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  1. Complete the sentence about Cantonese with the correct year: Before ______, this variant was often referred to in English as "the Canton dialect".
  2. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Cantonese with the correct year: The extensive migration from mainland Cantonese-speaking areas to Hong Kong continued up until ______, when the Communists took o…
  3. Complete the sentence about Written Cantonese with the correct year: Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong used to be a British colony isolated from mainland China before ______, so most HK citizens do not spe…
  4. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong English with the correct year: In ______, University of Hong Kong professor Lisa Lim stated that some of the words, by that year, had declined in usage.
  5. Complete the sentence about Traditional Chinese characters with the correct year: Traditional characters were recognized as the official script in Singapore until ______, when the government adopted s…
  6. Complete the sentence about Char siu with the correct year: In the ______ crime-horror film film The Untold Story which is based on the Eight Immortals Restaurant murders, the main character processes…
  7. Complete the sentence about Pineapple bun with the correct year: The earliest documented evidence of the pineapple bun can be traced back to Hong Kong in ______, possibly influenced by the arrival of…
  8. Complete the sentence about Pineapple bun with the correct year: By another account, the Ng family was deported from Mexico to Hong Kong and opened a restaurant there in ______.
  9. Complete the sentence about Pineapple bun with the correct year: In June ______, the government of Hong Kong listed the pineapple bun as a part of Hong Kong's intangible cultural heritage.
  10. Complete the sentence about Yuenyeung with the correct year: In summer ______, Starbucks stores in Hong Kong and Macau promoted a frappuccino version of the drink.
  11. Complete the sentence about Cha chaan teng with the correct year: During the ______ Asian financial crisis, cha chaan tengs became much more popular in Hong Kong as they still provided the cheapest fo…
  12. Complete the sentence about Egg tart with the correct year: In June ______, the technique of egg tart production was formally included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory of Hong Kong.
  13. Complete the sentence about Egg tart with the correct year: In ______, the British pharmacist Andrew Stow and his wife Margaret Wong opened Lord Stow's Bakery in Coloane, where they sold Portuguese ta…
  14. Complete the sentence about Egg tart with the correct year: In ______, Wong sold the recipe to KFC, which then introduced the Macau-style pastel de nata to other parts of Asia, including Singapore and…
  15. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong-style French toast with the correct year: In Le Viandier, a cookbook written around ______, the French chef Guillaume Taillevent presented a recipe for tostées do…
  16. Complete the sentence about Congee with the correct year: The Portuguese adopted the name as canje, with the first document mentioning the dish and the word in ______.
  17. Complete the sentence about Fish ball with the correct year: As of ______, Singapore consumes approximately 10 kg of fish balls per capita per year, possibly the country with the highest consumption o…
  18. Complete the sentence about Dai pai dong with the correct year: As a valuable touchstone of Hong Kong heritage and culture, the word dai pai dong was recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary in Mar…
  19. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Founded in ______, it is based in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong.
  20. Complete the sentence about Vitasoy with the correct year: By ______, with sales increasing, Vitasoy established a new factory.
  21. Complete the sentence about Vitasoy with the correct year: In ______, Vitasoy became the first Hong Kong company to introduce Tetra Pak packaging technology for drinks production.
  22. Complete the sentence about Lee Kum Kee with the correct year: In ______, he formed the Lee Kum Kee company to market his version of oyster sauce, a staple sauce, seasoning and condiment in Cantonese…
  23. Complete the sentence about Lee Kum Kee with the correct year: Lee Kum Kee opened a production plant in City of Industry, California, in Greater Los Angeles in ______.
  24. Complete the sentence about Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance with the correct year: Fire dragon dance started in ______ when Tai Hang was a small Hakka village of farmers and fishermen on the waterfront of…
  25. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong International Film Festival with the correct year: Founded in ______, the festival features different movies and filmmakers from different countries, and takes pl…
  26. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong International Film Festival with the correct year: Since ______, HKIFF started to collaborate with Heyi Pictures to produce two feature films a year by young Chin…
  27. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Film Awards with the correct year: The ceremonies typically take place in April, and have mostly been held at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre s…
  28. Complete the sentence about Jackie Chan with the correct year: In ______, Forbes ranked him the second-highest-paid actor in the world.
  29. Complete the sentence about Jackie Chan with the correct year: Chan was born on 7 April ______ in British Hong Kong as Chan Kong-sang to Charles and Lee-lee Chan, political refugees from the Chinese C…
  30. Complete the sentence about Jackie Chan with the correct year: In circa ______, Chan's father, originally named Fang Daolong, briefly worked as a secret agent for Lieutenant General Dai Li, the chief…
  31. Complete the sentence about Tony Leung Chiu-wai with the correct year: Leung went to Delia Memorial School, but quit in ______ at the age of 15 due to financial difficulties so he didn't finish any sc…
  32. Complete the sentence about Maggie Cheung with the correct year: Maggie Cheung was born in Hong Kong on 20 September ______ to Shanghainese parents.
