What's+Up+With+That?!

What's Up with that: Game


Society/Culture: In what country would giving knives or other cutting utensils as a gift indicate the severing of a relationship? a) China b) Japan c) Pakistan d) Saudi Arabia (answer: a )
 * Sara:

Food: This dish, also called "aubergine caviar" is typical of Middle-Eastern cooking and consists of mashed eggplant with various spices. a) hummus b) baba ganoush c) tahini d) Turkish yogurt (answer: **b**)

Marriage: In ancient Rome, the bride wore a veil called a "flammeum" over her face. What color was it? a) purple b) black c) white d) yellow (answer: d )

Religion: Where did the Sikh religion originate? a) Sri Lanka b) Tamil Nadu c) Bangladesh d) Punjab (answer: d ; N.B. Punjab is located in modern-day India and Pakistan) **

a) North America b) Asia c) Europe d) Africa (answer: **c**)
 * New Year's:** What was the first continent to begin the switch to the Gregorian calendar (the one we use today) in 1582, thus switching New Year's day from March 1 to January 1?

a)China b)Uganda c)Japan d)Spain (answer: **b**)
 * Juan**:
 * Society/Culture**: In what country was it customary for women to kneel when speaking to a man?

a) skunk b) guinea pig c) aardvark d) cat (answer: **b** )
 * Food**: What furry critter is considered a delicacy in Peruvian cuisine?

a)Argentina b)Ukraine c)Mozambique d)Egypt (answer: **c**)
 * Marriage**: In what country is a woman, when her husband dies, forced to marry her brother in-law or any male relatives of her husband because she is considered a property of the family?

a)Christianity b)Hinduism c)Scientology d)Islam (answer: **d** )
 * Religion**: In what religion are people prohibited by tradition from touching the saliva of dog. Once the person’s hand touches the saliva of dog, he or she should wash her/his hand seven times before they pray?

a) Mexico b) Uganda c) Pakistan d)Japan (answer: **a** )
 * New Year's:** In what country do you walk around the block on New Year's Eve with your luggage so that you will be guaranteed to travel in the coming year?

Troy:

1) Social Customs, In Australia, if you “ take the mick “ out of each other you are

A. Poking fun at someone B.Taking a turn buying drinks C. going shopping together D.Getting engaged ( A is the answer)( its done amongst family and friends and is a form of acceptance)

2) Food and Drink Customs, In which country should the soles of your feet not point directly toward someone else at dinner. (This is bad manners, and may bring "bad luck" to that person.) A. Morrocco B.Mongolia C. Georgia D. Scotland (A is the answer)

3) Wedding Traditions

If you were at a wedding in ancient Rome. Which one of these events would NOT occur. A.Breaking bread over the bride's head as a fertility symbol. B.Guests gathering up the bread crumbs and eating them. C. The Bride would be dressed in white. D. HAVING THE CEREMONY IN MAY

(D is the answer)(may and February were forbidden- June was highly encouraged, thus the expression “ June bride”)

4) Religion Traditions Which religion is the oldest?

A> Hinduism ( since approx. 4000 BC) B> Judaism (since approx.2000 B.C.)

C. Christianism (since approx. 30 B.C.)

D Shinto ( since approx. 500 B.C.)

( uhh... its A- but you're not supposed to read to the students the actual dates they originated in order for this question to work )

5) New Years’ Customs In which country would you be if you celebrated the three-day-long New Years festival ( known as Maha Thingyan) on April 16th

A. India B. Malaysia C. Burma D. Saudi Arabia ( C is the answer)

**Social Customs :**
 * Andrea:**

In this country, the "Thumbs Up" gesture is considered an offensive insult.

A) Serbia B) China C) Australia D) Iraq

Answer: D) Iraq

**Food and Drink:**

In this part of the world, it is common that the person cooking a meal will say that there was something wrong with it ("Oh, it was too salty.") You are expected to disagree ("No, no, it was incredible!")

A) South America B) Asia C) Europe D) Africa Answer: B) Asia

**Wedding**

During the period of slavery in this region, couples were not allowed to legally marry. As a public statement of their love and commitment, with drums beating in the background, a man and woman jumped over a broom "into matrimony."

A) Asia B) Australia C) North America D) Africa

Answer: D) Africa

**Religions:** In what religion is one required to pray 5 times facing the holy city of Mecca?

A) Islam B) Judaism C) Buddhism D)Hinduism Answer: A: Islam

**New Years’**: In this country one should eat seven days a day on New Years’ to ensure abundant food in upcoming year. A) Uzbekistan B) Taiwan C) Estonia D) Somalia Answer: C: Estonia

a) Black b) Red c) White d) Yellow (answer c)
 * John**:
 * Society/Culture**: What is a common funereal color in India and China:

a) Spiker Silk b) Puréed eel c) Asp venom d) All of the above (answer: b)
 * Food**: Unagi Nobori is a Japanese "energy drink" that contains what "odd" ingredient:

Which color is reserved for the "bride" at a traditional Chinese wedding? a) Red b) Green c) White d) Yellow (answer a)
 * Marriage**:

a) Hinduism, Christianity, Taoism b) Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism c) Islam, Taoism, Christianity d) Islam, Judaism, Christianity (answer: d)
 * Religion**: What three religions are often cited as being "religions of the book"?

