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Chinese Culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the red envelopes called?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
China - Signapore
Hong boa or Lai see
Dessert (Small Heart)
2. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
Han
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
2500
3. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Show emotion
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
Gong Xi
4. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mao Zedong
Mt. Everest
Noodle (Mi
title
5. Where is the Great Wall?
Mao Zedong
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Parts of Chinese characters
NE quadrant
6. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Renminbi Yuan
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
communist
7. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
True
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
Tea (Cha)
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
8. What does 'radical' means?
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
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Han
Parts of Chinese characters
9. ____________ were not invented in China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Show emotion
Mao Zedong
Fortune cookies
10. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
learned skill
cat
bring in good luck and prosperity
11. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Atheism
Shuo W
Tea (Cha)
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
12. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
55
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
scare away the evil spirits
13. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Peach (T
Red and Yellow
false
Nihao! Zenme y
14. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
you could wipe away your good fortune
wife or husband
NE quadrant
15. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Hong boa or Lai see
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
multiple
4
16. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Han
title
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
4
17. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Face to Face
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
18. What is the money China called?
the Spring Festival
False
communist
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
19. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Peach (T
Tea (Cha)
Yangzi
20. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Gong Xi
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
21. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Taiwan
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Great Wall of China
22. What does Kung Fu mean?
Most senior ranking attendee
Nihao! Zenme y
Han
learned skill
23. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Hong Kong
2
limp and brief
bring in good luck and prosperity
24. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
25. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Beijing
26. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Tea (Cha)
Pinyin
Hin Jintao
27. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
bring in good luck and prosperity
Fortune cookies
Show emotion
28. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Tray of Togetherness
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
29. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Inflate your prices
True
Mandarin Chinese
30. What are lion dances believed to do?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
scare away the evil spirits
Gong Xi
31. What is the official language spoken in China?
False
scare away the evil spirits
Black ??
Mandarin Chinese
32. What economy does China have?
4
the Spring Festival
communist
bring in good luck and prosperity
33. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
Emperor and Empress
Noodle (Mi
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
34. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
East
greeting you
Television
35. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Dragon Boat Festival
cash
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Red and Yellow
36. China shares a border with
Yangzi
Afghanistan
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Emperor and Empress
37. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
cash
multiple
just over 8
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
38. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Han
the Spring Festival
Sun Zi ??
39. What are dragon dances believed to do?
NE quadrant
bring in good luck and prosperity
Nihao! Zenme y
adult content
40. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Inflate your prices
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
2500
Pinyin
41. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
Signature
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
scare away the evil spirits
42. What does renminbi mean?
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43. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
learned skill
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
44. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
56 (including Han)
Emperor and Empress
Fortune cookies
45. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Fourth
bring in good luck and prosperity
Afghanistan
Noodle (Mi
46. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Face to Face
Mt. Everest
Peach (T
47. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Show emotion
False
Mao Zedong
Bamboo leaves
48. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
you could wipe away your good fortune
Peach (T
greeting you
Shuo W
49. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
noodles
Han
Television
50. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
1600
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
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
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