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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 important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






2. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






3. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






5. How many meridians are in your body?






6. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






7. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






11. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






13. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






17. What does Feng Shui mean?






18. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






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






23. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






24. What was the Korean War?






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






26. What was the Korean War?






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






28. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






31. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






32. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






36. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






37. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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


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






40. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






42. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






47. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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