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






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






3. How did Kung Fu start?






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






5. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?






6. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?






7. What is the official language spoken in China?






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






9. What flower represents courage and hope?






10. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).






11. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?






12. The population in Mainland China is






13. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?






14. Name a public holiday that China has.

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






16. Where is the Great Wall?






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






18. How many Chinese characters are there






19. What is the state religion in China?






20. What are dragon dances believed to do?






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






22. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?

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23. What are the four treasures of the study (w






24. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949






25. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?






26. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang






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






28. What is the money China called?






29. Some animals that make their homes in China.






30. Most people live in the_______of China






31. What are lion dances believed to do?






32. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y






33. How many minority nationalities are there in China?






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






35. What does the word yellow imply?






36. The largest ethnic group in China is called






37. There are often what main courses?






38. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?






39. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?






40. What are the red envelopes called?






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






42. List some Chinese foods.






43. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?






44. Where was the fortune cookie original from?






45. What color is considered lucky?






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






47. What is a very popular food?






48. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?






49. What is China's currency called?






50. China shares a border with