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Chinese Culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Pinyin
2. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
limp and brief
Fortune cookies
Gong Xi
Mao Zedong
3. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
title
cash
the Shaolin Monks
Inflate your prices
4. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
the Spring Festival
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Most senior ranking attendee
5. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
people's money
greeting you
6. Where is the Great Wall?
Mt. Everest
NE quadrant
4
Tray of Togetherness
7. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
multiple
East
Hin Jintao
8. What is China's currency called?
Black ??
Television
limp and brief
Renminbi Yuan
9. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
bring in good luck and prosperity
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
2500
red
10. What is a very popular food?
you could wipe away your good fortune
white rice
Dragon Boat Festival
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
11. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
people's money
October 1st
NE quadrant
Hong Kong
12. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
greeting you
you could wipe away your good fortune
Beijing
13. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Fourth
xu Sh
limp and brief
Afghanistan
14. Which of these things did not originally come from China
the Shaolin Monks
Fortune cookies
Television
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
15. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Yangzi
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
xu Sh
16. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
2
Television
Hong boa or Lai see
17. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Show emotion
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
learned skill
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
18. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
Nihao! Zenme y
cash
True
19. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
the Shaolin Monks
Bamboo leaves
20. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Atheism
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
1.3 Billion
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
21. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Peach (T
Hong Kong
22. What does the word yellow imply?
xu Sh
adult content
Gong Xi
Dragon Boat Festival
23. How many Chinese characters are there
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
adult content
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Gong Xi
24. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
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
Fortune cookies
1.3 Billion
25. How should one receive business cards?
October 1st
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Dessert (Small Heart)
with both hands
26. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
people's money
Atheism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
27. The largest ethnic group in China is called
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Renminbi Yuan
Han
28. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
red
xu Sh
29. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Mandarin Chinese
noodles
bring in good luck and prosperity
2
30. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
55
Inflate your prices
false
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
31. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
NE quadrant
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Dragon Boat Festival
32. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Hong Kong
her own last name
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
33. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Mandarin Chinese
34. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
East
Han
noodles
Atheism
35. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Black ??
greeting you
just over 8
36. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
with both hands
the Shaolin Monks
Tray of Togetherness
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
37. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
Atheism
Han
NE quadrant
38. What are lion dances believed to do?
Renminbi Yuan
red
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
scare away the evil spirits
39. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Mao Zedong
October 1st
55
40. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
multiple
Mandarin Chinese
55
41. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
greeting you
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
42. Name a public holiday that China has.
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43. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
false
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Fourth
44. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
the Shaolin Monks
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
about 275 lbs.
45. Some animals that make their homes in China.
False
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Signature
East
46. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Han
Han
Chinese Americans in USA
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
47. What economy does China have?
communist
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mao Zedong
greeting you
48. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
15
Mt. Everest
about 275 lbs.
49. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mao Zedong
Taiwan
xu Sh
50. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Sun Zi ??
Beijing
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