Lunar New Year Trivia
NYC Asians
General Science Questions
Who's your Valentine?
General Asian Trivia
100
This mythical creature is the zodiac sign for the upcoming lunar new year.

What is a dragon?

100

This is the sales tax rate in NYC.

What is 8.875 percent?

100

This mammal has the largest heart.

What is a whale?

100

This is the day of the week of Valentine's Day this year

What is Wednesday

100

This is the currency of Vietnam

What is the Vietnamese Dong?

200

This is the date of the lunar new year this year.

What is Feb 10th, 2024

200
What is the full name of the dean of Columbia Engineering?

Who is Dean Shih-Fu Chang?

200

This is the derivative of tan(X)

What is Sec^2 (X)?

200

This famous playwright coined the term "star-crossed lovers"

Who is William Shakespeare

200

This Asian island nation is known as the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean”

What is Sri Lanka

300

This is the soup typically eaten by Koreans to celebrate new year.

What is tteokguk (rice cake soup)?

300

This New York City neighborhood, located in Queens, is home to a large South Asian community and is often referred to as "Little India."  

What is Jackson Heights?

300

These are the 3 primary colors.

What is Red, Yellow, and Blue?

300

Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling play star-crossed lovers in this 2004 film

What is the Notebook

300

In this Asian city you will find the famous landmark, the Petronas Towers

Kuala Lumpur

400

This is what Lunar New Year is called in Vietnam.

What is Tet (Tet Nguyen Dan)?

400

This bridge is located on the eastern end of canal street in Chinatown.

What is the Manhattan Bridge

400

If 3 underpaid TAs can grade 3 exams in 3 minutes, how long will it take 100 underpaid TAs to grade 100 exams?

What is 3 minutes :')

400

According to the Pew Research center this percentage of Americans age 18-29 are single. (Accept answer within 5%)

What is 41%?

400

This island was formerly known as Formosa

What is Taiwan?

500

Name 6 of the 12 zodiac animals.

What are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, and/or pig?

500

This New York raised and educated musician was once named "Sexiest Classical Musician" by People's magazine.

Who is Yo-Yo Ma

500

This is the term for transferring your 401(k) into a Roth (Roth IRA and/or Roth 401(k))

What is mega backdoor Roth?

500

In Roman mythology, Cupid is the son of this Goddess

Who is Venus?

500

The economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Korea are nicknamed this

The four Asian tigers or dragons