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Chinese Culture
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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
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
adult content
Mandarin Chinese
Television
2. When is China's National Day?
false
October 1st
Tray of Togetherness
1.3 Billion
3. What is the highest mountain in China?
noodles
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
with both hands
Mt. Everest
4. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Afghanistan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Black ??
Inflate your prices
5. What does Kung Fu mean?
Chinese Americans in USA
2500
October 1st
learned skill
6. What flower represents courage and hope?
Television
Dessert (Small Heart)
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
7. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Nihao! Zenme y
Most senior ranking attendee
Hong Kong
8. What are the four great invention of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Afghanistan
Peach (T
9. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
about 275 lbs.
True
Mao Zedong
noodles
10. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Dragon Boat Festival
Mao Zedong
Show emotion
56 (including Han)
11. China shares a border with
55
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
1600
Afghanistan
12. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
October 1st
False
13. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Fortune cookies
Mao Zedong
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
14. Where is the Great Wall?
communist
Signature
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
NE quadrant
15. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
East
Face to Face
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
16. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
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
greeting you
17. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Noodle (Mi
white rice
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
noodles
18. What are lion dances believed to do?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
October 1st
scare away the evil spirits
Han
19. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Han
Chinese Americans in USA
15
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
20. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Taiwan
red
21. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
communist
Red and Yellow
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22. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
the Shaolin Monks
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
red
23. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
15
Most senior ranking attendee
Chinese Americans in USA
24. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
East
Yangzi
Sun Zi ??
25. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
2
Show emotion
56 (including Han)
False
26. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
2
56 (including Han)
27. The author of 'The Art of War' is
limp and brief
people's money
Sun Zi ??
red
28. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
wife or husband
October 1st
title
Sun Zi ??
29. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Mao Zedong
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
white rice
false
30. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Mao Zedong
Atheism
31. The population in Mainland China is
her own last name
True
1.3 Billion
Yangzi
32. The top three most population cites in China
Pinyin
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
you could wipe away your good fortune
33. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
2500
Yangzi
October 1st
34. List some Chinese foods.
Renminbi Yuan
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Signature
35. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
red
wife or husband
36. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
xu Sh
1600
37. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Mao Zedong
Fortune cookies
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tray of Togetherness
38. A handshake in China often is ...
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
limp and brief
39. What are the red envelopes called?
you could wipe away your good fortune
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Hong boa or Lai see
Han
40. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
the lantern celebration
you could wipe away your good fortune
Mao Zedong
41. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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42. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han
multiple
43. What is China's currency called?
Atheism
about 275 lbs.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Renminbi Yuan
44. Chinese New year is also known as what?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
October 1st
the lantern celebration
the Spring Festival
45. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
her own last name
the Shaolin Monks
False
Mao Zedong
46. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Tea (Cha)
47. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Mt. Everest
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Most senior ranking attendee
48. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Dragon Boat Festival
True
just over 8
China - Signapore
49. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
False
about 275 lbs.
Show emotion
1.3 Billion
50. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Shuo W
October 1st
Tea (Cha)
you could wipe away your good fortune