November Quiz

A monthly quiz of general history, traditions, geography questions for November
1. Which is NOT one of the names of a Yi Jing Trigram?
Stone
Thunder
Earth
window lattice, Forbidden City, Beijing
Ancient Lattice Windows at the Forbidden City, Beijing

2. What are the ten wings of the Yi Jing (I Ching)?
Appendices
Magical powers
Flying incantations
Yi Jing, I Ching, Song dynasty
A page from a Song Dynasty (960-1279) printed book of the I Ching (Yi Jing, Classic of Changes or Book of Changes) , 17.7x11.9cm, printed book, in the National Central Library in Taipei. Image by Song era print artist available under a Creative Commons License

3. Thomas Wade and Herbert Giles who developed the Wade-Giles system to write Chinese were both professors of Chinese where?
Cambridge, England
Edinburgh, Scotland
Yale
children, school
Girl doing school work

4. A scholar used to be expected to be proficient at playing which musical instrument?
Guqin
Erhu
Dizi
music, erhu
Erhu players at Tianjin University Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

5. Tian (crater lake) is an emblem of North Korea, which Chinese province shares it as a border?
Anhui
Heilongjiang
Jilin
Jilin, Changbai, lake, view
Crater lake, Tian chi on the border of China and North Korea

6. What makes Pingyao in Shanxi a popular visitor attraction?
Waterfall
Imperial tombs
Qing and Ming houses
station, Hong Kong, railway
Hong Kong station

7. Together with Yunnan and Guangdong, which other province lies on the Tropic of Cancer?
Guangxi
Anhui
Sichuan
Xinjiang, landscape, desert
Desert landforms in a desert region of Xinjiang

8. By 1093 how many stars had been individually named in China?
1,565
823
523
mansions, xiu
The twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese astronomy. May 2008. Image by Mysid available under a Creative Commons License

9. The second lowest place (depression) in the world is located whereabouts in China?
Turpan, Xinjiang
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
Golmud, Qinghai
Gansu, terraces, land form
Terraced farmland in the loess lands of Gansu

10. The stone forest (Shilin) can be found in which province?
Yunnan
Gansu
Shanxi
Yunnan, stone forest, landform
Stone forest (Shilin) near Kunming, Yunnan

11. What was the name given to the country of China in Roman times?
Serica
Cyrenica
Gaul
Silk road, Jiayuguan, fort
Fortress (14th century) at Great Wall of Jiayuguang, September 2009. Photo by Sigismund von Dobschütz available under a Creative Commons license .

12. Many of the scenes of James Cameron's ‘Avatar’ film were made in which Chinese province?
Gansu
Hunan
Hebei
Hunan, mountains, landform, view

13. Who was the leader of the Taiping Rebellion?
Zeng Guofan
Hong Xiuquan
Zheng Chenggong
Taiping rebellion, flag
Flag of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Image by Samhanin available under a Creative Commons License

14. Which province (excluding the metropolitan areas) has the highest population density?
Guangdong
Jiangsu
Zhejiang
Tiananmen Square, crowd
2004 PRC National Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. What a crowd! Image by pfctdayelise available under a Creative Commons License

15. Why are bats considered lucky?
name sounds like fortune
bats catch insects
bats live in caves
bat
Five bats in the outer ring surrounding the character for longevity. Wishing good fortune and a long life.
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