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