Where did Dr. Farhat's father-in-law spend New Year's Eve in 2007? a) Venice b) Oslo c) Tunis d) Paris (answer: a)
 * New Year's...:**

Soni:

In France, it is considered bad luck to put this on that table upside or face down. What is it? a) a spoon b) snails c) your napkin d) a baguette **answer d**

In France at Easter, it is not the Easter Bunny who brings you eggs. Who is it?

a) lambs b) the Church bells c) chickens d) daffodils **Answer b**

In many European countries, it is customary to kiss on the cheeks when you greet someone you know. The number of times you kiss them depends on :

a) their age b) how well you know them c) the region where they are from d) how much you like them **Answer c

Foie Gras, a French specialty, is considered one of the most decadent foods in the world. It is made from the forced-fed liver of which animal? a rabbit b) goose c) sheep d) duck Answer b

Because it was the fashion in Florence, Italy in the 16th century, the woman in the most famous painting in the world, Mona Lisa is missing something that today looks a little unusual. What is it? a) eyelashes b) earrings c) make up d) eyebrows Answer d**

Vaughan

1. Anime and Manga are two forms of popular storytelling in the country. a. China b. Japan c. India (answer b)

2. In at least one state in this country, it is a common ritual to throw newborns off a 15-meter temple in order to give them good luck and intelligence in adulthood.

a. India b. Iran c. Israel (answer a)

3. In this country it is a tradition to cover the bride or groom with something sticky and smelly, drive them around and possibly tie them to a tree or lamppost the night before the wedding. (answer b)

a. Germany b. Scotland c. South Africa

4. A tribe in this country has a coming-of-age ritual where boys are stung by bullet ants for an excruciating 30 minutes 25 times.

a. Brazil b. Kenya c. Botswana (answer a)

5. A festival held annually in the south of this country is celebrated by puncturing one’s cheeks with spears and knives along with a fast of no meat for 9 days.

a. Vietnam b. Nigeria c. Thailand (answer c)

Anna: Where will you find children throwing pails of water out the window at midnight. Some believe that this rids their home of any evil spirits!
 * Puerto Rico**

It is a good sign to find your door heaped with a pile of broken dishes at New Years. Old dishes are saved year around to throw them at the homes where their friends live on New Years Eve. Many broken dishes were a symbol that you have many friends!
 * DENMARK**

In this country waiting for the "NEW YEAR" is celebrated by creating a fake person or dummy. The scarecrow looking person will be completely dressed and stuffed with old newspapers and firecrackers. The dummy is usually placed outside the home. He represents something that happened during the last year. At midnight each family lights the dummy on fire. As the dummy goes up in smoke the firecrackers also go off to add to the festivities. The old year is forgotten and the new year begins.
 * Ecuador**

What country's has a custom of making rice pudding at New Year's and hide one whole almond within. Guaranteed wealth goes to the person whose serving holds the lucky almond.
 * Norway**

What country decorates their homes in tribute to lucky gods. One tradition, kadomatsu, consists of a pine branch symbolizing longevity, a bamboo stalk symbolizing prosperity, and a plum blossom showing nobility. This country had a tradition of listening to hear if the farm animals talked on New Years Da__y. If the animals__ talked it was considered bad luck so they are relived when they do not hear any talking animals.
 * Japan**
 * Romania**

 A special New Year's bread is baked with a coin buried in the dough. The first slice is for the Christ child, the second for the father of the household and the third slice is for the house. If the third slice holds the coin, spring will come early that year.
 * Greece**

In what part of Italy does  tradition say that good luck will come to those who eat lasagna on New Year's Day, but woe if you dine on macaroni, for any other noodle will bring bad luck.  At the first toll of midnight, the back door is opened and then shut to release the old year and lock out all of its bad luck. Then at the twelfth stroke of the clock, the front door is opened and the New Year is welcomed with all of its luck.
 * Sicily**
 * Wales**

In what country is sending red Christmas cards constitutes bad etiquette, since funeral notices there are customarily printed in red.
 * Japan**

In what country are termites roasted and eaten by the handful as if they were pretzels or popcorn?
 * South Africa**

In what country is beer not considered an alcoholic beverage but rather a staple food?
 * Bavaria**

In what country is a man is allowed to have as many as four wives if he can support them all, and it is not uncommon for a girl to be engaged before she is even born.
 * Somalia**

In what country is it believed that the ring finger has the "vein amoris", the vein of love, which runs straight to the heart.
 * Egypt**

