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