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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. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






4. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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


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






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






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






10. What treaty solved the Opium War?






11. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






15. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






16. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






25. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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


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






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






29. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






33. What treaty solved the Opium War?






34. Where did the Long March begin and end?






35. How many horses did the Mongols use?






36. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






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






41. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






43. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






47. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






48. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






50. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?