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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What are dragon dances believed to do?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Tea (Cha)
cat
bring in good luck and prosperity
2. What does 'radical' means?
Black ??
Parts of Chinese characters
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Gong Xi
3. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
you could wipe away your good fortune
56 (including Han)
55
4. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
multiple
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
Emperor and Empress
5. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
title
Tray of Togetherness
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
NE quadrant
6. What are lion dances believed to do?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
scare away the evil spirits
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
greeting you
7. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
56 (including Han)
Chinese Americans in USA
you could wipe away your good fortune
her own last name
8. The top three most population cites in China
communist
the lantern celebration
about 275 lbs.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
9. What are the red envelopes called?
Fourth
Nihao! Zenme y
adult content
Hong boa or Lai see
10. There are often what main courses?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
multiple
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
limp and brief
11. What is the highest mountain in China?
Sun Zi ??
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Mt. Everest
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
12. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Fourth
Sun Zi ??
scare away the evil spirits
Dessert (Small Heart)
13. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
greeting you
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Han
14. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
Parts of Chinese characters
1.3 Billion
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
15. 'Dim Sum' means
limp and brief
Beijing
Dessert (Small Heart)
scare away the evil spirits
16. What economy does China have?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
communist
Yangzi
17. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
2
cat
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
18. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Mt. Everest
xu Sh
Great Wall of China
Black ??
19. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Gong Xi
Peach (T
20. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
China - Signapore
Most senior ranking attendee
21. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Hin Jintao
Pinyin
Mt. Everest
Television
22. How should one receive business cards?
xu Sh
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
adult content
with both hands
23. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
multiple
Renminbi Yuan
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
24. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
white rice
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Shuo W
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
25. A handshake in China often is ...
cat
limp and brief
bring in good luck and prosperity
1.3 Billion
26. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
adult content
15
Mandarin Chinese
27. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Signature
Mao Zedong
2
28. China shares a border with
noodles
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
True
Afghanistan
29. What is a very popular food?
55
China - Signapore
white rice
Yangzi
30. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Mao Zedong
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
wife or husband
Hin Jintao
31. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Great Wall of China
Inflate your prices
15
Hong Kong
32. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Gong Xi
False
Nihao! Zenme y
33. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Taiwan
cat
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Han
34. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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35. Chinese New year is also known as what?
1.3 Billion
communist
the Spring Festival
Shuo W
36. What is the money China called?
multiple
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Atheism
37. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
multiple
Most senior ranking attendee
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
you could wipe away your good fortune
38. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Taiwan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
cash
39. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
True
Mao Zedong
Dragon Boat Festival
cash
40. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
scare away the evil spirits
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
41. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
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
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
with both hands
42. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
title
2
43. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Yangzi
Han
xu Sh
October 1st
44. ____________ were not invented in China?
Chinese Americans in USA
Fortune cookies
Most senior ranking attendee
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
45. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
false
Han
Show emotion
46. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
white rice
Hin Jintao
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han
47. How did Kung Fu start?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Mt. Everest
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Peach (T
48. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
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
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
49. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Dragon Boat Festival
adult content
56 (including Han)
50. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Mao Zedong
the Spring Festival
Red and Yellow
Black ??