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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 does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
learned skill
Red and Yellow
Noodle (Mi
communist
2. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
red
Nihao! Zenme y
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Peach (T
3. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
bring in good luck and prosperity
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
the Shaolin Monks
4. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
October 1st
xu Sh
5. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
multiple
the Shaolin Monks
greeting you
6. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
xu Sh
Beijing
Taiwan - Hong Kong
7. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Emperor and Empress
adult content
her own last name
people's money
8. What flower represents courage and hope?
xu Sh
Television
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Dessert (Small Heart)
9. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
you could wipe away your good fortune
limp and brief
multiple
Inflate your prices
10. List some Chinese inventions.
Mao Zedong
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
red
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
11. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Red and Yellow
false
Fortune cookies
Emperor and Empress
12. How should one receive business cards?
NE quadrant
xu Sh
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
with both hands
13. The largest ethnic group in China is called
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hong boa or Lai see
NE quadrant
Han
14. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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15. What are the four great invention of China?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
True
Hin Jintao
16. List some Chinese foods.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Renminbi Yuan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
17. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
limp and brief
Dragon Boat Festival
2
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
18. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
Gong Xi
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
2500
19. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
the lantern celebration
communist
20. When is China's National Day?
October 1st
about 275 lbs.
56 (including Han)
cash
21. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Bamboo leaves
Mao Zedong
multiple
cash
22. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Hong boa or Lai see
people's money
Fortune cookies
Chinese Americans in USA
23. What was the Great Wall originally built?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
56 (including Han)
title
24. Which of these things did not originally come from China
NE quadrant
Television
wife or husband
Parts of Chinese characters
25. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
October 1st
15
Bamboo leaves
Mt. Everest
26. A handshake in China often is ...
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
limp and brief
scare away the evil spirits
Great Wall of China
27. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
28. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Bamboo leaves
Most senior ranking attendee
Parts of Chinese characters
October 1st
29. There are often what main courses?
Black ??
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
multiple
communist
30. What is the money China called?
Most senior ranking attendee
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Chinese Americans in USA
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
31. Most people live in the_______of China
red
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Taiwan
East
32. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
1600
Signature
Tea (Cha)
about 275 lbs.
33. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
False
her own last name
Inflate your prices
34. What economy does China have?
Sun Zi ??
communist
2
xu Sh
35. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
noodles
Beijing
Shuo W
False
36. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
Great Wall of China
Beijing
2
37. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
cash
adult content
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
East
38. What are lion dances believed to do?
cat
scare away the evil spirits
Hong Kong
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
39. What are the red envelopes called?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Hong boa or Lai see
Tea (Cha)
cash
40. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
communist
multiple
just over 8
41. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Sun Zi ??
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
42. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
bring in good luck and prosperity
Nihao! Zenme y
China - Signapore
Taiwan - Hong Kong
43. How many Chinese characters are there
Mandarin Chinese
56 (including Han)
Show emotion
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
44. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Renminbi Yuan
the Shaolin Monks
Most senior ranking attendee
Hin Jintao
45. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
55
Red and Yellow
Hong Kong
46. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
1.3 Billion
wife or husband
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
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
47. What are the five official religions of China?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Red and Yellow
communist
48. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Hong Kong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
xu Sh
49. The top three most population cites in China
Gong Xi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Most senior ranking attendee
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
50. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Han
just over 8
adult content
Mt. Everest