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Biangbiang noodles - Quiz
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  • 1. Who submitted an application of after an email discussion with Lee Collins in 2006?
A) Ming Fan
B) Li Si
C) Toshiya Suzuki
D) John Jenkins
  • 2. What was missing from the character shape in the 2006 application by John Jenkins?
A) radical 阝 (mound)
B) radical 刂 (knife)
C) radical 心 (heart)
D) radical 戈 (dagger-axe)
  • 3. Who submitted an application to the Unicode Consortium for the character in WS2015?
A) John Jenkins
B) Ming Fan (范銘)
C) Toshiya Suzuki
D) Lee Collins
  • 4. What was the code for the traditional character in WS2015?
A) UTC-00791
B) U+30EDD
C) UTC-01312
D) U+30EDE
  • 5. What was the code for the simplified character in WS2015?
A) U+30EDD
B) UTC-01312
C) UTC-00791
D) U+30EDE
  • 6. In the dictionary used as evidence for UTC-00791, which radical disappeared?
A) radical 刂 (knife)
B) radical 月 (moon)
C) radical 心 (heart)
D) radical 戈 (dagger-axe)
  • 7. In the academic paper used as evidence for UTC-01312, "radical 刂 (knife)" became which radical?
A) radical 戈 (dagger-axe)
B) radical 阝 (mound)
C) radical 心 (heart)
D) radical 辶 (walk)
  • 8. Who suggested creating a new block called "CJK Complex Ideographic Symbols" in a proposal submitted on April 1st?
A) Toshiya Suzuki
B) Ming Fan
C) John Jenkins
D) Lee Collins
  • 9. When were the traditional and simplified forms of the character added to Unicode version 13.0?
A) 2006
B) March 2020
C) 2007
D) April 2015
  • 10. In which Unicode block were the biangbiang noodle characters added?
A) Tertiary Ideographic Plane block
B) Kangxi Dictionary block
C) CJK Complex Ideographic Symbols block
D) CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G block
  • 11. What is the Unicode code for the Traditional form of the biangbiang noodle character?
A) U+30EDE
B) UTC-01312
C) UTC-00791
D) U+30EDD
  • 12. What is the Unicode code for the Simplified form of the biangbiang noodle character?
A) UTC-01312
B) U+30EDD
C) UTC-00791
D) U+30EDE
  • 13. Who uses mnemonics to aid recall of how the character is written?
A) Shaanxi residents
B) Qin dynasty premiers
C) TVB show producers
D) Unicode Consortium members
  • 14. According to one version of the story, who invented the character biáng?
A) Qin dynasty Premier Li Si
B) Ming Fan
C) Toshiya Suzuki
D) John Jenkins
  • 15. Why is it doubted that Li Si invented the character?
A) It lacks the heart radical
B) It has too many strokes
C) It was patented in 2006
D) It is not found in the Kangxi Dictionary
  • 16. Which group was found to have used similar characters to biáng?
A) Tiandihui
B) Unicode Consortium
C) Shaanxi residents
D) TVB show staff
  • 17. In what year did the TVB show The Web try to find the origin of the character?
A) 2015
B) 2020
C) 2007
D) 2006
  • 18. Who did the producers of The Web contact to find the origin of the character?
A) Premier Li Si
B) The Unicode Consortium
C) University professors
D) China Daily journalists
  • 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 created by Tiandihui
D) It was fabricated by a student
  • 20. What is a commonly believed hypothesis about the origin involving a student?
A) A student fabricated a character to get out of a bill
B) A student invented it during an email discussion
C) A student submitted it to the Unicode Consortium
D) A student wrote it in the Kangxi Dictionary
  • 21. According to a China Daily article, what kind of word is "biang"?
A) A preposition
B) An adjective
C) An onomatopoeia
D) A verb
  • 22. What sound does the word "biang" actually refer to?
A) The sound of a dictionary closing
B) The sound of water boiling in a pot
C) The sound of customers slurping noodles
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 56 and 71 strokes
B) Exactly 13 strokes
C) Between 72 and 90 strokes
D) Between 30 and 45 strokes
  • 24. How many variants of the Traditional character for biáng are mentioned?
A) More than twenty
B) Exactly two
C) Around fifty
D) Less than five
  • 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 rope
B) A belt
C) A ribbon
D) A snake
  • 27. How are Biangbiang noodles usually prepared?
A) Canned
B) Freeze-dried
C) Machine-extruded
D) Hand-made
  • 28. What has recently driven the wider recognition of Biangbiang noodles across China?
A) Agricultural reports
B) Government promotion
C) International food festivals
D) Social media interest
  • 29. Is the character for biáng found in modern dictionaries or the Kangxi dictionary?
A) Only in the Kangxi dictionary
B) No
C) Yes, in both
D) Only in modern dictionaries
  • 30. Which character is in the middle and flanked by 幺 on both sides in the biáng character?
A) 言
B) 心
C) 月
D) 馬
  • 31. Which character represents 'horse' in the biáng character?
A) 言
B) 穴
C) 長
D) 馬
  • 32. Which character surrounds the biáng character on the top?
A) 心
B) 月
C) 穴
D) 辶
  • 33. What Unicode version included the characters for biáng?
A) Unicode 12.1.0
B) Unicode 10.0.0
C) Unicode 13.0.0
D) Unicode 14.0.0
  • 34. Which group received submissions for the inclusion of the biáng characters in CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G?
A) World Wide Web Consortium
B) Ideographic Rapporteur Group
C) Unicode Consortium
D) International Organization for Standardization
  • 35. What is often used instead of the actual computer character for biáng due to lack of support?
A) Numerical codes
B) Images, phonetic substitutes, or pinyin
C) English translations only
D) Voice recordings
  • 36. Which of the following is a phonetic substitute used for biáng?
A) 油泼扯面
B) 陕西八大怪
C) 扯面面
D) 彪彪面
  • 37. Which font by Adobe displays the actual glyphs for the biáng IDS sequences in versions after 2.002?
A) Arial Unicode
B) Times New Roman
C) SimSun
D) Source Han Sans
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