Quiz Nation! Happy Chinese New Year

January 26, 2009

Millions of Chinese people around the world are celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year today! Chinese astrologers and bankers alike worry that the year of the ox will be gloomy, especially in the financial hub Hong Kong. Even so, test your New Year's luck with this quiz all about the most important festival of the Chinese calendar!

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31 Comments

erure 4 years 16 weeks

question 3 is FALSE!! red doesn't symbolize fire, it symbolizes luck and prosperity.

Symphonee 4 years 16 weeks

I took Chinese in High school and I only got 2 out of 5. Red symbolizes lcuk. Ms.Chen would say "AAYYYAA!!! Sleeping beauty. You should have been woke with your big eyes and paying attention" She was cool.

Symphonee 4 years 16 weeks

I took Chinese in High school and I only got 2 out of 5. Red symbolizes lcuk.Ms.Chen would say "AAYYYAA!!! Sleeping beauty. You should have been woke with your big eyes and paying attention" She was cool.

bluesmile 4 years 16 weeks

Chinese invented the lunar calendar, that's why it's chinese new year.

bluesmile 4 years 16 weeks

Chinese invented the lunar calendar, that's why it's chinese new year.

joannn 4 years 16 weeks

Question 5 has nothing to do with CNY tradition

summerjams 4 years 16 weeks

eh? im chinese and red is more widely recognised as a colour of luck, not fire..

rossy 4 years 16 weeks

3/5 Funny how I got #3 wrong when I clicked "true" & at the end it came up as "false"... - Oh well, I was born in the "Year of the Dragon"!

rossy 4 years 16 weeks

3/5 Funny how I got #3 wrong when I clicked "true" & at the end it came up as "false"...-Oh well, I was born in the "Year of the Dragon"!

PeachyKeen19 4 years 16 weeks

Yes, I also read that red symbolizes luck not fire...

girlshop75 4 years 16 weeks

The holiday is called the LUNAR NEW YEAR. More cultures than the Chinese observe the lunar calendar such as Vietnamese & Koreans.

mariejoeyjacobs 4 years 16 weeks

I got the last one wrong! :(

mariejoeyjacobs 4 years 16 weeks

I got the last one wrong! :(

cherrypop 4 years 16 weeks

i love chinese new year! all the goodies, red packets from relatives, food, lo hei, and catching up with relatives, new clothes and shoes! :D

sugar_me_sweet 4 years 16 weeks

me too georgie, ive been celebrating chinese new year ever since i can remember and i don't really know much about what everything symbolizes.

georgie 4 years 16 weeks

As someone who's chinese... no one evers told me the red represented fire. I've long been led to believe it's a lucky colour...

chatondeneige 4 years 16 weeks

Whooo! I was telling everyone about this today! I was born in the year of the Ox, and I call shenanigans on the people claiming it'll be a gloomy one!