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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • 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 were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?






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






3. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






11. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






15. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






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






20. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






24. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






27. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






28. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






32. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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


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






35. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






37. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






39. What does Feng Shui mean?






40. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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






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






46. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






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