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Chinese Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What the three common Chinese greetings?
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
Yangzi
Han
Nihao! Zenme y
2. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Spring Festival
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
Face to Face
3. What are the five official religions of China?
xu Sh
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
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
4. What is a very popular food?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Dessert (Small Heart)
limp and brief
white rice
5. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
cat
China - Signapore
Nihao! Zenme y
6. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Chinese Americans in USA
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
55
7. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Signature
Renminbi Yuan
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
8. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Shuo W
limp and brief
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
9. When is China's National Day?
October 1st
Show emotion
1.3 Billion
Signature
10. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
4
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
title
Tea (Cha)
11. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
greeting you
October 1st
Parts of Chinese characters
12. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
False
xu Sh
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
56 (including Han)
13. Name a public holiday that China has.
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14. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
limp and brief
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
false
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
15. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Noodle (Mi
scare away the evil spirits
Beijing
Bamboo leaves
16. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
False
Inflate your prices
Great Wall of China
Gong Xi
17. China shares a border with
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
you could wipe away your good fortune
Sun Zi ??
Afghanistan
18. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
wife or husband
October 1st
Shuo W
19. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Atheism
the lantern celebration
Gong Xi
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
20. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
1600
Mao Zedong
Peach (T
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
21. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
True
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
22. What does Kung Fu mean?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
learned skill
Inflate your prices
Yangzi
23. What does the word yellow imply?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
people's money
adult content
24. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
you could wipe away your good fortune
Hin Jintao
Emperor and Empress
25. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Dragon Boat Festival
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
26. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
white rice
Fourth
scare away the evil spirits
55
27. There are often what main courses?
True
multiple
Taiwan - Hong Kong
you could wipe away your good fortune
28. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Pinyin
Red and Yellow
the Spring Festival
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
29. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Renminbi Yuan
Mao Zedong
Gong Xi
her own last name
30. What does renminbi mean?
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31. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
False
Peach (T
Hin Jintao
about 275 lbs.
32. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Renminbi Yuan
East
Nihao! Zenme y
33. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
communist
Gong Xi
China - Signapore
you could wipe away your good fortune
34. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Signature
Fourth
Inflate your prices
35. Most people live in the_______of China
4
East
Gong Xi
56 (including Han)
36. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
you could wipe away your good fortune
Atheism
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
37. What color is considered lucky?
red
cash
the Shaolin Monks
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
38. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Pinyin
Tray of Togetherness
xu Sh
Most senior ranking attendee
39. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
you could wipe away your good fortune
wife or husband
Signature
40. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
limp and brief
you could wipe away your good fortune
Emperor and Empress
Noodle (Mi
41. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
2500
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Mao Zedong
42. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Black ??
people's money
Beijing
Tea (Cha)
43. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
October 1st
44. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Signature
people's money
bring in good luck and prosperity
Afghanistan
45. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Mt. Everest
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Tray of Togetherness
Sun Zi ??
46. The population in Mainland China is
15
1.3 Billion
1600
Atheism
47. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Noodle (Mi
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the lantern celebration
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
48. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hong Kong
15
49. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Tray of Togetherness
NE quadrant
15
50. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Peach (T
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Mao Zedong
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