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






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






3. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






4. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






6. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






10. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






18. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






19. How many meridians are in your body?






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






21. How many meridians are in your body?






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






23. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






24. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






25. Why was it called theForbidden City?






26. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


35. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






36. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






37. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






38. Where did the Long March begin and end?






39. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






40. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






42. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






45. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






46. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






48. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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