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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
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  • 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 do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?






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






3. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






8. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






11. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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

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13. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






15. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






16. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






18. How many horses did the Mongols use?






19. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






22. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






23. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






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






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






29. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






31. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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






36. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






37. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






40. What was the Korean War?






41. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






45. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






48. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






49. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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