General quiz about China 2

Medium level quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (2)
1. Which ancient construction is mentioned in the Chinese National Anthem?
Great Wall
Great Hall of the People
Ming Tombs
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

2. The city of Lanzhou is on which major river?
Yellow
Huai
Han
Gansu, Lanzhou, modern housing

3. The foundation of the People's Republic of China was proclaimed in which year?
1949
1912
1911
Mao Zedong, Beijing, communism

4. Zhaolin Park, Harbin hosts a famous set of sculptures in which material
Epoxy resin
Gold
Ice
Heilongjiang, Harbin, modern housing, view
Skyline of Harbin, Heilongjiang

5. Silkworms are normally fed on which plant's leaves?
White mulberry
Gingko
Black mulberry
silk
Court ladies preparing silk. Produced with ink and colors on silk.
Image available under a Creative Commons license

6. On a Chinese abacus each ball in the upper (heaven) register represent how many units?
5
6
16
Xinjiang, Urumqi, market, spices
Spices on sales at a market in Xinjiang

7. Which is the largest province in China by area?
Tibet
Xinjiang
Qinghai
Xinjiang, landscape, river

8. Which event marks the traditional end of the Chinese New Year (Spring) festival?
Lantern Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Qingming Festival
festival, temple, lion dance
Traditional lion dance near a temple

9. Bird's nest soup is made from the nests of which bird?
mandarin duck
swiflet
hill prinia
food, banquet
A turntable, or lazy susan, surrounded by diners holding chopsticks in a restaurant in China, 1987, Photo by GeorgeLouis available under a Creative Commons license .

10. Which of these Chinese leaders were never officially Chairman or President of China?
Deng Xiaoping
Hu Jintao
Liu Shaoqi
Shanxi, leaders, PRC
Portraits of modern leaders of the Chinese Communist party Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

11. Kunming Lake, Beijing is located within which famous tourist spot?
Forbidden City
Ming Tombs
Summer Palace
Beijing, modern housing
View of Beijing city from the TV tower

12. What is the Chinese word for walk?
shì
zhī
zǒu
children
A group of children walking home from school in Pengzhou, Sichuan Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

13. The area around Guilin is famous for what sort of geographic feature?
marshes
karst (limestone pillars)
volcanoes

14. By tradition the Chinese wear which color garments at funerals?
yellow
blue
white
Qingming, tomb, ancestor veneration
Making offerings at the family tomb, Qingming festival Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

15. Empress Wu Zetian was the only female Chinese ruler in which dynasty did she reign?
Tang
Ming
Sui
Tang dynasty,  Wu Zetian
The only Wu Zetian sculpture in China. A stone carving statue of Wu Zetian when 63 years old. Image by Guangyuan available under a Creative Commons License

16. In the mid 19th century Shanghai was effectively run by which foreign power?
Japan
Britain
France
Shanghai, bridge, road, cityscape
The Nanpu bridge at Shanghai

17. The Japanese word Kamikaze is named after the attempted invasion of Japan during which dynasty?
Sui
Qing
Mongol (Yuan)
Mount Fuji, Japan
Mt. Fuji from Tokyo Japan, February 2008. Image by Toshihiro Oimatsu from Amagasaki, Hyogo available under a Creative Commons license .

18. A ‘fenghuang’ is the name of a Chinese mythical creature what is it usually translated as what?
phoenix
griffin
werewolf
dragon, Dali, Yunnan
Mystical creatures at Chongshen monastery, Dali, Yunnan province

19. Matteo Ricci was a member of which Christian organization?
Jesuit
Cistercian
YMCA
Matteo Ricci SJ, christianity
Matteo Ricci and Paul Xu Guangqi From Athanasius Kircher, La Chine … Illustr?e, Amsterdam, 1670. Image from web page Image available under a Creative Commons license .

20. The Terracotta warriors are in a tomb complex for the Emperor who founded which dynasty?
Qing
Ming
Qin
Qin dynasty, Terracotta army
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