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






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






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






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






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






6. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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

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9. What does Feng Shui mean?






10. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






11. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






12. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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

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






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






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






19. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






20. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






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






26. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






30. What was the Korean War?






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






32. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






34. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






36. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






40. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






42. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






44. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






47. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






49. What was the Korean War?






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