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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 Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?






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






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






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






5. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






7. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






10. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






11. What was the Korean War?






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






13. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






15. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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






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






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


21. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






22. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






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






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






28. Why was it called theForbidden City?






29. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






30. What treaty solved the Opium War?






31. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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


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






35. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






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






41. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






42. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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


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






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






48. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






50. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?