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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 does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






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






6. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






9. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






10. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






13. Why was it called theForbidden City?






14. How many horses did the Mongols use?






15. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






16. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






17. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






21. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






34. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






35. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






41. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






43. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






46. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






49. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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