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






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






4. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






5. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






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






10. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






12. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






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






17. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






20. How many meridians are in your body?






21. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






25. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






28. How many horses did the Mongols use?






29. What treaty solved the Opium War?






30. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






32. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






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






37. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






39. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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

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






43. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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

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






47. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






48. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






49. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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