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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
2500
2
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
cat
2. What are the four treasures of the study (w
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
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
communist
3. List some Chinese foods.
Hin Jintao
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Taiwan
4. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
scare away the evil spirits
2
Peach (T
5. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Pinyin
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Shuo W
6. How many Chinese characters are there
Dessert (Small Heart)
Mandarin Chinese
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the lantern celebration
7. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Noodle (Mi
white rice
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
8. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Show emotion
9. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Inflate your prices
with both hands
Bamboo leaves
Sun Zi ??
10. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Nihao! Zenme y
China - Signapore
cat
the lantern celebration
11. What are lion dances believed to do?
Signature
East
scare away the evil spirits
China - Signapore
12. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
adult content
October 1st
her own last name
Bamboo leaves
13. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Beijing
Show emotion
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Gong Xi
14. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Gong Xi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
15. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
white rice
Chinese Americans in USA
Mandarin Chinese
16. There are often what main courses?
multiple
False
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
17. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
wife or husband
just over 8
Han
Gong Xi
18. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
noodles
you could wipe away your good fortune
Hong Kong
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
19. Where is the Great Wall?
Han
NE quadrant
55
Peach (T
20. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Inflate your prices
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
21. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
55
red
just over 8
22. What is a very popular food?
Peach (T
NE quadrant
white rice
Dragon Boat Festival
23. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
15
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Inflate your prices
greeting you
24. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
Beijing
multiple
Parts of Chinese characters
25. The largest ethnic group in China is called
East
Han
learned skill
Sun Zi ??
26. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Emperor and Empress
multiple
Fourth
27. What are the red envelopes called?
Sun Zi ??
Hong boa or Lai see
Emperor and Empress
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
28. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Mt. Everest
just over 8
multiple
29. List some Chinese inventions.
Mt. Everest
Mandarin Chinese
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
30. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
her own last name
the lantern celebration
cash
Parts of Chinese characters
31. How should one receive business cards?
Fortune cookies
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Han
with both hands
32. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Inflate your prices
multiple
wife or husband
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
33. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
you could wipe away your good fortune
her own last name
Mao Zedong
Bamboo leaves
34. China shares a border with
learned skill
Bamboo leaves
Pinyin
Afghanistan
35. And the traditional form of characters is used in
October 1st
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Emperor and Empress
Face to Face
36. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Fortune cookies
Great Wall of China
37. What color is considered lucky?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Afghanistan
Pinyin
red
38. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Pinyin
her own last name
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
39. 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
Show emotion
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
40. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Han
Dessert (Small Heart)
Face to Face
Chinese Americans in USA
41. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Face to Face
Inflate your prices
Shuo W
Mao Zedong
42. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Han
white rice
Most senior ranking attendee
China - Signapore
43. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Inflate your prices
44. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Most senior ranking attendee
Great Wall of China
1600
Taiwan - Hong Kong
45. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
white rice
the lantern celebration
False
with both hands
46. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
2
Mao Zedong
47. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Beijing
Tea (Cha)
4
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
48. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Noodle (Mi
Television
49. What are the five official religions of China?
Black ??
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Show emotion
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
50. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
adult content
Parts of Chinese characters
2