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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. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






3. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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






8. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






9. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






10. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






12. What was the Korean War?






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






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






15. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






17. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






19. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






22. What was the Korean War?






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

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24. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






25. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






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






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






31. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






32. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






36. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






39. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






41. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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