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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. What the three common Chinese greetings?
with both hands
Nihao! Zenme y
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
China - Signapore
2. What are the red envelopes called?
Sun Zi ??
Hong boa or Lai see
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
2
3. What are the four great invention of China?
adult content
red
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
4. Most people live in the_______of China
Signature
2500
Beijing
East
5. What flower represents courage and hope?
Han
Sun Zi ??
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Dragon Boat Festival
6. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
about 275 lbs.
Great Wall of China
Inflate your prices
7. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Noodle (Mi
noodles
Mao Zedong
8. What does the word yellow imply?
Beijing
white rice
adult content
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
9. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
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
xu Sh
China - Signapore
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
10. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
1.3 Billion
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
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
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
11. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
communist
False
noodles
12. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
Atheism
white rice
red
13. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Nihao! Zenme y
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
True
14. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
title
Yangzi
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
15. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Hong Kong
greeting you
16. The population in Mainland China is
Hong boa or Lai see
Dragon Boat Festival
1.3 Billion
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
17. When is China's National Day?
Tea (Cha)
56 (including Han)
Emperor and Empress
October 1st
18. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
October 1st
greeting you
Mao Zedong
19. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
the Shaolin Monks
scare away the evil spirits
Black ??
20. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
Beijing
multiple
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
21. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Mao Zedong
Atheism
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Bamboo leaves
22. What is the money China called?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Noodle (Mi
23. What economy does China have?
noodles
communist
East
Shuo W
24. What is China's currency called?
Mandarin Chinese
Show emotion
15
Renminbi Yuan
25. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Television
Taiwan - Hong Kong
True
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
26. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Face to Face
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Han
scare away the evil spirits
27. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Gong Xi
cash
communist
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
28. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
True
Taiwan
learned skill
29. Where is the Great Wall?
China - Signapore
NE quadrant
Show emotion
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
30. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the Shaolin Monks
2500
Mandarin Chinese
31. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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32. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
1600
Signature
Great Wall of China
communist
33. What does 'radical' means?
Dragon Boat Festival
limp and brief
False
Parts of Chinese characters
34. A handshake in China often is ...
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
limp and brief
October 1st
Hin Jintao
35. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
True
Nihao! Zenme y
Gong Xi
Bamboo leaves
36. What is a very popular food?
bring in good luck and prosperity
56 (including Han)
white rice
False
37. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Great Wall of China
cat
xu Sh
the Spring Festival
38. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
you could wipe away your good fortune
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
39. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Signature
Tray of Togetherness
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
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
40. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Black ??
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Red and Yellow
Nihao! Zenme y
41. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Mao Zedong
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
42. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Fourth
learned skill
Dragon Boat Festival
43. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Yangzi
Fortune cookies
Hin Jintao
Sun Zi ??
44. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
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
55
Atheism
45. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
October 1st
Nihao! Zenme y
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
46. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Mao Zedong
Pinyin
Emperor and Empress
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
47. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
48. China shares a border with
Taiwan - Hong Kong
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Inflate your prices
Afghanistan
49. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Face to Face
Red and Yellow
Atheism
50. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
1.3 Billion