The CNY Quiz.pptx

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The CNY Quiz


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the new moon on the first day of the new

year

What determines the start of the Chinese

New Year?

a) the new moon on the first day of the new year

b) exactly twenty-nine days after the earth completes

a revolution around the sunc) the fourth Thursday in January

d) a Chinese monk who chooses the day according totradition


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Prosperity, good luck and good fortune.

Dragon represents

a) Prosperity, longevity and good luck

b) Longevity, goodluck and successc) Prosperity, good luck and good fortune.

d) Prosperity, longevity and love


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Lantern Festival

There is a grand celebration that takes place

about fifteen days after the day of theChinese New Year. What is it called?

a) Lunar Celebration

b) Lantern Festivalc) The Kiss of Heaven

d) Day of the Dragon


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To ensure longevity

Why do Buddhists abstain from meat

consumption on the first day?

a) To ensure good luck

b) To ensure longevity

c) To ensure good fortune

d) To ensure success


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Year of the Pig

Which year of the zodiac was it in 2007?

a) Year of the Dog

b) Year of the Horsec) Year of the Pig

d) Year of the Tiger


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evict bad spirits from the premises

Some families invite lion dance to

a) evict bad spirits from the premises

b) invite the God of Fortunec) ensure the health of the families

d) enjoy the performance


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the animals would race across a river, the first

to win headed the cycle

Which of the following is most widely accepted

legend pertaining to the order of the Chinese zodiac?

a) the animals are in order of the gods' favorite toleast favorite

b) the animals go in order of creation, first createdto last created

c) the largest animal was first, the smallest last

d) the animals would race across a river, the first towin headed the cycle


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Second Day

Married daughters visit their birth

parents on which day?

a) First Day

b) Second Day

c) Third Day

d) Seventh Day


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Family ties

Which of these is most widely celebrated at

the time of the Chinese New Year?

a) Family ties

b) The nation's people

c) Chinese heroes

d) Old World culture


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Cleaning every part of the house

What of these acts is extremely important

for preparing for the Chinese New Year?

a) Wearing loose-fitting garments for folkdancing

b) Cooking a traditional Chinese mealc) Cleaning every part of the house

d) Hanging Chinese decorations on theoutside of the house


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Wishing you prosperity and health

The Chinese greeting "Gong Xi Fatt

Choy" means

a) Have a new year

b) May everything be as you wishc) Wishing you prosperity and health

d) May you achieve your great plan


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Fifth Day

God of Fortunes birthday falls on the

a) Eighth Day

b) Seventh Day

c) Sixth Day

d) Fifth Day


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Tangerine

What fruit, representing luck and prosperity,is traditionally the most popular to hand outfor the Chinese New Year?

a) Pineapple

b) Orange

c) Tangerine

d) Lime


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Ninth Day

When is the birthday of Jade Emperor of

Heaven?

a) Sixth Day

b) Eighth Dayc) Ninth Day

d) Tenth Day


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Dragons

Traditionally made of silk, paper, and

bamboo, these are the highlight of theChinese lantern festival.

a) Phoenixesb) Dragons

c) Nians

d) Unicorns


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Lantern Festival

When is the Chinese Valentine Day

celebrated?

a) Lantern Festival

b) Spring Festival

c) Chinese New Years Eve

d) Yuen Dan


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Vietnam

Many Asian countries celebrate the lunar

New Year along with China. What country'sholiday is called Tet?

a) Vietnam

b) Japan

c) Cambodia

d) Laos


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may there be surpluses every year

meansa) may there be health every year

b) may there be surpluses every year

c) may there be wealth every year

d) may there be luck every year


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Buddha

According to legend, a god asked all theanimals to meet him on Chinese New Year.

When 12 came, he named a year after eachanimal, declaring that people born in that yearwould have some of that animal's personality.What is the name of the god?

a) Goddess of Mercy

b) God of Prosperity

c) Buddha

d) Emperor Jade


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Fertility and having many children

Melon seed/Kwatji symbolise

a) luck and success

b) fertility and having many childrenc) health and longevity

d) money and coins


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Patient

Which of the following is not a trait of

the rat?

a) Patient

b) Charming

c) Hardworking

d) Intelligent


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the money used to suppress the evil spirit

literally means

a) the money used to suppress the evilspirit

b) the money used to surplus the height

c) the money used to suppress the age

d) the money used to surplus the wealth


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It depends on when the new moon appears

Why does the date of the Chinese New Year

always change?

a) It depends on when the weekend is

b) It depends on the weatherc) It depends on when the new moon

appears

d) It depends on the phrases of moon


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Symbolize the arrival of luck, happiness, and

prosperity.

Why does the red diamond shaped is hungupside down?

a) Symbolize the arrival of wealth, happinessand longevity

b) Symbolize the arrival of longevity, health

and luckc) Symbolize the arrival of luck, happiness,

and prosperity.

d) Symbolize the arrival of luck happiness, and

longevity


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Long life

What do noodles signify?

a) Prosperity

b) Long lifec) Unity

d) Luck


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virtue, truth and sincerity

Red is the emblem of joy, and this colour

also symbolizes

a) Honesty, faith and luck

b) virtue, truth and sincerity

c) determination, inspiration and wealth

d) Whole-heartedly, trust and generosity


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To sweep away bad luck from the old year

According to tradition, why do people clean

house before New Year's?

a) To welcome the God of Prosperity

b) To get rid of the feastc) To sweep away bad luck from the old

year

d) To Welcome the new year


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May you realize your ambitions

means

a) May you succeed in your work

b) May you get richc) May you realize your ambitions

d) May you achieve your goal


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To let the old year leaves

Why do people open the doors and

windows on Chinese New Years Eve?

a) To let the old year leaves

b) To get fresh air into the house

c) To let out the cooking aroma

d) To welcome the God of Prosperity


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When wealth is

acquired, precious

objects follow

What does the picturesymbolize?

a) When health is acquired,wealth will follow

b) When wealth is

acquired, luck willfollow

c) When health is acquired,succeed will follow

d) When wealth isacquired, preciousobjects follow


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The Common mans birthday

On the seventh day, it is traditionally

known as

a) The God of Wealths Birthday

b) The Common mans birthdayc) The Jade Emperors Birthday

d) The God of Kitchens Birthday


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Seventh day of CNY

When do people eat the dish Yu Sheng

that normally known as raw fish?

a) Ninth day of CNY

b) Eighth day of CNY

c) Seventh day of CNY

d) Sixth day of CNY


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Prosperity

What do Dumplings symbolize?

a) Protection from Evil

b) Healthc) Prosperity

d) Luck

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