General quiz about China 5

Intermediate quiz (quite tough) about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (5)
1. In which province is the fictional Shangrila said to be located?
Yunnan
Liaoning
Xinjiang
Guangxi
Buddhism , Dali, Yunnan, temple

2. The Chinese nuclear test facility of Lop Nur is located in which province?
Heilongjiang
Yunnan
Xinjiang
Tibet

3. The Tiananmen Incident of 1976 occurred following the death of which leader?
Peng Dehuai
Zhou Enlai
Liu Shaoqi
Mao Zedong
Tiananmen Square, crowd
2004 PRC National Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. What a crowd! Image by pfctdayelise available under a Creative Commons License

4. Which is the Chinese language most frequently spoken in Zhejiang province other than Mandarin?
wu
yue (cantonese)
gan
min
Yangzi River, Nanjing, bridge
The Nanjing bridge over the Yangzi

5. Imperial designs represent the Emperor as a dragon, but which creature represents the Empress?
peacock
phoenix
qilin
pheasant
manchu, Shenyang, dragon
Two dragons fighting over the pearl of wisdom. Fuling tomb, Shenyang, Liaoning

6. The Jesuit missionaries most impressed the Imperial court with their knowledge of what?
astronomy
architecture
painting
sword fighting
christian, Shen Fuzong
Michael Alphonsius Shen Fuzong (Fu-tsung) by Sir Godfrey Kneller. 1685. Available under a Creative Commons License

7. The magnificent Huangguoshu Waterfalls can be found in which province?
Guizhou
Shandong
Yunnan
Jiangxi
Guizhou, waterfall

8. K2 the second highest mountain in the world is on the border of China with which country?
Pakistan
India
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
K2,  mountain,  Xinjiang
K2. August 2006 Image by Svy123 available under a Creative Commons License

9. Sun Yatsen's mausoleum is close to which major city?
Beijing
Nanjing
Fuzhou
Wuhan
Guangdong, Sun Yatsen
Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall with bronze statue

10. Why is the Yellow River so called?
yellow was the Han dynastic color
rivers were named after colors
pollution with yellow dye
carries yellow mud
pujin,  yellow river
The oldest and largest ironware cultural relics protection group in the world - Kai-Yuan Tang Large Iron Oxen, located 110 m-470 m outside the west gate of the Puzhou Ancient City 15 km in the west of Yonji City, Available under a Creative Commons License

11. In which province did the Taiping rebellion begin?
Zhejiang
Fujian
Jiangsu
Guangdong
Taiping Rebellion, battle
Taiping rebels are chased out of Yuzhuang, March 8 1854. The Taiping arrived the previous day but had to retire the next day when the Manchus arrived in hot pursuit. From Ten scenes recording the retreat and defeat of the Taiping Northern Expeditionary Forces, February 1854-March 1855. Source : web site Available under a Creative Commons license .

12. The Supreme Buddha (Siddhārtha Gautama) was born in which country that neighbors China?
Nepal
Vietnam
India
Korea
Qinghai, monks, Buddhism, people
Buddhist prayer ceremony at Xining, Qinghai Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

13. Mount Lushan is close to which major famous lake?
Lake Tai
Qinghai Lake
Dongting Lake
Poyang Lake
Jiangxi, Lushan, waterfall
Waterfall on Lushan mountains, Jiangxi

14. Why is Mongolia split into Outer and Inner Mongolia?
Revolution of 1924
Civil war of 1845
Russian invasion of 1918
Outer Mongolia was Genghiz Khan's home
mongolia, skins, bows
Bows and furs of Mongolia. Image by Rob Stallard

15. A magpie in a painting symbolizes a wish for what?
peace
joy
long life
job promotion
chinese wildlife, Azure winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus
Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus, Fujigaoka 2 Chome, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Image by Toshihiro Gamo available under a Creative Commons License

16. Which province is the coldest in summer?
Jilin
Tibet
Xinjiang
Inner Mongolia
Tibet, lake

17. Tanggu or Binhai is the port area for which major city?
Guangzhou
Tianjin
Xiamen
Hong Kong
Tianjin

18. Which province is known by the shortened name 'Lu'?
Henan
Jiangsu
Ningxia
Shandong
Confucius, Beijing
Statue of Confucius at the Imperial Academy (Guozijian) Beijing

19. What was the religion of the great explorer Zheng He?
Muslim
Christian
Buddhist
Daoist
Zheng He, explorer

20. Which was China's most populous province in 2014?
Guangdong
Sichuan
Hunan
Beijing
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