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Chinese Culture

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1. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Mao Zedong
Red and Yellow
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
adult content

2. Chinese New year is also known as what?
56 (including Han)
Shuo W
the Spring Festival
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi

3. China shares a border with
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
2500
Afghanistan
Most senior ranking attendee

4. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Mao Zedong
cash
Afghanistan
greeting you

5. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Red and Yellow
Tray of Togetherness
Atheism
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness

6. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
NE quadrant
True
4

7. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
bring in good luck and prosperity
1600
you could wipe away your good fortune

8. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
with both hands
True
Fourth
Mao Zedong

9. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Taiwan - Hong Kong
True
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil

10. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Tea (Cha)
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth

11. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Emperor and Empress
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Bamboo leaves
to get rid of the bad luck and the old

12. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
15
Renminbi Yuan

13. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Beijing
false
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
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles

14. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Red and Yellow
Bamboo leaves
Hong Kong
Hin Jintao

15. Most people live in the_______of China
East
bring in good luck and prosperity
15
Dessert (Small Heart)

16. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Renminbi Yuan
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
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
Chinese Americans in USA

17. The author of 'The Art of War' is
True
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
Sun Zi ??
about 275 lbs.

18. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
2500
Red and Yellow
red
Han

19. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow

20. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Face to Face
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 Spring Festival

21. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
title
Sun Zi ??
Pinyin
Mao Zedong

22. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Sun Zi ??
Tea (Cha)
title
Show emotion

23. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
NE quadrant
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
limp and brief

24. When is China's National Day?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
with both hands
October 1st
Gong Xi

25. The top three most population cites in China
2
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Inflate your prices

26. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
wife or husband
2500
Great Wall of China

27. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
15
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Peach (T
Shuo W

28. What are lion dances believed to do?
Mao Zedong
Han
scare away the evil spirits
1600

29. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Show emotion
Inflate your prices
15

30. What are the red envelopes called?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
multiple
Hong boa or Lai see

31. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Shuo W
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
NE quadrant

32. What is the highest mountain in China?
Emperor and Empress
Mt. Everest
Chinese Americans in USA
wife or husband

33. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
China - Signapore
False
True

34. What does the word yellow imply?
2500
Peach (T
adult content
scare away the evil spirits

35. What is the official language spoken in China?
Han
Mandarin Chinese
Mt. Everest
1.3 Billion

36. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Bamboo leaves
Fourth
Television

37. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
with both hands
Mao Zedong
56 (including Han)

38. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Han
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
1.3 Billion

39. What are the five official religions 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
Pinyin
Gong Xi
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism

40. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Beijing
Shuo W
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

41. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Peach (T
learned skill
adult content
the lantern celebration

42. What is the national drink for Chinese?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Tea (Cha)
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
the plum blossom - they bloom year round

43. How should one receive business cards?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Most senior ranking attendee
Noodle (Mi
with both hands

44. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
15
Afghanistan
scare away the evil spirits

45. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Chinese Americans in USA
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
her own last name
Great Wall of China

46. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
October 1st
False
the Shaolin Monks
Shuo W

47. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Hong Kong
Fourth
Dragon Boat Festival
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing

48. The population in Mainland China is
greeting you
1.3 Billion
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
False

49. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
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
Face to Face
Tea (Cha)

50. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
greeting you
Mao Zedong
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.