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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
56 (including Han)
Bamboo leaves
Peach (T
Signature
2. 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
Pinyin
Mao Zedong
bring in good luck and prosperity
3. What does 'radical' means?
2
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
wife or husband
4. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Mao Zedong
Peach (T
Hong Kong
5. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Signature
October 1st
6. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
people's money
Bamboo leaves
7. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
the lantern celebration
China - Signapore
True
8. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
Great Wall of China
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
9. What is the longest river in China?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Yangzi
Mao Zedong
you could wipe away your good fortune
10. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Bamboo leaves
bring in good luck and prosperity
Dessert (Small Heart)
11. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
East
the lantern celebration
12. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
Hin Jintao
Parts of Chinese characters
2500
13. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Han
Most senior ranking attendee
1.3 Billion
Yangzi
14. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Red and Yellow
Renminbi Yuan
Dragon Boat Festival
Emperor and Empress
15. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
55
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Most senior ranking attendee
Signature
16. What is a very popular food?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Gong Xi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
white rice
17. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Mao Zedong
xu Sh
18. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
her own last name
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Most senior ranking attendee
19. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Face to Face
Tray of Togetherness
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
20. What is the state religion in China?
Fourth
Fortune cookies
Hong boa or Lai see
Atheism
21. There are often what main courses?
Taiwan
multiple
communist
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
22. What are the four treasures of the study (w
55
xu Sh
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Bamboo leaves
23. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Television
Tea (Cha)
Afghanistan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
24. What are the red envelopes called?
Face to Face
Hong boa or Lai see
Emperor and Empress
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
25. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in 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
with both hands
Red and Yellow
Inflate your prices
26. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
1600
Taiwan
Fortune cookies
Face to Face
27. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
1.3 Billion
her own last name
Hin Jintao
Great Wall of China
28. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Shuo W
white rice
Hin Jintao
Han
29. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Hong boa or Lai see
with both hands
Beijing
2
30. What is the highest mountain in China?
noodles
Mt. Everest
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Mao Zedong
31. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
multiple
Show emotion
1.3 Billion
Han
32. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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33. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Hong boa or Lai see
Mandarin Chinese
34. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Chinese Americans in USA
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Red and Yellow
35. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
Nihao! Zenme y
China - Signapore
Taiwan - Hong Kong
36. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
multiple
noodles
Hin Jintao
37. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Black ??
Taiwan
38. Chinese New year is also known as what?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Tea (Cha)
the Spring Festival
cash
39. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Red and Yellow
Sun Zi ??
Yangzi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
40. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Nihao! Zenme y
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Bamboo leaves
the Shaolin Monks
41. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Tea (Cha)
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
her own last name
42. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
the lantern celebration
Dessert (Small Heart)
Television
43. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
learned skill
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
44. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Mao Zedong
Shuo W
2500
45. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
China - Signapore
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
True
46. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Fortune cookies
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
adult content
title
47. What economy does China have?
Most senior ranking attendee
communist
Red and Yellow
Fortune cookies
48. Where is the Great Wall?
people's money
NE quadrant
Fourth
Red and Yellow
49. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
red
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Mao Zedong
50. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Television
Taiwan
1.3 Billion