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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?






2. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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


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






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






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






8. What was the Korean War?






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






10. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






12. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






13. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






15. What was porcelain maid out of - and what did they use to color it?






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






17. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






19. How many meridians are in your body?






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






21. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






24. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






25. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






28. How many horses did the Mongols use?






29. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






31. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






34. What was porcelain maid out of - and what did they use to color it?






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


36. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Where did the Long March begin and end?






44. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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






49. How many meridians are in your body?






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