Mastermind: IT Guru and Politics Junkie Takes Our "Who Said It: Trump or Kanye?" Quiz

As America’s 2016 Presidential Election Campaign endlessly dragged on earlier this fall, Andy Mok sat down to take the Beijinger’s quiz about one of the candidates.

The IT guru and startup insider, who founded Red Pagoda Resources and frequently offers his thoughts about tech on CCTV, Reuters, and other networks, also revels in a different kind of commentary in his spare time: continually posting articles about America’s presidential race on his WeChat moments. And as the race grew more and more ridiculous, we decided to quiz him on quotes from Republican nominee Donald Trump, asking Mok to guess whether the controversial candidate said each excerpt, or whether it was uttered by the likely 2020 election frontrunner (and arguably bigger narcissist) – rapper Kanye West.

1) “The beauty of me is that I’m very rich."

2) "My IQ is one of the highest – and you all know it! Please don't feel so stupid or insecure; it's not your fault.

3) "I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.

4) "Sometimes people write novels and they're so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books."

5) ”I’ll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying."

6) "One of the problems with being a bubbling source of creativity - it's like I'm bubbling in a laboratory, and if you don't put a cap on it, at one point it will, like, break the glass. If I can hone that … then I have, nuclear power, like a superhero."

7) “It’s freezing and snowing in New York – we need global warming!”

8) "I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers. I understand culture. I am the nucleus."

9) "The Bible had 20, 30, 40, 50 characters in it. You don’t think that I would be one of the characters of today’s modern Bible?"

10) “One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace. Good people don’t go into government.”

Answers: 1) Kanye 2) Trump 3) Kanye 4) Kanye 5) Kanye 6) Kanye 7) Trump 8) Kanye 9) Kanye 10) Trump

Final Score: 10/10

Verdict: As the Donald would say, Mok’s score on this test was “HUUUUUGE.”

This article originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 2016 issue of the Beijinger, which you can read here via Issuu, via the PDF here, or in hard copy at all of your favorite venues across town.

Photo: Kyle Mullin