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Chinese Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
scare away the evil spirits
her own last name
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
2. 'Dim Sum' means
Dragon Boat Festival
Renminbi Yuan
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Dessert (Small Heart)
3. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
cash
communist
Bamboo leaves
4. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Hong boa or Lai see
the lantern celebration
1600
5. How many Chinese characters are there
wife or husband
Dessert (Small Heart)
4
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
6. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
false
the lantern celebration
Face to Face
Han
7. What is the official language spoken in 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
Mandarin Chinese
Nihao! Zenme y
communist
8. What are the five official religions of China?
Nihao! Zenme y
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
NE quadrant
Mandarin Chinese
9. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Bamboo leaves
10. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
False
just over 8
title
11. There are often what main courses?
multiple
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
greeting you
12. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
55
greeting you
white rice
wife or husband
13. Some animals that make their homes in China.
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Television
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Han
14. What is a very popular food?
1600
white rice
Tea (Cha)
Hong boa or Lai see
15. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
white rice
the lantern celebration
Yangzi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
16. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
people's money
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Noodle (Mi
the lantern celebration
17. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Most senior ranking attendee
Television
China - Signapore
adult content
18. Name a public holiday that China has.
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19. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Taiwan
False
4
about 275 lbs.
20. What is the longest river in China?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
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
Yangzi
the Spring Festival
21. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Chinese Americans in USA
you could wipe away your good fortune
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
22. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Han
China - Signapore
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
23. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Pinyin
Taiwan - Hong Kong
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the Shaolin Monks
24. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
white rice
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Show emotion
25. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
with both hands
Mt. Everest
Hin Jintao
Pinyin
26. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Han
the lantern celebration
False
about 275 lbs.
27. What are lion dances believed to do?
wife or husband
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
scare away the evil spirits
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
28. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Dragon Boat Festival
Gong Xi
the Spring Festival
29. What was the Great Wall originally built?
multiple
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mao Zedong
30. What does renminbi mean?
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31. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Atheism
the Shaolin Monks
True
55
32. What are the red envelopes called?
East
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Afghanistan
Hong boa or Lai see
33. What economy does China have?
communist
about 275 lbs.
October 1st
True
34. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red
15
35. ____________ were not invented in China?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
communist
Fortune cookies
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
36. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
white rice
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Mt. Everest
37. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
communist
Chinese Americans in USA
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
55
38. China shares a border with
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hong Kong
Afghanistan
Sun Zi ??
39. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Bamboo leaves
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Hong boa or Lai see
Shuo W
40. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Chinese Americans in USA
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
greeting you
41. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
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
the Shaolin Monks
Inflate your prices
False
42. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Show emotion
communist
white rice
Signature
43. What are the four treasures of the study (w
the lantern celebration
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Face to Face
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
44. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
1600
True
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
45. What the three common Chinese greetings?
56 (including Han)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Nihao! Zenme y
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
46. List some Chinese foods.
4
multiple
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
47. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
1600
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
48. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
East
Parts of Chinese characters
49. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
xu Sh
Bamboo leaves
55
Face to Face
50. What is the state religion in China?
1.3 Billion
Most senior ranking attendee
Atheism
56 (including Han)
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