September Quiz

A monthly quiz of general history, traditions, geography questions for September
1. Mukden is an old name for which Chinese city
Xi'an
Tianjin
Shenyang
machuria raliway, share certificate
Stock Certificate of South Manchuria Railway (1926-45) Image by South Manchuria Railway available under a Creative Commons License

2. A Jewish community has lived for many centuries in which Chinese city?
Xi'an
Kaifeng
Beijing
Kaifeng, jews

3. What does a carp symbolize a wish for in artwork?
peace
children
Good luck
fish, lotus

4. The 'Five Avenues' (Wudadao) is an area of colonial buildings in which city?
Shanghai
Tianjin
Beijing
Huangguoshu Falls, Guizhou, waterfall
Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou 瀑布. August 2005.
Image by WaitinZ available under a Creative Commons license

5. Reginald Johnston was famous in China in what position?
First Ambassador
Governor of Hong Kong
Tutor to the last Emperor
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

6. The founder of the Han dynasty Liu Bei had his powerbase in which modern province?
Hunan
Sichuan
Henan
Han dynasty, dance, dancer
China, rustic dancers, eastern han dynasty (25-220). Image by sailko available under a Creative Commons License

7. What is the ideal depth of water for a paddy field?
3 inches
6 inches
1 foot
rice, paddy fields
Planting rice in paddy fields. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China Photo by Corto Maltese 1999 available under a Creative Commons license .

8. Nu Mengjiang is associated with which event in Chinese history?
building the Great Wall
flood in 1459
Han dynasty Empress
Gobi desert, Inner Mongolia
Gobi Desert stretches into Inner Mongolia. August 2008
Image by Fir0002 available under a Creative Commons license

9. Liu Jin in 1510CE accumulated four million pounds of gold in just four years. What was his profession?
Imperial eunuch
Tax collector
Silk merchant
palace, eunuch, Beijing
Entrance through the Gate of Peace at the Lama Temple Beijing (Yonghegong), or Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple or Yonghegong Lamsery, a renowned lama temple of the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism. Building work on the YongHeGong Temple started in 1694 during the Qing Dynasty. It originally served as an official residence for court eunuchs. It was then converted into the court of Prince Yong Zheng (Yin Zhen), a son of emperor KangXi. After YongZheng's ascension to the throne in 1722, half of the building was converted into a lamasery, a monastery for monks of Tibetan Buddhism, while the other half remained an imperial palace. November 2006. Image by Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada available under a Creative Commons license

10. Why is Ginseng mainly considered a potent medicine?
flower shape
yellow flower color
root shape
Shandong, Taishan, mountains, moon gate
View of Mount Taishan, Shandong

11. What are foxes associated with in China?
cunning
good luck
evil spirits
fox

12. Kowloon town within the city of Hong Kong means what in English?
Harbor view
Nine dragons
High pagoda
Hong Kong, park, modern housing
A pavilion located at Nan Liang Garden in Hong Kong

13. If a character in traditional Chinese opera wears black make-up what does it denote?
Villain
Invisibility
Hero
opera, Beijing opera, costume
China National Peking Opera Company performing the Red Haired Galloping Horse opera at Meilanfang theatre in Beijing, China Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

14. There is a festival on the ninth day of the ninth month (double ninth) which is also known by what name?
Chinese Valentine's Day
Zhong yang
Mid Autumn festival
food, meal
A typical Chinese family meal. Photo by ZiCheng Xu available under a Creative Commons license .

15. The second Yi Jing hexagram is called what?
Qian - initiating
Kui - diversity
Kun - earth
yi jing
Three gold coins used for Yi Jing fortune telling
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