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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 are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?






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






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






4. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






5. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






8. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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

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10. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






14. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






25. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






26. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






28. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






29. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






30. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






43. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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

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45. What was the Korean War?






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






47. How many meridians are in your body?






48. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






49. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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