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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 seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?






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






3. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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






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


8. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






12. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






20. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






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






25. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






28. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






29. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






37. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






41. What treaty solved the Opium War?






42. Where did the Long March begin and end?






43. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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


45. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






46. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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


48. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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