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






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






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






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






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






6. What was the Korean War?






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






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






9. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






11. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






15. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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


20. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






21. Where did the Long March begin and end?






22. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






24. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






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






29. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






32. How many horses did the Mongols use?






33. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






36. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






37. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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


39. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






41. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






42. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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


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






48. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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