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Chinese Culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Signature
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the Spring Festival
Face to Face
2. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Afghanistan
learned skill
greeting you
3. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
the lantern celebration
False
Han
4. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
scare away the evil spirits
red
Most senior ranking attendee
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
5. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Afghanistan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
wife or husband
6. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
multiple
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
7. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
xu Sh
about 275 lbs.
Nihao! Zenme y
Gong Xi
8. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
East
2
noodles
9. What color is considered lucky?
Noodle (Mi
red
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
1.3 Billion
10. What is the longest river in China?
True
Face to Face
Yangzi
Hin Jintao
11. What is the state religion in China?
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
Atheism
false
communist
12. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Hong Kong
greeting you
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
October 1st
13. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
false
Taiwan
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Sun Zi ??
14. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
1600
Signature
Parts of Chinese characters
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
15. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
just over 8
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
4
16. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
her own last name
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
adult content
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
17. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
with both hands
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
18. What does 'radical' means?
Hong boa or Lai see
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
October 1st
Parts of Chinese characters
19. What are dragon dances believed to do?
15
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
True
bring in good luck and prosperity
20. The population in Mainland China is
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
56 (including Han)
greeting you
1.3 Billion
21. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Peach (T
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
October 1st
22. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
communist
limp and brief
Mao Zedong
scare away the evil spirits
23. China shares a border with
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
greeting you
Afghanistan
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
24. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Beijing
Dessert (Small Heart)
Hong Kong
25. What are the four treasures of the study (w
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
communist
Signature
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
26. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
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
Pinyin
Mt. Everest
27. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Yangzi
Hin Jintao
Dragon Boat Festival
28. A handshake in China often is ...
Mao Zedong
Dessert (Small Heart)
Face to Face
limp and brief
29. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
xu Sh
title
Taiwan
Dragon Boat Festival
30. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Bamboo leaves
Pinyin
31. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Pinyin
learned skill
Fourth
32. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Atheism
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Chinese Americans in USA
33. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
just over 8
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Afghanistan
34. What is a very popular food?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
white rice
China - Signapore
Hin Jintao
35. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Yangzi
2
Television
36. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
people's money
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
37. How should one receive business cards?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
NE quadrant
with both hands
38. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Atheism
Red and Yellow
with both hands
39. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Black ??
False
cash
Fortune cookies
40. What is the highest mountain in China?
Great Wall of China
Fourth
Mao Zedong
Mt. Everest
41. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
title
Show emotion
56 (including Han)
42. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Yangzi
the Spring Festival
55
red
43. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
55
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Fourth
44. There are often what main courses?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the Shaolin Monks
multiple
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
45. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Noodle (Mi
Red and Yellow
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
46. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Atheism
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
47. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Pinyin
with both hands
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
48. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
East
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
her own last name
49. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
False
56 (including Han)
title
Han
50. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Red and Yellow
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Han
Inflate your prices
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