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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. What are dragon dances believed to do?






2. What does 'radical' means?






3. How many ethnic groups are there in China?






4. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?






5. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?






6. What are lion dances believed to do?






7. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?






8. The top three most population cites in China






9. What are the red envelopes called?






10. There are often what main courses?






11. What is the highest mountain in China?






12. The author of 'The Art of War' is






13. The largest ethnic group in China is called






14. What the three common Chinese greetings?






15. 'Dim Sum' means






16. What economy does China have?






17. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?






18. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)






19. What does the word yellow imply?






20. Simplified Chinese character system is used in






21. Which of these things did not originally come from China






22. How should one receive business cards?






23. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?






24. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?






25. A handshake in China often is ...






26. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?






27. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?






28. China shares a border with






29. What is a very popular food?






30. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:






31. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?






32. Where is the Great Wall?






33. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments






34. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?

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35. Chinese New year is also known as what?






36. What is the money China called?






37. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?






38. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?






39. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?






40. What are the six working languages of the United Nations






41. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?






42. What are the five official religions of China?






43. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?






44. ____________ were not invented in China?






45. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949






46. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?






47. How did Kung Fu start?






48. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China






49. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?






50. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?