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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. Name a public holiday that China has.
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2. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Red and Yellow
bring in good luck and prosperity
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
3. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Taiwan
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
4. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Mao Zedong
noodles
Dragon Boat Festival
5. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Red and Yellow
Most senior ranking attendee
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
6. What color is considered lucky?
learned skill
Atheism
red
Great Wall of China
7. List some Chinese foods.
false
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Emperor and Empress
the lantern celebration
8. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
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
56 (including Han)
cash
her own last name
9. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
you could wipe away your good fortune
Renminbi Yuan
55
10. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
the lantern celebration
Afghanistan
11. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
2500
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Fortune cookies
12. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
false
Dessert (Small Heart)
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
13. What economy does China have?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
communist
Fortune cookies
October 1st
14. The largest ethnic group in China is called
wife or husband
Han
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
NE quadrant
15. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Renminbi Yuan
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
greeting you
16. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Pinyin
October 1st
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Han
17. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
2
title
false
18. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Chinese Americans in USA
adult content
Face to Face
55
19. What is the official language spoken in China?
title
with both hands
Mandarin Chinese
Emperor and Empress
20. Which of these things did not originally come from China
about 275 lbs.
false
Fortune cookies
Television
21. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Parts of Chinese characters
Noodle (Mi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Hong Kong
22. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
East
with both hands
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
23. What are the four great invention of China?
with both hands
Signature
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Great Wall of China
24. What is the national drink for Chinese?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Tea (Cha)
25. How should one receive business cards?
the Spring Festival
Bamboo leaves
Signature
with both hands
26. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Inflate your prices
the Spring Festival
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
false
27. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
October 1st
Bamboo leaves
Signature
Inflate your prices
28. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's 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
you could wipe away your good fortune
multiple
communist
29. A handshake in China often is ...
bring in good luck and prosperity
Tea (Cha)
limp and brief
Fourth
30. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Noodle (Mi
Hin Jintao
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Great Wall of China
31. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Signature
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Peach (T
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
32. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Pinyin
Mao Zedong
Dessert (Small Heart)
33. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Shuo W
xu Sh
Bamboo leaves
October 1st
34. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Gong Xi
4
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
35. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Signature
China - Signapore
Pinyin
the lantern celebration
36. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
multiple
Dessert (Small Heart)
learned skill
Fourth
37. There are often what main courses?
Sun Zi ??
55
China - Signapore
multiple
38. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
Shuo W
communist
about 275 lbs.
39. The Republic of China is located on...
NE quadrant
Taiwan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
you could wipe away your good fortune
40. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
wife or husband
learned skill
41. Most people live in the_______of China
multiple
2500
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
East
42. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
56 (including Han)
Tray of Togetherness
Mandarin Chinese
43. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Hong Kong
wife or husband
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
China - Signapore
44. What are lion dances believed to do?
56 (including Han)
multiple
cat
scare away the evil spirits
45. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
learned skill
Taiwan - Hong Kong
about 275 lbs.
Shuo W
46. What does renminbi mean?
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47. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Hong boa or Lai see
NE quadrant
1600
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
48. What flower represents courage and hope?
Mandarin Chinese
Yangzi
Han
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
49. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Mao Zedong
East
50. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Atheism
True
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon