Biangbiang noodles

Biangbiang noodles - Quiz

1. Who submitted an application of after an email discussion with Lee Collins in 2006?

A) Li Si
B) Ming Fan
C) Toshiya Suzuki
D) John Jenkins

2. What was missing from the character shape in the 2006 application by John Jenkins?

A) radical 心 (heart)
B) radical 阝 (mound)
C) radical 刂 (knife)
D) radical 戈 (dagger-axe)

3. Who submitted an application to the Unicode Consortium for the character in WS2015?

A) Lee Collins
B) Ming Fan (范銘)
C) John Jenkins
D) Toshiya Suzuki

4. What was the code for the traditional character in WS2015?

A) U+30EDD
B) UTC-00791
C) U+30EDE
D) UTC-01312

5. What was the code for the simplified character in WS2015?

A) UTC-01312
B) UTC-00791
C) U+30EDD
D) U+30EDE

6. In the dictionary used as evidence for UTC-00791, which radical disappeared?

A) radical 心 (heart)
B) radical 戈 (dagger-axe)
C) radical 月 (moon)
D) radical 刂 (knife)

7. In the academic paper used as evidence for UTC-01312, "radical 刂 (knife)" became which radical?

A) radical 心 (heart)
B) radical 戈 (dagger-axe)
C) radical 阝 (mound)
D) radical 辶 (walk)

8. Who suggested creating a new block called "CJK Complex Ideographic Symbols" in a proposal submitted on April 1st?

A) John Jenkins
B) Ming Fan
C) Lee Collins
D) Toshiya Suzuki

9. When were the traditional and simplified forms of the character added to Unicode version 13.0?

A) April 2015
B) 2007
C) 2006
D) March 2020

10. In which Unicode block were the biangbiang noodle characters added?

A) Kangxi Dictionary block
B) CJK Complex Ideographic Symbols block
C) CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G block
D) Tertiary Ideographic Plane block

11. What is the Unicode code for the Traditional form of the biangbiang noodle character?

A) U+30EDE
B) U+30EDD
C) UTC-00791
D) UTC-01312

12. What is the Unicode code for the Simplified form of the biangbiang noodle character?

A) UTC-00791
B) U+30EDD
C) U+30EDE
D) UTC-01312

13. Who uses mnemonics to aid recall of how the character is written?

A) TVB show producers
B) Shaanxi residents
C) Unicode Consortium members
D) Qin dynasty premiers

14. According to one version of the story, who invented the character biáng?

A) Ming Fan
B) Toshiya Suzuki
C) John Jenkins
D) Qin dynasty Premier Li Si

15. Why is it doubted that Li Si invented the character?

A) It is not found in the Kangxi Dictionary
B) It has too many strokes
C) It lacks the heart radical
D) It was patented in 2006

16. Which group was found to have used similar characters to biáng?

A) TVB show staff
B) Shaanxi residents
C) Unicode Consortium
D) Tiandihui

17. In what year did the TVB show The Web try to find the origin of the character?

A) 2007
B) 2015
C) 2006
D) 2020

18. Who did the producers of The Web contact to find the origin of the character?

A) China Daily journalists
B) University professors
C) The Unicode Consortium
D) Premier Li Si

19. What did the TVB show conclude regarding the origin of the character?

A) It was invented by a noodle shop
B) It was invented by Li Si
C) It was fabricated by a student
D) It was created by Tiandihui

20. What is a commonly believed hypothesis about the origin involving a student?

A) A student invented it during an email discussion
B) A student wrote it in the Kangxi Dictionary
C) A student fabricated a character to get out of a bill
D) A student submitted it to the Unicode Consortium

21. According to a China Daily article, what kind of word is "biang"?

A) A verb
B) An onomatopoeia
C) A preposition
D) An adjective

22. What sound does the word "biang" actually refer to?

A) The sound of a dictionary closing
B) The sound of customers slurping noodles
C) The sound of water boiling in a pot
D) The sound made when the chef slaps the dough on the table

23. How many strokes do the variants of the Traditional character for biáng have?

A) Between 72 and 90 strokes
B) Between 30 and 45 strokes
C) Between 56 and 71 strokes
D) Exactly 13 strokes

24. How many variants of the Traditional character for biáng are mentioned?

A) Around fifty
B) More than twenty
C) Less than five
D) Exactly two

25. What is an alternative name for Biangbiang noodles in Chinese?

A) bīngbīngmiàn
B) yóupō chěmiàn
C) zhájiàngmiàn
D) biāobiāomiàn

26. What shape are Biangbiang noodles compared to due to their thickness and length?

A) A snake
B) A ribbon
C) A rope
D) A belt

27. How are Biangbiang noodles usually prepared?

A) Hand-made
B) Freeze-dried
C) Machine-extruded
D) Canned

28. What has recently driven the wider recognition of Biangbiang noodles across China?

A) Agricultural reports
B) Government promotion
C) Social media interest
D) International food festivals

29. Is the character for biáng found in modern dictionaries or the Kangxi dictionary?

A) Yes, in both
B) No
C) Only in the Kangxi dictionary
D) Only in modern dictionaries

30. Which character is in the middle and flanked by 幺 on both sides in the biáng character?

A) 月
B) 言
C) 心
D) 馬

31. Which character represents 'horse' in the biáng character?

A) 言
B) 馬
C) 穴
D) 長

32. Which character surrounds the biáng character on the top?

A) 辶
B) 穴
C) 心
D) 月

33. What Unicode version included the characters for biáng?

A) Unicode 12.1.0
B) Unicode 14.0.0
C) Unicode 10.0.0
D) Unicode 13.0.0

34. Which group received submissions for the inclusion of the biáng characters in CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G?

A) International Organization for Standardization
B) World Wide Web Consortium
C) Ideographic Rapporteur Group
D) Unicode Consortium

35. What is often used instead of the actual computer character for biáng due to lack of support?

A) Voice recordings
B) English translations only
C) Numerical codes
D) Images, phonetic substitutes, or pinyin

36. Which of the following is a phonetic substitute used for biáng?

A) 彪彪面
B) 油泼扯面
C) 扯面面
D) 陕西八大怪

37. Which font by Adobe displays the actual glyphs for the biáng IDS sequences in versions after 2.002?

A) Times New Roman
B) Arial Unicode
C) Source Han Sans
D) SimSun

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