China Quiz - 49 Trivia Questions!

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Explore the rich history, culture, and geography of China in this quiz. From the Great Wall to the Forbidden City, and from Confucius to modern Chinese innovations, this quiz will challenge your understanding of this diverse and ancient civilization.

Which Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate died of organ failure while in government custody in 2017?

Liu Xiaobo
Wang Guozhen
Wang Jingjing
Liu Jingjing

Who was the first emperor of China?

Li Yunnan
Qin Shi Huang and Liu Bei
Qin Shi Huang
Xiaoping

In what year was the People's Republic of China founded?

1991
1950
1960
1949

What is the most popular spectator sport in China?

Tennis
Basketball
Soccer
Football

Who led the Mongol invasion of China in 1205?

The Great Khan
The Uygur
The Uygurs
Genghis Khan

What city hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics?

Beijing
Shanghai
Tokyo
Guangzhou

Which sport was practiced in China during the Western Zhou dynasty?

Table tennis
Archery
Basketball
Singing and dancing

What is regarded as one of the oldest civilisations in the world?

China
The Roman Empire
Australia
India

What is the most commonly spoken language in China?

English
Mandarin
Chinese English
French

What is the most populous city in China?

Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Beijing

Who was the first President of the Republic of China in 1912?

Liu Yong
Liu Bei
Sun Yat-sen
Zhai Zhicheng

Who was the last Emperor of China, who abdicated in 1912?

Emperor of China
Liao Ming
Puyi
Qian Shizhao

What is the largest ethnic group in China?

Han Chinese
Chinese-Americans
Chinese from other countries
Chinese American

After China, what country has the highest death toll from air pollution?

India
Japan
China
The United States

What name is given to the period of strife that followed the end of the Han dynasty in China?

The Ming Dynasty
Three Kingdoms
The Western Han
Warlords

What is the most famous endangered and endemic species of animal in China?

The golden monkey
tiger
anteater
Giant panda

Who became President of China in 1978, ending the Cultural Revolution?

Deng Xiaoping
Hu Jintao
Liu Xiaoping
Wen Jiabao

Which cartographer mapped China in 1570?

Henry VIII
Christopher Columbus
Agustin Cartes
Abraham Ortelius

What is the name of the wet season that dominates the weather in China?

Floods
Winter
Monsoons
Summer

Which organisation has ranked China as not free in its Freedom in the World survey since its inception in 1949?

Freedom House
The World Bank
UN Human Rights Council
The European Union

What was the name of the square in Beijing, China, where student protests were ended by a military-led massacre in 1989?

Confucius Institute
Beijing Opera House
Beijing Olympics
Tiananmen Square

How many years of compulsory schooling are there in China?

Four
Six
Eight
Nine

What was the last imperial dynasty of China, which lasted from 1644 to 1912?

Yuan
The Ming Dynasty
Qing
Zhu

Taoism, Buddhism and which other religion are the three main religions in China?

Theism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Taoism

After China, which country has the most World Heritage sites?

China
South Africa
Italy
France

What is the official state religion of China?

Theosophy
Atheism
The earliest form of the Roman Catholic Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Which Chinese dynasty was the first to issue paper money?

Zhou
Song
Yuan
Qin

Who became Prime Minister of China in 1998?

Yuan Zemin
Chen Yifei
Hu Jintao
Zhu Rongji

What name is given to the art of Chinese architecture?

Feng shui and fengshan
Feng shui
Yin and yang
Ayurveda

In which magazine would you find the article 'Green Giant: renewable energy and Chinese power' by Amy Myers Jaffe?

Business Week
International Business Times
Health & Medicine
Foreign Affairs

Who became President of China in 2001?

Wang Guozhen
Zhang Jingjing
Wang Jingjing
Hu Jintao

After China, which country is the second largest exporter of cars in the world?

South Korea
The United States
The US
Japan

What country has been the world's largest manufacturing nation for over 100 years?

China
Japan
South Korea
US

What is the name of the type of house in China that is built on stilts?

House on stilts
Stilt house
Stilt house and sand castle
The hutong

Which Chinese dynasty unified the country in 221 BCE, ending the Warring States period?

Qin
Han
Qin Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty

What was the name of the Chinese state that ruled between the 11th and 5th centuries BCE?

The Three Kingdoms
Qing Dynasty
Zhou
Yuan

Who is the current leader of China?

Hu Jintao
Wen Jingjing
Xi Jinping
Zhang Jingjing

In the mid-19th century, the Qing Dynasty of China was forced to cede Hong Kong to Britain and France as a result

British colonization
The Civil War
The First World War
Opium Wars

What disease was almost eradicated in China in the 1950's?

AIDS
Malaria
Tuberculosis
Cholera

What is the highest ranked university in China?

Peking University
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Shanghai University
The University of Hong Kong

What is the name of China's one-party state?

CCP
The Party
People's Republic of China
China's government

What is the political system of China characterized by?

Local governments
Independence
a strong central government
Centralization

What is the largest country in the world by area?

South Africa
Russia
South Korea
China

What is the name of China's global development plan, launched in 2013?

CPEC
Belt and Road
The Silk Road
Global Connectedness

The People's Republic of China is ruled by what one-party state?

Communist Party
Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of Korea
People's Republic of China

Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party from 1949 until his death in 1976?

Li jianping
Mao
Mao's son
Mao's sons

What ethnic group has been accused of genocide in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region?

Uyghurs
Chinese
Han Chinese
The Uygurs

What is the highest state organ of power in China?

The State Council
National People's Congress
The Council of Ministers
The People's Republic of China

"What language does the word ""China"" come from originally?"

English
Japanese
Sanskrit
Chinese
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