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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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1. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
East
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pinyin
Taiwan - Hong Kong
2. Most people live in the_______of China
Mao Zedong
Inflate your prices
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
East
3. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Tray of Togetherness
her own last name
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
4. How many Chinese characters are there
xu Sh
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Hong Kong
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
5. How did Kung Fu start?
title
Sun Zi ??
Black ??
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
6. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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7. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Red and Yellow
the lantern celebration
learned skill
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
8. What is the national drink for Chinese?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Tea (Cha)
Dessert (Small Heart)
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
9. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
limp and brief
bring in good luck and prosperity
Noodle (Mi
false
10. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Tray of Togetherness
Hin Jintao
the lantern celebration
Most senior ranking attendee
11. What the three common Chinese greetings?
1.3 Billion
Nihao! Zenme y
55
True
12. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Noodle (Mi
greeting you
scare away the evil spirits
Emperor and Empress
13. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Bamboo leaves
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. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
people's money
the lantern celebration
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
15. What is the official language spoken in China?
NE quadrant
white rice
True
Mandarin Chinese
16. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Face to Face
communist
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
17. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
just over 8
Hong Kong
title
18. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
China - Signapore
1.3 Billion
her own last name
19. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
55
about 275 lbs.
Dragon Boat Festival
20. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Hong Kong
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Yangzi
21. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Atheism
Show emotion
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
22. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Dragon Boat Festival
the lantern celebration
title
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
23. Name a public holiday that China has.
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24. What is the money China called?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Pinyin
Renminbi Yuan
25. What does Kung Fu mean?
East
learned skill
Han
the Shaolin Monks
26. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Gong Xi
Pinyin
Emperor and Empress
multiple
27. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
adult content
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
noodles
false
28. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Noodle (Mi
Most senior ranking attendee
1600
29. ____________ were not invented in China?
her own last name
learned skill
Fortune cookies
Hong boa or Lai see
30. What is the state religion in China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Renminbi Yuan
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Atheism
31. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Parts of Chinese characters
Peach (T
Tray of Togetherness
the lantern celebration
32. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Pinyin
Signature
the lantern celebration
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
33. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
Fourth
xu Sh
Inflate your prices
34. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
adult content
Tray of Togetherness
scare away the evil spirits
35. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
cat
Yangzi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
36. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Renminbi Yuan
East
37. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Most senior ranking attendee
xu Sh
October 1st
Shuo W
38. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Bamboo leaves
Inflate your prices
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Emperor and Empress
39. The population in Mainland China is
2500
1.3 Billion
scare away the evil spirits
China - Signapore
40. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
bring in good luck and prosperity
41. 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
Chinese Americans in USA
greeting you
the Spring Festival
42. The author of 'The Art of War' is
China - Signapore
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Sun Zi ??
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
43. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
the lantern celebration
Tray of Togetherness
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Hong boa or Lai see
44. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Hong boa or Lai see
cat
Signature
2500
45. Where is the Great Wall?
Mt. Everest
red
NE quadrant
Red and Yellow
46. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
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
Yangzi
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
47. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Mao Zedong
Fourth
multiple
the Spring Festival
48. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
4
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hong Kong
Dragon Boat Festival
49. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Hin Jintao
Fortune cookies
50. What economy does China have?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Black ??
communist
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money