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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 two things must all Chinese punishments be?






2. Where did the Long March begin and end?






3. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






6. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






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






10. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






11. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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

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






15. How many meridians are in your body?






16. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






18. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






20. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






22. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






23. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






25. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






27. Why was it called theForbidden City?






28. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






31. What was the Korean War?






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






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






34. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






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






39. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






43. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






45. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






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