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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Dragon Boat Festival
True
Fourth
bring in good luck and prosperity
2. What does Kung Fu mean?
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
Atheism
learned skill
3. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
about 275 lbs.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Mao Zedong
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
4. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
October 1st
Tea (Cha)
5. What is the state religion in China?
Mao Zedong
Noodle (Mi
Atheism
1600
6. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
55
Taiwan - Hong Kong
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
False
7. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Show emotion
Hong Kong
15
8. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Red and Yellow
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
9. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Signature
2500
Tea (Cha)
Great Wall of China
10. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Han
2
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
11. What does renminbi mean?
12. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Parts of Chinese characters
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Tray of Togetherness
4
13. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Emperor and Empress
adult content
1600
Red and Yellow
14. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Fourth
15. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
xu Sh
55
Nihao! Zenme y
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
16. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Mao Zedong
Black ??
Taiwan
Taiwan - Hong Kong
17. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
adult content
limp and brief
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
18. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
Show emotion
1600
noodles
19. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Great Wall of China
Tea (Cha)
Renminbi Yuan
noodles
20. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
Face to Face
people's money
56 (including Han)
21. What is a very popular food?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
white rice
56 (including Han)
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
22. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
xu Sh
1600
Gong Xi
with both hands
23. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Hong boa or Lai see
xu Sh
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Dessert (Small Heart)
24. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
wife or husband
Pinyin
25. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Gong Xi
cash
26. The author of 'The Art of War' is
noodles
Television
scare away the evil spirits
Sun Zi ??
27. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Hin Jintao
Han
Nihao! Zenme y
cash
28. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Hin Jintao
scare away the evil spirits
29. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Tea (Cha)
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Emperor and Empress
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
30. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Gong Xi
Most senior ranking attendee
China - Signapore
limp and brief
31. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hin Jintao
scare away the evil spirits
October 1st
32. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Black ??
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Pinyin
Mt. Everest
33. Name a public holiday that China has.
34. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
Renminbi Yuan
Parts of Chinese characters
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
35. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
limp and brief
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
36. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
learned skill
Mandarin Chinese
2500
True
37. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Fourth
55
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Dessert (Small Heart)
38. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Tea (Cha)
1600
15
39. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Bamboo leaves
Nihao! Zenme y
xu Sh
Red and Yellow
40. And the traditional form of characters is used in
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Taiwan - Hong Kong
with both hands
adult content
41. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Renminbi Yuan
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
42. The population in Mainland China is
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
1.3 Billion
Nihao! Zenme y
Han
43. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Dessert (Small Heart)
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
44. A handshake in China often is ...
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
limp and brief
Mao Zedong
Bamboo leaves
45. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Nihao! Zenme y
46. What are the five official religions of China?
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
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
bring in good luck and prosperity
Yangzi
47. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
1600
Tray of Togetherness
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Han
48. ____________ were not invented in China?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
red
Fortune cookies
the lantern celebration
49. China shares a border with
Han
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
communist
Afghanistan
50. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Shuo W
Pinyin
noodles