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Thursday, 11 December 2008 01:12 Written by JFK Miller HOW SHANGHAINESE ARE YOU? WE FIND OUT WHAT YOU REALLY KNOW – OR DON’T – ABOUT YOUR ADOPTED CITY This month - Amber Scorah Age: Declined to say Years in Shanghai: 2.5 Job: Host of ChinesePod’s “Dear Amber” show 1. If a Shanghainese says you’re “lin va qin” what do they mean? a) You haven’t figured things out b) You have figured things out c) Go figure d) You have a bad figure 2. Which NBA team does Shanghai native Yao Ming play for? a) Denver Nuggets b) Toronto Raptors c) Houston Rockets d) Memphis Grizzlies 3. Which one of these newspapers is distributed free on the Metro: a) Oriental Morning Post (Dongfang Zaobao) b) I Times (I Shi dai bao) c) The New York Times d) Shanghai Morning Post (Xinwen Chenbao) 4. Shangha’s first steel bridge was? EXAMINERS COMMENTS: PASS! 8 out of 12 Teachers, it is often said, make the worst students, so we were thrilled to pass this particularly bright teacher. (Especially when she admitted beforehand that she was “kind of nervous” and had a feeling she was going to fail. We’re pleased to report that she sailed through our test like the Queen Mary, despite a few icebergs along the way. a) Nanpu Bridge b) London Bridge c) Garden Bridge d) Xupu Bridge 5. Which area is the historical birthplace of the CCP? a) Xintiandi b) Lujiazi c) Xujiahui d) Super Brand Mall 6. Who owns Xintiandi? a) Shui On Group b) Li Ka-shing c) Capital Land d) Donald Trump 7. Which is the largest Catholic church in Shanghai? a) St Ignatius Cathedral b) St Peter’s Basilica c) Jing’an Temple d) Hengshan Community Church 8. You’re invited to a Shanghainese wedding – how much should you put in a hong bao? a) RMB800 b) RMB1,888 c) It depends d) A blank check ANSWERS: 1(a), 2(c), 3(b), 4(c), 5(a), 6(a), 7(a), 8(c), 9(b), 10(a), 11(a), 12(d) Share your Shanghainese conundrums in the comments section below for next month... 9. Which one of these convenient stores will you not find in Shanghai? a) All Days b) 7-Eleven c) Lawson d) C-Store 10. What was Huaihai Lu called in colonial times? a) Avenue Joffre b) Bubbling Well Road c) Champs Elysées d) The King’s Road 11. Ruan Lingyu, the ‘Greta Garbo of China,’ committed suicide by: a) Eating poisoned congee b) Jumping off the Park Hotel c) Jumping off the Empire State Building d) Slashing her wrists in a hot tub 12. What is the theme of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo? a) Sustainable urban development b) One world, one dream c) Sex and the city d) Better city, better life
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