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Chinese Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Dessert (Small Heart)
false
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Atheism
2. Name a public holiday that China has.
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3. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Tray of Togetherness
1600
4. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
title
Show emotion
noodles
Atheism
5. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
limp and brief
communist
her own last name
6. What are lion dances believed to do?
2
you could wipe away your good fortune
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
scare away the evil spirits
7. 'Dim Sum' means
Han
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Dessert (Small Heart)
the lantern celebration
8. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Fourth
greeting you
Shuo W
9. Most people live in the_______of China
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
Nihao! Zenme y
Yangzi
East
10. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
the Spring Festival
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
wife or husband
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
11. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
multiple
scare away the evil spirits
Mao Zedong
12. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
people's money
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Black ??
13. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
October 1st
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
14. What color is considered lucky?
55
red
Most senior ranking attendee
Hin Jintao
15. What economy does China have?
Beijing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Renminbi Yuan
communist
16. China shares a border with
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Afghanistan
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
East
17. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
limp and brief
the lantern celebration
her own last name
18. What is the state religion in China?
Tea (Cha)
Atheism
NE quadrant
the Spring Festival
19. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
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
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
20. There are often what main courses?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
55
the Shaolin Monks
multiple
21. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
55
Emperor and Empress
false
Mao Zedong
22. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
October 1st
Dragon Boat Festival
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
23. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
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
about 275 lbs.
Han
24. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
noodles
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
4
Noodle (Mi
25. List some Chinese inventions.
the Shaolin Monks
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
people's money
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
26. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
1.3 Billion
Dragon Boat Festival
Yangzi
27. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Renminbi Yuan
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
red
Han
28. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
learned skill
the lantern celebration
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
29. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
15
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Bamboo leaves
30. What is the money China called?
limp and brief
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
East
31. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
15
Chinese Americans in USA
1600
32. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Peach (T
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
33. A handshake in China often is ...
Fortune cookies
limp and brief
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
greeting you
34. The top three most population cites in China
15
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Mandarin Chinese
Renminbi Yuan
35. What is the official language spoken in China?
adult content
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Mandarin Chinese
about 275 lbs.
36. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Han
Inflate your prices
limp and brief
Pinyin
37. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Inflate your prices
Show emotion
Dragon Boat Festival
38. When is China's National 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
people's money
Inflate your prices
October 1st
39. What does 'radical' means?
Afghanistan
Parts of Chinese characters
scare away the evil spirits
East
40. Where is the Great Wall?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
NE quadrant
Hin Jintao
Noodle (Mi
41. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Atheism
multiple
Mao Zedong
Hong Kong
42. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Show emotion
43. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Bamboo leaves
noodles
44. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Show emotion
Black ??
4
45. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
True
Sun Zi ??
Beijing
4
46. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Face to Face
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Noodle (Mi
scare away the evil spirits
47. The population in Mainland China is
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
1.3 Billion
Atheism
48. What does renminbi mean?
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49. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Television
NE quadrant
China - Signapore
50. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Han
Hong Kong
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