Food
This Taiwanese dish features minced or braised pork belly served over rice
A) Lu Rou Fan
B) Beef Noodle Soup
C) Dan Zai Noodles
D) Gua Bao
What is LurouFan
This bird is the National Bird of Taiwan, known for its bright blue wings and red spot on its chest
A) Mikado Pheasant
B) Taiwan Blue Magpie
C) Formosan Black Bear
D) White-eared Sibia
What is a Taiwan Blue Magpie
This European country established a colonial presence in Taiwan during the 17th century.
A) Spain
B) Portugal
C) Netherlands
D) France
He is the current President of Taiwan (as of 2024)
A) Tsai Ing-wen
B) Han Kuo-yu
C) Lai Ching-te
D) Ma Ying-jeou
Who is Lai Ching Te
This festival is celebrated with mooncakes and lanterns in Taiwan
A) Dragon Boat Festival
B) Mid-Autumn Festival
C) Lunar New Year
D) Ghost Festival
this mix gives Taiwanese “stinky tofu” its strong smell
A) Fermented shrimp paste
B) Blue cheese powder
C) A fermented brine of milk, vegetables, and meat
D) Spoiled soybeans
what is A fermented brine of milk, vegetables, and meat
This type of forest is the most dominant over the mountainous terrain of the island.
A) Temperate coniferous forest
B) Tropical rainforest
C) Subtropical broadleaf forest
D) Boreal forest
Subtropical Broadleaf Forest
This man defeated the Dutch and established a Ming loyalist government in Taiwan in 1662?
A) Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga)
B) Shi Lang
C) Qianlong Emperor
D) Sun Yat-sen
Who is Koxinga
This political party is the one that Lai Ching-te belong to:
A) Kuomintang (KMT)
B) People First Party (PFP)
C) New Power Party (NPP)
D) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
what is the DPP
This is a popular traditional Taiwanese street food made with pork, peanut powder, cilantro, and ice cream
A) Lu Rou Fan
B) Ba-wan
C) Ice Cream Run Bing
D) Tofu Pudding
what is Ice Cream Run Bing (潤餅冰淇淋)
This dessert features shaved ice, grass jelly, red beans, taro balls, and sweet syrup, and is a signature of Jiufen?
A) Mochi Ice Cream
B) Douhua
C) Taro Ball Dessert
D) Tangyuan
What is Taro Ball Desserts
This species is Endemic to Taiwan and now is a symbol of its solidarity and independence.
A) Clouded Leopard
B) Formosan Rock Macaque
C) Asian Black Bear
D) Sunda Pangolin
What is a formosan rock macaque
This was how many years was Taiwan a colony of Japan
A) 31 years
B) 41 years
C) 50 years
D) 64 years
What is 50 years?
This was the year gay marriage was legalized in Taiwan.
A) 2012
B) 2021
C) 2013
D) 2019
When was 2019
This indigenous group is known for their intricate weaving and annual harvest festival in Taiwan
A) Hakka
B) Atayal
C) Min Nan
D) Hoklo
Who are the Atayal peoples
“bawan” (肉圓), a Taiwanese delicacy from Changhua it is described as:
A) A soup dumpling with crab broth
B) A steamed bun with taro paste
C) A large translucent dumpling with a chewy dough and savory filling
D) A rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
What is A large translucent dumpling with a chewy dough and savory filling
This plant species, known for its bright red flowers, is a symbol of Taiwanese indigenous cultures and often used in traditional rituals.
A) Flame tree (Delonix regia)
B) Camellia (Camellia sinensis)
C) Maple (Acer serrulatum)
D) Blood Pheasant Flower (Rhododendron oldhamii)
What is the Blood Pheasant Flower
This event was the purpose of the "February 28 Incident" (1947).
A) A tax protest; led to Japanese retaliation
B) A student movement; led to the founding of the DPP
C) An uprising against KMT rule; led to White Terror
D) A celebration of democracy; led to Taiwan’s first election
what is An uprising against KMT rule
This is the function of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan
A) Judicial review
B) Executive oversight
C) National defense
D) Legislative and budgetary authority
what is Legislative and budgetary authority
This religious practice is uniquely common in Taiwan and often includes “spirit money,” festivals, and processions with deity palanquins
A) Pure Land Buddhism
B) Daoist temple worship and folk religion
C) Theravāda Buddhism
D) Confucian ancestral rites only
What is Daoist Temple Worship and Folk Religion in Taiwan
This globally famous drink originated in Taiwan in the 1980s and typically contains tea, milk, and chewy tapioca balls
A) Grass Jelly Tea
B) Bubble Tea (Boba)
C) Soy Milk Tea
D) Milk Cap Tea
whats boba :)
This critically endangered amphibian, once thought extinct, was rediscovered in central Taiwan and is notable for its unique evolutionary lineage.
A) Taipei Tree Frog (Rhacophorus taipeianus)
B) Formosan Salamander (Hynobius formosanus)
C) Brown Tree Frog (Buergeria robusta)
D) Alpine Keelback (Rhabdophis swinhonis)
What is the Formosan Salamander
This was the significance of the “Kaohsiung Incident” (also known as the Formosa Incident) in 1979
A) Taiwan declared independence
B) Indigenous groups won land rights
C) Pro-democracy activists were arrested, sparking the modern opposition movement
D) Martial law was lifted
What happened when Pro-democracy activists were arrested, sparking the modern opposition movement
In the 2024 elections, a third party called the TPP (Taiwan People’s Party) gained traction. This is a distinguishing feature of their platform:
A) Pro-unification with China
B) Focus on nonpartisan technocratic governance
C) Religious nationalism
D) Monarchist revivalism
what is Focus on nonpartisan technocratic governance
In modern Taiwanese pop culture, this is the people whomst the term “zhai nan” (宅男) refers to
A) A rural farmer
B) A high-tech entrepreneur
C) A socially introverted male who rarely leaves home
D) A government worker
Who are nerds lmao