General quiz about China 6

Tough quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (6)
1. What is the name of the minority people included in Guangxi's official provincial title?
Tibetan
Uigyur
Zhuang
Miao
Guangxi, mountains, landform

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

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

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

5. How many soldiers (pawns) does each side have in Chinese chess?
6
0
5
4
chess, people
Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

6. What is considered the most unlucky number in China?
four
eleven
seven
three
Beijing, subway, modern architecture
Beijing subway

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

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

9. When were the Terracotta warriors of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi discovered?
1894
1782
1925
1974
Qin dynasty, Terracotta army
The famous terracotta warriors at the tomb of the first Qin Emperor Shihuangdi

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

11. In ancient times the week in China consisted of how many days?
10
7
8
6
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. What proportion of the population of Singapore are ethnically Chinese?
50%
90%
77%
60%
dance, dragon, Foshan, people
Traditional dragon dance, Foshan, 2013 Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

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

14. The great Ming encyclopedia the 'Yongle Dadian' comprised about how many volumes?
8,000
100,000
11,000
5,000
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. Lu Yu wrote a famous book in 762CE about what subject?
Confucianism
opera
martial arts
tea
Tang dynasty, horse, sculpture
Tri-colored glazed pottery horse of the Tang Dynasty

16. When did the island of Taiwan/Chinese Taipei first become a part of China?
1912
1683
1745
246
Taiwan, Taipei
Taiwan's National Concert Hall located in Taipei December 2006. Image by Scchiang available under a Creative Commons license .

17. What percentage of the world's arable land does China possess to feed 20% of world's population?
15%
1%
7%
30%
rice
Guilin rice terrace in summer, Guangxi. Photo by Mgmoscatello available under a Creative Commons license .

18. 'River elegy' was the ground-breaking TV programme that sparked much debate and protest in which year?
1995
1988
1990
1978
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Image by McKay Savage from London, UK available under a Creative Commons license January 2005

19. China has land borders with many other nations, how many?
16
14
20
6
Buddhism , stupa, mountains, Shanxi

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