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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
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  • 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. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?


2. How many ethnic groups are there in China?






3. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?






4. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?






5. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?






6. There are often what main courses?






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






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






9. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?






10. What are lion dances believed to do?






11. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?






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






13. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China






14. Where does the Giant Panda live?






15. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?






16. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.






17. What does renminbi mean?


18. Where was the fortune cookie original from?






19. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year






20. 'Dim Sum' means






21. The Republic of China is located on...






22. What was the Great Wall originally built?






23. And the traditional form of characters is used in






24. What economy does China have?






25. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?






26. What is the money China called?






27. What is the 12 zodiac sign?






28. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?






29. Where is the Great Wall?






30. The largest ethnic group in China is called






31. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?






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






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






34. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments






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






36. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.






37. How did Kung Fu start?






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






39. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.






40. Simplified Chinese character system is used in






41. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?






42. How many minority nationalities are there in China?






43. When is China's National Day?






44. What color is considered lucky?






45. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?






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






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






48. Which of these things did not originally come from China






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






50. The population in Mainland China is