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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
red
scare away the evil spirits
Bamboo leaves
2. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
noodles
cash
Fourth
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
3. The top three most population cites in China
white rice
Dragon Boat Festival
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
4. What does Kung Fu mean?
Hin Jintao
learned skill
Mao Zedong
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
5. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
noodles
her own last name
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
6. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
about 275 lbs.
you could wipe away your good fortune
Taiwan - Hong Kong
7. What does 'radical' means?
15
Parts of Chinese characters
56 (including Han)
East
8. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Han
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
2
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
9. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
xu Sh
Chinese Americans in USA
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
10. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
Bamboo leaves
Yangzi
the lantern celebration
11. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Noodle (Mi
Shuo W
2
limp and brief
12. What are the five official religions of China?
2500
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
people's money
Tray of Togetherness
13. What flower represents courage and hope?
Nihao! Zenme y
15
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
14. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
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
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
China - Signapore
15. How many Chinese characters are there
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Dessert (Small Heart)
1.3 Billion
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
16. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
learned skill
with both hands
Inflate your prices
Hong Kong
17. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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18. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Mandarin Chinese
Great Wall of China
Taiwan - Hong Kong
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
19. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
you could wipe away your good fortune
East
Nihao! Zenme y
20. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
China - Signapore
noodles
Fortune cookies
21. What does the word yellow imply?
cash
wife or husband
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
adult content
22. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
2500
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
you could wipe away your good fortune
23. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
learned skill
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
24. What is a very popular food?
white rice
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Tea (Cha)
4
25. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Peach (T
Han
the lantern celebration
October 1st
26. What are the four great invention of China?
Fortune cookies
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Bamboo leaves
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
27. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Show emotion
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Noodle (Mi
28. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
learned skill
Red and Yellow
2
29. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
NE quadrant
Taiwan - Hong Kong
the Spring Festival
30. What is China's currency called?
Face to Face
Renminbi Yuan
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
31. What does renminbi mean?
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32. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Han
Dragon Boat Festival
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
True
33. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
NE quadrant
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Pinyin
34. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Most senior ranking attendee
Red and Yellow
the Spring Festival
35. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
1600
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
36. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
learned skill
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
just over 8
37. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
cash
Fourth
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Atheism
38. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Red and Yellow
15
39. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
wife or husband
Beijing
Taiwan - Hong Kong
40. What is the money China called?
1600
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
the Spring Festival
41. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
false
2500
cash
Taiwan - Hong Kong
42. Name a public holiday that China has.
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43. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Signature
1600
Noodle (Mi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
44. Which of these things did not originally come from China
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Television
Great Wall of China
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
45. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
adult content
people's money
title
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
46. What was the Great Wall originally built?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Great Wall of China
NE quadrant
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
47. Where does the Giant Panda live?
red
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
False
Renminbi Yuan
48. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Afghanistan
Yangzi
Show emotion
Most senior ranking attendee
49. What are the four treasures of the study (w
you could wipe away your good fortune
limp and brief
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
50. What economy does China have?
True
communist
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Inflate your prices