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






2. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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


4. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






15. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






16. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






18. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






20. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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


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






26. What treaty solved the Opium War?






27. Where did the Long March begin and end?






28. What was the Korean War?






29. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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


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






32. What does Feng Shui mean?






33. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






35. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






39. How many meridians are in your body?






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






41. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






45. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






46. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






49. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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