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






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






3. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






7. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






10. Why was it called theForbidden City?






11. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






13. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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






17. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






18. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






21. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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






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


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






28. What was the Korean War?






29. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






31. How many horses did the Mongols use?






32. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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


34. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






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






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






40. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






41. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






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


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






47. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






49. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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