the chinese challenge

i think its really cute to hear these little kids speak mandarin. all the chinese teachers should play this clip to inspire the students in learning the wonderful chinese language, or to put them to shame.

so i decided to go to www.thechinesechallenge.sg to enrol in the weekly competition. if you got the highest score you will win prizes. i thought the questions were easy, thinking that the standard of chinese is like how screwed up right now, but omg, I AM WRONG.

1st question:

第一位得到奥斯卡奖的华人是谁?

this one i noe. confirm is 李安.


2nd question:

谁曾使用过“裸退”一词，而引起媒体热烈报道？

huh??!! wah i am totally clueless. let's see wat choices they have.

A) 中国前国务院副总理吴仪

B) 《色戒》里全裸演出的汤唯

C) 七十年代艳星胡锦

i shall go for A, which seems to be the most rational choice.


4th question:

以“大历史观”写出《万历十五年》的是以下哪一位学者？

A) 钱穆

B) 黄仁宇

C) 陈寅恪

i dun noe those 3 pple at all man. i only noe who is 金庸，古龙，罗贯中 and 黄玉郎. oops sorry 黄玉郎 is draw comic book one. :p


5th question:

棋樟山指的是本地哪一个岛？

of course is st john island lah. cannot be sentosa or pulau ubin rite?


7th question:

歌曲《龙的传人》的原唱者是：

A) 费玉清

B) 李建复

C) 成龙

if the answer for A change to 王力宏 i think the students will choose this. so the person who come out with these choices actually very nice. is very obvious the answer is B rite? haha.


9th question:

讲华语运动第二波广告“古文篇”中，第三位小朋友所念的绝句“窗含西岭千秋雪，门泊东吴万里船”的作者是谁？(watch the youtube clip at the beginning of this post)

A) 杜甫

B) 杜牧

C) 杜荀鹤

this question really too difficult. i only noe 举头望明月，低头思故乡 and 白日依山尽，黄河入海流.


10th question:

第一本由华人以英文创作并改编成百老汇歌舞剧与电影的畅销小说是：

A) 西贡小姐 (Miss Saigon)

B) 喜福会 (Joy Luck Club)

C) 花鼓歌 (Flower Drum Song)

i think most of the pple will just choose ms saigon. that's wat i did initially. but after doing some googling, i found out that the correct ans is actually Flower Drum Song. :p

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actually there are 12 qns in total. i only showed a few for everyone to see. the questions are seriously challenging, and i dare to admit that i failed this test TERRIBLY.

maybe should ask the LEP students to go and have a try. ex-主席, wat are you waiting for? still on cloud 9 after buying ur flat?? hahahahahaha.