1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre Quiz - 49 Trivia Questions!

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Which astrophysics professor from Princeton University returned to China in 1986 to lecture about human rights and political reform?

Chen Xiaomei
Fang Lizhi
Liu Jingmin
Jiao Mingjiang

Who was the French President when the European Union lifted its arms embargo on China in 2004?

President François Hollande
Nicolas Sarkozy
Jean-Claude Juncker
Jacques Chirac

Which Nobel Peace Prize winner remained in China to speak out about the Tiananmen Square protests?

Zhang Xiaoping
Wang Baoqiang
Liu Xiaobo
Chen Guangjian

Who was the Governor of Hong Kong at the time of the Tiananmen Square protests?

Chris Patten
Liu Xiaolin
Peter Finch
George W. Bush

Who was the British Ambassador to China at the time of the Tiananmen Square protests?

Peter Hunt
Charles Stevenson
John Major
Alan Donald

In which city did the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising take place?

Beijing
Chengdu
Hong Kong
Shanghai

What is the name of the victims' advocacy group founded by Ding Zilin and Zhang Xianling in 1999?

The Motherland
Tiananmen Mothers
China Peace Force
The International Federation of Women's Organizations

Who became the de-facto leader of China in 1978?

Wang jianlin
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
Jiang Zemin

Where in China did student protests take place in 1989?

Shanghai
Tiananmen
Beijing
The Great Wall

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the student hunger strike of May 1987?

Lenin
President Jimmy Carter
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev

Who was the highest ranking official to be formally charged with a crime connected with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests?

Zhang Ziyi
Zhu Xiaogang
Liu Xiang
Bao Tong

What weapon was banned by international law for use in warfare between countries but not for other uses?

Guns
Gunpowder
Swords
Expanding bullets

In which Chinese city did student protesters block a railway line in June 2008?

Nanjing
Chengdu
Shanghai
Beijing

The 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests were precipitated by the death of which Chinese Communist Party General Secretary?

Liu Beijin
Wang Xiaoping
Liu Yongjian
Hu Yaobang

In which country were Chen Ziming and Wang Juntao jailed in 1990 for their part in a student uprising?

Chinese
South Korea
The UK
Japan

What alternative to communism was cultivated by the Chinese Communist Party?

Nationalism
Socialism
Freedom
The United States

Which Chinese philosopher was present at the Tiananmen Square protests of June 1989?

Wang Hua
Zhang Yimou
Liu Xiang
Wu Renhua

What was the name of the student leader who asked students to vote on whether to stay or leave Tiananmen Square in 1989?

Wang Bingjian
Wang Xiaowen
Liu Beiming
Feng Congde

What was the name of the MI6/CIA operation that helped 21 Chinese student leaders escape to the West in 1989?

Yellowbird
Operation Redwing
The Operation Eagle
The Golden Eagle

What was the seat of the Chinese Communist Party leadership during the Tiananmen Square student sit-in of 18 April 1989?

The Great Hall of the People
Beijing.
Zhongnanhai
Tiananmen Square

What was the anthem of the Tiananmen Square student protests of 1989?

The Star-Spangled banner
The Internationale
The national anthem of China
The World Is Yours

During which month of the year is the Tiananmen Square massacre commemorated in China?

May
October
March
June

How many people were killed in the Tiananmen Square protests of June 1989?

More than 30,000
12,000
300
More than 300

What weapon was used to raise the military helmets in Liubukou?

Knives
A machine gun
Bayonets
Guns

What type of vehicle is a 'Type 59' in the People's Liberation Army?

Tank
Motorbike
Armoured car
A military vehicle

Who was the leader of the Taiwanese student movement that went on a hunger strike in May 1976?

Wang Xiaojun
Jiang Xiaowen
Chai Ling
Wang Jingjing

Who was the State Council spokesman at the time of the Tiananmen Square student protests?

Yuan Mu
Cheng Xiaoping
Liu Jingmin
Liu Xiaowen

Which country was the only one to support the Chinese government during the Tiananmen Square protests?

The US
South Korea
India
The United States

What was the name of the Communist Party's official newspaper during the Tiananmen Square student uprising of 1989?

The Daily Telegraph
People's Daily
The Guardian
The Daily News

Who was the most-wanted student leader in China during the Cultural Revolution?

Liu Xiaobo
Zhu Xun
Liu Xiang
Wang Dan

At what museum did Hou Dejian and Zhou Duo meet with Ji Xinguo, the regimental political commissar

Museum of Chinese History
Museum of Art of China
Museum of Modern Art
Museum of World Culture

What political system was in place in China under Deng Xiaoping?

Single-party state
One-party system
The Federal Republic of China
Constitutional monarchy

Who was the Premier of China at the time of the Tiananmen Square student uprising?

Chen Yifeng
Li Peng
Zhang Zemin
Xi Jinping

What type of cameras were used to record the student protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989?

Police cameras
Traffic cameras
Security cameras
Video cameras

Which country was found to have infiltrated the student movement in China between 1981 and 1988?

United States
South Korea
Japan
China

Who met with Deng Xiaoping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in May 1989?

President Jimmy Carter
Li Jingping
President of the United States
Gorbachev

What did the Chinese crackdown on dissent do to relations with other countries?

The US
Western countries
China
Chinese government

Which US broadcasting company was shut down by protesters in 1979?

The New York Times
TV station
WFMU
CNN

In which country did Liu Xiaobo, Zhou Duo and Hou Dejian go on a hunger strike

China
South Korea
The United States
Taiwan

At which Chinese university did students and citizens intercept a busload of plainclothed soldiers on 3rd June 2009?

Xinjiekou
Xinjiang University
University of Beijing
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

In which city did student protesters demonstrate against the Chinese government in 1990?

Shanghai
Beijing
Hong Kong

What was the name of the political uprising in China in 1989?

The Cultural Revolution
The Spring Festival
Democracy Movement
The Great Leap Forward

What make of car did the People's Armed Police drive in Tiananmen Square in June 1989?

Honda
Toyota
Ford
Mitsubishi

Who was the President of China at the time of the student uprising of 1989?

Jiang Zemin
Xi Jinping
Zhang Xiaoping
Hu Jintao

Which Reuters correspondent was burnt to a crisp in the Vietnam War?

George Bush
George Washington
Graham Earnshaw
Peter F. Wilson

Who was the leader of China during the economic reforms of the 1980's?

Mao Zedong
Deng
Hu Jintao
The US

What did the students throw at the soldiers in Tiananmen Square?

Water balloons
Plastic bottles
A flag
Rocks

What economic system did the Soviet Union gradually adopt?

Socialistic
Capitalist
Socialist
Union

In which country did political protests break out in 1989?

South Africa
France
China
South Korea
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