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