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






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






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






4. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






7. How many meridians are in your body?






8. What was the Korean War?






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






10. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






12. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






13. Where did the Long March begin and end?






14. What does Feng Shui mean?






15. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






18. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






19. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






20. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






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






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






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






26. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






27. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






30. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






35. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






39. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






42. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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


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






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






46. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






48. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






50. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?