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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. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :






2. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?






3. What color is considered lucky?






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






5. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?






6. What is a very popular food?






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






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






9. What economy does China have?






10. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year






11. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?






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






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






14. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?






15. How many Chinese characters are there






16. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?






17. ____________ were not invented in China?






18. The largest ethnic group in China is called






19. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?






20. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?






21. How many minority nationalities are there in China?






22. Where is the Great Wall?






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






24. 'Dim Sum' means






25. Simplified Chinese character system is used in






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






27. Where was the fortune cookie original from?






28. What are the ancient rulers of China called?






29. What was the Great Wall originally built?






30. What the three common Chinese greetings?






31. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?






32. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?






33. What flower represents courage and hope?






34. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called






35. What does Kung Fu mean?






36. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments






37. What is the state religion in China?






38. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?






39. What colors are on the Chinese flag?






40. What is the money China called?






41. What does renminbi mean?

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






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






44. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?






45. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.






46. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?






47. What are dragon dances believed to do?






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






49. The population in Mainland China is






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