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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 are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?






2. How many meridians are in your body?






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

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

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5. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






6. How many meridians are in your body?






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






8. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






11. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






14. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






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






20. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






21. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






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






27. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






28. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






29. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






31. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






32. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






37. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






38. How many horses did the Mongols use?






39. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






40. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






42. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?