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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. How many meridians are in your body?






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






3. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






4. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






6. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






7. How many horses did the Mongols use?






8. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






9. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






13. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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

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15. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






16. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






17. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






18. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






20. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






24. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






28. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






30. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






31. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






34. What does Feng Shui mean?






35. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






39. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






41. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






42. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






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






47. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






49. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






50. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?