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Chinese Culture

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1. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
white rice
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Great Wall of China
cash

2. Most people live in the_______of China
1.3 Billion
Han
East
NE quadrant

3. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Han
people's money
white rice

4. What does the word yellow imply?
Inflate your prices
4
Taiwan
adult content

5. What are lion dances believed to do?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mandarin Chinese
scare away the evil spirits
Inflate your prices

6. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
55
bring in good luck and prosperity
2
False

7. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
title
Afghanistan
Mao Zedong

8. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
false
Gong Xi
Pinyin

9. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
noodles
Tray of Togetherness

10. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
1600
2

11. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
greeting you
scare away the evil spirits
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
1.3 Billion

12. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Han
cat
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.

13. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
multiple
about 275 lbs.
15

14. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
scare away the evil spirits
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Parts of Chinese characters

15. Where is the Great Wall?
Afghanistan
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Taiwan - Hong Kong
NE quadrant

16. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Noodle (Mi
Nihao! Zenme y
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing

17. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
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
2500
Atheism
wife or husband

18. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Taiwan - Hong Kong
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Tray of Togetherness
Television

19. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
1600
15

20. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Most senior ranking attendee
False
Fortune cookies

21. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Inflate your prices
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
True
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.

22. 'Dim Sum' means
Afghanistan
Atheism
Dessert (Small Heart)
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow

23. What are the red envelopes called?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
about 275 lbs.
Fourth
Hong boa or Lai see

24. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Noodle (Mi
Emperor and Empress

25. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Mt. Everest
2
Peach (T
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.

26. How should one receive business cards?
Bamboo leaves
with both hands
the Shaolin Monks
56 (including Han)

27. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
wife or husband
Fourth
Sun Zi ??

28. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
with both hands
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Beijing
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

29. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Yangzi
Fortune cookies
Great Wall of China
the lantern celebration

30. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Black ??
cash
Nihao! Zenme y
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil

31. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
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
1600
the Spring Festival

32. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Han
Show emotion
1600

33. What is China's currency called?
Nihao! Zenme y
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Bamboo leaves
Renminbi Yuan

34. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Face to Face
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Great Wall of China
white rice

35. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
title
wife or husband
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.

36. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
limp and brief
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
greeting you
red

37. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Dragon Boat Festival
Taiwan
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
cat

38. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
with both hands
bring in good luck and prosperity
2

39. China shares a border with
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Afghanistan
with both hands
Emperor and Empress

40. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Beijing
1600
Fourth
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping

41. List some Chinese inventions.
Television
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
the plum blossom - they bloom year round

42. What is a very popular food?
Sun Zi ??
white rice
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
1600

43. What does Kung Fu mean?
15
learned skill
xu Sh
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.

44. What is the money China called?
Great Wall of China
title
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Red and Yellow

45. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
the Shaolin Monks
Hin Jintao
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Nihao! Zenme y

46. What are the five official religions of China?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Tray of Togetherness
the Spring Festival
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism

47. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
the Shaolin Monks
Dessert (Small Heart)
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing

48. What is the official language spoken in China?
15
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Mandarin Chinese
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing

49. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Inflate your prices
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
4

50. The population in Mainland China is
Face to Face
Hong boa or Lai see
Sun Zi ??
1.3 Billion