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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 are the four treasures of the study (w
Parts of Chinese characters
Bamboo leaves
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
True
2. What is a very popular food?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
white rice
Shuo W
2
3. How should one receive business cards?
NE quadrant
with both hands
scare away the evil spirits
True
4. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
communist
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Peach (T
the Shaolin Monks
5. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mao Zedong
NE quadrant
6. What is the national drink for Chinese?
white rice
Tea (Cha)
her own last name
1.3 Billion
7. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
China - Signapore
her own last name
False
8. What does 'radical' means?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Parts of Chinese characters
adult content
Fourth
9. What are the five official religions of China?
the Shaolin Monks
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
noodles
the lantern celebration
10. What are dragon dances believed to do?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
bring in good luck and prosperity
2
about 275 lbs.
11. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
October 1st
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
xu Sh
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
12. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
Chinese Americans in USA
Hong Kong
multiple
13. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Inflate your prices
wife or husband
Yangzi
14. What are the four great invention of China?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
false
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Hin Jintao
15. What are the red envelopes called?
Han
Hong boa or Lai see
the Spring Festival
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
16. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
multiple
Han
Renminbi Yuan
communist
17. What economy does China have?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
True
communist
NE quadrant
18. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Pinyin
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
xu Sh
19. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
her own last name
Show emotion
Dragon Boat Festival
Red and Yellow
20. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Han
Great Wall of China
Sun Zi ??
21. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Pinyin
Face to Face
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
you could wipe away your good fortune
22. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Show emotion
23. Most people live in the_______of China
East
Red and Yellow
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Gong Xi
24. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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25. What flower represents courage and hope?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Gong Xi
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
26. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
the Shaolin Monks
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
the Spring Festival
27. What is the official language spoken in China?
Hong Kong
Atheism
Fortune cookies
Mandarin Chinese
28. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
her own last name
Pinyin
China - Signapore
29. 'Dim Sum' means
56 (including Han)
Tray of Togetherness
Dessert (Small Heart)
white rice
30. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Peach (T
noodles
multiple
Sun Zi ??
31. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
1600
Tray of Togetherness
Hin Jintao
Bamboo leaves
32. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Fortune cookies
October 1st
Sun Zi ??
33. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
bring in good luck and prosperity
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
34. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
China - Signapore
the Spring Festival
Black ??
Hin Jintao
35. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Mandarin Chinese
white rice
Mt. Everest
36. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Beijing
October 1st
55
Red and Yellow
37. The Republic of China is located on...
NE quadrant
Taiwan
Fourth
2
38. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
October 1st
title
Fourth
the lantern celebration
39. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
4
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
Mao Zedong
40. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
with both hands
Black ??
Signature
Television
41. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
about 275 lbs.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Tray of Togetherness
Atheism
42. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Television
Most senior ranking attendee
Dragon Boat Festival
Show emotion
43. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Mt. Everest
Nihao! Zenme y
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Emperor and Empress
44. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
red
cash
about 275 lbs.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
45. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Chinese Americans in USA
Noodle (Mi
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Beijing
46. List some Chinese foods.
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
Dessert (Small Heart)
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
47. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Fourth
Pinyin
her own last name
48. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
cash
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Hong boa or Lai see
2500
49. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
October 1st
Gong Xi
cash
50. What does the word yellow imply?
cat
adult content
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
1.3 Billion