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






2. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






4. How many horses did the Mongols use?






5. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






6. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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

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






12. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






15. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






18. What does Feng Shui mean?






19. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






20. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






23. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






27. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






31. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






32. How many meridians are in your body?






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






34. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






39. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






40. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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

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44. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






45. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






49. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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