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Chinese Culture
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Subject
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Mao Zedong
15
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
2. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
red
adult content
2
3. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Noodle (Mi
October 1st
True
4. There are often what main courses?
1600
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
multiple
Renminbi Yuan
5. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Chinese Americans in USA
red
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
6. Chinese New year is also known as what?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
the Spring Festival
15
Fourth
7. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Peach (T
Pinyin
Noodle (Mi
Shuo W
8. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
just over 8
xu Sh
9. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Emperor and Empress
Fortune cookies
Nihao! Zenme y
Mao Zedong
10. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
True
Black ??
Hin Jintao
11. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
with both hands
Sun Zi ??
Han
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
12. What is the highest mountain in China?
Renminbi Yuan
Red and Yellow
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Mt. Everest
13. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
white rice
Mao Zedong
bring in good luck and prosperity
Fourth
14. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
the Shaolin Monks
False
Fortune cookies
the lantern celebration
15. China shares a border with
True
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Afghanistan
scare away the evil spirits
16. What does renminbi mean?
17. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
learned skill
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Mao Zedong
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
18. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
just over 8
Mao Zedong
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
19. What are the four great invention of China?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
learned skill
20. Name a public holiday that China has.
21. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
cat
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
15
22. The author of 'The Art of War' is
cat
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Emperor and Empress
Sun Zi ??
23. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Show emotion
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Dragon Boat Festival
15
24. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
communist
Beijing
Shuo W
Nihao! Zenme y
25. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
55
just over 8
white rice
Most senior ranking attendee
26. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
Parts of Chinese characters
with both hands
Noodle (Mi
27. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
the Shaolin Monks
1600
Tray of Togetherness
56 (including Han)
28. How should one receive business cards?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Pinyin
wife or husband
with both hands
29. The Republic of China is located on...
56 (including Han)
Hong boa or Lai see
Fortune cookies
Taiwan
30. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Mandarin Chinese
Red and Yellow
Han
Peach (T
31. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
adult content
the lantern celebration
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
just over 8
32. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
Bamboo leaves
you could wipe away your good fortune
adult content
33. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Hin Jintao
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
multiple
Mao Zedong
34. What are dragon dances believed to do?
2
with both hands
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
bring in good luck and prosperity
35. And the traditional form of characters is used in
China - Signapore
Fortune cookies
the lantern celebration
Taiwan - Hong Kong
36. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Great Wall of China
Dragon Boat Festival
37. Which of these things did not originally come from China
October 1st
title
Television
Gong Xi
38. What are the red envelopes called?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hong boa or Lai see
communist
39. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Sun Zi ??
the Spring Festival
Mao Zedong
Face to Face
40. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
the Spring Festival
adult content
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
1600
41. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
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
Black ??
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
just over 8
42. How did Kung Fu start?
white rice
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Afghanistan
43. What is a very popular food?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
white rice
wife or husband
with both hands
44. What does 'radical' means?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Mao Zedong
Parts of Chinese characters
45. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Taiwan
Face to Face
Beijing
communist
46. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Tea (Cha)
56 (including Han)
October 1st
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
47. When is China's National Day?
Nihao! Zenme y
October 1st
Beijing
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
48. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
15
Black ??
Hong Kong
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
49. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Noodle (Mi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
True
50. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
15
Hong boa or Lai see
Bamboo leaves
Mao Zedong