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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What do the five strings on the guqin represent?






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






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






4. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






5. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






9. What treaty solved the Opium War?






10. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






11. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






20. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






21. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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

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






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






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






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






28. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






30. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






32. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






33. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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






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






39. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. What was the Korean War?






47. How many meridians are in your body?






48. What does Feng Shui mean?






49. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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