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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 the line that divided North Korea and South Korea?






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






4. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






8. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






11. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






12. How many horses did the Mongols use?






13. How many meridians are in your body?






14. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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






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






19. What was the Korean War?






20. What was the nickname given to the Mongol warriors?

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21. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






22. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






23. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






24. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






25. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






29. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






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






35. What was the Korean War?






36. How many horses did the Mongols use?






37. Why was it called theForbidden City?






38. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






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

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43. How many meridians are in your body?






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






45. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






49. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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