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100

In Thailand, it's considered crude to spear for your food with your ____. The only use for this utensil is to push food onto a spoon, which is then placed into the mouth.

Fork

100

Old scandinavian god of thunder

Thor / Donner

100

In Italy, roses are the favored flowers to take when invited to dinner. True or False?

False

100

The number of zodiac signs?

12

100

In the United States, should this day of the month fall on a Friday it is bad luck

13

200

In this country while dining it is taboo to arrange your utensils in the form of a cross

Italy

200

This country has a Winter Solstice celebration named Dongji

South Korea
200

What should Koreans do when they meet senior people?

They usually bow

200

What is the meaning of: Your ears are burning

Someone is talking about you

200

In which large Asian country should you avoid wearing white clothing to a celebration and using white paper to wrap gifts?

China

300

This country considers it a compliment to slurp loudly while eating soup.

Japan

300

The Cambodian ____ Angkor Wat is dedicated to Vishnu

Temple

300

This mountainous European country considers showing up half an hour late for an invitation to be considered rude.

Switzerland

300

The number ___ is very unlucky because the pronunciation sounds like the Chinese word for "death"

4

300

Name one of two asian countries is tipping seen as offensive?

Japan / South Korea.

400

Leaving your chopsticks sticking upright in a bowl of rice is seen as gauche in China, as that's how ceremonial rice is typically left as an offering at ______.

Funerals

400

There are around 3 million places of worship dedicated to the estimate 9 differing forms of faith in this country

India

400

In China you should not point with one finger, instead use this motion

Point with your whole hand

400

Brazilian superstition ...

When do you get 7 years of bad luck?

What happens if you break a mirror?

When you break a mirror

400

This Western gesture used in West African Nations is equivalent to giving some one the bird.

Thumbs Up!

500

In Portugal, asking for ____ & _____ from your server/chef/home cook can be received as an insult.

Salt & Pepper

500

The Satere-Mawe, an indigenous tribe in ____, have a custom where young men transitioning from boyhood to manhood must plunge their arms into gloves filled with venomous ants.

Brazil

500

In this country, when greeting a group of people it is expected to shake hands with the women first before the men.

Poland

500

What is triskaidekaphobia?

The fear of number 13

500

In Malaysia it is rude to touch someone's ____.

Head