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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 does acupuncture help balance within us?






2. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






5. What does Feng Shui mean?






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

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7. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






8. Why was it called theForbidden City?






9. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






13. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






14. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






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






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






20. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






24. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






25. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






26. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






29. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






32. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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

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






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






36. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






37. What treaty solved the Opium War?






38. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






40. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






41. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






42. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






45. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






46. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






47. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






49. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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