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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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1. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
the Spring Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Beijing
2. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
with both hands
xu Sh
learned skill
3. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
xu Sh
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
2500
4. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
people's money
the lantern celebration
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
5. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Taiwan - Hong Kong
adult content
Fourth
Gong Xi
6. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Shuo W
people's money
Mt. Everest
7. What are the five official religions of China?
noodles
Dessert (Small Heart)
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
8. What flower represents courage and hope?
Television
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Parts of Chinese characters
bring in good luck and prosperity
9. ____________ were not invented in China?
Peach (T
you could wipe away your good fortune
Fortune cookies
1.3 Billion
10. The population in Mainland China is
her own last name
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
1.3 Billion
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
11. 'Dim Sum' means
people's money
1600
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Dessert (Small Heart)
12. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
bring in good luck and prosperity
13. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
just over 8
Renminbi Yuan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
14. What is China's currency called?
Peach (T
Renminbi Yuan
Face to Face
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
15. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
East
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
16. What is a very popular food?
white rice
Mandarin Chinese
Yangzi
NE quadrant
17. What is the official language spoken in China?
just over 8
the Spring Festival
Mandarin Chinese
56 (including Han)
18. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Face to Face
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the Shaolin Monks
19. 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
the lantern celebration
about 275 lbs.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
20. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Bamboo leaves
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
red
21. What economy does China have?
4
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
communist
22. Name a public holiday that China has.
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23. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
2
Beijing
Tea (Cha)
24. The Republic of China is located on...
October 1st
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Taiwan
25. 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
white rice
Afghanistan
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
26. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
Black ??
Dessert (Small Heart)
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
27. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Mao Zedong
Mt. Everest
NE quadrant
bring in good luck and prosperity
28. And the traditional form of characters is used in
cash
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Taiwan - Hong Kong
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
29. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
Inflate your prices
Hong Kong
noodles
30. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
with both hands
xu Sh
2
Red and Yellow
31. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
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
True
Fourth
32. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
1600
Chinese Americans in USA
wife or husband
Hong boa or Lai see
33. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
Afghanistan
Dessert (Small Heart)
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
34. A handshake in China often is ...
Red and Yellow
limp and brief
Shuo W
Great Wall of China
35. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Mandarin Chinese
4
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
learned skill
36. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Hong Kong
her own last name
Shuo W
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
37. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
bring in good luck and prosperity
56 (including Han)
Atheism
title
38. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Yangzi
55
the Spring Festival
Renminbi Yuan
39. What does Kung Fu mean?
October 1st
xu Sh
learned skill
wife or husband
40. Where is the Great Wall?
Peach (T
NE quadrant
people's money
Han
41. List some Chinese inventions.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Dessert (Small Heart)
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
people's money
42. China shares a border with
Han
Pinyin
October 1st
Afghanistan
43. How should one receive business cards?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
with both hands
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
2
44. What are lion dances believed to do?
Atheism
1.3 Billion
scare away the evil spirits
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
45. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Afghanistan
red
Atheism
just over 8
46. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Shuo W
Most senior ranking attendee
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
China - Signapore
47. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Dragon Boat Festival
Inflate your prices
48. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
1600
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Hin Jintao
49. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
the lantern celebration
Atheism
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
50. What are the four treasures of the study (w
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Pinyin