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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What was porcelain maid out of - and what did they use to color it?






2. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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

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4. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?






5. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






6. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






7. Where did the Long March begin and end?






8. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






10. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?






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






12. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






13. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






14. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






16. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






17. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






18. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






19. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






20. How many horses did the Mongols use?






21. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?






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






23. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






25. What treaty solved the Opium War?






26. What do the Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?






27. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






29. Where did the Long March begin and end?






30. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?






31. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






33. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






36. What treaty solved the Opium War?






37. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






39. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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

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50. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?