General quiz about China 6

Tough quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (6)
1. Which ancient classic stimulated the study of binary arithmetic and paved way to modern computing?
Spring and Summer Annals
Analects of Confucius
Classic of Rites
Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
Hong Kong, harbor, skyscraper, modern housing
Night skyline of Victoria harbor, Hong Kong

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

3. In ancient times the week in China consisted of how many days?
8
14
10
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

4. What is considered the most unlucky number in China?
thirteen
eleven
seven
four
Tang dynasty, Xian, Sacred Way, tomb, people
Sacred Way to tombs of Tang Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu Zetian, Xi'an

5. What proportion of the population of Singapore are ethnically Chinese?
50%
30%
60%
77%
dance, dragon, Foshan, people
Traditional dragon dance, Foshan, 2013 Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

6. The great Ming encyclopedia the 'Yongle Dadian' comprised about how many volumes?
11,000
8,000
500
100,000
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

7. How many soldiers (pawns) does each side have in Chinese chess?
4
8
6
5
chess, people
Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

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

9. China has land borders with many other nations, how many?
20
16
14
6
Jiangxi, landscape, view

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. What is the doctrine of 'Wen and Wu' all about?
Soft and hard foreign policy
Chess strategies
Navy and army
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

18. 'River elegy' was the ground-breaking TV programme that sparked much debate and protest in which year?
2005
1988
1990
1978
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Image by McKay Savage from London, UK available under a Creative Commons license January 2005

19. The Jade Gate (Jiayuguan), the main entry point into China on the Silk Road is located in which province?
Sichuan
Xinjiang
Gansu
Yunnan
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 .

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