  33. Complete the sentence about Maggie Cheung with the correct year: In ______, Cheung entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the first runner-up and the Miss Photogenic award as well.
  34. Complete the sentence about Michelle Yeoh with the correct year: The film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time in ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Michelle Yeoh with the correct year: In ______, twenty-year-old Yeoh won the Miss Malaysia World beauty contest.
  36. Complete the sentence about Michelle Yeoh with the correct year: In ______, Yeoh married her first husband Dickson Poon, a co-founder of D&B Films, and decided to retire from acting.
  37. Complete the sentence about Stephen Chow with the correct year: Around ______ he applied for TVB's famous artist training course alongside his friend, Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
  38. Complete the sentence about Andy Lau with the correct year: In ______, Lau became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  39. Complete the sentence about Andy Lau with the correct year: In ______, Lau enrolled in TVB's actor training program and graduated the next year, signing a contract with TVB.
  40. Complete the sentence about Andy Lau with the correct year: In ______, he had his first leading role in the Shaw Brothers-produced action film, On the Wrong Track.
  41. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Mui was born at Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok, Kowloon, in October ______.
  42. Complete the sentence about Anita Mui with the correct year: In ______, encouraged by her sister, Mui competed in the first New Talent Singing Awards, organised by TVB and Capital Artists, in her stag…
  43. Complete the sentence about Wong Kar-wai with the correct year: The film, with its more lighthearted atmosphere, catapulted Wong to international prominence, and won Best Film and Best Director at the…
  44. Complete the sentence about Wong Kar-wai with the correct year: Wong consolidated his reputation with the ______ drama Happy Together, for which he won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival.
  45. Complete the sentence about Wong Kar-wai with the correct year: The ______ drama In the Mood for Love, revered for its lush visuals and subtle storytelling, concretely established Wong's trademark fil…
  46. Complete the sentence about Wong Kar-wai with the correct year: Wong Kar-wai was born on 17 July ______ in Shanghai, the youngest of three siblings.
  47. Complete the sentence about John Woo with the correct year: Due to school age restrictions, his mother changed his birth date to 22 September ______, which is what remains on his passport.
  48. Complete the sentence about John Woo with the correct year: The family was rendered homeless by the Shek Kip Mei Fire of ______.
  49. Complete the sentence about John Woo with the correct year: In ______, Woo was hired as a script supervisor at Cathay Studios.
  50. Complete the sentence about Ann Hui with the correct year: Hui was born on 23 May ______ in Anshan, a Chinese iron-mining city in Liaoning Province.
  51. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, Hui moved to Macau, then to Hong Kong at the age of five.
  52. Complete the sentence about Ann Hui with the correct year: In ______, Hui earned a master's in English and comparative literature from the University of Hong Kong.
  53. Complete the sentence about Ann Hui with the correct year: In March ______ she directed six dramas for the Independent Commission Against Corruption, a Hong Kong organization created to clean up gover…
  54. Complete the sentence about Chungking Express with the correct year: Chungking Express is a ______ Hong Kong film, written and directed by Wong Kar-wai.
  55. Complete the sentence about Chungking Express with the correct year: The film premiered in Hong Kong on 14 July ______ and received critical acclaim, particularly for its direction, cinematography, an…
  56. Complete the sentence about Infernal Affairs with the correct year: Miramax Films acquired the United States distribution rights and gave it a limited American theatrical release in ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Enter the Dragon with the correct year: Enter the Dragon, in full titled Enter the Dragon: The Deadly Three, is a ______ martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and wri…
  58. Complete the sentence about Enter the Dragon with the correct year: Enter the Dragon was Bruce Lee's final completed film appearance before his death on 20 July ______ at the age of 32.
  59. Complete the sentence about Hard Boiled with the correct year: Hard Boiled was released theatrically in Hong Kong in ______ to strong audience response.
  60. Complete the sentence about Hard Boiled with the correct year: In ______, a sequel in the form of a video game, Stranglehold, was released, with Chow Yun-fat reprising his role and Woo serving as crea…
  61. Complete the sentence about Shaw Brothers Studio with the correct year: In ______, they operated their own cinema in Tanjong Pagar in Singapore, expanded in Malaya, and opened four cinemas there.
  62. Complete the sentence about Raymond Chow with the correct year: In ______, he was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame.
  63. Complete the sentence about Raymond Chow with the correct year: In ______, he joined the Voice of America office in Hong Kong.
