Lunar New Year (Holiday? It's just Tuesday)

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Lunar New Year Celebration Quiz

Test your knowledge on the vibrant and rich traditions of Lunar New Year! This quiz challenges you with 10 multiple-choice questions about the celebration's legends, customs, and zodiac animals.

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10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by DancingDragon237

1. What determines the start of the Lunar New Year?

The new moon on the first day of the new year

Exactly twenty-nine days after the earth completes a revolution around the sun

The fourth Thursday in January

A Chinese monk who chooses the day according to tradition

2. There is a grand celebration that takes place about fifteen days after the day of the Lunar New Year. What is it called?

Lunar Celebration

Day of the Dragon

The Kiss of Heaven

Lantern Festival

3. How many years apart are the years of the zodiac animals? For example: when it is the year of the monkey, how many years ago was the last year of the monkey?

5. Which year of the zodiac was it in 1981, 1993, 2005, and 2017?

Year of the Horse

Year of the Dog

Year of the Tiger

Year of the Rooster

6. Which of the following is most widely accepted legend pertaining to the order of the zodiac?

The animals go in order of creation, first created to last created

The animals are in order of the the gods' favorite to least favorite

The animals would race across a river, the first to win headed the cycle

The largest animal was first, the smallest last

7. Why would a person who celebrate Lunar NY most likely ask another person what their animal is?

To see who should receive respect because they are older

To find their exact age

To see what type of pets they might own

To buy them gifts for their year

8. Which of these is most widely celebrated at the time of the Lunar New Year?

Heroes

Family ties

The nation's people

Old World culture

9. What of these acts is extremely important for preparing for the Lunar New Year?

Wearing loose-fitting garments for folk dancing

Making cookies

Cleaning every part of the house

Hanging ornaments on a tree

10. Which of the following is most characteristic of Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatowns in the U.S.?

The stores in Chinatown are shut down for a day

Many people take a week or more off work

The celebration is much longer than in Asia

The parades are most often fundraisers for local charities

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