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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Face to Face
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
the lantern celebration
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
2. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
white rice
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Peach (T
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
3. What color is considered lucky?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
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
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
red
4. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Beijing
Show emotion
Nihao! Zenme y
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
5. What is the longest river in China?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Yangzi
Signature
Red and Yellow
6. How should one receive business cards?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Hin Jintao
with both hands
communist
7. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
Emperor and Empress
October 1st
Fourth
8. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Renminbi Yuan
Sun Zi ??
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
1.3 Billion
9. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
the lantern celebration
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
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
Hin Jintao
10. The largest ethnic group in China is called
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Peach (T
Nihao! Zenme y
Han
11. The population in Mainland China is
scare away the evil spirits
1.3 Billion
Nihao! Zenme y
cat
12. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
False
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
October 1st
13. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
false
Face to Face
Red and Yellow
Tea (Cha)
14. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Mao Zedong
Inflate your prices
15. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Gong Xi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
cat
Pinyin
16. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
4
East
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the Shaolin Monks
17. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
East
red
18. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
you could wipe away your good fortune
2
Fortune cookies
Shuo W
19. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Sun Zi ??
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
cat
noodles
20. Name a public holiday that China has.
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21. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
bring in good luck and prosperity
Hong boa or Lai see
scare away the evil spirits
Fourth
22. There are often what main courses?
Gong Xi
multiple
the Spring Festival
Red and Yellow
23. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
1.3 Billion
Peach (T
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
title
24. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
limp and brief
learned skill
25. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
Tray of Togetherness
about 275 lbs.
56 (including Han)
26. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
Dessert (Small Heart)
Red and Yellow
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
27. What is the highest mountain in China?
Dragon Boat Festival
Show emotion
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mt. Everest
28. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
NE quadrant
Afghanistan
Taiwan - Hong Kong
29. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
False
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
30. Most people live in the_______of China
Renminbi Yuan
East
Noodle (Mi
55
31. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Peach (T
2
Great Wall of China
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
32. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
title
Bamboo leaves
Parts of Chinese characters
33. A handshake in China often is ...
Hin Jintao
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
limp and brief
Tray of Togetherness
34. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Yangzi
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Dragon Boat Festival
wife or husband
35. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Tea (Cha)
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Inflate your prices
36. The Republic of China is located on...
2500
Fourth
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
37. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Emperor and Empress
multiple
people's money
38. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mao Zedong
Hong boa or Lai see
xu Sh
39. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
15
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Inflate your prices
40. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
2500
limp and brief
Noodle (Mi
41. Where is the Great Wall?
Red and Yellow
NE quadrant
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
the lantern celebration
42. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Taiwan
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
43. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
Show emotion
multiple
56 (including Han)
44. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
Beijing
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
1.3 Billion
45. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
False
46. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
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
False
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Parts of Chinese characters
47. What does the word yellow imply?
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
adult content
Yangzi
Dessert (Small Heart)
48. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
you could wipe away your good fortune
wife or husband
15
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
49. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
false
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
East
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
50. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing