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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Mao Zedong
Nihao! Zenme y
Han
Chinese Americans in USA
2. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Mao Zedong
Great Wall of China
Han
3. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Han
Yangzi
Peach (T
Gong Xi
4. How did Kung Fu start?
Nihao! Zenme y
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Most senior ranking attendee
Sun Zi ??
5. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Emperor and Empress
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
greeting you
6. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
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
55
Bamboo leaves
7. What flower represents courage and hope?
China - Signapore
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Face to Face
2
8. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Television
Show emotion
Dragon Boat Festival
4
9. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
True
her own last name
Fourth
Taiwan
10. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Hong boa or Lai see
about 275 lbs.
Parts of Chinese characters
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
11. List some Chinese foods.
her own last name
Television
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
12. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
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
you could wipe away your good fortune
55
13. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
just over 8
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Noodle (Mi
Television
14. When is China's National Day?
cat
October 1st
Mao Zedong
scare away the evil spirits
15. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
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
Most senior ranking attendee
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
16. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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17. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
you could wipe away your good fortune
Signature
Beijing
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
18. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
2
Shuo W
false
19. What economy does China have?
communist
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Hin Jintao
20. What are lion dances believed to do?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
greeting you
scare away the evil spirits
Nihao! Zenme y
21. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
1.3 Billion
Mao Zedong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Chinese Americans in USA
22. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
communist
Fortune cookies
Peach (T
white rice
23. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Mt. Everest
you could wipe away your good fortune
Signature
24. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Han
Tray of Togetherness
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Black ??
25. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
2500
wife or husband
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
26. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Sun Zi ??
Great Wall of China
27. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
Han
learned skill
Inflate your prices
28. What are the red envelopes called?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Noodle (Mi
Hong boa or Lai see
Television
29. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Dragon Boat Festival
Han
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
2
30. Name a public holiday that China has.
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31. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
with both hands
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
adult content
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
32. A handshake in China often is ...
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Shuo W
limp and brief
Hong Kong
33. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
people's money
Mao Zedong
false
34. There are often what main courses?
Dessert (Small Heart)
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
multiple
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
35. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Dragon Boat Festival
Fortune cookies
36. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Noodle (Mi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
East
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
37. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Black ??
Pinyin
cash
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
38. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Pinyin
Bamboo leaves
title
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
39. Which of these things did not originally come from China
the Shaolin Monks
Television
red
Taiwan - Hong Kong
40. The Republic of China is located on...
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Great Wall of China
Taiwan
cat
41. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Emperor and Empress
Peach (T
Bamboo leaves
the lantern celebration
42. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
Chinese Americans in USA
Afghanistan
Mt. Everest
43. What is the state religion in China?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Atheism
Afghanistan
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
44. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
Beijing
about 275 lbs.
the Spring Festival
45. What is the longest river in China?
Noodle (Mi
Yangzi
you could wipe away your good fortune
false
46. What does 'radical' means?
Hin Jintao
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Parts of Chinese characters
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
47. What are the five official religions of China?
Face to Face
Mao Zedong
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
48. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hin Jintao
4
you could wipe away your good fortune
49. What does renminbi mean?
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50. What is the highest mountain in China?
1600
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Mt. Everest
just over 8