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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.
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1. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
noodles
Black ??
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
false
2. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Mandarin Chinese
3. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Hong Kong
limp and brief
Television
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
4. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Fortune cookies
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Black ??
communist
5. What does 'radical' means?
Mt. Everest
Parts of Chinese characters
noodles
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
6. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
wife or husband
Yangzi
you could wipe away your good fortune
7. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Bamboo leaves
Renminbi Yuan
True
Dragon Boat Festival
8. What is China's currency called?
Hin Jintao
multiple
Renminbi Yuan
Face to Face
9. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
with both hands
about 275 lbs.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
10. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
you could wipe away your good fortune
cash
just over 8
11. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Atheism
xu Sh
cash
12. What flower represents courage and hope?
the Shaolin Monks
Mao Zedong
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Atheism
13. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Tea (Cha)
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
bring in good luck and prosperity
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
14. The population in Mainland China is
Afghanistan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Fortune cookies
1.3 Billion
15. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Hong Kong
56 (including Han)
Bamboo leaves
16. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Tray of Togetherness
Mandarin Chinese
just over 8
Bamboo leaves
17. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
2
Taiwan - Hong Kong
the Shaolin Monks
her own last name
18. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Bamboo leaves
Television
Hin Jintao
Inflate your prices
19. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Afghanistan
about 275 lbs.
red
Red and Yellow
20. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Dragon Boat Festival
Sun Zi ??
Taiwan - Hong Kong
cash
21. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
you could wipe away your good fortune
about 275 lbs.
the lantern celebration
Great Wall of China
22. How did Kung Fu start?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Television
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
15
23. What is the state religion in China?
just over 8
wife or husband
the Spring Festival
Atheism
24. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Signature
Inflate your prices
Emperor and Empress
Taiwan - Hong Kong
25. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Hin Jintao
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
26. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Han
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
false
the lantern celebration
27. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
noodles
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
title
28. How many Chinese characters are there
communist
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Gong Xi
Afghanistan
29. What are the five official religions of China?
false
Afghanistan
Mao Zedong
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
30. ____________ were not invented in China?
Inflate your prices
Fortune cookies
Nihao! Zenme y
55
31. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
55
Hin Jintao
cash
32. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
about 275 lbs.
1.3 Billion
adult content
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
33. What economy does China have?
communist
her own last name
False
Hong Kong
34. A handshake in China often is ...
Bamboo leaves
Tea (Cha)
Dessert (Small Heart)
limp and brief
35. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
4
2500
just over 8
Taiwan - Hong Kong
36. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Hong Kong
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Peach (T
37. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
the Spring Festival
Mandarin Chinese
Han
55
38. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
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
15
Mao Zedong
Parts of Chinese characters
39. How should one receive business cards?
Pinyin
with both hands
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Face to Face
40. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Mao Zedong
Beijing
Noodle (Mi
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
41. The top three most population cites in China
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
2500
Han
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
42. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Bamboo leaves
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
Beijing
43. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
cat
Atheism
1600
44. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
false
True
Black ??
45. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
red
Noodle (Mi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
46. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Fortune cookies
greeting you
1.3 Billion
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
47. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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48. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
4
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Black ??
15
49. What color is considered lucky?
1.3 Billion
red
Tea (Cha)
Inflate your prices
50. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
1600
the plum blossom - they bloom year round