Chinese Pop Culture - Questions

Chinese Pop Culture - Questions

Instructions. 

Highlight the correct answer for each question.

Questions

1) What is the name of our calendar

a) The western calendar b) THE calendar

c) The Gregorian calendar d) The Chinese calendar

2) When does the Chinese calendar begin?

→ Chinese New Year (day 1 of the lunar year which is somewhere in the period January 21 to February 20. Start of Spring (day 1 of the solar year the first day of the first solar term in the traditional Chinese solar calendar, which falls in the period February 3–5.

3) What two things are seen as lucky in China?

a) Chocolate and Ice cream b) The colour red and fish

c) The Bear and the Dragon d) All of the above

4) Which has MORE days in the Calendar? The Gregorian Calendar or The Chinese Calendar?

→ 11 of the months have either 30 or 31 days, while the second month, February, has only 28 days during the common year.

5) What does shenanigan mean?

→ Dog. Pig. In the Chinese zodiac, twelve animals are used to denote the year of a person's birth: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. 

6) How many animals make up the Chinese Zodiac?

a) 20 b) 14

b) 4 c) 12

7) What are dragons a sign of?

a) Love and energy b) Kindness and Positivist

c) Friendship and Humour d) Prosperity and Strength

8) What are the 3 main forearms in China?

a) Sketching, calligraphy and dance b) Calligraphy, painting and dance 

c) Singing, calligraphy and dance d) Calligraphy, poetry and painting

9) What is the name of Mandarin Pop Music?

10What animal is your Zodiac animal?

→ 2010 Tiger