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China Trivia

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?

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






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






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






5. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






6. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






8. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






11. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






12. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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

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14. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






16. What treaty solved the Opium War?






17. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






20. Where did the Long March begin and end?






21. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






34. What was the Korean War?






35. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






37. What was the Korean War?






38. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






39. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






43. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






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






48. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






50. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?







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