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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
cash
false
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
2. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Afghanistan
Shuo W
3. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Peach (T
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
56 (including Han)
4. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Television
Gong Xi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
5. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
wife or husband
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
True
the lantern celebration
6. List some Chinese foods.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Red and Yellow
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
7. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Mao Zedong
Face to Face
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Hin Jintao
8. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
title
scare away the evil spirits
Inflate your prices
9. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Mandarin Chinese
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Afghanistan
greeting you
10. What flower represents courage and hope?
Parts of Chinese characters
you could wipe away your good fortune
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
11. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
cat
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Show emotion
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
12. China shares a border with
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
with both hands
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Afghanistan
13. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
you could wipe away your good fortune
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
about 275 lbs.
Bamboo leaves
14. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Dessert (Small Heart)
Mao Zedong
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
15. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Hin Jintao
15
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
bring in good luck and prosperity
16. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Show emotion
Han
multiple
false
17. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
Han
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
True
18. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2500
2
Mao Zedong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
19. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
Noodle (Mi
red
Most senior ranking attendee
20. What is the longest river in China?
Mao Zedong
people's money
Most senior ranking attendee
Yangzi
21. What is the state religion in China?
wife or husband
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Atheism
Hong boa or Lai see
22. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hin Jintao
Afghanistan
23. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
communist
Red and Yellow
True
Beijing
24. What does 'radical' means?
Renminbi Yuan
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Parts of Chinese characters
25. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Sun Zi ??
Dragon Boat Festival
wife or husband
1600
26. Chinese New year is also known as what?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
the Spring Festival
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
bring in good luck and prosperity
27. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
greeting you
Mao Zedong
Signature
28. What is China's currency called?
NE quadrant
multiple
Renminbi Yuan
xu Sh
29. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Sun Zi ??
Beijing
1.3 Billion
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
30. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
the lantern celebration
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
31. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
cash
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
True
32. What are the five official religions of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Dessert (Small Heart)
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
October 1st
33. What does renminbi mean?
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34. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Dragon Boat Festival
the lantern celebration
Tea (Cha)
cash
35. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Parts of Chinese characters
Renminbi Yuan
just over 8
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
36. A handshake in China often is ...
Television
limp and brief
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mt. Everest
37. The largest ethnic group in China is called
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Han
Dessert (Small Heart)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
38. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Dragon Boat Festival
false
bring in good luck and prosperity
about 275 lbs.
39. There are often what main courses?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
the Spring Festival
multiple
you could wipe away your good fortune
40. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
you could wipe away your good fortune
the Spring Festival
1600
41. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
56 (including Han)
scare away the evil spirits
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Fourth
42. What is a very popular food?
Show emotion
Hong Kong
white rice
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
43. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
China - Signapore
Signature
44. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
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
about 275 lbs.
False
45. 'Dim Sum' means
Emperor and Empress
Dessert (Small Heart)
cash
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
46. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
wife or husband
Pinyin
with both hands
Tea (Cha)
47. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
you could wipe away your good fortune
48. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Noodle (Mi
China - Signapore
Dragon Boat Festival
4
49. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Signature
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
50. What economy does China have?
communist
xu Sh
people's money
Dessert (Small Heart)