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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 was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






3. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






6. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






7. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






9. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






10. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






11. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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






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






17. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






20. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






22. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






25. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






34. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






35. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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

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






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






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

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






44. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






47. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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