Lunar New Year (Hunger?) Games

Food & Traditions

2

What Asian food symbolizes wealth because it looks like ancient gold ingots?

Dumplings

4

The five elements in Chinese mythology:

Wood, Fire, Metal, Water, ___________

Earth

6

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)

8

Which food is strictly forbidden on New Year's morning because it represents a "poor person's" breakfast?

Porridge, or congee

10

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)

CHollywood

2

This iconic song from "Mulan", encourages the protagonist to find her voice and has become a hallmark of Disney empowerment anthems.

Reflection

4

In Crazy Rich Asians, Rachel Chu travels to this country to meet Nick Young's family and friends.

Singapore

6

Actress who starred in Everything Everywhere All At Once, Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon, and Wicked

Michelle Yeoh

8

This movie became the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture

Parasite

10

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

Animals of the Zodiac

2

How many animals are in the Chinese zodiac?

12

4

Which animal comes right after the Dragon in the zodiac cycle?

The Snake

6

Synonymous with "greatness" if used in context, this animal's horizontal, rectangular pupils allow it to see behind itself without moving its head.

Goat

8

The only animal of the zodiac (other than the mythical dragon) NOT native to China

Rooster/chicken

10

Genera of this animal:

Pentalagus, Bunolagus, Nesolagus, Romerolagus, Brachylagus, Sylvilagus, Oryctolagus, Poelagus, Caprolagus, Pronolagus

Rabbit

Around Asia?

2

Which country has won the most World Baseball Classic titles, including the inaugural 2006 tournament?

Japan

4

Which country has the highest population of ethnic Chinese outside of China & Taiwan, with estimates ranging from roughly 8-11 million people?

Indonesia

6

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.

8

After English and Mandarin, this is the language with the most number of speakers in the world.

Hindi

10

This northernmost capital city in mainland Asia sits at over 1,300 meters above sea level

Ulaanbaatar

L_U_N_ A_R

2

Modern 7 Wonder of the world:

Christ the ________

Redeemer

4

Written in the 5th century BCE, this treatise has inspired countless military strategists as well as entrepreneurs and sportsmen

Art of War

6

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

8

This chemical element, atomic number 92, is highly coveted in the world.

Uranium

10

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