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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 happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






13. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






15. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






16. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






20. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






21. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






25. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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

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






29. What was the Korean War?






30. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






33. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






35. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






37. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






39. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






42. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






43. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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

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






49. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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