Once the couples wedding vows have been exchanged, and before the newlywed bride becomes the mistress of her new home, she walks around the outside of her house three times.
 * Morocco**

In what country is it traditional for newlyweds to sneak away from their own wedding reception without saying good-bye. This is considered to bring good luck to the union.
 * Venezuela**

The country where gold wedding rings first became popular, and it was also the tradition of the wedding cake was first begun when, in the first century B.C., a cake or bread was broken over the bride’s head to insure fertility.
 * Italy**

The country where the tradition of a Best Man began. In olden days it was sometimes necessary for a man to kidnap his bride from a neighboring village and he needed his strongest friend (his Best Man) to help with the kidnapping and to stand by him at the wedding ceremony to fight off any relatives that might try to take her back.
 * Germany**

Where did the tradition of: **//something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue//** begin?
 * England**

What country did the wedding tradition of the groom carrying his new bride over the threshold of their home begin? (extra trivia: this tradition began with two beliefs. The first one was that if the bride were to trip or stumble as she entered her new home (as she crossed her new threshold for the first time) bad luck would plague the marriage. The second belief was that evil spirits inhabited the threshold of a new couple’s home and that if the bride stepped on the threshold the evil spirits would enter through her feet and the marriage would be doomed.)
 * England**

The bridal shower was created for the bride which was unfortunate enough enough to have her father not approve of her choice in husbands, he would not offer a dowry. Her friends would then "shower"her with gifts so she could still be married to her groom., without the help of her father. Where did the roots of the customary bridal shower originate?
 * Holland**

In what country is it customary for the young man to present the bride’s father with a gift. Custom dictates that the gift should be the tooth of a whale, which symbolizes status and wealth.
 * Fiji**

An engagement tradition where a man would throw a spear at the front of the house of the girl he wished to marry. This act would symbolize her unavailability, and begin the engagement process. The groom and his family would then go together to the bride's family to ask for her hand in marriage.
 * Filipino**

When a younger sibling marries before any older siblings, the older siblings must perform a traditional dance in a pig trough.
 * Native American**

Meghan In which European country do they eat 12 grapes at each one of the last 12 strokes of the clock on New Year's Eve? a) Italy b) Greece c) France d) Spain (answer is Spain)
 * Tradition**

Who is accredited with starting the tradition of wearing a white wedding dress? (answer is B) a) Princess Grace b) Queen Victoria of England I c) Marie Antoinette d) Queen Elizabeth I of England

In which country do they celebrate HOGMANY, the world's biggest street party with live music and fireworks, on New Year's Eve? a) Dublin b) Melbourne c) Edinburgh d) Reading
 * Tradition/Culture**

In which Asian country does the "OK" sign we make with our hands mean "money"? a) China b) Japan c) Korea d) Phillipines (answer is B)
 * Society**

Marx and Engels wrote "Conditions of the Working Class", which analyzed the world's first industrialized city. That city is... a) London b) Hamburg c) New York d) Manchester
 * History**

Aline

Do not point your index finger to your head. This is an insult in what country?


 * Switzerland** Thailand Mexico Ethiopia

Never touch a person's or child's head. The head is considered sacred in what country?
 * Thailand**

Where is the foot is considered the lowest part of the body, and is thought to be unclean. The foot should never be used to point at someone, and you should never show the bottom of your feet. Tapping your foot or fidgeting your legs denotes feebleness and lack of interest. When crossing your legs, do so only by placing one knee over the other.
 * Thailand**

Where don't you give handkerchiefs (symbols of a sad farewell). Most Asians consider the Western habit of using a cloth handkerchief and then returning it to your pocket to be barbaric.
 * VIETNAM**

Putting your thumb through your index and middle fingers or making the "OK" sign are considered very rude gestures in what country?


 * RUSSIA**

In what country is burping is considered extremely vulgar?


 * ITALY

Roci**

1. In what European country, is a shoe or boot placed by the fireplace on the eve of Dec. 6th so that St. Nicholas fills it with holiday candy. a) Norway b) Sweden c) Germany d) Romania answer: C Germany

2. In what Latin American country, is a shoe placed by the Christmas tree on the eve of January 6th so that the 3 Wise Men bring gifts to them. a) Peru b) Chile c) Mexico d) Panama answer: C Mexico

3. December 21st, supposedly the shortest day (longest night) of the year, is dubbed St. Thomas Day. In parts of the Sauerland, whoever wakes up late or arrives late to work on that day is issued the title "Thomas Donkey." They are given a cardboard donkey and are the subject of numerous jokes throughout the day. But this gentle abuse ends deliciously with round, iced currant buns called "Thomasplitzchen." In what country does this happen? a) Germany b) Austria c) Canada d) Latvia answer: C Germany

4. This country is known to have one of the friendliest people in the world. New acquaintances are likely to offer a glass of 'palinca' (fruit brandy) and a four meal dinner regardless of the time of day. a) Romania b) Indonesia c) Ukrania d) Ireland answer: A Romania