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






2. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






3. What does Feng Shui mean?






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


5. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






7. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






8. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






9. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






12. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






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






17. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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






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






23. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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






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






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






29. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






32. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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


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






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






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






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






38. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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






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






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






44. Where did the Long March begin and end?






45. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






46. What was the Korean War?






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






48. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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


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