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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 two things must all Chinese punishments be?






2. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






6. Why was it called theForbidden City?






7. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






8. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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






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






13. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






16. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






18. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






20. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






24. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






26. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






28. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






31. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






33. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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






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






38. How many horses did the Mongols use?






39. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






40. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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


50. What treaty solved the Opium War?