May Quiz

A monthly quiz of general history, traditions, geography questions for May
1. An auspicious arrangement of hills is sometimes called?
hidden dragon
springing tiger
grasping monkey
Zhejiang, mountains, view
Zhejiang scenery near Hangzhou including a tea plantation

2. The Uyghur people number over 8 million in which province do they mainly live?
Gansu
Xinjiang
Shanxi
Bejing, street, mcdonalds, people, PKChina-34
Beijing street. September 2019. Image by Paul Kerswill

3. The noon day gun is fired every day where?
Hong Kong
Lhasa
Shanghai
Yellow river, river, bridge
Lower reaches of Yellow River (Huanghe)

4. The 'Peony Pavilion' is a famous what?
Shanghai building
sexual position
opera
Sacred Way
The 2,018 feet [615 meters] long Stone Elephant Road is the first section of the Spirit Way (Shendao) of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. It is lined with several kinds of stone animals - lions, xiezhi, camels, elephants, qilin (Chinese unicorns), and horses. 27th Jan 2011. Image by User:Vmenkov available under a Creative Commons license .

5. In which Chinese province was the 14th Dalai Lama (present leader) born?
Qinghai
Sichuan
Shanxi
Buddhism , prayer wheel
Buddhist prayer wheels at Wudang temple, Inner Mongolia

6. When did the first known Chinese person visit Britain?
1280
1685
1924
christian, Shen Fuzong

7. Wade-Giles is a method for doing what?
Processing tea
Writing Chinese with English letters
Decorating porcelain
Lantern Festival, festival, Shanghai
China,Shanghai,Yu Garden,the Lantern Festival 2012 Image by North sea deamer available under a Creative Commons license

8. In which dynasty did Emperor Qianlong rule?
Ming
Qing
Song
window lattice, Forbidden City, Beijing
Ancient Lattice Windows at the Forbidden City, Beijing

9. How would you say 'next month' in Chinese?
昨天 zuó tiān
后天 hòu tiān
下个月 xià gè yuè
Shanghai, The Bund
Historical buildings on Shanghai's famous Bund

10. Which country other than Britain took part in the Opium Wars with China?
France
US
Portugal
opium war, sea battle, junk, boat, ship
The East India Company iron steam ship Nemesis, commanded by Lieutenant W. H. Hall, with boats from the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne and Starling, destroying the Chinese war junks in Anson's Bay, on 7 January 1841. Image by Edward Duncan available under a Creative Commons License

11. Which European scientist considered the Yi Jing as proof of ancient knowledge of binary arithmetic?
Francis Bacon
Leibniz
Isaac Newton
yi jing
Three gold coins used for Yi Jing fortune telling

12. Which of these is NOT part of the Buddhist eightfold path to enlightenment
reject evil
act sensitively
abstain from sex
luohan, Buddhism
A luóhàn (arhat), found at Yixian, Hebei province, Liao dynasty (907-1125). British Museum, London. Image by David Castor available under a Creative Commons License

13. Under which British sovereign was the first official embassy sent off to China?
King Edward VI
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
Macartney, embassy, kowtow
William Alexander's drawing of the reception of the Macartney embassy to China. Young Thomas Staunton (kneeling not kowtowing) receives a gift from the Emperor. Image by William Alexander available under a Creative Commons License

14. A meeting at Lushan in 1959 brought an end to the career of which revolutionary leader
Peng Dehuai
Zhu De
Deng Xiaoping
Jiangxi, Lushan, waterfall
Waterfall on Lushan mountains, Jiangxi

15. Why is rice planted in water?
provide nutrients
maintain moisture level
suppress weeds
rice, Yunnan
Sheaves of rice set out to dry, Yuanyang, Yunnan
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