ASU Taiwan Jeopardy!!!

Geography

100

This is the ocean that Taiwan is in.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

200

This is the tropic that passes through Taiwan.

What is the Tropic of Cancer?

300

This is the number of mountains Taiwan has, rounded to the nearest hundred.

What is 300?

400

This is the body of water that separates the Asian continent from Taiwan.

What is the Taiwan strait?

500

This is the number of yearly earthquakes Taiwan experiences, rounded to the nearest thousandth.

What is 2000?

Culture

100

In most Taiwanese households, you must take these off before entering a household.

What are shoes?

200

In Taiwanese culture, this number represents bad luck because it sounds similar to the Taiwanese word for "death."

What is the number 4?

300

Steve Chen is the famous Taiwanese-American entrepreneur who co-founded this video-sharing platform.

What is YouTube?

400

Taiwan is well-known for being the leading manufacturer of this crucial tech product in electronic devices.

What are computer chips/semiconductors?

500

Jerry Yang is a famous Taiwanese-born American who founded this search engine company.

What is Yahoo!?

History

100

Taiwan's original name was "Formosa", given by this country's explorers. 

What is Portugal/Who are the Portuguese?

200

This is the name that Taiwan competes under in the Olympics due to a 1981 agreement with the International Olympic Committee?

What is Chinese Taipei?

300

This man is the current president of Taiwan.

Who is Lai Ching-te?

400

Taipei 101 was named the world's tallest building in this early 2000s year.

What is 2004?

500

This is the official name of Taiwan, named after the group that fled mainland China after losing the civil war to the Chinese Communist Party in 1949.

What is the Republic of China?

Miscellaneous

100

This Taiwanese company ranks among the world's top ten branded PC vendors. 

What is Acer?

200

Taiwan has the world's highest density of this American convenience store.

What is 7/11?

300

This is the form of government in Taiwan.

What is a democracy?

400

This distinctly Taiwanese food involves dipping raw meat, vegetables, and soy-based foods into a pot of boiling soup. 

What is hot pot?

500

Bubble tea originated in Taiwan in this decade.

What is the 1980s?