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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 two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






3. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






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






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

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






10. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






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






16. What was the Korean War?






17. How many meridians are in your body?






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

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19. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






20. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






24. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






27. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






29. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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






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






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

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36. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






38. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






42. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






44. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






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






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






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