Think you're the brainiest China watcher in Shanghai? Prove it. Longtime quizmaster and SupChina's Asia managing editor Anthony Tao travels down from Beijing to host a general knowledge "China" quiz. Team up with friends in groups of up to five people — or we'll arrange teams for you! All questions will be in English. Expect a diversity of questions — of varying degrees of tie-in with the country in which we reside — over at least five rounds. The FCC will supply prizes for the top two teams.
A few sample questions:
—What leader is the only Chinese person to have been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year more than once? (Deng Xiaoping)
—Which famous character in Chinese literature has a given name that means "awakened to emptiness"? (Monkey King / Sun Wukong)
—After the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor meltdown in 2011, what common household item did many Chinese people suddenly buy and stockpile? (salt)
—What American pop singer was known to Chinese netizens as "Fruit Sister" after her Super Bowl halftime performance? (Katy Perry)
Come in teams of up to FIVE people, or just come and we'll assign you a team! Prizes for the winning teams!
7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
7 p.m. Doors open
7:30 p.m. start
Venue: Bordertown
393 Weihai Lu,
near Shimen Yi Lu
威海路393号, 近石门一路
5 mins walk from West Nanjing Rd
TEL: 5309 9070
FCC members free/ non-members 50 rmb
Happy hour prices on all drinks
-25 rmb pints of beer / house wines / margaritas
buy-one-get-one-free other cocktails
Menu of Tex-Mex appetizers and mains for order