November Quiz

A monthly quiz of general history, traditions, geography questions for November
1. Which is NOT one of the names of a Yi Jing Trigram?
Thunder
Lake
Stone
acupuncture, TCM
A schematic of the 'Chinese' or human body meridians. The Chinese meridians are used in various oriental fight styles, as well as in healthcare; e.g. in traditional herbal medicine, massage techniques (see pressure points ), ... The schematic was based on an image of the Northern Crane Martial Arts Association dojo. Permission was given for the use of the image at wikimedia commons by sensei Phil Perez. Image by KVDP available under a Creative Commons license .

2. What was the name given to the country of China in Roman times?
Cyrenica
Serica
Dacia
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. Thomas Wade and Herbert Giles who developed the Wade-Giles system to write Chinese were both professors of Chinese where?
Edinburgh, Scotland
Cambridge, England
Oxford, England
children, school
Girl doing school work

4. Together with Yunnan and Guangdong, which other province lies on the Tropic of Cancer?
Fujian
Hainan
Guangxi
Shanghai, bridge, road, cityscape
The Nanpu bridge at Shanghai

5. Many of the scenes of James Cameron's ‘Avatar’ film were made in which Chinese province?
Anhui
Xinjiang
Hunan
Hunan, mountains, landform, view

6. The second lowest place (depression) in the world is located whereabouts in China?
Golmud, Qinghai
Lop Nur, Xinhiang
Turpan, Xinjiang
Wuhan, pavilion, Hubei, city
Wuhan city view

7. A scholar used to be expected to be proficient at playing which musical instrument?
Guqin
Dizi
Erhu
music, erhu
Erhu players at Tianjin University Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

8. Why are bats considered lucky?
bats live in caves
name sounds like fortune
marriage symbol
bat
Five bats in the outer ring surrounding the character for longevity. Wishing good fortune and a long life.

9. Which province (excluding the metropolitan areas) has the highest population density?
Jiangsu
Hebei
Zhejiang
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

10. Tian (crater lake) is an emblem of North Korea, which Chinese province shares it as a border?
Jilin
Liaoning
Anhui
Jilin, Changbai, lake, view
Crater lake, Tian chi on the border of China and North Korea

11. What makes Pingyao in Shanxi a popular visitor attraction?
Buddhist sculptures
Sacred mountain
Qing and Ming houses
giant panda
A young Giant Panda cub just four months old

12. The stone forest (Shilin) can be found in which province?
Hunan
Shanxi
Yunnan
Yunnan, stone forest, landform
Stone forest (Shilin) near Kunming, Yunnan

13. By 1093 how many stars had been individually named in China?
523
12,976
1,565
mansions, xiu
The twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese astronomy. May 2008. Image by Mysid available under a Creative Commons License

14. What are the ten wings of the Yi Jing (I Ching)?
Flying incantations
Herbs
Appendices
Yi Jing, I Ching, Song dynasty
A page from a Song Dynasty (960-1279) printed book of the I Ching (Yi Jing, Classic of Changes or Book of Changes) , 17.7x11.9cm, printed book, in the National Central Library in Taipei. Image by Song era print artist available under a Creative Commons License

15. Who was the leader of the Taiping Rebellion?
Hong Xiuquan
Zheng Chenggong
Lin Zexu
Taiping rebellion, flag
Flag of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Image by Samhanin available under a Creative Commons License
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