General quiz about China 5

Intermediate quiz (quite tough) about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (5)
1. Mount Lushan is close to which major famous lake?
Dongting Lake
Qinghai Lake
Lake Tai
Poyang Lake
Jiangxi, Lushan, waterfall
Waterfall on Lushan mountains, Jiangxi

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the religion of the great explorer Zheng He?
Christian
Buddhist
Muslim
Jewish
Zheng He, explorer

8. In which province is the fictional Shangrila said to be located?
Liaoning
Guangxi
Shandong
Yunnan
Buddhism , Dali, Yunnan, temple

9. A magpie in a painting symbolizes a wish for what?
children
job promotion
romance
joy
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

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

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

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

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

14. Which was China's most populous province in 2014?
Hunan
Beijing
Guangdong
Zhejiang

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

16. In which province did the Taiping rebellion begin?
Fujian
Sichuan
Zhejiang
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 .

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

18. Why is the Yellow River so called?
carries yellow mud
yellow was the Han dynastic color
pollution with yellow dye
named after the Yellow Emperor
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

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

20. The Tiananmen Incident of 1976 occurred following the death of which leader?
Mao Zedong
Liu Shaoqi
Lin Biao
Zhou Enlai
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
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