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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 do the five strings on the guqin represent?






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


3. How many horses did the Mongols use?






4. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






7. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






10. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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






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






16. What does Feng Shui mean?






17. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






19. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






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






25. What was the Korean War?






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


27. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






30. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






31. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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


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






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






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






36. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






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






41. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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


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






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






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






46. What was the Korean War?






47. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






49. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






50. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?