General quiz about China 6

Tough quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (6)
1. What proportion of the population of Singapore are ethnically Chinese?
77%
90%
50%
60%
dance, dragon, Foshan, people
Traditional dragon dance, Foshan, 2013 Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

2. What is the name of the minority people included in Guangxi's official provincial title?
Tibetan
Hakka
Uigyur
Zhuang
Guangxi, mountains, landform

3. Lu Yu wrote a famous book in 762CE about what subject?
warfare
opera
tea
Confucianism
Tang dynasty, horse, sculpture
Tri-colored glazed pottery horse of the Tang Dynasty

4. 'River elegy' was the ground-breaking TV programme that sparked much debate and protest in which year?
1978
1988
2005
1995
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Image by McKay Savage from London, UK available under a Creative Commons license January 2005

5. The Dragon boat festival is associated with which historical figure?
Zhuge Liang
Qu Yuan
Confucius
Emperor Hongwu
Dragon boat festival, people
Dragon Boat race Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

6. Weifang, Shandong is famous for which Chinese tradition?
opera
gardens
kite flying
weiqi
Penglai, coast, Shandong, pavilion
Penglai Pavilion at the northern tip of Shandong province

7. What is the doctrine of 'Wen and Wu' all about?
Chess strategies
Navy and army
Soft and hard foreign policy
Surrender and fight
opium war, sea battle, junk, boat, ship
The East India Company iron steam ship Nemesis, commanded by Lieutenant W. H. Hall, with boats from the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne and Starling, destroying the Chinese war junks in Anson's Bay, on 7 January 1841. Image by Edward Duncan available under a Creative Commons License

8. When did the island of Taiwan/Chinese Taipei first become a part of China?
818
1683
246
1745
Taiwan, Taipei
Taiwan's National Concert Hall located in Taipei December 2006. Image by Scchiang available under a Creative Commons license .

9. Xi Jinping was born in Beijing but his father lived in which province?
Henan
Shanghai
Hunan
Shaanxi
Xi Jinping, PRC
President Xi Jinping during a visit to the island of Majorca, 2010

10. What percentage of the world's arable land does China possess to feed 20% of world's population?
30%
1%
7%
15%
rice
Guilin rice terrace in summer, Guangxi. Photo by Mgmoscatello available under a Creative Commons license .

11. How many soldiers (pawns) does each side have in Chinese chess?
4
5
8
10
chess, people
Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

12. China has land borders with many other nations, how many?
14
8
6
16
Fujian

13. When were the Terracotta warriors of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi discovered?
1974
1782
1894
1955
Qin dynasty, Terracotta army
The famous terracotta warriors at the tomb of the first Qin Emperor Shihuangdi

14. Which ancient classic stimulated the study of binary arithmetic and paved way to modern computing?
Book of Zhuangzi
Book of Odes
Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
Analects of Confucius
Hong Kong, harbor, skyscraper, modern housing
Night skyline of Victoria harbor, Hong Kong

15. The Jade Gate (Jiayuguan), the main entry point into China on the Silk Road is located in which province?
Yunnan
Ningxia
Gansu
Sichuan
Silk road, Jiayuguan, fort
Fortress (14th century) at Great Wall of Jiayuguang, September 2009. Photo by Sigismund von Dobschütz available under a Creative Commons license .

16. In ancient times the week in China consisted of how many days?
10
8
6
7
stars, buddhism, constellations
Celestial Buddhas and Deities of the Northern, Western, and Central Dipper Constellations. c.1500CE. Image by LACMA available under a Creative Commons License

17. What is considered the most unlucky number in China?
four
eleven
thirteen
seven
Beijing, Beihai Park
The Beihai Park, imperial garden in Beijing. December 2007. Image by storyvillegirl available under a Creative Commons License

18. The great Ming encyclopedia the 'Yongle Dadian' comprised about how many volumes?
11,000
100,000
500
1,000
Yongle Dadian, Pascal triangle
Yang Hui (1238-1298) 's work preserved in Yongle Encyclopedia. It shows what is now called a Pascal Triangle discovered by Chinese mathematicans 500 years before Pascal. Image by Yang Hui available under a Creative Commons License

19. The famous poet Du Fu had a thatched house that can still be seen where?
Chengdu
Xiamen
Nanchang
Tianjin

20. Qufu in Shandong is the birth place of which famous person?
Mao Zedong
Emperor Hongwu
Laozi
Confucius (Kongfuzi)
Qufu, Shandong, sculpture
Monument at Qufu, Shandong
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