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






3. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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


5. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






6. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






9. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






10. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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


12. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






14. Where did the Long March begin and end?






15. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






18. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






20. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






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






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






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


27. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






30. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






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






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






36. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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






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






42. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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