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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?






2. What is the national drink for Chinese?






3. And the traditional form of characters is used in






4. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?






5. What color is considered lucky?






6. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?






7. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?






8. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?






9. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?






10. Where was the fortune cookie original from?






11. How many minority nationalities are there in China?






12. How many Chinese characters are there






13. What are lion dances believed to do?






14. Where does the Giant Panda live?






15. What does Kung Fu mean?






16. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?






17. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.






18. What colors are on the Chinese flag?






19. There are often what main courses?






20. When is China's National Day?






21. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?






22. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?






23. What is the official language spoken in China?






24. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?






25. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?






26. What are the six working languages of the United Nations






27. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China






28. What does the word yellow imply?






29. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:






30. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?






31. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang






32. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?






33. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?






34. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?






35. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?






36. Which of these things did not originally come from China






37. What is the longest river in China?






38. The Republic of China is located on...






39. List some Chinese foods.






40. What is the 12 zodiac sign?






41. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.






42. The top three most population cites in China






43. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?






44. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?






45. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called






46. What are the ancient rulers of China called?






47. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?






48. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments






49. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?






50. How should one receive business cards?