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Chinese Culture
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Subject
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
56 (including Han)
Tea (Cha)
55
2. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Dragon Boat Festival
2
3. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Hong Kong
Red and Yellow
adult content
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
4. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Mt. Everest
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
5. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Han
Renminbi Yuan
Sun Zi ??
xu Sh
6. How many Chinese characters are there
cat
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Great Wall of China
Hong boa or Lai see
7. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
the Spring Festival
just over 8
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Signature
8. What economy does China have?
56 (including Han)
Great Wall of China
communist
Fortune cookies
9. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
white rice
China - Signapore
scare away the evil spirits
the lantern celebration
10. The largest ethnic group in China is called
limp and brief
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
wife or husband
Han
11. What does Kung Fu mean?
Dessert (Small Heart)
xu Sh
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
learned skill
12. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
55
Parts of Chinese characters
the Spring Festival
13. There are often what main courses?
Chinese Americans in USA
adult content
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
multiple
14. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
15
multiple
4
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
15. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Black ??
just over 8
Bamboo leaves
Parts of Chinese characters
16. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
Face to Face
Sun Zi ??
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
17. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
NE quadrant
bring in good luck and prosperity
the Shaolin Monks
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
18. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Inflate your prices
Atheism
19. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Beijing
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
East
20. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Noodle (Mi
Fourth
October 1st
the Shaolin Monks
21. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
Tea (Cha)
March 8th is International Women's Day - on this day women will get a paid day or half day off - while all men must still go to work; May 1st is International Labor Day; May 4th is Youth Day - in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919; Jun
greeting you
22. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
2
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
True
23. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
xu Sh
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
you could wipe away your good fortune
24. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
2
Dessert (Small Heart)
False
25. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Emperor and Empress
Taiwan
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
56 (including Han)
26. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
27. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
False
55
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
28. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Fortune cookies
Pinyin
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Signature
29. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
True
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Chinese Americans in USA
East
30. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
cash
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
about 275 lbs.
the lantern celebration
31. What is China's currency called?
her own last name
Renminbi Yuan
Sun Zi ??
scare away the evil spirits
32. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
4
56 (including Han)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
33. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
red
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
200 B.C. - people feared 'Nien' the mythical - evil monster - so they would make loud noises bright lights - and big dragons to scare it off
Dragon Boat Festival
34. What is the official language spoken in China?
Bamboo leaves
Mandarin Chinese
2
East
35. What the three common Chinese greetings?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Nihao! Zenme y
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Fortune cookies
36. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Hong Kong
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
37. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
October 1st
just over 8
people's money
200 B.C. - people feared 'Nien' the mythical - evil monster - so they would make loud noises bright lights - and big dragons to scare it off
38. Name a public holiday that China has.
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39. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Taiwan
1.3 Billion
Mao Zedong
1600
40. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Hong Kong
Nihao! Zenme y
Emperor and Empress
Dessert (Small Heart)
41. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Face to Face
the lantern celebration
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Great Wall of China
42. What is a very popular food?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
with both hands
white rice
learned skill
43. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Television
title
noodles
Emperor and Empress
44. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Taiwan
Hong boa or Lai see
200 B.C. - people feared 'Nien' the mythical - evil monster - so they would make loud noises bright lights - and big dragons to scare it off
xu Sh
45. What is the state religion in China?
Renminbi Yuan
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
1.3 Billion
Atheism
46. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
learned skill
Peach (T
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
multiple
47. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
scare away the evil spirits
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
48. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Hong boa or Lai see
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
55
49. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
just over 8
China - Signapore
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
noodles
50. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Shuo W
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
greeting you
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money