History/Trivia
Full name of China (in Chinese or in English)
What is People's Republic of China?
What is 中华人名共和国?
Translate 111+4944 = 5055
What is 一百一十一加上四千九百四十四等于五千零五十五?
True or False: The Chinese celebrate Halloween.
FALSE: They do not celebrate.
However, they celebrate a festival called the Hungry Ghost festival, where like a festival in April, they honor their ancestors.
The month that the Chinese New Year is typically in.
What is February?
Translate dumplings.
What is 饺子?
Name of the person who founded the people's republic of China and was its first ruler.
Who is Mao Zedong aka 毛泽东, called 毛主席 by the Chinese people.
Difference between 你 and 您.
What are:
你 is informal and is used to greet friends.
您 is formal and is used to greet elders and strangers.
We 团圆 on Mid-Autumns Festival. What does 团圆 mean?
What is To get together, to gather.
Name the festival where dragon boat races are held.
What is the Dragon Boat Festival?
What is 月饼 called in english?
What are Moon Cakes?
Translate 鸦片战争
What was the Opium War?
Translate this sentence: "亨特学院高中几乎没有窗户"
What is HCHS basically doesn't have windows?
Meaning of 表弟.
What is your younger male cousin who is the son of one of your parent's sisters?
Name one tradition that happens on the Lunar/Chinese New Year.
What is Varies? I will determine t/f.
Possible answers are: elders giving the young money, posting couplets, setting off fireworks, eating dumplings and more.
(Kind of weird) Translate 粽子 to English
What is Zonzi?
Name the main character of Journey to the West. (Super easy you all have probably heard of him at least once)
Who is 孙悟空, Sun Wu Kong, aka Monkey King/Stone Monkey
Write your name in Chinese, if you don't have a Chinese name write a random number.
Who is _____?
Name of the festival in April where you pay respects to your elders.
What is the Qingming Festival aka 清明节?
The festival that we eat moon cakes. (Has something to do with Autumn)
There are 37 different types of steamed stuffed buns. Name one.
What are 烤包子、奶黄包、叉烧包、小笼包、灌汤包、水晶包、水煎包、蟹黄包、三丁包、破酥包、豆沙包? (there are others but I will recognize them)
Name one of the four great classics in Mandarin.
What is 红楼梦 (Red Mansion Dream)
What is 三国演义 (Romance of the three kingdoms)
What is 西游记 (Journey to the West)
What is 水浒传 (Water Margin)
Meaning of 鑫 (really easy just use the word!)
What is xīn A lot of money (simplified meaning)?
What do you eat on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar? Related to the moon.
What are moon cakes?
Festival that happens on the 7th day of the 7th month of the Lunar Calendar.
Translate 皮蛋, and what is it?
What are Century Eggs? They are preserved eggs. (very disgusting)