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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 purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






3. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






5. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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


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






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






10. How many horses did the Mongols use?






11. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






14. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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






19. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






22. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






33. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






35. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






44. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






47. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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


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