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1. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Mao Zedong
learned skill
Bamboo leaves
yuan - renminbi in Chinese

2. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Mao Zedong
about 275 lbs.
Most senior ranking attendee

3. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Taiwan - Hong Kong
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
15

4. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
1600
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Signature
Great Wall of China

5. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
55
Peach (T
4
Mao Zedong

6. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Fortune cookies
noodles
Shuo W
Hong boa or Lai see

7. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Most senior ranking attendee
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
East

8. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Tray of Togetherness
Inflate your prices
title
multiple

9. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
True
Afghanistan
white rice

10. 'Dim Sum' means
greeting you
Dessert (Small Heart)
Fourth
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish

11. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
about 275 lbs.
Pinyin
Mandarin Chinese
red

12. What are the four great invention of China?
learned skill
Hong Kong
Most senior ranking attendee
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing

13. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Mao Zedong
Parts of Chinese characters
2
just over 8

14. A handshake in China often is ...
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
limp and brief
1.3 Billion
Yangzi

15. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Signature
4
scare away the evil spirits
56 (including Han)

16. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
True
greeting you
false
Shuo W

17. What color is considered lucky?
Red and Yellow
Afghanistan
red
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans

18. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
NE quadrant
Tea (Cha)

19. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
1.3 Billion
Mt. Everest
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.

20. There are often what main courses?
Signature
multiple
Great Wall of China
limp and brief

21. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
the Shaolin Monks
Han
to get rid of the bad luck and the old

22. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
false
wife or husband
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
people's money

23. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Taiwan - Hong Kong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
1600

24. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
1.3 Billion
55
Black ??
Peach (T

25. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Signature
just over 8
Tea (Cha)

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

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27. What flower represents courage and hope?
Signature
Mao Zedong
Television
the plum blossom - they bloom year round

28. What economy does China have?
Tea (Cha)
1.3 Billion
title
communist

29. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
red
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
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping

30. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
title
Hin Jintao
Fortune cookies
scare away the evil spirits

31. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Han
Nihao! Zenme y
the Spring Festival
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.

32. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
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
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
1600

33. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
the Shaolin Monks
Shuo W
with both hands
2

34. The population in Mainland China is
communist
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Tea (Cha)
1.3 Billion

35. When is China's National Day?
the lantern celebration
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
October 1st
to get rid of the bad luck and the old

36. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Mt. Everest
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
you could wipe away your good fortune

37. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
15
Emperor and Empress

38. Name a public holiday that China has.

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39. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
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
just over 8
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
October 1st

40. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
15
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Fortune cookies

41. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
just over 8
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
you could wipe away your good fortune
about 275 lbs.

42. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
cash
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
False

43. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
1600
55
Hin Jintao
Fourth

44. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Noodle (Mi
bring in good luck and prosperity
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
True

45. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
title
xu Sh
1.3 Billion
Bamboo leaves

46. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Most senior ranking attendee
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
Noodle (Mi

47. What is China's currency called?
True
limp and brief
Renminbi Yuan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping

48. How many Chinese characters are there
1.3 Billion
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Tea (Cha)
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.

49. How did Kung Fu start?
Face to Face
Atheism
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
noodles

50. What does renminbi mean?

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