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Chinese Culture
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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 is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
you could wipe away your good fortune
adult content
2. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Noodle (Mi
Red and Yellow
xu Sh
Shuo W
3. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Peach (T
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Most senior ranking attendee
4. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Han
Bamboo leaves
5. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Hin Jintao
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
East
6. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Mt. Everest
Show emotion
the lantern celebration
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
7. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Dessert (Small Heart)
Signature
Red and Yellow
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
8. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
4
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
people's money
9. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Han
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
October 1st
False
10. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Noodle (Mi
Sun Zi ??
11. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Dragon Boat Festival
Shuo W
greeting you
12. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Mt. Everest
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
limp and brief
13. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
15
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
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
14. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
multiple
Chinese Americans in USA
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Great Wall of China
15. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Yangzi
Tea (Cha)
her own last name
Atheism
16. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Pinyin
4
Mao Zedong
17. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Shuo W
East
Bamboo leaves
Great Wall of China
18. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Fourth
Show emotion
Tray of Togetherness
19. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
cash
Bamboo leaves
about 275 lbs.
20. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Parts of Chinese characters
1.3 Billion
bring in good luck and prosperity
4
21. Some animals that make their homes in China.
China - Signapore
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Bamboo leaves
22. Name a public holiday that China has.
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23. What economy does China have?
56 (including Han)
Chinese Americans in USA
Gong Xi
communist
24. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Hong Kong
just over 8
you could wipe away your good fortune
2
25. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
learned skill
about 275 lbs.
Tray of Togetherness
Peach (T
26. China shares a border with
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Hin Jintao
China - Signapore
Afghanistan
27. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Renminbi Yuan
Inflate your prices
Parts of Chinese characters
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
28. What is the official language spoken in China?
55
Mandarin Chinese
communist
Hong Kong
29. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
limp and brief
noodles
the Shaolin Monks
30. How should one receive business cards?
adult content
title
with both hands
East
31. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
wife or husband
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Tray of Togetherness
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
32. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
NE quadrant
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
33. 'Dim Sum' means
Afghanistan
Dessert (Small Heart)
October 1st
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
34. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
2500
Gong Xi
wife or husband
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
35. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Red and Yellow
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
55
Mao Zedong
36. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
the lantern celebration
Beijing
Bamboo leaves
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
37. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
with both hands
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
38. Where is the Great Wall?
Han
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Bamboo leaves
NE quadrant
39. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
1600
her own last name
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
40. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
True
41. The population in Mainland China is
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Nihao! Zenme y
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
1.3 Billion
42. There are often what main courses?
Renminbi Yuan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
adult content
multiple
43. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Hong Kong
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Atheism
Most senior ranking attendee
44. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
wife or husband
Television
Beijing
45. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
you could wipe away your good fortune
55
Renminbi Yuan
46. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
China - Signapore
Parts of Chinese characters
just over 8
47. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
56 (including Han)
Atheism
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
48. What are the five official religions of China?
Hong Kong
cat
Parts of Chinese characters
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
49. The largest ethnic group in China is called
her own last name
Black ??
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Han
50. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
NE quadrant
multiple
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness