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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What flower represents courage and hope?
communist
Shuo W
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Signature
2. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
2
bring in good luck and prosperity
with both hands
3. Most people live in the_______of China
2
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
East
Parts of Chinese characters
4. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Dessert (Small Heart)
you could wipe away your good fortune
2500
55
5. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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6. Name a public holiday that China has.
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7. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Mao Zedong
Beijing
Hong boa or Lai see
wife or husband
8. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
55
cat
15
the Shaolin Monks
9. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Inflate your prices
Chinese Americans in USA
Tray of Togetherness
Taiwan - Hong Kong
10. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Hong Kong
Tray of Togetherness
about 275 lbs.
11. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
about 275 lbs.
NE quadrant
cat
12. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Hin Jintao
Fortune cookies
13. What does the word yellow imply?
Face to Face
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
adult content
14. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Television
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
15. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
15
Hin Jintao
wife or husband
16. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
True
Mao Zedong
1600
Dessert (Small Heart)
17. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Renminbi Yuan
False
Hong boa or Lai see
18. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Hong Kong
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Han
19. How should one receive business cards?
the Spring Festival
with both hands
Dessert (Small Heart)
Hin Jintao
20. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
the lantern celebration
just over 8
Show emotion
Face to Face
21. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
adult content
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
title
22. Which of these things did not originally come from China
greeting you
Television
Renminbi Yuan
Hong boa or Lai see
23. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
about 275 lbs.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Gong Xi
24. The Republic of China is located on...
Most senior ranking attendee
Taiwan
you could wipe away your good fortune
learned skill
25. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
scare away the evil spirits
title
limp and brief
Shuo W
26. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
wife or husband
1600
scare away the evil spirits
Fourth
27. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the lantern celebration
28. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
xu Sh
Great Wall of China
Mao Zedong
29. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Mt. Everest
Yangzi
Sun Zi ??
30. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
greeting you
Nihao! Zenme y
Television
Emperor and Empress
31. What is China's currency called?
Show emotion
Afghanistan
Renminbi Yuan
adult content
32. What is the state religion in China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
2500
her own last name
Atheism
33. 'Dim Sum' means
Tray of Togetherness
multiple
Tea (Cha)
Dessert (Small Heart)
34. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
the Spring Festival
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
limp and brief
35. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Nihao! Zenme y
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
xu Sh
36. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Yangzi
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Inflate your prices
37. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
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
the lantern celebration
Han
38. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
NE quadrant
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
East
Hin Jintao
39. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
bring in good luck and prosperity
Pinyin
Taiwan - Hong Kong
40. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
title
41. The population in Mainland China is
greeting you
1.3 Billion
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Sun Zi ??
42. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Tea (Cha)
China - Signapore
Black ??
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
43. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
Atheism
the Spring Festival
56 (including Han)
44. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
2
True
Great Wall of China
45. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Chinese Americans in USA
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
46. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
communist
Fourth
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Bamboo leaves
47. What is the official language spoken in China?
4
Mandarin Chinese
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
communist
48. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Face to Face
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
you could wipe away your good fortune
49. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
false
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Peach (T
56 (including Han)
50. What is the national drink for Chinese?
bring in good luck and prosperity
55
Tea (Cha)
Shuo W