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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. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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


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






6. How many meridians are in your body?






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






8. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






11. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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


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






17. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






18. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






20. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






22. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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






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






27. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






30. What treaty solved the Opium War?






31. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






32. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






33. Why was it called theForbidden City?






34. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






35. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






36. What does Feng Shui mean?






37. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






40. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






44. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






48. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






49. How many horses did the Mongols use?






50. How many meridians are in your body?