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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
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1. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?






2. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






5. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






7. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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






12. How many meridians are in your body?






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






14. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






17. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






18. What was the Korean War?






19. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






20. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






22. What was the Korean War?






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






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






25. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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

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






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






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






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






32. Why was it called theForbidden City?






33. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






35. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






38. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






39. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






42. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






44. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






49. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






50. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?