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China Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
chi (energy) and blood flow
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
2. How did the invention of gunpowder backfire on the Chinese?
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
chi (energy) and blood flow
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
urban
3. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
public humiliation and loss of face
chi
4. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Ming
5. What does Feng Shui mean?
wind and water
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
anti-foreign and anti-communist
to guard China
6. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?
Ming
Mao Zedong
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Ming
7. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?
harsh and public
5
they become spoiled and fat
lost face
8. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?
5
5
Mao Zedong
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
9. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
harsh and public
divine wind
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
10. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?
divine wind
urban
Han and the Roman Empire
loved their art - lost their empire
11. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?
loved their art - lost their empire
public humiliation and loss of face
lost face
landscape
12. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?
5
chi (energy) and blood flow
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
13. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
the 38th parallel
south - represented by red and a phoenix
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
14. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
freedom within yourself
freedom within yourself
15. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?
5
south - represented by red and a phoenix
divine wind
anti-foreign and anti-communist
16. How many horses did the Mongols use?
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
5
not a war - but a police action by the UN
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
17. What are two purposes the gong served in China?
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
5
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
18. Who built the first Great Wall of China - and from which dynasty was he?
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
public humiliation and loss of face
Ming
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
19. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?
Ming
Han and the Roman Empire
from Jiangxi to Yenan
lost face
20. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
lost face
it overextended itself along the road
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
21. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?
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22. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
chi
Ming
Han and the Roman Empire
23. Why was it called theForbidden City?
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
chi (energy) and blood flow
harsh and public
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
24. What do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?
wind and water
boil it
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
the five elements
25. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?
Ming
loved their art - lost their empire
kaolin with cobalt for color
lost face
26. What was ironic about the fact that Mao Zedong attended the May 4th Movement in 1919?
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
young enforcers of rules
27. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
Han and the Roman Empire
chi
the 38th parallel
28. What treaty solved the Opium War?
landscape
Han and the Roman Empire
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
29. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?
boil it
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
harsh and public
30. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?
Kublai Khan
from Jiangxi to Yenan
divine wind
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
31. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?
public humiliation and loss of face
anti-foreign and anti-communist
wind and water
landscape
32. Under which dynasty did the Silk Road flourish - and who did they trade with?
divine wind
Han and the Roman Empire
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
Ming
33. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?
5
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
they become spoiled and fat
34. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?
the 38th parallel
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
young enforcers of rules
35. What treaty solved the Opium War?
they become spoiled and fat
from Jiangxi to Yenan
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
36. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?
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37. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?
loved their art - lost their empire
south - represented by red and a phoenix
not a war - but a police action by the UN
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
38. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
5
anti-foreign and anti-communist
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
it overextended itself along the road
39. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
5
to guard China
5
south - represented by red and a phoenix
40. How many horses did the Mongols use?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
Kublai Khan
5
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
41. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
Mao Zedong
they become spoiled and fat
freedom within yourself
42. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?
south - represented by red and a phoenix
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
43. What do the Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?
devil's horsemen
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
the five elements
it overextended itself along the road
44. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
south - represented by red and a phoenix
Kublai Khan
lost face
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
45. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
south - represented by red and a phoenix
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
young enforcers of rules
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
46. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
lost face
chi (energy) and blood flow
Mao Zedong
47. What was the nickname given to the Mongol warriors?
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48. What was the Korean War?
kaolin with cobalt for color
the 38th parallel
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
not a war - but a police action by the UN
49. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?
chi
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
harsh and public
50. What was the name of the Mongolian ruler during the failed Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281?
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
Kublai Khan
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
freedom within yourself