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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
True
cat
Mt. Everest
2. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
limp and brief
Inflate your prices
NE quadrant
xu Sh
3. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
her own last name
Peach (T
xu Sh
Atheism
4. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Show emotion
false
Renminbi Yuan
Great Wall of China
5. The population in Mainland China is
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
1.3 Billion
bring in good luck and prosperity
Mt. Everest
6. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Fourth
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Most senior ranking attendee
Afghanistan
7. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Mandarin Chinese
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
China - Signapore
8. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Fourth
greeting you
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
NE quadrant
9. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
cat
15
NE quadrant
2
10. How did Kung Fu start?
Emperor and Empress
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
you could wipe away your good fortune
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
11. Where is the Great Wall?
Han
adult content
NE quadrant
Hong Kong
12. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
xu Sh
2
13. What does renminbi mean?
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14. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Noodle (Mi
xu Sh
you could wipe away your good fortune
15. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Noodle (Mi
multiple
1.3 Billion
16. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Hin Jintao
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
17. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Shuo W
title
18. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Television
Parts of Chinese characters
Tray of Togetherness
the Spring Festival
19. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
1.3 Billion
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Mao Zedong
20. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
Beijing
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
21. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Face to Face
white rice
22. What are lion dances believed to do?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
scare away the evil spirits
Emperor and Empress
Most senior ranking attendee
23. ____________ were not invented in China?
Most senior ranking attendee
Fortune cookies
Chinese Americans in USA
Tray of Togetherness
24. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Black ??
noodles
Television
Inflate your prices
25. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Noodle (Mi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
1600
26. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Gong Xi
with both hands
27. And the traditional form of characters is used in
4
True
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Pinyin
28. List some Chinese foods.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
the Shaolin Monks
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
29. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
cash
2
Television
30. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
false
about 275 lbs.
multiple
Great Wall of China
31. How many Chinese characters are there
Han
scare away the evil spirits
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
32. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
red
Tea (Cha)
the Shaolin Monks
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
33. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
limp and brief
Hong boa or Lai see
False
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
34. The Republic of China is located on...
56 (including Han)
Taiwan
Red and Yellow
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
35. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Yangzi
Dragon Boat Festival
Chinese Americans in USA
36. How should one receive business cards?
15
Red and Yellow
with both hands
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
37. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
56 (including Han)
the Shaolin Monks
38. What is the highest mountain in China?
False
Mt. Everest
her own last name
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
39. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
2500
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
40. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Nihao! Zenme y
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
China - Signapore
Black ??
41. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
October 1st
1.3 Billion
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
wife or husband
42. What is a very popular food?
Han
Television
white rice
you could wipe away your good fortune
43. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
xu Sh
Taiwan
Show emotion
bring in good luck and prosperity
44. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Peach (T
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
1.3 Billion
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
45. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
greeting you
2
cash
56 (including Han)
46. What does the word yellow imply?
communist
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
adult content
Chinese Americans in USA
47. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Black ??
her own last name
Peach (T
East
48. When is China's National Day?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
56 (including Han)
October 1st
Most senior ranking attendee
49. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
False
Tea (Cha)
4
50. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Pinyin
her own last name
Television
greeting you