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China Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?
urban
the 38th parallel
loved their art - lost their empire
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
2. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
it overextended itself along the road
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
3. What was the Korean War?
not a war - but a police action by the UN
it overextended itself along the road
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
4. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
it overextended itself along the road
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
5. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?
boil it
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
5
divine wind
6. What do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?
boil it
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
5
Ming
7. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
devil's horsemen
public humiliation and loss of face
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
8. What was porcelain maid out of - and what did they use to color it?
freedom within yourself
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
kaolin with cobalt for color
9. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
5
kaolin with cobalt for color
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
10. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
Mao Zedong
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
11. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?
5
Han and the Roman Empire
loved their art - lost their empire
Ming
12. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?
not a war - but a police action by the UN
Kublai Khan
freedom within yourself
harsh and public
13. Who were the Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution and what was their job?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
young enforcers of rules
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
14. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
chi
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
15. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?
anti-foreign and anti-communist
divine wind
devil's horsemen
chi
16. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
public humiliation and loss of face
south - represented by red and a phoenix
divine wind
17. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
chi
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
18. Under which dynasty did the Silk Road flourish - and who did they trade with?
Ming
kaolin with cobalt for color
Han and the Roman Empire
loved their art - lost their empire
19. What do the Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
lost face
Ming
divine wind
20. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?
anti-foreign and anti-communist
to guard China
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
lost face
21. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
to guard China
chi (energy) and blood flow
freedom within yourself
22. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
chi (energy) and blood flow
it overextended itself along the road
devil's horsemen
23. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?
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24. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?
harsh and public
divine wind
harsh and public
urban
25. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
landscape
south - represented by red and a phoenix
divine wind
26. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?
freedom within yourself
divine wind
urban
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
27. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
boil it
freedom within yourself
it overextended itself along the road
28. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
south - represented by red and a phoenix
freedom within yourself
Ming
29. What was the name of the Mongolian ruler during the failed Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281?
loved their art - lost their empire
5
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Kublai Khan
30. What was Cheng-Ho originally named - and who was it in honor of?
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
from Jiangxi to Yenan
they become spoiled and fat
lost face
31. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?
lost face
harsh and public
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
5
32. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
Kublai Khan
it overextended itself along the road
wind and water
33. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
to guard China
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
boil it
young enforcers of rules
34. What do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?
Ming
boil it
landscape
kaolin with cobalt for color
35. How many meridians are in your body?
5
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
they become spoiled and fat
devil's horsemen
36. Who were the Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution and what was their job?
devil's horsemen
chi (energy) and blood flow
young enforcers of rules
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
37. What was the most prominent subject to paint during the Sung dynasty?
landscape
boil it
kaolin with cobalt for color
the five elements
38. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'
they become spoiled and fat
Mao Zedong
not a war - but a police action by the UN
it overextended itself along the road
39. What treaty solved the Opium War?
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
not a war - but a police action by the UN
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
landscape
40. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
wind and water
freedom within yourself
41. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
Ming
divine wind
chi (energy) and blood flow
Kublai Khan
42. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?
it overextended itself along the road
anti-foreign and anti-communist
to guard China
landscape
43. What was the line that divided North Korea and South Korea?
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
kaolin with cobalt for color
the 38th parallel
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
44. Who built the first Great Wall of China - and from which dynasty was he?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
freedom within yourself
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
kaolin with cobalt for color
45. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
46. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?
devil's horsemen
Mao Zedong
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
47. How many horses did the Mongols use?
it overextended itself along the road
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
5
wind and water
48. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
young enforcers of rules
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
loved their art - lost their empire
49. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
to guard China
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
from Jiangxi to Yenan
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
50. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?
public humiliation and loss of face
Ming
boil it
urban