History Quiz 3

History quiz all about Chinese history - a bit harder.
1. The most senior lama after the Dalai Lama in Tibetan buddhism is who?
Kumbum Lama
Karmapa Lama
Panchen Lama
President of China
Yunnan, Shangrila, golden deer
Roof of Tibetan Temple in Shangri-La, Yunnan

2. Puyi was Emperor of Manchuguo 1934-45 where was his capital?
Shenyang
Daqing
Changchun
Jilin City
Emperor Puyi, Mao Zedong
'Henry' Puyi and Mao Zedong, Autumn 1961. Image available under a Creative Commons license .

3. In 1980 China set up a number of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) to promote rapid economic development. Which one of these was NOT a SEZ?
Shenzhen
Xi'an
Shantou
Zhuhai
Guangdong, Shenzhen, skyscraper, modern housing

4. When did China detonate its first atom bomb?
1980
1964
1976
2001

5. 'Rats and foxes' was a term used by Dowager Empress Cixi for which group of people?
Canton merchants
Imperial eunuchs
Taiping rebels
English diplomats
Dowager Empress Cixi, Qing dynasty
Dowager Empress Cixi with the wives of European diplomats in western clothing standing on either side, together with an adopted Chinese orphan. 1902. Image from http://puyi.netor.com/gallery available under a Creative Commons license .

6. In which city was Sun Yatsen kidnapped in 1896?
London
New York
Shanghai
Guangzhou
Sun Yatsen, sculpture, Taiwan
Statue of Dr. Sun Yatsen at memorial hall in Taipei, Taiwan

7. The banker H. H. Kung married who in 1914?
Song Yaoju
Song Ailing
Song Meiling
Song Guofeng
Hainan, forest, view, mountains
Tropical forest park, Hainan island

8. The battle of Yamen marked the end of the Song dynasty, where did it take place?
Hainan
Guangdong
Fujian
Shandong
Song dynasty, sacred way
Stone Statues guarding the Sacred Way at the Song Dynasty Imperial Tombs, Gongyi, Henan

9. Shenzhou is the name of a high profile programme for what purpose?
medical research
nuclear power generation
military training
space exploration

10. Xuanzang's trip to fetch Buddhist scriptures from India took place during which dynasty?
Ming dynasty
Three Kingdoms
Tang dynasty
Sui dynasty
Xian, pagoda, arhcitecture, Shaanxi
Large Wild Goose Pagoda, is a Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi

11. Cao Pi declared himself the founder of which dynasty in 220CE?
Zhou
Ming
Wei
Liang
Cao Cao

12. The Yongle Dadian was what?
military academy
encyclopedia
race course
type of epic poem
Qilin, Sacred Way, Ming tombs
"Ways of souls" tombs of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644CE). 50km north west of Beijing, in Changping. December 2005. Image by ofol available under a Creative Commons License .

13. Which leader put the Gang of Four under arrest?
Mao Zedong
Hua Guofeng
Deng Xiaoping
Zhou Enlai
Mao Zedong, badge, PRC
Pin badges of Mao Zedong at a market stall

14. The Jinggang Mountains are famous for what?
base of Jiangxi soviet
Han dynasty battle
marble quarries
birthplace of Chiang Kaishek

15. Who was the Premier of China 2003-12?
Zhao Ziyang
Hu Jintao
Wen Jiabao
Li Peng
Beijing, modern housing
View of Beijing city from the TV tower

16. The 10,000 ton sculpture in Tiananmen square commemorates what?
Long March
Heroes of the People
October 1st 1949
January 1st 1912
Tiananmen square, National Peoples Congress
Tiananmen Square, 12th June 2010. Image by Ronnie Macdonald available under a Creative Commons License

17. What was the central doctrine of the Taiping rebels?
The Rig-Veda
Analects of Confucius
Ten commandments
The Kojiki
Taiping Rebellion, battle
Taiping rebels are chased out of Yuzhuang, March 8 1854. The Taiping arrived the previous day but had to retire the next day when the Manchus arrived in hot pursuit. From Ten scenes recording the retreat and defeat of the Taiping Northern Expeditionary Forces, February 1854-March 1855. Source : web site Available under a Creative Commons license .

18. Which writer wrote with dismay about the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in 1860?
Leo Tolstoy
Charles Dickens
Honore de Balzac
Victor Hugo
Beijing, Old Summer Palace, architecture, ruin
Ruins of the Old Summer Palace (Yuan ming Yuan) Beijing. It was destroyed by British and French Army in the Second Opium War

19. The first books in China were made of what?
paper
vellum
pine tree bark
strips of bamboo or wood
Shang dynasty, bronze, calligraphy
Ancient script of Zhou through to Shang dynasty date inscribed on bronze vessel

20. The An Lushan revolt took place in which dynasty
Han
Shang
Tang
Sui
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