❓ Vietnamese Folk Games — Guess Who?

The name 'ô ăn quan' means the squares (ô) where you try to 'eat' (ăn) the big pieces called...?

• 🪨Quan (mandarin)
• 👑Vua (king)
• 🐟Cá (fish)

Playing folk games teaches children to follow rules and play...?

• ⚖️Fairly
• 🙅By cheating
• 💢Roughly

Some traditional kites in central Vietnam are special because they can make a...?

• 🎵Whistling/flute sound
• 💥Loud bang
• 🔇No sound at all

Big colourful kites in Vietnam are sometimes made with a bamboo frame and cloth or...?

• 📄Paper
• 🔩Metal sheets
• 🔷Glass

In 'bịt mắt bắt dê', the blindfolded player must rely on their sense of...?

• 👂Hearing
• 👀Sight
• 👅Taste

Folk games are passed down from grandparents and parents to...?

• 🧒Children
• 🤖Robots
• 🚫Nobody

Which of these is a traditional Vietnamese folk game?

• 🪨Ô ăn quan
• 🎮A video game console
• 🎳Bowling

In 'chơi chuyền', players toss a small ball and pick up little sticks. This trains the hands to be...?

• 🤹Quick and skillful
• 🐌Slow and stiff
• 😴Sleepy

Why are folk games good for children even today?

• 🤸They are active, cheap and fun with friends
• 💸They cost a lot of money
• 📱They are played alone on a screen

Folk games usually need very little equipment — often just some stones, a rope, or a...?

• 🖍️Piece of chalk
• 💻Computer
• 📺Television

Many folk games were traditionally played most at which festival?

• 🎎Tết and village festivals
• 📝During exams
• 🚫Never

Đá cầu uses a shuttlecock kept up with the feet, a bit like which modern sport with hands?

• 🏸Badminton
• ♟️Chess
• 🎣Fishing

Tug of war (kéo co) is often played between two teams at village festivals to test their...?

• 💪Strength and teamwork
• 🎤Singing voice
• 🎨Drawing skill

In 'Rồng rắn lên mây', children hold onto each other to form a long...?

• 🐉Snake/dragon
• ⭕Circle standing still
• 🧱Tower of blocks

Ô ăn quan is drawn as two big squares (quan) and ten small squares. What do you use as pieces?

• 🪨Small stones or pebbles
• 🪙Real gold coins
• 🔥Fire

Ô ăn quan is a traditional Vietnamese board game played by moving small stones and...?

• 🪨Counting them into squares
• 🗑️Throwing them away
• 😋Eating them

🦶 In this game we hop on one foot across squares drawn on the ground. What is it?

• 🦶Hopscotch (nhảy lò cò)
• 😴Sleeping
• 🍚Eating

Folk games like kéo co and nhảy dây are games from...?

• 🎎Long ago (truyền thống)
• 🚀Outer space
• 🤖The future

If a friend falls while playing, a kind child will...?

• 🤝Help them up
• 😂Laugh and run
• 🙈Ignore them

A kite flies best on a day that is...?

• 🌬️Windy
• 🚫With no wind
• ❄️Snowy

We spin this hand game to decide who goes first: rock, paper, and...?

• ✂️Scissors (oẳn tù tì)
• 🚗A car
• 🐟A fish

When we play games with friends, we should take...?

• 🤝Turns and share
• 😾All the fun alone
• 🙅Push others

Which one is a game children play together?

• 🙈Hide and seek
• 🍽️Washing dishes
• 🧾Doing taxes

Playing outside with friends helps our body stay strong and...?

• 💪Healthy
• 😴Sleepy all day
• 😠Grumpy

Do we play folk games alone or with friends?

• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑With friends
• 📱Only with a phone
• 🙍Alone always

🐐 In this game one child is blindfolded and tries to catch the others. What is it called?

• 🐐Blind man's buff (bịt mắt bắt dê)
• 📖Reading a book
• 🧼Washing hands

In tug of war (kéo co), the team that pulls the rope harder...?

• 🏆Wins
• 😴Goes to sleep
• 🍰Eats cake

🪁 In this game we fly a colourful toy on a string in the wind. What is it?

• 🪁Flying a kite (thả diều)
• ⛏️Digging
• 🧹Sweeping

🏸 In this game we kick a feathered shuttlecock and keep it in the air. What is it called?

• 🏸Đá cầu (kick shuttlecock)
• 🎨Painting
• 🎤Singing

🙈 In this game one child hides their eyes and others hide. What is it called?

• 🙈Hide and seek (trốn tìm)
• 🍳Cooking
• 😴Sleeping

🪀 In this game we jump over a swinging rope. What is it called?

• 🪀Jump rope (nhảy dây)
• 🏊Swimming
• 📖Reading

🪢 In this game two teams pull a rope. What is it called?

• 🪢Tug of war (kéo co)
• 😴Sleeping
• 🍚Eating