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Chinese Culture
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1. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
True
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Sun Zi ??
Beijing
2. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Han
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
communist
3. Chinese New year is also known as what?
2
the lantern celebration
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the Spring Festival
4. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Tray of Togetherness
Great Wall of China
Mandarin Chinese
Chinese Americans in USA
5. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
white rice
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Mao Zedong
Mt. Everest
6. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Han
Han
7. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
with both hands
Hong boa or Lai see
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
8. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
the Spring Festival
False
you could wipe away your good fortune
cash
9. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
title
China - Signapore
10. What is the money China called?
learned skill
4
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
white rice
11. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
Tray of Togetherness
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
wife or husband
12. How did Kung Fu start?
2
China - Signapore
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Beijing
13. What is the state religion in China?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Yangzi
Atheism
14. Where does the Giant Panda live?
limp and brief
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
noodles
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
15. What is a very popular food?
Gong Xi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Mao Zedong
white rice
16. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Hin Jintao
title
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
17. What are lion dances believed to do?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
scare away the evil spirits
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
18. Name a public holiday that China has.
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19. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
her own last name
the lantern celebration
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
20. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Great Wall of China
the Shaolin Monks
Taiwan - Hong Kong
her own last name
21. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Bamboo leaves
22. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
the Shaolin Monks
Black ??
Mao Zedong
2500
23. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Black ??
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
greeting you
24. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
Renminbi Yuan
Mao Zedong
China - Signapore
25. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Mt. Everest
Mao Zedong
October 1st
bring in good luck and prosperity
26. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
cat
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
27. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Hin Jintao
Red and Yellow
bring in good luck and prosperity
scare away the evil spirits
28. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
the lantern celebration
Great Wall of China
15
29. Most people live in the_______of China
East
Mao Zedong
just over 8
Face to Face
30. And the traditional form of characters is used in
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Noodle (Mi
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
31. What flower represents courage and hope?
the Shaolin Monks
Chinese Americans in USA
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Shuo W
32. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Afghanistan
Emperor and Empress
Black ??
33. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
cash
Taiwan - Hong Kong
xu Sh
34. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Mandarin Chinese
Face to Face
35. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
false
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
just over 8
Emperor and Empress
36. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Red and Yellow
title
false
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
37. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Face to Face
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
38. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Sun Zi ??
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
39. The Republic of China is located on...
2500
red
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Taiwan
40. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
Nihao! Zenme y
Atheism
noodles
41. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Beijing
Red and Yellow
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
2500
42. There are often what main courses?
Pinyin
white rice
multiple
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
43. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
people's money
Hin Jintao
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
44. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
2500
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
title
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
45. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Yangzi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
46. List some Chinese foods.
Hin Jintao
Emperor and Empress
Shuo W
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
47. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
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
white rice
55
Mao Zedong
48. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mao Zedong
just over 8
49. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Mandarin Chinese
Tea (Cha)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
50. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
just over 8
Parts of Chinese characters
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
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