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1. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
bring in good luck and prosperity
Most senior ranking attendee
4
October 1st

2. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
Fortune cookies
Yangzi
her own last name

3. There are often what main courses?
multiple
false
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth

4. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Renminbi Yuan
False
Gong Xi
limp and brief

5. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
greeting you
limp and brief
Taiwan - Hong Kong

6. Where is the Great Wall?
Taiwan
her own last name
Yangzi
NE quadrant

7. Who is President 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
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
2500
Hin Jintao

8. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Sun Zi ??

9. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Hin Jintao
Noodle (Mi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Sun Zi ??

10. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Hong boa or Lai see
56 (including Han)
Bamboo leaves
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil

11. What is the longest river in China?
Hong boa or Lai see
Yangzi
Shuo W
China - Signapore

12. What are the five official religions of China?
Hong boa or Lai see
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon

13. The largest ethnic group in China is called
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Sun Zi ??
Han

14. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Renminbi Yuan
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish

15. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Great Wall of China
Gong Xi
Chinese Americans in USA
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi

16. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Beijing
xu Sh

17. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
people's money
cash
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
cat

18. What economy does China have?
Fourth
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
communist

19. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
noodles
True
scare away the evil spirits

20. What is a very popular food?
the Spring Festival
Chinese Americans in USA
white rice
Television

21. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
1600
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
the lantern celebration

22. What is the money China called?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Gong Xi
Han

23. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
True
Hong boa or Lai see
Mao Zedong
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.

24. Name a public holiday that China has.

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25. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
Han
Red and Yellow
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing

26. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
2500
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Great Wall of China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu

27. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Inflate your prices

28. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Beijing
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Mandarin Chinese

29. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Nihao! Zenme y
the lantern celebration

30. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
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
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
2

31. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Mandarin Chinese
Red and Yellow
56 (including Han)
Sun Zi ??

32. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Pinyin
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Hong Kong
just over 8

33. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
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
Nihao! Zenme y
Red and Yellow
Signature

34. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
the Shaolin Monks
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
about 275 lbs.

35. What was the Great Wall originally built?
adult content
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
limp and brief
the lantern celebration

36. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Han
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Atheism
Television

37. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Renminbi Yuan
false
the Shaolin Monks
15

38. What does 'radical' means?
adult content
Mt. Everest
Parts of Chinese characters
Afghanistan

39. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
red
Fortune cookies
Fourth
Pinyin

40. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Nihao! Zenme y
greeting you
false

41. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Mt. Everest
noodles
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Red and Yellow

42. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
56 (including Han)
Television

43. China shares a border with
Parts of Chinese characters
Afghanistan
Dessert (Small Heart)
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing

44. What is the state religion in China?
wife or husband
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
Atheism
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing

45. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
China - Signapore
Nihao! Zenme y

46. What color is considered lucky?
red
about 275 lbs.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Mandarin Chinese

47. What is the national drink for Chinese?
cat
Tea (Cha)
2500
Pinyin

48. Chinese New year is also known as what?
red
the Spring Festival
Tea (Cha)
Mandarin Chinese

49. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
just over 8
Yangzi
Gong Xi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles

50. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
about 275 lbs.
the Shaolin Monks
adult content
Gong Xi