Q 01/05

On which day of the Chinese lunisolar calendar does the Mid-Autumn Festival fall?

A) 15th day, 8th month

B) 1st day, 1st month

C) 5th day, 5th month

D) 9th day, 9th month

Answer · why

A) 15th day, 8th month

15th day, 8th month marks the middle of autumn on the lunar calendar, which is how the Mid-Autumn Festival got its name.

Q 02/05

In some years, China's Mid-Autumn holiday merges with which other public holiday into an eight-day break?

A) National Day

B) Labour Day

C) Qingming Festival

D) Dragon Boat Festival

Answer · why

A) National Day

National Day, on 1 October, can land beside the festival, and the merged eight-day holiday brings some of China's heaviest travel of the year.

Q 03/05

In the legend behind the Mid-Autumn Festival, where does the goddess Chang'e live?

A) Across the Milky Way

B) In the Jade Emperor's court

C) In the Moon Palace

D) On Mount Kunlun

Answer · why

C) In the Moon Palace

In the Moon Palace: in the most popular telling, Chang'e chose the moon so she could live near her husband on earth.

Q 04/05

What does the round shape of a mooncake symbolise?

A) Wealth and good fortune

B) Completeness and reunion

C) Long life and health

D) Harvest and plenty

Answer · why

B) Completeness and reunion

Completeness and reunion are why the eldest in some households cut one mooncake into pieces, one for each family member.

Q 05/05

What are mooncakes typically filled with?

A) Cream cheese and honey

B) Coconut and palm sugar

C) Minced pork and spring onion

D) Sweet bean or lotus-seed paste

Answer · why

D) Sweet bean or lotus-seed paste

Sweet bean or lotus-seed paste makes mooncakes so dense and sweet that they are usually cut into small wedges and eaten with tea.