Chinese Culture... In Chinese

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1. What is Chinese called in Chinese? Zhong Yu Zhong Wen China Yu China Wen

2. There are four famous literary pieces in China, which one of the four translates into "The Romance of Three Kingdoms"? Xi You Ji Hong Lou Meng Shui Hu Zhuan San Guo Yan Yi

3. If one character represents one written Chinese symbol, then how many characters are Chinese idioms commonly made up of? four six three five

4. What is the very first dynasty in Chinese history? Shang dynasty Qin dynasty Zhou dynasty Xia dynasty

5. There are many Chinese "units". Each unit can be used with a different object. For example, when talking about a book, the Chinese would say "y _ben_ shu" with ben as the unit for a book. What is the MOST CORRECT unit for a single horse? Dong Qun Pi Ge

6. China is a huge country, and people often refer to where they come from as just a direction. What would "Da Xi Bei" be referring to? Beijing Canton Inner Mongolia Xinjiang

7. The first emperor of China declared himself emperor in what dynasty? Ling Zhou Qin Song

8. The Great Wall of China was built for defence purposes. What kind of smoke (yan) did the soldiers use to alert the troops of an attack? Quan (Canine) Hong (Red) Lan (Blue) Lang (wolf)

9. Many of the transliterations in Chinese started appearing only during the past ten years or so. What is the transliterating for KFC, one of China's most visited fast food restaurants? Shen Zhen Mai Dang Lao Ken De Ji Shao Mai

10. There are many mountains in China and their sights are very enjoyable. The five most famous mountains have been given the collective name "Wu Yue". Wu Yue refers to five mountains from the north, east, south, west and central China. The most well-known mountain within the group is the Dong (east) Yue--Tai Shan. In which province is this mountain? (Hint: Shan is the word for mountain) Hu Nan Shan Dong An Hui He Dong

11. The Chinese invented ice cream some 500 years ago. True False

12. The most popular sport in China--Ping Pong, also known as table tennis--involved two players ralleying a white or orange ball, roughly the size of a golf ball, across a 9 ft by 5 ft table. What is a normal Ping Pong ball made of? plastic celluloid wood cork

13. What is the party that ruled China since October 1, 1949? (answer in Chinese) Gong Can Dang Fa Xi Si Dang Zhi You Dang Guo Min Dang

14. The Chinese always believed that on a map, China looks like this animal. What is the female version of this animal in Chinese? Mu Yang Mu Ji Mu Ma Ci Long

15. The Chinese language has an alphabet made up of 340 letters. True False