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Chinese Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
1.3 Billion
about 275 lbs.
multiple
2. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Fortune cookies
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
her own last name
3. What color is considered lucky?
red
Fourth
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
56 (including Han)
4. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Tray of Togetherness
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Renminbi Yuan
55
5. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
scare away the evil spirits
Bamboo leaves
Hin Jintao
adult content
6. China shares a border with
Signature
Afghanistan
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
1.3 Billion
7. The top three most population cites in China
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
55
Bamboo leaves
8. What are lion dances believed to do?
Mao Zedong
False
scare away the evil spirits
title
9. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Pinyin
2500
Mandarin Chinese
Nihao! Zenme y
10. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
October 1st
you could wipe away your good fortune
xu Sh
her own last name
11. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
Signature
people's money
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
12. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
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
noodles
13. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Tray of Togetherness
with both hands
Bamboo leaves
14. What are the four treasures of the study (w
bring in good luck and prosperity
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
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
15. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Hong boa or Lai see
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
16. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
1.3 Billion
Beijing
4
Mt. Everest
17. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
the Shaolin Monks
cat
Han
just over 8
18. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
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
East
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Most senior ranking attendee
19. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
adult content
Signature
wife or husband
20. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
NE quadrant
Fourth
her own last name
1600
21. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Mao Zedong
2500
Tray of Togetherness
Great Wall of China
22. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Nihao! Zenme y
56 (including Han)
Sun Zi ??
Renminbi Yuan
23. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Face to Face
East
24. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
title
Gong Xi
Fourth
Emperor and Empress
25. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Black ??
Hong Kong
26. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Dragon Boat Festival
Han
27. What are the four great invention of China?
title
Nihao! Zenme y
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
28. What is the money China called?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Emperor and Empress
Fortune cookies
29. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
China - Signapore
Yangzi
greeting you
Fourth
30. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
noodles
with both hands
Great Wall of China
31. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
32. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
title
cat
multiple
Mao Zedong
33. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Bamboo leaves
Inflate your prices
Hin Jintao
Face to Face
34. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Noodle (Mi
you could wipe away your good fortune
NE quadrant
35. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
scare away the evil spirits
4
limp and brief
36. What is the official language spoken in China?
xu Sh
white rice
Mandarin Chinese
Atheism
37. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
adult content
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Noodle (Mi
Yangzi
38. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
56 (including Han)
Signature
2500
15
39. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Hong Kong
the lantern celebration
adult content
Mao Zedong
40. What economy does China have?
Dragon Boat Festival
NE quadrant
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
communist
41. What flower represents courage and hope?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
1.3 Billion
Great Wall of China
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
42. How many Chinese characters are there
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
4
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
43. What does renminbi mean?
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44. What are the red envelopes called?
Han
Hong boa or Lai see
Taiwan
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
45. What is the state religion in China?
red
Atheism
China - Signapore
Mao Zedong
46. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
the Shaolin Monks
xu Sh
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Mao Zedong
47. What is the longest river in China?
Chinese Americans in USA
noodles
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Yangzi
48. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
the Shaolin Monks
1600
Fourth
49. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
2
Yangzi
Noodle (Mi
50. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
True
Peach (T
Yangzi
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