General quiz about China 6

Tough quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (6)
1. Lu Yu wrote a famous book in 762CE about what subject?
Confucianism
martial arts
warfare
tea
Tang dynasty, horse, sculpture
Tri-colored glazed pottery horse of the Tang Dynasty

2. What proportion of the population of Singapore are ethnically Chinese?
30%
90%
77%
60%
dance, dragon, Foshan, people
Traditional dragon dance, Foshan, 2013 Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is considered the most unlucky number in China?
three
eleven
four
seven
Chinese woman, woman
A Chinese girl in traditional dress. Image by Steve Evans from Citizen of the World available under a Creative Commons License .

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

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

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

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

14. The great Ming encyclopedia the 'Yongle Dadian' comprised about how many volumes?
11,000
8,000
5,000
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

15. China has land borders with many other nations, how many?
14
16
8
20
Yellow River, Lanzhou, Gansu

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

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

18. When did the island of Taiwan/Chinese Taipei first become a part of China?
246
1912
1368
1683
Taiwan, Taipei
Taiwan's National Concert Hall located in Taipei December 2006. Image by Scchiang available under a Creative Commons license .

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

20. What is the doctrine of 'Wen and Wu' all about?
Surrender and fight
Soft and hard foreign policy
Retreat and advance
Chess strategies
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
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