Taiwan Culture, Economy and Society

Culture and Traditions

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  1. Which language is used in most schools and the media in Taiwan?
  2. Which kind of Chinese characters are used in everyday writing in Taiwan?
  3. Which drink, made with tea, milk and chewy tapioca pearls, began in Taiwan in the 1980s?
  4. Which Taipei night market, close to Jiantan MRT station, is among the best known for street food?
  5. Which sweet pastry with a pineapple filling is a popular gift from Taiwan?
  6. Which dish of braised beef, noodles and broth is often named a national dish of Taiwan?
  7. Which festival in Pingxi, New Taipei, is known for launching sky lanterns?
  8. Which goddess is honoured by a nine-day pilgrimage from Dajia in Taichung?
  9. Which museum in Taipei holds a very large collection of Chinese imperial art?
  10. What are Zhuyin symbols, also called Bopomofo?
  11. Which form of Taiwanese puppet theatre uses cloth gloves and carved wooden heads?
  12. Which dance company, founded in 1973 by Lin Hwai-min, is Taiwan's best-known?
  13. Which Taiwan-born film director made Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?
  14. Which indigenous people are the largest in Taiwan?
  15. Which people of Orchid Island are famous for their flying fish festival?
  16. Which type of tea, partly fermented, is Taiwan's best-known?
  17. Which tea-growing hill near Taipei, reached by a gondola, is known for Tieguanyin tea?
  18. Which festival's customs include eating zongzi and racing boats in Taiwan?
  19. What is a popular Mid-Autumn Festival custom in Taiwan?
  20. In which month of the lunar calendar is Ghost Month observed?
  21. Which popular snack, cooked on a hot plate, combines oysters, eggs and starch?
  22. Which statement about Taiwan's indigenous languages is correct?
  23. Which statement about writing in Taiwan and on the mainland is correct?
  24. Taiwanese Hokkien belongs to which branch of Chinese, and from which province did it come?
  25. Which statement about the origins of Taiwan's two big Han groups is correct?

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