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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 could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






3. How many meridians are in your body?






4. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






6. Why was it called theForbidden City?






7. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






8. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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


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






12. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






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






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






18. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






20. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






21. Where did the Long March begin and end?






22. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






23. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






24. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






28. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






32. What treaty solved the Opium War?






33. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






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






39. What was the Korean War?






40. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






41. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






42. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






44. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






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






49. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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