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China Trivia

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What do the Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?






2. How did the invention of gunpowder backfire on the Chinese?






3. What was the most prominent subject to paint during the Sung dynasty?






4. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?






5. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






6. What was the nickname given to the Mongol warriors?

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7. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?






8. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?






9. Who built the first Great Wall of China - and from which dynasty was he?






10. What was the most prominent subject to paint during the Sung dynasty?






11. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






12. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?






13. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?






14. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?






15. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?






16. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






17. What was the Korean War?






18. What does Feng Shui mean?






19. Why was it called theForbidden City?






20. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?

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21. How did the invention of gunpowder backfire on the Chinese?






22. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?

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23. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'






24. What was Cheng-Ho originally named - and who was it in honor of?






25. What was the name of the Mongolian ruler during the failed Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281?






26. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






27. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






28. What do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?






29. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?






30. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'






31. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






32. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?






33. Under which dynasty did the Silk Road flourish - and who did they trade with?






34. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






35. What do the five strings on the guqin represent?






36. What was the name of the Mongolian ruler during the failed Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281?






37. What are two purposes the gong served in China?






38. What do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?






39. What does Feng Shui mean?






40. Who were the Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution and what was their job?






41. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?






42. What was the line that divided North Korea and South Korea?






43. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






44. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?






45. Why was it called theForbidden City?






46. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?






47. What treaty solved the Opium War?






48. What was ironic about the fact that Mao Zedong attended the May 4th Movement in 1919?






49. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






50. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?







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