March Quiz

A monthly quiz of general history, traditions, geography questions for March
1. What is the leading form of Buddhism in Tibet?
Llama
Yellow Hat
Shintoism
Tibet, temple
Tibetan Temple

2. Where did Sun Yatsen studied medicine?
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Sun Yatsen, sculpture, Taiwan
Statue of Dr. Sun Yatsen at memorial hall in Taipei, Taiwan

3. Jiang Zemin is associated with which city in China
Nanjing
Shanghai
Chengdu
Jiang Zemin, leader
Jiang Zemin by Presidential Press and Information Office, Moscow. Image available under a Creative Commons license .

4. Lapsang Souchong comes from which province?
Guizhou
Zhejiang
Fujian
tea

5. The Temple of Heaven has an inner ring of columns representing what?
provinces
each month
state ministeries
Temple of Heaven, beijing, people, PKChina-54
Temple of Heaven, Beijing. September 2019. Image by Paul Kerswill

6. What phrase terminated all Imperial edicts?
tremble and obey
long live the emperor
ruler of all under heaven
Emperor Qianlong
The Qianlong Emperor in Ceremonial Armour on Horseback by Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766). Painted 1758. The Palace Museum, Beijing. Image by Mondo Mostre available under a Creative Commons License

7. Where did Mao Zedong swim in 1966?
Tianjin
Nanjing
Wuhan
Hunan, Changsha, Mao Zedong, PRC, sculpture
Sphinx like sculpture of Mao Zedong at Changsha, Hunan

8. The other main ingredient of porcelain other than china clay is what?
chalk
gypsum
petuntse
Ming dynasty, porcelain, plate
Photo by Anonymous, Chinese plate, Ming dynasty, Yongle period 1403-1424, porcelain with under-glaze blue, 23 inches [58 cms] diameter, Honolulu Academy of Arts. Available under a Creative Commons license .

9. What is the origin of the name Macau?
Macaque monkeys
Mazu - sea goddess
Local name for Pearl river
Macau, cityscape, view
View of Macau Tower at sunset

10. What should you do when a guest arrives while you are sitting having a meal?
say 'ni hao'
raise chopsticks in salute
stand up
food, banquet
A turntable, or lazy susan, surrounded by diners holding chopsticks in a restaurant in China, 1987, Photo by GeorgeLouis available under a Creative Commons license .

11. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge is the longest sea bridge in the world how long is it?
53 miles [85 kms]
34 miles [55 kms]
6 miles [10 kms]
bridge, Pearl
Pearl Estuary bridge by Chen Jimin (China Daily). Available under a Creative Commons License

12. What did the Chinese call their country in the year 1900?
Greater China
All below heaven
Great Qing Kingdom
palace, eunuch, Beijing
Entrance through the Gate of Peace at the Lama Temple Beijing (Yonghegong), or Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple or Yonghegong Lamsery, a renowned lama temple of the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism. Building work on the YongHeGong Temple started in 1694 during the Qing Dynasty. It originally served as an official residence for court eunuchs. It was then converted into the court of Prince Yong Zheng (Yin Zhen), a son of emperor KangXi. After YongZheng's ascension to the throne in 1722, half of the building was converted into a lamasery, a monastery for monks of Tibetan Buddhism, while the other half remained an imperial palace. November 2006. Image by Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada available under a Creative Commons license

13. Where did Zhou Enlai move to study in 1917?
France
Japan
London
Zhou Enlai,  Deng Yingchao,  Sun Weishi
Deng Yingchao and Zhou Enlai with adopted daughter Sun Weishi. 1949. Image by Unknown available under a Creative Commons License

14. From which province are most of China's space rockets launched from?
Sichuan
Hainan
Xinjiang
space;shenzhou;lunar exploration
Chinese Shenzhou 5 spacecraft - Model 1:3, Space technology exhibition, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. 28 October 2011 Image by Br?cke-Osteuropa available under a Creative Commons License

15. Standard spoken Chinese (Mandarin) is based on the local pronunciation where?
Shenyang
Guangzhou
Beijing
Macartney, Alexander, Qiao Renjie, mandarin
Portrait of the mandarin Qiao Renjie (1745-1804) who accompanied the mission for all its time in China. He was a man of grave deportment, strict integrity, sound judgment and great erudition. A former tutor to the Imperial family. His hat bears a blue stone and peacock feather to denote his high rank. Image by William Alexander available under a Creative Commons License
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