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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 happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'






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






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






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






5. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






10. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






11. How many meridians are in your body?






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






13. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






15. Why was it called theForbidden City?






16. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






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






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






22. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






26. How many horses did the Mongols use?






27. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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

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






31. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






32. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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

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






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






38. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






41. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






50. What does the Monkey King symbolize?