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Chinese Culture

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What flower represents courage and hope?
Signature
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Most senior ranking attendee
15

2. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
greeting you
Beijing
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
to get rid of the bad luck and the old

3. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Hong boa or Lai see
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth

4. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
Face to Face
cat
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth

5. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Han
greeting you
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone

6. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Gong Xi
Mao Zedong
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Inflate your prices

7. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Noodle (Mi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing

8. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Noodle (Mi
wife or husband
Black ??
multiple

9. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Hong boa or Lai see
Taiwan - Hong Kong
wife or husband
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi

10. How should one receive business cards?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
with both hands
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
you could wipe away your good fortune

11. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
limp and brief
adult content
15

12. Most people live in the_______of China
East
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Tray of Togetherness
to get rid of the bad luck and the old

13. What color is considered lucky?
people's money
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
red

14. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
about 275 lbs.
Tea (Cha)

15. What is the highest mountain in China?
4
Mt. Everest
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
1.3 Billion

16. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Mao Zedong
bring in good luck and prosperity
Bamboo leaves
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu

17. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Hin Jintao
xu Sh
bring in good luck and prosperity
1.3 Billion

18. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Peach (T
56 (including Han)
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
the plum blossom - they bloom year round

19. What are the four treasures of the study (w
October 1st
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Tea (Cha)
Taiwan - Hong Kong

20. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
Red and Yellow
white rice
Show emotion

21. What is China's currency called?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
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
with both hands
Renminbi Yuan

22. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
noodles
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
1600
Fourth

23. 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
Hin Jintao
cat
to get rid of the bad luck and the old

24. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
Red and Yellow
East
Beijing

25. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Red and Yellow
noodles
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness

26. What are the four great invention of China?
Signature
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Dessert (Small Heart)
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans

27. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Noodle (Mi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
2500

28. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Peach (T
Sun Zi ??
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing

29. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
multiple
false
55

30. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
Great Wall of China
learned skill
Mao Zedong

31. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Tea (Cha)
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies

32. What does renminbi mean?

33. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Black ??
about 275 lbs.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies

34. What does Kung Fu mean?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
learned skill
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
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

35. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Hong Kong
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
communist
55

36. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Television
communist
Signature

37. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
False
Parts of Chinese characters
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping

38. The top three most population cites in China
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
with both hands

39. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
China - Signapore
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
the lantern celebration
Face to Face

40. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
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
Taiwan - Hong Kong
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping

41. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Mao Zedong
Black ??
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money

42. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
True
Tray of Togetherness
cash

43. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
China - Signapore
Peach (T
Tray of Togetherness

44. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Hong Kong
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth

45. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
with both hands
wife or husband
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hong boa or Lai see

46. China shares a border with
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Afghanistan
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Show emotion

47. Chinese New year is also known as what?
title
the Spring Festival
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth

48. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Inflate your prices
Television
Taiwan - Hong Kong

49. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Red and Yellow
Show emotion
her own last name

50. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Black ??
xu Sh
limp and brief