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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
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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. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?






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






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






4. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






5. Why was it called theForbidden City?






6. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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


10. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






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






15. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






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






21. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






22. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






24. How many meridians are in your body?






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






26. What treaty solved the Opium War?






27. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






29. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






31. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






34. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






37. What was the Korean War?






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






39. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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


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


44. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






48. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






49. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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