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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Han
55
you could wipe away your good fortune
2. What is the longest river in China?
Hin Jintao
Yangzi
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the lantern celebration
3. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Taiwan
Emperor and Empress
Atheism
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
4. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Atheism
Dragon Boat Festival
2500
learned skill
5. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
False
East
Beijing
6. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
2
Han
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
cash
7. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
False
about 275 lbs.
white rice
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
8. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Sun Zi ??
56 (including Han)
Taiwan
limp and brief
9. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Fourth
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
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
1600
10. China shares a border with
Bamboo leaves
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Afghanistan
Tea (Cha)
11. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
greeting you
Red and Yellow
12. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
noodles
Most senior ranking attendee
Nihao! Zenme y
13. When is China's National Day?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
October 1st
Atheism
xu Sh
14. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Dragon Boat Festival
her own last name
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mao Zedong
15. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
October 1st
East
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
just over 8
16. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
limp and brief
the Spring Festival
17. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
multiple
Mao Zedong
Peach (T
xu Sh
18. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
the Shaolin Monks
Hin Jintao
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
19. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Television
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
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
the lantern celebration
20. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Han
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Dessert (Small Heart)
21. What are dragon dances believed to do?
greeting you
bring in good luck and prosperity
Beijing
limp and brief
22. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
false
Sun Zi ??
23. What are the four great invention of China?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
East
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
24. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
title
Hong Kong
25. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Nihao! Zenme y
Great Wall of China
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Fourth
26. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
with both hands
China - Signapore
Mao Zedong
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
27. Where does the Giant Panda live?
4
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Face to Face
Pinyin
28. There are often what main courses?
2500
Pinyin
Yangzi
multiple
29. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
Signature
1.3 Billion
October 1st
30. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Renminbi Yuan
Taiwan
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
31. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Black ??
False
Pinyin
55
32. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
wife or husband
just over 8
Taiwan
33. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
1.3 Billion
Tray of Togetherness
Most senior ranking attendee
34. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Tea (Cha)
False
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
with both hands
35. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Dragon Boat Festival
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
1.3 Billion
36. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
noodles
Atheism
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Inflate your prices
37. What does renminbi mean?
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38. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Dessert (Small Heart)
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
55
39. What flower represents courage and hope?
noodles
False
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
40. The top three most population cites in China
xu Sh
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Red and Yellow
41. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Renminbi Yuan
Fourth
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Gong Xi
42. What is a very popular food?
red
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Dessert (Small Heart)
white rice
43. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Television
East
44. A handshake in China often is ...
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
limp and brief
scare away the evil spirits
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
45. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
Gong Xi
Dragon Boat Festival
just over 8
46. What is China's currency called?
Dragon Boat Festival
limp and brief
Renminbi Yuan
Taiwan
47. The author of 'The Art of War' is
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Sun Zi ??
NE quadrant
Television
48. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
China - Signapore
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Black ??
Mt. Everest
49. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Mao Zedong
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Mandarin Chinese
50. What does Kung Fu mean?
the lantern celebration
learned skill
Gong Xi
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