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