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






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






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






4. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






6. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






7. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






10. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






11. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






12. What treaty solved the Opium War?






13. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






15. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






18. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






21. What was the Korean War?






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






23. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






27. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






30. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






31. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






33. How many horses did the Mongols use?






34. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






43. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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

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46. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






50. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?