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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. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






4. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






5. Why was it called theForbidden City?






6. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






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






11. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






12. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






13. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






14. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






17. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






18. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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


22. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






24. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






26. How many meridians are in your body?






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


28. How many meridians are in your body?






29. Why was it called theForbidden City?






30. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






34. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






38. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






40. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






49. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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