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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. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Mt. Everest
Hin Jintao
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
False
2. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
bring in good luck and prosperity
Taiwan
Face to Face
3. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Show emotion
Inflate your prices
with both hands
NE quadrant
4. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Mao Zedong
Parts of Chinese characters
1600
the Spring Festival
5. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
her own last name
Afghanistan
Red and Yellow
6. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
communist
15
Mt. Everest
the Shaolin Monks
7. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
2500
8. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
false
cat
Shuo W
Fortune cookies
9. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Nihao! Zenme y
multiple
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
Signature
10. How did Kung Fu start?
Bamboo leaves
1.3 Billion
October 1st
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
11. How should one receive business cards?
True
Television
with both hands
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
12. List some Chinese foods.
Hong boa or Lai see
multiple
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
noodles
13. What does 'radical' means?
her own last name
title
Parts of Chinese characters
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
14. ____________ were not invented in China?
1.3 Billion
Mao Zedong
adult content
Fortune cookies
15. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Taiwan
Hong boa or Lai see
Fortune cookies
cat
16. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Hin Jintao
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Taiwan
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
17. What does Kung Fu mean?
True
Signature
learned skill
Tea (Cha)
18. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Emperor and Empress
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
19. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Renminbi Yuan
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Inflate your prices
20. When is China's National Day?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
October 1st
Peach (T
21. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
cat
Mao Zedong
Noodle (Mi
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
22. Name a public holiday that China has.
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23. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
15
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
the lantern celebration
Emperor and Empress
24. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Most senior ranking attendee
Mt. Everest
just over 8
Black ??
25. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
the Shaolin Monks
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Renminbi Yuan
26. 'Dim Sum' means
Red and Yellow
people's money
Dessert (Small Heart)
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
27. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Afghanistan
Noodle (Mi
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
Hin Jintao
28. What does renminbi mean?
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29. What economy does China have?
Sun Zi ??
title
communist
adult content
30. What are the four great invention of China?
Sun Zi ??
Taiwan
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
31. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Noodle (Mi
title
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
32. What is the money China called?
Atheism
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
learned skill
Nihao! Zenme y
33. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
learned skill
Shuo W
communist
Noodle (Mi
34. The Republic of China is located on...
noodles
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Taiwan
you could wipe away your good fortune
35. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Inflate your prices
Han
True
36. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
Black ??
Chinese Americans in USA
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
37. China shares a border with
Gong Xi
Afghanistan
Dragon Boat Festival
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
38. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
Shuo W
adult content
Yangzi
39. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Taiwan
Beijing
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
40. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
multiple
adult content
Fourth
Dragon Boat Festival
41. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
East
Emperor and Empress
China - Signapore
42. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
bring in good luck and prosperity
False
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
2500
43. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
with both hands
noodles
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
Shuo W
44. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
just over 8
Sun Zi ??
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
45. How many Chinese characters are there
scare away the evil spirits
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
communist
46. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
scare away the evil spirits
just over 8
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
her own last name
47. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Bamboo leaves
Fourth
56 (including Han)
Pinyin
48. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Hong boa or Lai see
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
the Shaolin Monks
Parts of Chinese characters
49. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
you could wipe away your good fortune
the Shaolin Monks
4
False
50. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Shuo W
Noodle (Mi