Current Challenge

 

The challenge for this week is New Songs for a New Year. See if you can name the following songs with the word "new" in the title, from the clues provided.

1. What year is it now (1998 gregorian)in the Chinese Calendar?
2. Name the only three animals in the chinese years that are NOT mammals.
3. What is the Chinese New Year Celebration, also known as?
4. What do the people celebrating the New Year do, just before celebration starts, to get rid of misfortune, and show respect to the "God of the Household"?
5. What will be the first U.S. Post Office Stamps, released in 1998?
6. What breakfast cereal character helped Americans to be more aware of the Chinese New Year Celebration?
7. In what year was the Gregorian Calendar adopted in China?
8. When does each Chinese New Year actually begin?
9. Which is the most auspicious of the 12 Chinese Zodiac signs, and why was it more so for the Chinese-Americans in the United States during the 1970's?

Answers to Current Challenge

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