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How Much Do You Know About China & Chinese Culture?

A quiz of 88 questions to understand how much you know China and Chinese culture!

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But be careful! The questions range from trivial to super-tough.

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#1. What is the capital of China?

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#2. How many inhabitants does China have?

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#3. What is the predominant color of the Chinese flag?

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#4. Which country does not border China?

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#5. What is the longest river in China?

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#6. What is the most northern province of China?

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#7. What is the most eastern province of China?

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#8. What is the most western province of China?

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#9. What is the largest province of China?

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#10. Which of these four is not a Chinese ethnic group?

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#11. What year did the Cultural Revolution break out?

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#12. What was Mao’s wife’s name?

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#13. What year did the Boxer Revolt break out?

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#14. Which of these chronological sequences is correct?

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#15. Guess the intruder

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#16. Guess the intruder

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#17. Guess the intruder

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#18. Which of these animals lives only in China?

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#19. Which of these plants is not native to China?

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#20. Which of these plants did not come to China through Colombian exchange?

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#21. Which of these people was not born in China or Hong Kong?

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#22. Where was Wong Karwai born?

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#23. What is the alternative name of the Qipao, the traditional Chinese dress?

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#24. Which of these companies is the largest by revenue?

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#25. Which of these celebrities has Chinese origins?

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#26. Which of these celebrities does not have Chinese origins?

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#27. Which Chinese actress performs in The Cloverfield Paradox?

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#28. Which Chinese philosopher has pronounced this sentence? “The great man is he who does not lose his child’s hearth.”

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#29. How many ethnic groups are officially recognized in China?

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#30. What are the four Great Modernizations of China by Deng Xiaoping?

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#31. Who is the Chinese president?

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#32. Which of these religions hasn’t influenced Chinese culture?

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#33. Who pronounced this sentence? “In every conflict regular manoeuvres lead to confrontation, whilst unexpected manoeuvres lead to victory”

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#34. Which of these dishes does not have Chinese origins?

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#35. Who is the founder of the Chinese Republic?

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#36. What is the last empress’s name?

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#37. Which of these dishes does not have Chinese origins?

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#38. What was the name of the great Chinese admiral who visited with his fleet the horn of Africa between 1421 and 1422?

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#39. Which of these dishes has Chinese origins?

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#40. Which of these films was not filmed by Wong Kar-wai?

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#41. In which film doesn’t play Gong Li?

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#42. In how many films directed by director Zhang Yimou play Gong Li?

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#43. Which of these writings was not written by Lu Xun?

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#44. Which of these is not a classic of Chinese literature?

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#45. Which of these is not a Chinese writer?

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#46. Which of these is not a Chinese emperor?

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#47. Where is the Summer Palace?

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#48. How are many sites protected by UNESCO located in China?

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#49. What was the capital of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War?

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#50. Where are the Mogao caves located?

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#51. In what province is the great Buddha of Leshan?

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#52. What is Guilinggao?

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#53. Which of these festival is the Duanwu-jie?

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#54. What is the capital of the Anhui province?

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#55. The Gobi is …

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#56. Which of these martial arts is not a style directly related to Chinese culture?

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#57. Binlang is …

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#58. Which of these concepts is not related to Feng-shui?

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#59. Foxxcon is

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#60. Marco Polo arrives at the court of Kublai Khan between …

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#61. Find the intruder

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#62. Find the intruder

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#63. Haier is

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#64. Which of these musical instruments does not have Chinese origins?

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#65. If I am in a legal casino I’m in

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#66. The magnificent Zhangjiajie forest park is located in the province of …

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#67. Find the intruder

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#68. Which of these famous people was not born in China?

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#69. Jack Ma is a

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#70. Qin Shi Huangdi is the founder of the dynasty

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#71. The Long March took place between

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#72. In 1976 a natural disaster occurred in Tangshan. What was it?

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#73. The Flying Tigers were

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#74. In 1979, China fought a war against

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#75. Which of these basic rules of proper etiquette is not part of Chinese culture?

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#76. Which of these artists was born in Heilongjiang?

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#77. The Terracotta Army is located in

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#78. Luoping is famous because of

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#79. Tencent is

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#80. What is the ‘Panda diplomacy’?

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#81. What is the new Silk Road?

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#82. What is a Dazibao?

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#83. If I’m in a left hand drive taxi I’m in

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#84. A giant 58-meter-tall statue of Guan Yu stands out in front of me. I am in

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#85. Which of these ‘forests’ is not located in the Chinese province of Yunnan?

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#86. The Pu’er is

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#87. Which of these is an unlucky number?

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The Trivia Quiz about China

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Matteo Damiani

CHINA-UNDERGROUND. Matteo Damiani is an Italian sinologist, photographer, author and motion designer. Matteo lived and worked for ten years in China. Founder of CinaOggi.it and China-underground.com.

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