!Lunar New Year Jeopardy!

Traditions

100

Married couples give these packets with money to children. The packets represent luck, happiness and prosperity in the New Year for the receiver

What is Red Envelope

200

This event takes place on the last day of Lunar New Year celebrations

What is Lantern Festival

300

These colors should never dominate Lunar New Year decorations

What is White and Black

400

Lunar New Year celebration begins with this special performance with loud drummer to ward off evil spirits

What is Lion Dance

500

What flowers symbolize prosperity and are popular during the holiday

Plum blossoms (perseverance and hope), orchids (refinement), and peonies (wealth and honor)

Food

100

Before the new year, it is a tradition for family members to travel back home and reunite with family for ...

What is Dinner

200

Dish that represents longevity

What is noodles

300

These crescent-shaped dumplings symbolize wealth because they resemble ancient Chinese silver ingots

What are dumplings

400

This type of food is considered to bring good fortune, as its shape resembles that of a gold bar

What is Egg (Spring) Rolls

500

Fruit which is eaten and given out as something sweet, because in some dialects, the name also means "luck"

What is Oranges

Superstitions

100

Sweeping or dusting should not be done on New Year's Day for fear that ____ will be swept away

What is good luck

200

Borrowing money during the New Year is believed to bring this for the rest of the year

What is financial hardship

300

On the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, every one of these two things has to be open to allow the old year to go out

What is doors and windows

400

This number sounds like the word for death and is a bad luck number

What is four

500

Giving someone a clock as a gift is unlucky because in Chinese it sounds like attending this

What is a funeral

Trivia 1

100

Wearing this color is believed to bring good luck and ward off evil spirits

What is red

200

The number 8 is considered lucky because it sounds like this word in Chinese

What is wealth (or prosperity)

300

The three gods of fortune

What is god of happiness, prosperity, and longevity

400

Chinese New Year is also called...

 What is Spring Festival

500

The last Year of the Fire Horse

What is 1966

Trivia 2

100

How many people celebrate Lunar New Year?

What is 1.5 billion to over 2 billion people

200

These are the 12 animals of the zodiac in the lunar new year

What is Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig

300

What are the five elements in the Chinese zodiac system

What is Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water

400

Lunar New Year is celebrated in countries beyond China, including Vietnam and this country, where it’s called Seollal

What is South Korea

500

The beast who attacked villages once a year, on New Year’s day. He was scared of the color red and loud noises such as firecrackers which is why they are part of the festivities

What is Nian