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This year (2025) the Mid Autumn Festival fell on this date (Gregorian calendar). 

What is October 6th?

100

Families usually gather to share this traditional pastry.

What is a mooncake?

100

She is the Moon Goddess who lives on the moon.

Who is Chang’e?

100

This common red filling is made from a legume.

What is red bean paste?

100

This country celebrates Chuseok, their version of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

What is South Korea?

200

This phase of the moon appears on the day of the Mid Autumn Festival.

What is the full moon?

200

Children often carry these bright items during the evening.

What are lanterns?

200

This archer shot down 9 suns and is Chang’e’s husband.

Who is Hou Yi?

200

The round shape of a mooncake symbolizes this in Chinese culture.

What is unity or togetherness?

200

Tết Trung Thu, also called the Children’s Festival, features lion dances and mooncakes in this Southeast Asian country.

What is Vietnam?

300

The Mid Autumn festival is celebrated on this date of the Chinese Lunar Calendar.

What is the 15th day of the 8th month?
300

In some regions, people light lanterns and float them on this.

What is water (rivers/lakes)?

300

This animal is said to live on the moon, pounding the elixir of life. (Your answer should include its color!)

What is the Jade Rabbit?

300

This salty surprise is sometimes found inside mooncakes.

What is salted egg yolk?

300

Tsukimi, a festival for admiring the harvest moon and eating rice dumplings (dango), takes place in this country.

What is Japan?

400

The holiday typically lasts this many days.

What is 3 days?

400

This type of performance may accompany public celebrations.

What is a dragon dance / lion dance?

400

This man was punished by the gods to eternally chop down a self-healing tree on the moon.

Who is Wu Gang?

400

The round shape of a mooncake symbolizes this in Chinese culture.

What is unity or togetherness?

400

This Southeast Asian country celebrates a similar festival known as the Moon Festival, accompanied with lion dances.

What is Malaysia?

500

These three Chinese characters directly translate to "Mid Autumn Festival."

What is 中秋节 (zhōngqiū jié)?

500

This traditional fruit, often round and symbolizing family unity, is commonly eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival in addition to mooncakes.

What is a pomelo?

500

This man was the thief who attempted to steal the elixir of immortality at Hou Yi's home.

Who is Peng Meng (蓬蒙)?

500

These characters are often stamped on the top of traditional mooncakes.

What are Chinese characters for harmony (和 ), or longevity (寿 )?

500

Loi Krathong and Yi Peng are twin festivals of lights, featuring floating lanterns and sky lanterns, in this country.

What is Thailand?

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