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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 was the Korean War?






2. What does Feng Shui mean?






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


4. How many meridians are in your body?






5. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






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






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






11. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






12. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






14. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






16. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






17. What does Feng Shui mean?






18. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






20. Why was it called theForbidden City?






21. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






22. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






23. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






25. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






27. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






28. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






30. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






34. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






35. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






37. What was the Korean War?






38. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






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






44. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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


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






48. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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