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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 does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






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






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






7. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






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






12. How many meridians are in your body?






13. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






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






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






19. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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


21. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






24. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






25. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






27. What treaty solved the Opium War?






28. How many meridians are in your body?






29. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






30. What was the Korean War?






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






32. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






36. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






46. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






49. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






50. What does the Monkey King symbolize?