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Congratulations! You have a good knowledge of China and Chinese culture. #1. What is the capital of China?
#2. How many inhabitants does China have?
#3. What is the predominant color of the Chinese flag?
#4. Which country does not border China?
#5. What is the longest river in China?
#6. What is the most northern province of China?
#7. What is the most eastern province of China?
#8. What is the most western province of China?
#9. What is the largest province of China?
#10. Which of these four is not a Chinese ethnic group?
#11. What year did the Cultural Revolution break out?
#12. What was Mao’s wife’s name?
#13. What year did the Boxer Revolt break out?
#14. Which of these chronological sequences is correct?
#18. Which of these animals lives only in China?
#19. Which of these plants is not native to China?
#20. Which of these plants did not come to China through Colombian exchange?
#21. Which of these people was not born in China or Hong Kong?
#22. Where was Wong Karwai born?
#23. What is the alternative name of the Qipao, the traditional Chinese dress?
#24. Which of these companies is the largest by revenue?
#25. Which of these celebrities has Chinese origins?
#26. Which of these celebrities does not have Chinese origins?
#27. Which Chinese actress performs in The Cloverfield Paradox?
#28. Which Chinese philosopher has pronounced this sentence? “The great man is he who does not lose his child’s hearth.”
#29. How many ethnic groups are officially recognized in China?
#30. What are the four Great Modernizations of China by Deng Xiaoping?
#31. Who is the Chinese president?
#32. Which of these religions hasn’t influenced Chinese culture?
#33. Who pronounced this sentence? “In every conflict regular manoeuvres lead to confrontation, whilst unexpected manoeuvres lead to victory”
#34. Which of these dishes does not have Chinese origins?
#35. Who is the founder of the Chinese Republic?
#36. What is the last empress’s name?
#37. Which of these dishes does not have Chinese origins?
#38. What was the name of the great Chinese admiral who visited with his fleet the horn of Africa between 1421 and 1422?
#39. Which of these dishes has Chinese origins?
#40. Which of these films was not filmed by Wong Kar-wai?
#41. In which film doesn’t play Gong Li?
#42. In how many films directed by director Zhang Yimou play Gong Li?
#43. Which of these writings was not written by Lu Xun?
#44. Which of these is not a classic of Chinese literature?
#45. Which of these is not a Chinese writer?
#46. Which of these is not a Chinese emperor?
#47. Where is the Summer Palace?
#48. How are many sites protected by UNESCO located in China?
#49. What was the capital of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War?
#50. Where are the Mogao caves located?
#51. In what province is the great Buddha of Leshan?
#53. Which of these festival is the Duanwu-jie?
#54. What is the capital of the Anhui province?
#56. Which of these martial arts is not a style directly related to Chinese culture?
#58. Which of these concepts is not related to Feng-shui?
#60. Marco Polo arrives at the court of Kublai Khan between …
#64. Which of these musical instruments does not have Chinese origins?
#65. If I am in a legal casino I’m in
#66. The magnificent Zhangjiajie forest park is located in the province of …
#68. Which of these famous people was not born in China?
#70. Qin Shi Huangdi is the founder of the dynasty
#71. The Long March took place between
#72. In 1976 a natural disaster occurred in Tangshan. What was it?
#73. The Flying Tigers were
#74. In 1979, China fought a war against
#75. Which of these basic rules of proper etiquette is not part of Chinese culture?
#76. Which of these artists was born in Heilongjiang?
#77. The Terracotta Army is located in
#78. Luoping is famous because of
#80. What is the ‘Panda diplomacy’?
#81. What is the new Silk Road?
#83. If I’m in a left hand drive taxi I’m in
#84. A giant 58-meter-tall statue of Guan Yu stands out in front of me. I am in
#85. Which of these ‘forests’ is not located in the Chinese province of Yunnan?
#87. Which of these is an unlucky number?
The Trivia Quiz about China
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