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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • 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. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






2. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






3. Where did the Long March begin and end?






4. What treaty solved the Opium War?






5. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






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






10. What was the Korean War?






11. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






12. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






14. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






18. Why was it called theForbidden City?






19. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






20. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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






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






25. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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


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






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






31. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






34. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






39. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






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






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






45. How many meridians are in your body?






46. Why was it called theForbidden City?






47. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






49. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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