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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 many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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

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

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6. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






9. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






13. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






15. What was the Korean War?






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






17. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






20. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






22. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






23. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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






27. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






29. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






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






34. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






37. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






38. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






40. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






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






45. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






49. What does Feng Shui mean?






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