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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 is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?






2. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






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






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






8. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






11. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






13. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






14. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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

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18. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






20. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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

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32. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






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






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






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






37. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






38. How many horses did the Mongols use?






39. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






42. What was the Korean War?






43. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






44. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






48. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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