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Chinese Culture

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1. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
4
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Most senior ranking attendee
multiple

2. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
2500
False
East

3. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
15
Great Wall of China
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies

4. When is China's National Day?
learned skill
October 1st
Pinyin
1600

5. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
1600
2500

6. How did Kung Fu start?
Hong boa or Lai see
learned skill
Taiwan - Hong Kong
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans

7. What does 'radical' means?
East
Face to Face
Parts of Chinese characters
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.

8. How should one receive business cards?
Tray of Togetherness
adult content
Dessert (Small Heart)
with both hands

9. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Mao Zedong
greeting you
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Chinese Americans in USA

10. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Signature
Nihao! Zenme y
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken

11. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
about 275 lbs.
Mao Zedong
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
Sun Zi ??

12. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
people's money
Tea (Cha)
the lantern celebration
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing

13. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
cash
Sun Zi ??
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
Han

14. There are often what main courses?
multiple
the lantern celebration
limp and brief
Television

15. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
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
wife or husband
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness

16. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Atheism

17. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
East
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Sun Zi ??

18. List some Chinese foods.
the Shaolin Monks
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
East

19. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
October 1st
Hong boa or Lai see
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish

20. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
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
Sun Zi ??
Emperor and Empress
multiple

21. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
bring in good luck and prosperity
2500
white rice
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.

22. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Pinyin
communist
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23. What does renminbi mean?

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24. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Han
China - Signapore

25. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
cash
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Mandarin Chinese

26. What flower represents courage and hope?
Shuo W
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Pinyin
Taiwan

27. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Dessert (Small Heart)
people's money
cash

28. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
Gong Xi
Emperor and Empress
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing

29. What is a very popular food?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
white rice
the Spring Festival

30. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Han
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
with both hands

31. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Han
about 275 lbs.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
adult content

32. Most people live in the_______of China
East
Show emotion
Parts of Chinese characters
you could wipe away your good fortune

33. Some animals that make their homes in China.
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about 275 lbs.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hong Kong

34. Chinese New year is also known as what?
True
the Spring Festival
Sun Zi ??
Gong Xi

35. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Taiwan
about 275 lbs.
people's money

36. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Hin Jintao
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
NE quadrant
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil

37. What color is considered lucky?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
red

38. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
4
adult content
Face to Face
scare away the evil spirits

39. List some Chinese inventions.
Emperor and Empress
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
2500
bring in good luck and prosperity

40. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
learned skill
Mt. Everest
56 (including Han)

41. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
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
Beijing
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Afghanistan

42. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Hong boa or Lai see
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Red and Yellow

43. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Dessert (Small Heart)
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil

44. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
people's money
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
wife or husband

45. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Tray of Togetherness
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Fourth
Television

46. Name a public holiday that China has.

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47. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
55
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.

48. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Tea (Cha)
adult content
Parts of Chinese characters

49. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
people's money
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mandarin Chinese

50. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
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
multiple
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