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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
False
2500
East
Tea (Cha)
2. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Atheism
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
3. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Inflate your prices
Fortune cookies
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Beijing
4. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
Signature
15
bring in good luck and prosperity
5. Most people live in the_______of China
Chinese Americans in USA
adult content
communist
East
6. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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7. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Tea (Cha)
red
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
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
8. Chinese New year is also known as what?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
China - Signapore
the Spring Festival
the lantern celebration
9. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Mao Zedong
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Inflate your prices
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
10. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
2500
Mao Zedong
Face to Face
China - Signapore
11. What was the Great Wall originally built?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
just over 8
her own last name
12. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Hong boa or Lai see
cat
Peach (T
2
13. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Peach (T
October 1st
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
14. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
about 275 lbs.
Bamboo leaves
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
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. What are lion dances believed to do?
Shuo W
scare away the evil spirits
October 1st
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
16. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Taiwan - Hong Kong
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
2500
17. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Black ??
Face to Face
title
Bamboo leaves
18. What economy does China have?
Fourth
Tray of Togetherness
Hong boa or Lai see
communist
19. The Republic of China is located on...
Mandarin Chinese
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
noodles
Taiwan
20. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Parts of Chinese characters
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Hin Jintao
21. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Hong Kong
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
greeting you
scare away the evil spirits
22. What does Kung Fu mean?
2500
her own last name
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
learned skill
23. What are the five official religions of China?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
bring in good luck and prosperity
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
24. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Hong boa or Lai see
Black ??
xu Sh
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
25. Some animals that make their homes in China.
red
Nihao! Zenme y
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
55
26. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Show emotion
Bamboo leaves
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
27. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
people's money
wife or husband
Most senior ranking attendee
56 (including Han)
28. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
China - Signapore
multiple
False
Gong Xi
29. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
title
about 275 lbs.
Atheism
30. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Black ??
Mao Zedong
Signature
31. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Mandarin Chinese
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
her own last name
32. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Most senior ranking attendee
33. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
1600
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
just over 8
false
34. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
1.3 Billion
Emperor and Empress
adult content
Han
35. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
cash
Gong Xi
communist
Pinyin
36. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Bamboo leaves
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
greeting you
37. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
communist
cash
Beijing
Show emotion
38. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Hin Jintao
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
False
Shuo W
39. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
greeting you
Inflate your prices
Face to Face
40. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Television
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
Emperor and Empress
41. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
communist
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
China - Signapore
42. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
limp and brief
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
True
Most senior ranking attendee
43. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Tea (Cha)
Mt. Everest
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
15
44. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Show emotion
Renminbi Yuan
adult content
45. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
56 (including Han)
red
Bamboo leaves
noodles
46. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Television
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Yangzi
Taiwan
47. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Television
people's money
Face to Face
48. How many Chinese characters are there
Sun Zi ??
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Mao Zedong
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
49. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
Emperor and Empress
Nihao! Zenme y
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
50. What are dragon dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
Sun Zi ??
cat
bring in good luck and prosperity