Old Town Tet
Flower markets, banh chung and New Year's Eve: a Tet quiz played right at the party table.
About
Hanoi, in the last days of the lunar year long ago. The Old Quarter is buzzing, and each party table is a family coming home for Tet.
The game runs on GoQuest, TeamTika’s team game app, with each table sharing a phone or tablet. Five rounds follow the family through the holiday: the Tet Flower Market, the Five-Fruit Tray, Wrapping Banh Chung, Tet Customs and New Year’s Eve. There are 20 multiple-choice questions on Tet culture, from Nhat Tan peach blossoms to the meaning of buying salt at New Year, plus 5 activities at the table: a peach branch pose, a five-fruit wish, a napkin banh chung, a rhyming wish and the midnight countdown.
Scores update live on the big screen, so tables can follow the race from their seats.
It is made for year-end parties and Tet celebrations, and it fits neatly between dinner and the stage show.
Learning outcomes
Every question can be answered only once, and a wrong answer shows the right one straight away. Tables quickly learn to pool what everyone knows and agree before they tap, which is a small, fun lesson in deciding together.
Questions come in easy, medium and hard, worth 40, 60 and 80 points, so tables also have to judge when to trust a quick guess and when to talk it through.
The five table activities, photos, songs and short videos, get the whole table laughing together between courses and give quieter guests an easy way in.
Guests leave knowing more about Vietnamese Tet traditions, with a shared story from the evening.
Program flow
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1. Tet Flower Market
Tables answer questions on peach blossoms, narcissus and Hanoi's old flower market, then pose as a blossoming peach branch.
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2. The Five-Fruit Tray
Tables decode the meaning of the five-fruit tray in the north and south and record a wish full of fruit names.
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3. Wrapping Banh Chung
Tables recall the legend of banh chung, compare it with banh tet and wrap a banh chung from a napkin.
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4. Tet Customs
Tables answer questions on the Kitchen Gods, the Tet pole and Nguyen Dan, then read out a rhyming New Year wish.
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5. New Year's Eve
Tables learn about the first visitor and the midnight offering, then count down to the new year together.
What is included
Included
- Facilitation by experienced game hosts
- The Old Town Tet game on the GoQuest app
- Live leaderboard for the big screen
- Judging of photo, video and audio tasks
- Winner announcement and closing recap
Not included
- Venue rental
- Catering and refreshments
- Audio-visual equipment (projector, screen, sound)
- Phones or tablets for each table
- Transportation to and from the venue
Frequently asked questions
How many people can take part?
Each party table plays as one team on a shared phone or tablet, with up to 30 tables per event. Players join in the phone browser with a game code, so there is nothing to install.
How long does the program take?
About an hour of play, plus a short briefing at the start and the leaderboard reveal at the end.
Do foreign colleagues enjoy it too?
Yes. Every answer is revealed after a wrong guess, so international guests learn a lot about Tet as they play, and there is an English version too.
Do guests need to leave their tables?
No. Every question and activity is played right at the party table, so the game fits neatly between dinner courses and stage performances.
Is the game available in Vietnamese?
Yes. Old Town Tet has full English and Vietnamese versions, and we set the language for each event.
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