History Quiz 3

History quiz all about Chinese history - a bit harder.
1. The banker H. H. Kung married who in 1914?
Song Meiling
Song Yaoju
Song Guofeng
Song Ailing
Hainan, forest, view, mountains
Tropical forest park, Hainan island

2. The most senior lama after the Dalai Lama in Tibetan buddhism is who?
Karmapa Lama
Kumbum Lama
Potala Lama
Panchen Lama
Yunnan, Shangrila, golden deer
Roof of Tibetan Temple in Shangri-La, Yunnan

3. Xuanzang's trip to fetch Buddhist scriptures from India took place during which dynasty?
Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
Ming dynasty
Han dynasty
Xian, pagoda, arhcitecture, Shaanxi
Large Wild Goose Pagoda, is a Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi

4. The Jinggang Mountains are famous for what?
rare monkey
birthplace of Chiang Kaishek
Han dynasty battle
base of Jiangxi soviet

5. Which leader put the Gang of Four under arrest?
Hu Yaobang
Mao Zedong
Zhao Ziyang
Hua Guofeng
Mao Zedong, badge, PRC
Pin badges of Mao Zedong at a market stall

6. The battle of Yamen marked the end of the Song dynasty, where did it take place?
Guangdong
Zhejiang
Shandong
Hainan
Song dynasty, sacred way
Stone Statues guarding the Sacred Way at the Song Dynasty Imperial Tombs, Gongyi, Henan

7. In which city was Sun Yatsen kidnapped in 1896?
Shanghai
New York
Guangzhou
London
Sun Yatsen, sculpture, Taiwan
Statue of Dr. Sun Yatsen at memorial hall in Taipei, Taiwan

8. Who was the Premier of China 2003-12?
Wen Jiabao
Hu Jintao
Zhao Ziyang
Li Keqiang
Beijing, modern housing
View of Beijing city from the TV tower

9. Cao Pi declared himself the founder of which dynasty in 220CE?
Ming
Wei
Jin
Zhou
Cao Cao

10. In 1980 China set up a number of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) to promote rapid economic development. Which one of these was NOT a SEZ?
Hainan Island
Xi'an
Xiamen
Shantou
Guangdong, Shenzhen, skyscraper, modern housing

11. Which writer wrote with dismay about the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in 1860?
Mark Twain
George Eliot
Charles Dickens
Victor Hugo
Beijing, Old Summer Palace, architecture, ruin
Ruins of the Old Summer Palace (Yuan ming Yuan) Beijing. It was destroyed by British and French Army in the Second Opium War

12. When did China detonate its first atom bomb?
1976
2001
1980
1964

13. Shenzhou is the name of a high profile programme for what purpose?
agricultural research
environmental protection
nuclear power generation
space exploration

14. Puyi was Emperor of Manchuguo 1934-45 where was his capital?
Daqing
Jilin City
Anshan
Changchun
Emperor Puyi, Mao Zedong
'Henry' Puyi and Mao Zedong, Autumn 1961. Image available under a Creative Commons license .

15. The first books in China were made of what?
papyrus
strips of bamboo or wood
pine tree bark
beech tree bark
Shang dynasty, bronze, calligraphy
Ancient script of Zhou through to Shang dynasty date inscribed on bronze vessel

16. What was the central doctrine of the Taiping rebels?
Ten commandments
Analects of Confucius
The Rig-Veda
The Kojiki
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 .

17. The Yongle Dadian was what?
goverment department
essay competition
race course
encyclopedia
Qilin, Sacred Way, Ming tombs
"Ways of souls" tombs of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644CE). 50km north west of Beijing, in Changping. December 2005. Image by ofol available under a Creative Commons License .

18. 'Rats and foxes' was a term used by Dowager Empress Cixi for which group of people?
Han Chinese
Imperial eunuchs
English diplomats
Scholars
Dowager Empress Cixi, Qing dynasty
Dowager Empress Cixi with the wives of European diplomats in western clothing standing on either side, together with an adopted Chinese orphan. 1902. Image from http://puyi.netor.com/gallery available under a Creative Commons license .

19. The 10,000 ton sculpture in Tiananmen square commemorates what?
Mai Zedong
Heroes of the People
October 1st 1949
January 1st 1912
Tiananmen square, National Peoples Congress
Tiananmen Square, 12th June 2010. Image by Ronnie Macdonald available under a Creative Commons License

20. The An Lushan revolt took place in which dynasty
Sui
Shang
Ming
Tang
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