你好
人
美国，中国
马
明白吗？
100
Hello
你好
100
Mr. Xiong
熊老师 or 熊先生
100
Translate: And you?
你呢？
100
[NO BUZZER] Whichever team handwrites the following word the fastest wins: yuè
月
100
Name the three parts of a Chinese syllable:
initial, final, tone
200
RESPOND correctly to this question: 请问，你贵姓？
我姓_____
200
熊老师's favorite animal
毛毛
200
RESPOND correctly to this question: 你叫什么名字？
我叫...
200
[NO BUZZER] Whichever team handwrites the following word the fastest wins: hǎo
好
200
Correctly pronounce ALL five possible tones for the word 马
mā, má, mǎ, mà, ma
300
RESPOND correctly to this question: 你是中国人吗？
我是中国人／我不是中国人
300
People like to ride this animal HINT: it's an animal we've learned before
马
300
Translate: I am not Mr. Li. This is also not Mr. Li.
我不是李先生。这也不是李先生。
300
[NO BUZZER] Whichever team handwrites the following word the fastest wins: dà
大
300
Correctly pronounce the following tone pairs: 不好 and 不是
bù hǎo AND bú shì
400
Translate: Are you a New Yorker? Are you a Beijing-er?
你是纽约人吗？你是北京人吗？
400
Say at least five Chinese names (cannot use the names of people in the classroom) HINT: may use the names of any characters we've encountered in the Story Quest or in our boss fights
李友，王朋，李朋，王友，孔子，姚明，习近平，毛泽东，王力宏，周杰伦，etc.
400
Detective: correct ALL the mistakes in the following sentences: A: 你是好吗？ B: 我是很好！你呢？ A：我很不好。我美国人。
A: 你好吗？ B: 我很好！你呢？ A：我很不好。我是美国人。
400
[NO BUZZER] Whichever team handwrites the following word the fastest wins: xióng lǎo shī
熊老师
400
Correctly pronounce the following tone pairs: 你好 and 你是学生
ní hǎo AND nǐ shì xué shēng
500
Explain the words "不" and "也": 1) What do these words mean? 2) What is the part of speech for these words? 3) What order do these words go in a typical Chinese sentence?
1) 不 = no/not, 也= also 2) both are adverbs 3) adverbs go before the verb in Chinese, 也 goes before 不: sub + 也 + 不 + verb + obj
500
Correctly identify the Chinese names of everyone in the class:
[variable]
500
Detective: correct ALL the mistakes in the following sentences: 我是不纽约人。 她不也是纽约人。 也王朋姓不李。
我不是纽约人。 她也不是纽约人。 王朋也不姓李。
500
[NO BUZZER] Whichever team handwrites the following word the fastest wins: nǐ jiào shén me míng zi?
你叫什么名字？
500
1) Explain the concept of "tone sandhi" 2) Give an example "tone sandhi" in Chinese
1) tones change based on adjacent words/tones 2) When there are two 3rd tones in a row, the first one becomes 2nd tone. E.g. 你好 (nǐ + hǎo > ní hǎo)
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