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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Peach (T
False
2. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Red and Yellow
Taiwan - Hong Kong
bring in good luck and prosperity
Noodle (Mi
3. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
the lantern celebration
True
Mao Zedong
Tea (Cha)
4. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
white rice
Mandarin Chinese
Black ??
the lantern celebration
5. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
with both hands
15
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
6. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
the Spring Festival
56 (including Han)
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
7. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
xu Sh
Hong Kong
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
2500
8. List some Chinese foods.
about 275 lbs.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
just over 8
9. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
adult content
Mao Zedong
Sun Zi ??
10. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
True
Gong Xi
Mt. Everest
11. What does renminbi mean?
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12. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
just over 8
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
Noodle (Mi
13. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
scare away the evil spirits
Yangzi
Peach (T
14. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Taiwan
Beijing
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
noodles
15. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Show emotion
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
16. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Mao Zedong
17. List some Chinese inventions.
about 275 lbs.
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
East
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
18. The Republic of China is located on...
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Television
Taiwan
you could wipe away your good fortune
19. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
Yangzi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Hong boa or Lai see
20. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Chinese Americans in USA
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Atheism
21. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Atheism
Black ??
Yangzi
false
22. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Face to Face
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mandarin Chinese
23. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
China - Signapore
cash
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Most senior ranking attendee
24. What flower represents courage and hope?
Fortune cookies
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
noodles
Nihao! Zenme y
25. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
just over 8
Pinyin
4
Mao Zedong
26. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
people's money
2
October 1st
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
27. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
56 (including Han)
Sun Zi ??
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Peach (T
28. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
xu Sh
1600
Renminbi Yuan
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
29. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Dragon Boat Festival
Gong Xi
NE quadrant
Inflate your prices
30. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
noodles
people's money
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
31. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Mao Zedong
4
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
greeting you
32. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
people's money
you could wipe away your good fortune
noodles
xu Sh
33. How did Kung Fu start?
55
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
false
34. ____________ were not invented in China?
Emperor and Empress
Tray of Togetherness
Fortune cookies
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
35. There are often what main courses?
Fourth
multiple
Dragon Boat Festival
Gong Xi
36. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
Signature
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Hong Kong
37. What is the money China called?
Signature
xu Sh
Hong boa or Lai see
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
38. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Han
the lantern celebration
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Tea (Cha)
39. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Han
Fourth
Yangzi
Mandarin Chinese
40. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Great Wall of China
just over 8
Sun Zi ??
1.3 Billion
41. What are lion dances believed to do?
Yangzi
scare away the evil spirits
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Black ??
42. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Fortune cookies
people's money
her own last name
43. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
noodles
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Tray of Togetherness
44. Which of these things did not originally come from China
1.3 Billion
Television
False
Most senior ranking attendee
45. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
Han
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
you could wipe away your good fortune
46. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Mt. Everest
Tea (Cha)
47. What is the national drink for Chinese?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Tea (Cha)
people's money
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
48. China shares a border with
2
Afghanistan
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Yangzi
49. The largest ethnic group in China is called
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the lantern celebration
Fourth
Han
50. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Dessert (Small Heart)
Taiwan
False