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China Trivia

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






2. Why was it called theForbidden City?






3. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






5. What treaty solved the Opium War?






6. What was the Korean War?






7. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






9. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






12. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






13. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






15. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






16. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






19. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






22. What does Feng Shui mean?






23. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






26. How many meridians are in your body?






27. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






29. What treaty solved the Opium War?






30. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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

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






35. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






37. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






38. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






39. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






41. What does Feng Shui mean?






42. How many horses did the Mongols use?






43. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






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






48. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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







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