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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
55
people's money
about 275 lbs.
2. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Mao Zedong
4
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
3. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
October 1st
4
Mao Zedong
4. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
title
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Chinese Americans in USA
5. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
56 (including Han)
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Parts of Chinese characters
6. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Mao Zedong
2
7. What is a very popular food?
white rice
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Han
8. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
with both hands
Sun Zi ??
Noodle (Mi
9. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
the lantern celebration
Inflate your prices
NE quadrant
10. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Inflate your prices
Noodle (Mi
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. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Gong Xi
Han
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
12. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Han
Tray of Togetherness
October 1st
Most senior ranking attendee
13. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
October 1st
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
white rice
about 275 lbs.
14. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Taiwan
Hong boa or Lai see
Face to Face
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
15. How did Kung Fu start?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Great Wall of China
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Black ??
16. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan
Renminbi Yuan
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
17. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Han
55
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
limp and brief
18. What economy does China have?
Yangzi
false
Hong Kong
communist
19. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Mandarin Chinese
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
20. The Republic of China is located on...
red
cash
Taiwan
False
21. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
greeting you
Hong Kong
Television
Tray of Togetherness
22. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
Han
2
Face to Face
23. What does renminbi mean?
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24. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Beijing
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Gong Xi
25. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
2500
Tea (Cha)
red
26. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Hin Jintao
1600
Afghanistan
Black ??
27. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Television
Nihao! Zenme y
Renminbi Yuan
28. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
xu Sh
Most senior ranking attendee
29. Most people live in the_______of China
Hin Jintao
East
Bamboo leaves
Dessert (Small Heart)
30. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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31. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
East
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
the Shaolin Monks
32. How many Chinese characters are there
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
33. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Fourth
Taiwan - Hong Kong
34. What is the state religion in China?
Beijing
Renminbi Yuan
her own last name
Atheism
35. Where is the Great Wall?
55
Tray of Togetherness
NE quadrant
Bamboo leaves
36. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Sun Zi ??
October 1st
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
37. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Nihao! Zenme y
false
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
1.3 Billion
38. Name a public holiday that China has.
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39. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Inflate your prices
Han
Fourth
4
40. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
the lantern celebration
you could wipe away your good fortune
China - Signapore
41. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
with both hands
Parts of Chinese characters
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
42. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
white rice
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hin Jintao
bring in good luck and prosperity
43. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Black ??
you could wipe away your good fortune
greeting you
44. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
her own last name
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
title
45. What is the highest mountain in China?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Mt. Everest
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
46. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Nihao! Zenme y
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
false
cat
47. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
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
Red and Yellow
Chinese Americans in USA
Face to Face
48. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
limp and brief
2500
China - Signapore
Mao Zedong
49. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
learned skill
Red and Yellow
Mao Zedong
Han
50. ____________ were not invented in China?
Chinese Americans in USA
Fortune cookies
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
about 275 lbs.