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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 was the nickname given to the Mongol warriors?


2. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






5. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






6. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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


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






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






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






12. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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


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






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






18. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






20. How many meridians are in your body?






21. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






25. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






27. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






30. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






33. What does Feng Shui mean?






34. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






35. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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






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






40. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






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






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






46. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






47. Where did the Long March begin and end?






48. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






49. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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