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Chinese Culture

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1. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Black ??
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Pinyin
Emperor and Empress

2. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
cat
xu Sh
NE quadrant
Noodle (Mi

3. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
wife or husband
scare away the evil spirits
red

4. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Red and Yellow
55
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Nihao! Zenme y

5. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Bamboo leaves
people's money
title

6. What is the state religion in China?
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
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Atheism
Show emotion

7. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
Mandarin Chinese
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
noodles

8. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Yangzi
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Gong Xi
Hong boa or Lai see

9. The Republic of China is located on...
Hin Jintao
56 (including Han)
Taiwan
Mao Zedong

10. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Fourth
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Tray of Togetherness
Peach (T

11. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
True
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
October 1st
Fourth

12. What does renminbi mean?

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13. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
just over 8
multiple
Dessert (Small Heart)
cat

14. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
cat
the Spring Festival

15. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Han

16. How did Kung Fu start?
Dragon Boat Festival
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Show emotion
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans

17. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Atheism
Hin Jintao
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mt. Everest

18. What is the highest mountain in China?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
about 275 lbs.
Mt. Everest
Beijing

19. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Taiwan
False

20. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
multiple
Sun Zi ??
Beijing
Television

21. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Tea (Cha)
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
communist
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day

22. What color is considered lucky?
True
Peach (T
her own last name
red

23. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Han
Mandarin Chinese
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone

24. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Emperor and Empress
2
Mao Zedong
NE quadrant

25. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
4
Red and Yellow

26. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Television
Taiwan
Taiwan - Hong Kong
the Shaolin Monks

27. What is the longest river in China?
NE quadrant
Parts of Chinese characters
Yangzi
cash

28. What does the word yellow imply?
Gong Xi
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
adult content
Mandarin Chinese

29. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Gong Xi
learned skill
Pinyin
her own last name

30. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Most senior ranking attendee
scare away the evil spirits

31. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
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
56 (including Han)

32. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Signature
China - Signapore
cat
Bamboo leaves

33. A handshake in China often is ...
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
greeting you
limp and brief
China - Signapore

34. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Television
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
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone

35. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
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
Parts of Chinese characters
Dessert (Small Heart)

36. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
you could wipe away your good fortune
Mao Zedong
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
people's money

37. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Taiwan
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Afghanistan

38. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
limp and brief
55
Signature
Hong Kong

39. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
noodles
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi

40. 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
4
cash
Most senior ranking attendee

41. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil

42. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Hong boa or Lai see
Fourth
True
Hong Kong

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

44. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
white rice
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
15
red

45. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Parts of Chinese characters
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
Bamboo leaves
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu

46. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
noodles
Face to Face
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
China - Signapore

47. The top three most population cites in China
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
East
Peach (T
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing

48. What is the money China called?
greeting you
wife or husband
Yangzi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese

49. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Afghanistan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
cash

50. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
56 (including Han)
2500
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Han