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






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






3. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






5. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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

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






9. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






10. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






11. What was the Korean War?






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






13. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






17. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






18. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






20. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






22. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






24. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






25. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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

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27. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






29. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






30. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






32. What treaty solved the Opium War?






33. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






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






39. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






41. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






42. What treaty solved the Opium War?






43. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






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






48. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






50. Why was it called theForbidden City?