 'America's Next Top Model'

2. This Company listed on the NYSE in 2015 with the ticker Race

3. This “newspaper” was set up in 1843 to oppose Britain's protectionist corn laws

4. In August 2005, her slippers were stolen from a museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan

5. The only mammal wholly covered in scales

6. The Valencian town of Bunol is home to this popular festival

8. Planet Dagobah is home to this master

10. Traditionally broken at a magician’s funeral

13. This movie features the website Findamazingamy.com


ACROSS DOWN


ROUND 8

(CONNECTIONS)

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1. __________________ 2. _____________ 3. ____________________

4. __________________ 5. ____________ 6. ____________________

7. ________________ 8. ________________ 9. _______________________

10. ____________________ 11. __________________ 12. _______________ 13. ____________

Connection? ____________________________


DINNER TIME!

Finalists will be announced after the break.


FINALS Smithsonian (Science and Nature)

80 days (Travel) Mixed Bag - Rapid Fire

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Mind Over Matter - Tvameva Solutions...Mind Over Matter HONG KONG CORPORATE QUIZ 1. LEI DOU LA (HONG KONG) - # 2 Which hill, located on the coast of Deep Water Bay, east of Wong Chuk