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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 saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






4. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






6. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






8. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






10. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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


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






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


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






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






16. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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


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






22. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






23. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






24. Where did the Long March begin and end?






25. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






27. What was the Korean War?






28. How many horses did the Mongols use?






29. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






31. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






32. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






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


37. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






39. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






42. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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