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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Chinese New year is also known as what?
56 (including Han)
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the Spring Festival
Mandarin Chinese
2. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
white rice
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
you could wipe away your good fortune
3. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Dragon Boat Festival
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
October 1st
4. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
wife or husband
Tea (Cha)
5. 'Dim Sum' means
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Noodle (Mi
Dessert (Small Heart)
6. What does renminbi mean?
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7. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
2
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
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56 (including Han)
8. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Sun Zi ??
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Mt. Everest
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
9. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
the Spring Festival
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
10. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
you could wipe away your good fortune
Han
11. The Republic of China is located on...
Mt. Everest
Taiwan
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
12. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Peach (T
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
2
the Spring Festival
13. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
2500
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
4
14. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
scare away the evil spirits
Chinese Americans in USA
Signature
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
15. What is the highest mountain in China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Mt. Everest
title
Parts of Chinese characters
16. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Pinyin
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
greeting you
1600
17. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
wife or husband
55
Sun Zi ??
18. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
red
Taiwan - Hong Kong
1600
Tray of Togetherness
19. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Han
about 275 lbs.
Black ??
20. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
the Spring Festival
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
just over 8
21. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
15
Renminbi Yuan
Hong Kong
Red and Yellow
22. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Tea (Cha)
Mao Zedong
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Hin Jintao
23. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
you could wipe away your good fortune
adult content
24. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Mao Zedong
Beijing
Hong Kong
25. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Inflate your prices
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Shuo W
26. Name a public holiday that China has.
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27. What are the four great invention of China?
with both hands
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Mt. Everest
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
28. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Show emotion
56 (including Han)
the Shaolin Monks
title
29. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Pinyin
the Shaolin Monks
Bamboo leaves
30. What color is considered lucky?
Atheism
you could wipe away your good fortune
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red
31. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
2
Peach (T
Sun Zi ??
32. Which of these things did not originally come from China
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Television
cat
NE quadrant
33. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
Most senior ranking attendee
Pinyin
Dessert (Small Heart)
34. A handshake in China often is ...
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
limp and brief
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Gong Xi
35. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Parts of Chinese characters
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Red and Yellow
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
36. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
white rice
her own last name
Fortune cookies
Noodle (Mi
37. What economy does China have?
with both hands
Dessert (Small Heart)
Renminbi Yuan
communist
38. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Hin Jintao
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
39. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
True
Mao Zedong
October 1st
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
40. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
white rice
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
41. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
Pinyin
the Shaolin Monks
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
42. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
Television
Bamboo leaves
Tea (Cha)
43. The top three most population cites in China
NE quadrant
wife or husband
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
44. What does 'radical' means?
Bamboo leaves
East
1600
Parts of Chinese characters
45. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Most senior ranking attendee
limp and brief
1600
46. How many Chinese characters are there
Hong boa or Lai see
multiple
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
47. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
her own last name
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
October 1st
48. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Show emotion
Face to Face
56 (including Han)
Sun Zi ??
49. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
15
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Tray of Togetherness
cat
50. ____________ were not invented in China?
communist
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
October 1st
Fortune cookies