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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. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






3. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






5. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






8. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






10. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






13. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






15. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






18. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






21. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






23. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






24. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






26. What was the Korean War?






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


28. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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






32. Where did the Long March begin and end?






33. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






34. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






36. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






37. How many horses did the Mongols use?






38. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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


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






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






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






44. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






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






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