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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?






2. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?






3. The top three most population cites in China






4. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?






5. What was the Great Wall originally built?






6. Name a public holiday that China has.

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7. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China






8. Where does the Giant Panda live?






9. What does 'radical' means?






10. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?






11. Where is the Great Wall?






12. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?






13. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?






14. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?






15. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?






16. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?






17. What is the highest mountain in China?






18. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?






19. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?






20. And the traditional form of characters is used in






21. What are the five official religions of China?






22. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?






23. The author of 'The Art of War' is






24. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.






25. How many minority nationalities are there in China?






26. 'Dim Sum' means






27. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :






28. How many ethnic groups are there in China?






29. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?






30. Which of these things did not originally come from China






31. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?






32. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?






33. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?






34. What is the national drink for Chinese?






35. What are dragon dances believed to do?






36. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?






37. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?






38. What does Kung Fu mean?






39. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:






40. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?






41. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called






42. What economy does China have?






43. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?






44. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?






45. What the three common Chinese greetings?






46. What are the red envelopes called?






47. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?






48. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?






49. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?






50. What flower represents courage and hope?