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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
the lantern celebration
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Dragon Boat Festival
2. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Hong boa or Lai see
Sun Zi ??
Gong Xi
3. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
white rice
red
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
4. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
1600
Black ??
NE quadrant
5. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Mandarin Chinese
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Dragon Boat Festival
6. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
1600
red
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
7. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Atheism
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
2
Gong Xi
8. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
the Spring Festival
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
9. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
China - Signapore
cash
false
Hin Jintao
10. Most people live in the_______of China
Dessert (Small Heart)
Afghanistan
East
cash
11. What is China's currency called?
Afghanistan
Fortune cookies
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Renminbi Yuan
12. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Inflate your prices
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
title
13. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
about 275 lbs.
the Shaolin Monks
Peach (T
Parts of Chinese characters
14. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
True
you could wipe away your good fortune
learned skill
15. How should one receive business cards?
Emperor and Empress
Hin Jintao
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
with both hands
16. The largest ethnic group in China is called
noodles
Han
1.3 Billion
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
17. What economy does China have?
communist
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Peach (T
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
18. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
the Spring Festival
xu Sh
Shuo W
her own last name
19. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Sun Zi ??
Face to Face
20. What does renminbi mean?
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21. Where is the Great Wall?
multiple
NE quadrant
Fortune cookies
Parts of Chinese characters
22. What does the word yellow imply?
bring in good luck and prosperity
adult content
Great Wall of China
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
23. What are the red envelopes called?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
False
Hong boa or Lai see
her own last name
24. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
4
2500
Parts of Chinese characters
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
25. 'Dim Sum' means
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Hin Jintao
Dessert (Small Heart)
title
26. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
Hong Kong
Emperor and Empress
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
27. List some Chinese inventions.
cat
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
4
adult content
28. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Renminbi Yuan
Taiwan - Hong Kong
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
29. The author of 'The Art of War' is
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Sun Zi ??
Television
30. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
the lantern celebration
Signature
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
31. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Peach (T
limp and brief
bring in good luck and prosperity
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
32. What the three common Chinese greetings?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Nihao! Zenme y
Han
Dessert (Small Heart)
33. The population in Mainland China is
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
1.3 Billion
False
Most senior ranking attendee
34. What are the four great invention of China?
Nihao! Zenme y
Renminbi Yuan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
35. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Tray of Togetherness
Face to Face
Show emotion
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
36. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Yangzi
red
Mao Zedong
learned skill
37. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
2
Fourth
Gong Xi
Hong Kong
38. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Atheism
noodles
Mao Zedong
Gong Xi
39. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Peach (T
adult content
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
40. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Beijing
cash
Nihao! Zenme y
41. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
her own last name
Inflate your prices
55
Dessert (Small Heart)
42. What is the highest mountain in China?
Renminbi Yuan
Mt. Everest
Han
the Shaolin Monks
43. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Face to Face
Mao Zedong
Red and Yellow
Signature
44. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Beijing
Red and Yellow
the Shaolin Monks
45. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
True
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Hong boa or Lai see
46. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
1600
greeting you
the Spring Festival
47. How did Kung Fu start?
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
Renminbi Yuan
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Fourth
48. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
October 1st
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
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
49. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Noodle (Mi
the Shaolin Monks
50. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
cash
Face to Face
Gong Xi