January Quiz

A monthly quiz of general history, traditions, geography questions for January
1. The Chinese Grand canal is roughly the same length as the distance between New York and where?
Texas
North Carolina
Florida
grand canal, wuxi
Ancient Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Wuxi area. . Image by available under a Creative Commons License

2. The largest carved Buddha in the world is located where?
Leshan, Sichuan
Qufu, Shandong
Yungang, Shaanxi
Buddhism , Dali, Yunnan, temple
Chongsheng Temple, Dali, Yunnan

3. What is the Chinese (Mandarin) name for Hong Kong?
Shangnan
Haidong
Xianggang
Hong Kong, park, modern housing

4. In 2016 the membership of the Chinese Communist Party stood at how many?
7 million
89 million
127 million
soldier, Tiananmen Square, Beijing
A Chinese People's Armed Police guard on Tiananmen Square, in front of the portrait of Mao Zedong. His rank is the second lowest, Private First Class [1]. 4th June 2007. Photo by Luo Shaoyang from Beijing available under a Creative Commons license .

5. The standard order of hexagrams in the Yi Jing (I Ching) is attributed to who?
King Wu
King Wen
Yellow Emperor
yi jing
Three gold coins used for Yi Jing fortune telling

6. Genghiz Khan originated from which region?
Kyrgystan
Mongolia
Thailand
Mongol, Genghis khan, Borte
Temujin and Borte. Image by KoizumiBS available under a Creative Commons License

7. In which province was Mao Zedong born in 1893?
Hunan
Shanghai
Anhui
Mao Zedong, statue, PRC
Status of Mao Zedong negotiating with the Guomindang, 1945, with Soong Chingling, Zhang Lan, Huang Yanpei and other party leaders. Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

8. What was an old name for the island of Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)?
Formosa
New Ireland
Fukien
rice, paddy fields
Terraced rice fields in Yunnan, China. The reflected sky is glinting on the fields. Photo by Jialiang Gao available under a Creative Commons license .

9. Which number is considered unlucky rather like 13 in the west?
4
11
15
cat
Japanese lucky cat

10. The Queen Mother of the West is an important Chinese deity; where is her palace traditionally said to have been?
Nanling Mountains
Mount Taishan
Kunlun mountains
Jinci, Shanxi, sculpture, deity
Queen Mother of the West and maidservants in painted clay sculpture at Jinci, Taiyuan, Shanxi. It was built in the Ming dynasty.

11. Which was the capital city used by the Taiping rebels in the mid 19th century
Guiyang
Chengdu
Nanjing
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 .

12. The Red Flag Canal was a major engineering project built in the 1960s in which province?
Hebei
Henan
Anhui
railway, PRC
Chengdu-Chongqing railway opening ceremony. 2/July/1952. Image by available under a Creative Commons License

13. What is the Chinese for weather?
diàn huà
tiān qì
suī wēi 浽溦
Anhui, view
Sunrise over part of Anhui province in November

14. The world's deadliest earthquake was in China, how many lives were lost?
178,000
83,000
830,000
Tangshan, earthquake
1976 Tangshan earthquake site Image by NOAA available under a Creative Commons License

15. Kite flying is particularly associated with which traditional festival?
Lantern
Double ninth or Chongyang
Cold food
qilin, carving
Qilin also known as Kylin or Kirin, is a mythical Chinese creature that brings serenity and prosperity
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