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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 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






3. What does Feng Shui mean?






4. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






7. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






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






12. What was the Korean War?






13. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






14. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






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






19. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






20. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






21. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






26. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






27. How many meridians are in your body?






28. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






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






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

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33. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






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






38. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






40. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






41. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






42. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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