  64. Complete the sentence about Raymond Chow with the correct year: When Cathay wanted to end the company's association in Hong Kong, Chow left Shaw Brothers to establish Golden Harvest along with produce…
  65. Complete the sentence about Cantopop with the correct year: After the People's Republic of China was founded by the Chinese Communist Party in ______, the new government quickly denounced pop music—pa…
  66. Complete the sentence about Alan Tam with the correct year: In early ______, he publicly quit all pop music award ceremonies and put most efforts in searching new direction for Cantopop music.
  67. Complete the sentence about Alan Tam with the correct year: Tam was born on 23 August ______ at Healthy Village in North Point.
  68. Complete the sentence about Alan Tam with the correct year: The group disbanded, and he later reformed into the band The Wynners with Kenny Bee in ______.
  69. Complete the sentence about Sam Hui with the correct year: Hui began his singing career in the 1960s, and signed with Diamond Records in ______.
  70. Complete the sentence about Roman Tam with the correct year: In ______, Tam formed a band, Roman and the Four Steps, with four of his friends from the bank.
  71. Complete the sentence about Roman Tam with the correct year: Inspired by The Beatles, the band performed American and British songs but disbanded in ______.
  72. Complete the sentence about Roman Tam with the correct year: In ______, Tam moved to Japan after signing a two-year contract with a top Japanese recording manager.
  73. Complete the sentence about Jacky Cheung with the correct year: In ______, Cheung was honored by Junior Chamber International as one of the Ten Outstanding Young People in the World.
  74. Complete the sentence about Jacky Cheung with the correct year: In ______, he was inducted into the Superstars Hall of Fame of the 1990s by Universal Music.
  75. Complete the sentence about Faye Wong with the correct year: Upon her second marriage in ______, she withdrew from the limelight and moved back to Beijing, though she has sporadically returned to the…
  76. Complete the sentence about Joey Yung with the correct year: Since her debut in ______, Yung has received multiple awards at Hong Kong's major annual music ceremonies.
  77. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Yung was born on 16 June ______ at Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan.
  78. Complete the sentence about Twins with the correct year: Twins signed to Emperor Entertainment Group and were formed on 18 May ______.
  79. Complete the sentence about Twins with the correct year: In August ______, Twins released second album Amazing Album, consisted of two discs, CD with 11 songs, and a DVD with three videos.
  80. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra with the correct year: Bard took over the orchestra, and conducted its debut performance on 30 April ______ in St.
  81. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra with the correct year: In ______, Bard invited the Italian violinist and conductor Arrigo Foa to take over the orchestra, and Bard worked a…
  82. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra with the correct year: Foa was a professional musician who joined Shanghai Municipal Orchestra as concertmaster in ______.
  83. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra with the correct year: Foa migrated to Hong Kong in ______ and led the orchestra immediately.
  84. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra with the correct year: In ______, members of the orchestra decided to separate the group from Sino-British Club.
  85. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The Administration Block was ready for occupation in July ______.
  86. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with the correct year: The Academy Block was formally opened on 18 September ______ by Governor Edward Youde.
  87. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Film Archive with the correct year: The archive was founded in ______, when its Planning Office was opened by the Urban Council.
  88. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Heritage Museum with the correct year: The museum opened on 16 December ______ and is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Gov…
  89. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Science Museum with the correct year: Verner Johnson and Associates in ______ to help plan the museum.
  90. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Science Museum with the correct year: In ______, the council hired Hong Kong architecture firm Palmer and Turner to design the museum.
  91. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Science Museum with the correct year: In ______, the Urban Council was disbanded, and management of the museum became the responsibility of the newly formed Leisu…
  92. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Space Museum with the correct year: Opened on 8 October ______, it is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.
  93. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Space Museum with the correct year: The idea of a planetarium was originally proposed in ______ by the Urban Council.
  94. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences with the correct year: The Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences was established in ______.
  95. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences with the correct year: The building that would later become Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences was built in ______.
  96. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences with the correct year: In ______, the institute was relocated to Victoria Road and the building was then used as a storeroom for Pathol…
  97. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences with the correct year: In ______, it was handed over to the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences Society and converted to a public muse…
  98. Complete the sentence about Jin Yong with the correct year: In ______, the Japanese army invaded Zhejiang, and the Jiaxing Middle School had to move hundreds of miles south to Lishui city in order to…
  99. Complete the sentence about Jin Yong with the correct year: Fortunately, with assistance from the principal, Zhang Yintong, Cha resumed his high school education at Quzhou No. 1 Secondary School and g…
  100. Complete the sentence about Jin Yong with the correct year: In ______, Cha enrolled in another doctoral program in Chinese literature at Peking University but never graduated.

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