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Chinese Culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When is China's National Day?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
October 1st
scare away the evil spirits
2. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Tea (Cha)
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
3. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
people's money
Emperor and Empress
her own last name
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
4. What is China's currency called?
just over 8
Emperor and Empress
with both hands
Renminbi Yuan
5. The population in Mainland China is
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
1.3 Billion
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Taiwan
6. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Peach (T
Pinyin
Mandarin Chinese
1600
7. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
multiple
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
the Shaolin Monks
communist
8. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Fortune cookies
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
people's money
9. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
the lantern celebration
Peach (T
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Tray of Togetherness
10. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Television
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Parts of Chinese characters
11. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Tea (Cha)
Dessert (Small Heart)
Yangzi
12. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Emperor and Empress
greeting you
bring in good luck and prosperity
title
13. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Tea (Cha)
Shuo W
her own last name
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
14. What are lion dances believed to do?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
scare away the evil spirits
xu Sh
15. What does renminbi mean?
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16. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Black ??
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
17. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Shuo W
Taiwan - Hong Kong
cash
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
18. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
October 1st
Nihao! Zenme y
scare away the evil spirits
19. 'Dim Sum' means
Afghanistan
56 (including Han)
Dessert (Small Heart)
red
20. List some Chinese inventions.
white rice
bring in good luck and prosperity
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Chinese Americans in USA
21. How should one receive business cards?
Gong Xi
with both hands
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Dessert (Small Heart)
22. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
the Shaolin Monks
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bring in good luck and prosperity
23. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
cat
55
Tea (Cha)
24. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
the Shaolin Monks
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
15
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
25. What flower represents courage and hope?
bring in good luck and prosperity
cash
15
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
26. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Chinese Americans in USA
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Emperor and Empress
27. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
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
you could wipe away your good fortune
bring in good luck and prosperity
28. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
2
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
29. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Peach (T
Mt. Everest
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
30. What is the highest mountain in China?
Tea (Cha)
communist
just over 8
Mt. Everest
31. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Emperor and Empress
Noodle (Mi
just over 8
Signature
32. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Chinese Americans in USA
Mao Zedong
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
2
33. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
October 1st
scare away the evil spirits
Noodle (Mi
34. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Atheism
Hin Jintao
you could wipe away your good fortune
Taiwan
35. What is the longest river in China?
white rice
Yangzi
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
wife or husband
36. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
white rice
Noodle (Mi
Inflate your prices
cash
37. There are often what main courses?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
multiple
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
East
38. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Han
Black ??
39. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Face to Face
55
Great Wall of China
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
40. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
limp and brief
Taiwan
xu Sh
41. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Bamboo leaves
42. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Nihao! Zenme y
Black ??
Han
Hong Kong
43. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Bamboo leaves
the lantern celebration
Noodle (Mi
44. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
October 1st
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
45. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
noodles
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Han
True
46. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Shuo W
Noodle (Mi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
47. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
the Spring Festival
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
48. A handshake in China often is ...
False
limp and brief
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
49. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Tea (Cha)
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Most senior ranking attendee
50. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
2
xu Sh
Signature