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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • 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. What is the state religion in China?






2. Where was the fortune cookie original from?






3. Name a public holiday that China has.

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4. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?






5. How many ethnic groups are there in China?






6. What flower represents courage and hope?






7. What is a very popular food?






8. How many Chinese characters are there






9. When is China's National Day?






10. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)






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






12. Where does the Giant Panda live?






13. Most people live in the_______of China






14. What are the six working languages of the United Nations






15. 'Dim Sum' means






16. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?






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






18. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?






19. There are often what main courses?






20. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?






21. What does the word yellow imply?






22. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?






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






24. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?






25. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?






26. The author of 'The Art of War' is






27. Chinese New year is also known as what?






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






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






30. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?






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






32. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?






33. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?






34. What is China's currency called?






35. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?

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






37. Simplified Chinese character system is used in






38. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?






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






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






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






42. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?






43. What are the ancient rulers of China called?






44. What color is considered lucky?






45. What colors are on the Chinese flag?






46. What are the four great invention of China?






47. What is the national drink for Chinese?






48. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?






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






50. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is: