What is considered a bit of bad luck during the Chinese New Year?
Breaking a Bowl
“Guo Nian Hao” is one of the most used greetings. What does it mean?
Happy New Year
What thing determines the start of Chinese New Year?
New Moon on First Day of New Year
Name something that people put in Red envelopes and hand over to children on Chinese New Year?
Money
What is considered a Taboo on Chinese New Year?
Sweeping and Cleaning, getting a haircut, cutting noodles
What is the thing that dragons represent during Chinese New Year?
Luck and Prosperity
According to tradition, who do families visit on the first day of Chinese New Year?
Oldest family members
Do the Chinese still use the old Lunar calendar to determine dates of festivals?
Yes
Name the festival that is celebrated after Chinese New Year?
Lantern Festival
Which of these is most widely celebrated at the time of the Chinese New Year?
family ties
Old world culture
nations people
Chinese heroes
All families set off these to celebrate the festival; comprises the largest usage of this on the whole planet?
Fireworkds
What's the legend behind using firecrackers to celebrate Chinese New Year?
meant to scare away monsters
What colour is considered the luckiest in Chinese culture?
gold
red
Duke Blue
Carolina Blue
Which food symbolises longevity and is eaten on a Chinese person’s birthday?
birthday cake
plums
noodles
organges
Comparing the sizes of countries, how many times is China bigger than the United Kingdom
29%
39%
19%
9%
To which season, the new year is associated with?
Spring
Name something important in the preparation of Chinese New Year?
Cleaning the house
According to Chinese legend, name the color which has the ability to keep bad luck and evil spirits away?
Red
Name the evil dragon.
Nian
Which food should not be cut on Chinese New Year?
Noodles
The Chinese Zodiac is a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs. According to the Chinese Zodiac legend, the order of the 12 animals was determined by…
a race across the mountain
a race across the river
who could do the "floss" dance the best
a dance contest
China has the world’s largest population, which is equivalent to __% of the total world population.
28%
18%
38%
8%
Which flower symbolizes luck on Chinese New Year?
Plum Flower
The Chinese New Year Monster legend tells how to ward off a horrible monster called ‘Nian’. Which of the following would not be useful for driving the Nian monster away?
fire
salt
loud noises
red colors
Which is the thing that Chinese people are not supposed to do on Chinese New Year?
Wash their hair; get a hair cut
Which of the following was not a Chinese invention?
paper
compass
table tennis
toothbrush
What is the meaning of “ Gung Hey Fat Choy”?
Wishing you Prosper and Good Health
How many years apart are the years of the zodiac animals? For example: when it is the year of the monkey, how many years ago was the last year of the monkey?
5
12
8
10
What is Chinese New Year called in China?
Spring Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Moon Festival
Winter Festival
Which of the following did not originate from China?
noodles
tea
fortune cookies
tofu
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