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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. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






5. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






6. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






9. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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


11. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






13. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






18. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






21. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






24. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






28. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






31. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






33. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






36. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






37. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






39. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






41. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






42. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






46. Where did the Long March begin and end?






47. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






50. What does Feng Shui mean?