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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 two things must all Chinese punishments be?






2. How many meridians are in your body?






3. What does Feng Shui mean?






4. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






13. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






15. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






17. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






20. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






22. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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

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25. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






27. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






31. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






32. How many meridians are in your body?






33. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






34. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






37. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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






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






43. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






45. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






46. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






47. What was the Korean War?






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






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






50. What was the Korean War?