Food & Traditions
What Asian food symbolizes wealth because it looks like ancient gold ingots?
Dumplings
This iconic song from "Mulan", encourages the protagonist to find her voice and has become a hallmark of Disney empowerment anthems.
Reflection
How many animals are in the Chinese zodiac?
12
Which country has won the most World Baseball Classic titles, including the inaugural 2006 tournament?
Japan
Modern 7 Wonder of the world:
Christ the ________
Redeemer
The five elements in Chinese mythology:
Wood, Fire, Metal, Water, ___________
Earth
In Crazy Rich Asians, Rachel Chu travels to this country to meet Nick Young's family and friends.
Which animal comes right after the Dragon in the zodiac cycle?
The Snake
Which country has the highest population of ethnic Chinese outside of China & Taiwan, with estimates ranging from roughly 8-11 million people?
Indonesia
Written in the 5th century BCE, this treatise has inspired countless military strategists as well as entrepreneurs and sportsmen
Art of War
Red envelopes filled with money, given during Lunar New Year to symbolize good luck and prosperity, are called this in Mandarin
HongBao (or Lai See, Ang Pao)
Actress who starred in Everything Everywhere All At Once, Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon, and Wicked
Michelle Yeoh
Synonymous with "greatness" if used in context, this animal's horizontal, rectangular pupils allow it to see behind itself without moving its head.
Goat
Name 2 countries other than China where Lunar New Year is celebrated as a major national holiday, not just for ethic peoples
South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei.
These rosetted predators, native to Africa and Asia, with a critically endangered subspecies found in Sean's home province in China, have tails as long as their bodies.
Leopards
Which food is strictly forbidden on New Year's morning because it represents a "poor person's" breakfast?
Porridge, or congee
This movie became the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture
Parasite
The only animal of the zodiac (other than the mythical dragon) NOT native to China
Rooster/chicken
After English and Mandarin, this is the language with the most number of speakers in the world.
Hindi
This chemical element, atomic number 92, is highly coveted in the world.
Uranium
To celebrate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in a river, Chinese people eat Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) during which occasion, occuring on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month?
Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Festival)
Although not co-stars in the traditional sense, in which 1973 film did Bruce Lee and a young Jackie Chan both appear on screen?
Enter the Dragon
Genera of this animal:
Pentalagus, Bunolagus, Nesolagus, Romerolagus, Brachylagus, Sylvilagus, Oryctolagus, Poelagus, Caprolagus, Pronolagus
Rabbit
This northernmost capital city in mainland Asia sits at over 1,300 meters above sea level
Ulaanbaatar
This 16th-century French physician and astrologer wrote a collection of cryptic quatrains titled Les Prophéties, which many later interpreters have claimed predicted events such as wars, natural disasters, and even the rise of historical figures like Napoleon and Hitler.
Nostradamus