FESTIVITIES/TRADITIONS
Families celebrate this holiday by admiring the full moon, lighting lanterns, and eating mooncakes.
What is Mid-Autumn Festival?
This animated movie series follows a noodle-loving giant panda who unexpectedly becomes the legendary Dragon Warrior.
What is Kung Fu Panda?
What is Cyan, Magenta, Yellow?
The government name for the YWDC.
What is the Yablokoff-Wallace Dining Center?
This now-globally popular drink mixes brewed tea and chewy tapioca pearls.
What is boba?
This traditional clothing is worn in Korea to celebrate major holidays, celebrations, and events such as Korean Thanksgiving, also known as Chuseok.
What is a Hanbok?
This famous Japanese animator is known for creating films like My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, and Spirited Away.
Who is Hayao Miyazaki?
This person is widely considered the king of E-sports in Korea.
Who is Faker?
Incoming freshmen begin their UCM journeys by crossing this bridge.
What is Scholars Bridge?
Known as the "King of Fruits" across Southeast Asia, this spiky delicacy is famous for its sweet custard-like flesh and pungent smell.
What is Durian?
These are traditionally given out during Lunar New Year to wish recipients good luck and ward off evil spirits.
Red Envelopes
Water bending from ATLA is based on this form of martial arts.
What is Tai Chi?
This is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.
What is 212?
These are the hours during which students can get breakfast from the Pavilion on weekends.
What is 9:00AM to 10:30AM?
Often sold by street vendors across India, this hollow, crispy fried ball is filled with spiced potatoes, chickpeas, and tangy flavored water.
What is Pani Puri?
This classic Indian sweet is deep fried and soaked in a rose-water and cardamom syrup, and is frequently prepared during Diwali.
What is Gulab Jamun?
There are this number of original Pokémon in the first generation of the franchise.
What is 151?
This president was known for making the Louisiana Purchase. He is also a face on Mount Rushmore.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This animal was a leading contender for UC Merced's mascot but ultimately not chosen.
What is fairy shrimp?
This Japanese pancake mixes cabbage and meat and is commonly topped with bonito flakes, seaweed powder, Japanese mayonnaise, and a special sweet/savory sauce.
What is Okonomiyaki?
This traditional Philippine folk dance uses two bamboo poles and is frequently performed during festivals, cultural celebrations, and other special events.
What is Tinikling?
Directed by Bong Joon-ho, this 2019 film made Oscars history as the first non-English language film to take home the Academy Award for Best Picture.
What is Parasite?
Solve for X:
3(x - 20) + 2x = 4x + 7
What is 67?
There are this many students currently enrolled at UC Merced as of Fall 2026 (rounded to the nearest hundred).
What is ~9,600?
A famous street food in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, this delicacy is a fertilized duck egg incubated for around two weeks and boiled before eating.
What is Balut?