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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 are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?






2. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






7. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






8. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






11. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






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






16. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






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






21. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






23. How many meridians are in your body?






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






25. What was the Korean War?






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






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






28. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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

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32. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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

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






37. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






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






42. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






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






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

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48. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






49. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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