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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 Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






12. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






16. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






20. Why was it called theForbidden City?






21. What was the Korean War?






22. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






23. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






33. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






34. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






35. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






36. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






39. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






40. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






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






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






46. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






49. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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