Trivia Contest

Ok, I'm going to start posting the answers to the Myspace trivia questions here.
Once the answers are posted, you won't have a chance to guess anymore.
If you want to see the current trivia questions about Japan, and try for a folding fan,
go the the myspace blog. Click Here.

The questions for March 27 were as follows:

There are some very strict rules about how to use the chopsticks and serving paddle. What one thing is considered the worst thing you can do with each item respectively? (Hint, both answers have something to do with funerals)

The Answer:

You must never pass food from your chopsticks to the reciever's chopsticks.
And you must never stick the rice paddle in the pot of rice standing straight up.

These are both activities that are done at funerals, and it is considered morbid. Perhaps even interpreted as a death wish either for yourself, or someone else in the room.