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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What does renminbi mean?


2. When is China's National Day?






3. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?






4. What is the money China called?






5. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?






6. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?






7. What is the 12 zodiac sign?






8. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?






9. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?






10. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?






11. What is the longest river in China?






12. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?






13. What does Kung Fu mean?






14. The population in Mainland China is






15. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?






16. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China






17. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).






18. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.






19. Simplified Chinese character system is used in






20. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?






21. Which of these things did not originally come from China






22. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?






23. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :






24. Some animals that make their homes in China.






25. What are the red envelopes called?






26. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.






27. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?






28. What is the highest mountain in China?






29. What are the four great invention of China?






30. Where does the Giant Panda live?






31. What are the ancient rulers of China called?






32. Where is the Great Wall?






33. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?






34. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?


35. A handshake in China often is ...






36. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.






37. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?






38. Chinese New year is also known as what?






39. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?






40. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?






41. What does 'radical' means?






42. What is the national drink for Chinese?






43. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:






44. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang






45. What are the four treasures of the study (w






46. Name a public holiday that China has.


47. How should one receive business cards?






48. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?






49. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?






50. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?