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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 are two purposes the gong served in China?






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






3. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






4. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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


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






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






8. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






10. How many meridians are in your body?






11. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






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


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






17. What treaty solved the Opium War?






18. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






21. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






23. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






24. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






25. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






29. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






31. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






32. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






33. What was the Korean War?






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






35. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






39. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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






43. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






45. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






46. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






50. What does the Monkey King symbolize?