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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. Which of these things did not originally come from China
cash
Television
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Dessert (Small Heart)
2. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Shuo W
the lantern celebration
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Signature
3. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
communist
2
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
4. What are the red envelopes called?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
False
2
Hong boa or Lai see
5. What color is considered lucky?
false
red
Atheism
Renminbi Yuan
6. What does Kung Fu mean?
with both hands
learned skill
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pinyin
7. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Beijing
1.3 Billion
the Spring Festival
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
8. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Bamboo leaves
Most senior ranking attendee
Emperor and Empress
9. What economy does China have?
learned skill
communist
Face to Face
Taiwan
10. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Face to Face
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
false
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
11. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
East
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
scare away the evil spirits
12. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
55
Fourth
white rice
you could wipe away your good fortune
13. What are dragon dances believed to do?
the Spring Festival
Renminbi Yuan
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
bring in good luck and prosperity
14. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
cat
noodles
2
Taiwan
15. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
1.3 Billion
Taiwan - Hong Kong
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
4
16. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mao Zedong
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
17. The top three most population cites in China
Hong Kong
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Bamboo leaves
greeting you
18. What does the word yellow imply?
cash
Pinyin
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
adult content
19. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Peach (T
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
55
20. 'Dim Sum' means
Television
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
False
Dessert (Small Heart)
21. What is China's currency called?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Renminbi Yuan
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han
22. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
55
Sun Zi ??
wife or husband
Mt. Everest
23. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
True
Most senior ranking attendee
her own last name
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
24. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
learned skill
about 275 lbs.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Dessert (Small Heart)
25. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
False
Black ??
scare away the evil spirits
26. There are often what main courses?
multiple
Atheism
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
27. List some Chinese foods.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Atheism
Black ??
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. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Emperor and Empress
Face to Face
title
Mao Zedong
29. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Red and Yellow
the Shaolin Monks
Mao Zedong
Shuo W
30. Where is the Great Wall?
4
cash
NE quadrant
Nihao! Zenme y
31. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
false
Parts of Chinese characters
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
32. What does renminbi mean?
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33. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
greeting you
cash
56 (including Han)
Red and Yellow
34. What is the money China called?
with both hands
just over 8
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Taiwan
35. What is the official language spoken in China?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
bring in good luck and prosperity
Mandarin Chinese
East
36. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Atheism
Dessert (Small Heart)
Red and Yellow
noodles
37. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
xu Sh
2500
Show emotion
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
38. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
red
Fourth
Mao Zedong
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
39. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Taiwan
Face to Face
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Fourth
40. ____________ were not invented in China?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Fortune cookies
Show emotion
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
41. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Dragon Boat Festival
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
her own last name
Face to Face
42. The Republic of China is located on...
Dragon Boat Festival
Fourth
Tea (Cha)
Taiwan
43. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
cat
Noodle (Mi
bring in good luck and prosperity
44. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Face to Face
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
45. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Fortune cookies
Han
Inflate your prices
people's money
46. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Mao Zedong
Red and Yellow
Noodle (Mi
1600
47. Name a public holiday that China has.
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48. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Mao Zedong
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Dessert (Small Heart)
49. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Noodle (Mi
just over 8
learned skill
Great Wall of China
50. What does 'radical' means?
white rice
Han
Han
Parts of Chinese characters