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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
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1. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?






2. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






3. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






6. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






9. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






10. What treaty solved the Opium War?






11. What does Feng Shui mean?






12. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






13. How many meridians are in your body?






14. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






16. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






20. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






22. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






23. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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

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27. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






28. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






31. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






33. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






38. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






42. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






44. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






45. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






47. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






48. How many meridians are in your body?






49. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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