Part one: true or false

1. Not every panda in the world is on loan from China.

2. When a baby Panda is born, by agreement, it is sent back to China to help expand
the gene pool.
3. The baby pandas are shipped back by FedEx.
4. Despite spanning five time zones, all of China runs on Beijing time.
5. There is a counterfeit egg industry in China.
6. Fortune cookies are a Chinese invention, they are first mentioned in Ming dynasty
popular fiction.
7. A third of San Franciscos air pollution comes from China.
8. In China, there are rehabilitation camps designed to rid young people from their
video game addiction.
9. Wearing a black helmet is illegal because it implies that a person is
impersonating as a police officer.
10. Chinese parents can legally sue their children if they do not visit them often
enough.
11. In China, only celebrities can legally use YouTube.
12. In traditional Chinese medicine, toad livers are used to treat skin burns.
13. The idiom "mandarin ducks playing in water" (yun yang x shucan
also mean "to make love".

Part two: choose one answer

1. A new skyscraper is built in China every
A. every day

C. every two weeks

B. every five days

D. once a month

2. Because of their aggressive nature and keen vision, they are used as police
animals instead of dogs in Xinjiang province. According to the state newspaper
Peoples Daily, which of the following poultry is renowned as being sharp, keen and
brave thus providing an invaluable tool in the war on crime:

A. Chicken

C. Turkeys

B. Geese

D. Ducks

3. Possibly the worlds largest traffic jam began to form on August 14, 2010 around
Beijing. Slowing down thousands of vehicles for more than 100 kilometres it lasted
for:
A. Around 2 days

C. Around 10 days

B. Almost 5 days

D. More than 2 weeks

4. A teenage Bruce Lee was the winner of the 1958 Hong Kong Championship in:
A. Wing Chun

C. Karate

B. Cha-cha-cha

D. Tango

5. Twice the size of Americas largest mall and ranked second in total area to The
Dubai Mall, Guangdong province boasts the worlds largest shopping mall based on
gross leasable area.Although currently extremely popular it was a ghost town in
2013. Then the occupancy rate was:
A. 40%

C. Less than 10%

B. Around 15%

D. Roughly 30%

5. The ban on gaming consoles like Playstation and XBox was lifted in in China in:
A. 2013

C. There was no such ban in China.

B. 2011

D. 2014

6. More birds! How many pigeons did the Peoples Liberation Army start training as
a back-up communication system in 2011:
A. 1000

C. 10,000

B. 5000

D. 20,000

7. In Taiwan disposing of garbage is a community event accompanied by music

since there are hardly any garbage cans. On a regular timetable music playing
garbage trucks remind citizens that trash time has come and prepare their rubbish
bags. Which two are the standard trash collection songs in Taiwan?
A. Fr Elise by German composer Beethoven
B. Goodbye My Love sung by our beloved Taiwanese super-duper star Teresa Teng
C. A Maidens Prayer by Polish composer Tekla Bdarzewska-Baranowska
D. O Sole mio sung by Italian singer Pavarotti