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Chinese Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Dessert (Small Heart)
2500
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Yangzi
2. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
cat
Emperor and Empress
Fortune cookies
Beijing
3. The top three most population cites in China
Pinyin
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
the Spring Festival
4. What the three common Chinese greetings?
noodles
Parts of Chinese characters
Nihao! Zenme y
Yangzi
5. What are the four great invention of China?
wife or husband
Hong Kong
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
6. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
limp and brief
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mt. Everest
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
7. How many Chinese characters are there
NE quadrant
East
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
about 275 lbs.
8. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
1.3 Billion
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
9. Name a public holiday that China has.
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10. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Mao Zedong
you could wipe away your good fortune
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
11. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
12. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
false
55
13. What flower represents courage and hope?
the Shaolin Monks
4
communist
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
14. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
1600
bring in good luck and prosperity
cat
Fourth
15. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
the Shaolin Monks
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Mao Zedong
16. When is China's National Day?
just over 8
Fourth
October 1st
Parts of Chinese characters
17. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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18. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
Mt. Everest
Chinese Americans in USA
Black ??
19. A handshake in China often is ...
NE quadrant
xu Sh
limp and brief
2500
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
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
21. The largest ethnic group in China is called
the Spring Festival
Han
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Sun Zi ??
22. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
Mao Zedong
East
56 (including Han)
23. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Fortune cookies
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Inflate your prices
Face to Face
24. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
Chinese Americans in USA
Hin Jintao
Nihao! Zenme y
25. List some Chinese inventions.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
just over 8
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Signature
26. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Han
October 1st
bring in good luck and prosperity
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
27. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Face to Face
NE quadrant
56 (including Han)
4
28. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
multiple
15
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
29. What is the longest river in China?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Yangzi
China - Signapore
Hin Jintao
30. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
NE quadrant
True
Shuo W
red
31. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hong Kong
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
32. 'Dim Sum' means
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Dessert (Small Heart)
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
33. What is the money China called?
just over 8
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
limp and brief
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
34. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
4
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
East
35. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Mao Zedong
True
Inflate your prices
you could wipe away your good fortune
36. The author of 'The Art of War' is
the lantern celebration
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Sun Zi ??
Pinyin
37. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
adult content
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
2500
bring in good luck and prosperity
38. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
55
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
xu Sh
learned skill
39. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Han
1.3 Billion
Signature
40. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
Gong Xi
56 (including Han)
Taiwan
41. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Fourth
white rice
Black ??
42. What is the state religion in China?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Atheism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
title
43. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
the lantern celebration
noodles
Nihao! Zenme y
her own last name
44. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Atheism
Signature
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
45. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Noodle (Mi
Gong Xi
4
46. 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
Red and Yellow
1600
Pinyin
47. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
Black ??
Show emotion
Face to Face
48. What color is considered lucky?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
red
Show emotion
Fortune cookies
49. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Signature
Yangzi
bring in good luck and prosperity
the Spring Festival
50. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
the lantern celebration
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Dragon Boat Festival
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