Count your Chinese New Year calories

Count your Chinese New Year calories

Count your Chinese New Year calories

Count your Chinese New Year calories

How well can you count your

Chinese New Year calories?

If you’re really bored at your reunion dinner,
this quiz is for you (and your know-it-all-relative).

If you’re really bored at your reunion dinner, this quiz is for you (and your know-it-all-relative).

Chinese New Year calories?

How well can you count your

Which has more calories – 3 slices of bak kwa or 10 pineapple tarts?

Valencia orange, Food, Rangpur, Clementine, Ingredient, Tangerine, Citrus
Food, Tableware, Dishware, Ingredient, Yellow, Plate, Serveware, Cuisine, Recipe, Dish
Bak kwa
Pineapple tarts
It doesn’t matter – I’m going to eat all!
Fruit
Bak kwa
Kueh lapis
Food, Ingredient, Rectangle, Wood, Cuisine, Recipe, Tableware
Staple food, Ingredient, Recipe, Tableware

What about 1 slice of bak kwa vs 2 slices of kueh lapis?

Fruit
Love letters
Shrimp rolls
Who would eat so much?!
Staple food, Penne, Ingredient, Recipe, Cuisine, Wood, Dish
Staple food, Tableware, Dishware, Ingredient, Recipe

If you can stomach it – 15 love letters or 12 shrimp rolls?

Fruit
Kueh lapis
Kueh bangkit
Dishware, Table, Wood, Serveware, Rectangle, Gold, Tableware, Drinkware, Red
Natural material, Flower, Plant, Dishware, Ingredient, Petal, Serveware, Cuisine

This should be easy – 1 slice of kueh lapis vs 15 kueh bangkit?

Fruit
2
5
8

How many love letters can you eat before hitting the recommended daily sugar allowance?

Staple food, Tableware, Dishware, Ingredient, Recipe
Fruit
Baked goods, Staple food, Ingredient, Wood, Cuisine, Dish
Kitchen utensil, Tableware, Food, Dishware, Plate, Tablecloth, Ingredient, Serveware, Rectangle, Cutlery
Baked goods, Food, Ingredient, Tableware, Recipe, Cuisine, Dish
Staple food, Tableware, Dishware, Ingredient, Recipe

Which of these would you eat for the fewest calories?

1 slice of bak kwa
2 pineapple tarts
1 slice of kueh lapis
4 love letters
Fruit

How soon should you start working off those calories after feasting?

Sports equipment, Human body, Footwear, Leg, Black, Dress, Knee, Thigh, Sportswear, Waist
2 - 4 hours
8 - 10 hours
2 - 3 days
Fruit
Just 1, thanks
3
As many as I want , I did housework today!

Finally, if you’ve spent 90 minutes sweeping the floor, how many slices of kueh lapis can you reward yourself with?

Fruit

Writers

Elizabeth Khor, Diane Leow & Nicole Chang

Interactive design & Illustrations

Jasper Loh

Photos: Istock

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