November Quiz

A monthly quiz of general history, traditions, geography questions for November
1. Who was the leader of the Taiping Rebellion?
Li Hongzhang
Zheng Chenggong
Hong Xiuquan
Taiping rebellion, flag
Flag of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Image by Samhanin available under a Creative Commons License

2. Which province (excluding the metropolitan areas) has the highest population density?
Shandong
Guangdong
Jiangsu
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

3. Many of the scenes of James Cameron's ‘Avatar’ film were made in which Chinese province?
Xinjiang
Hunan
Hong Kong
Hunan, mountains, landform, view

4. The second lowest place (depression) in the world is located whereabouts in China?
Turpan, Xinjiang
Jiuquan, Gansu
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
Hong Kong, modern housing, view
Densely populated Hong Kong

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

6. What are the ten wings of the Yi Jing (I Ching)?
Magical powers
Appendices
Herbs
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

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

8. Which is NOT one of the names of a Yi Jing Trigram?
Mountain
Earth
Stone
Beijing, hutong, courtyard, architecture
Courtyard houses Si He Yuan (siheyuan) is a classical architectural style. The narrow streets between the courtyard houses are called Hutongs.

9. Together with Yunnan and Guangdong, which other province lies on the Tropic of Cancer?
Sichuan
Fujian
Guangxi
Li River, Guilin, Guangxi
Li River near Guilin. September 2012.
Image by Mgmoscatello available under a Creative Commons license

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

11. What was the name given to the country of China in Roman times?
Serica
Gaul
Cyrenica
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. The stone forest (Shilin) can be found in which province?
Guangdong
Yunnan
Shanxi
Yunnan, stone forest, landform
Stone forest (Shilin) near Kunming, Yunnan

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

14. What makes Pingyao in Shanxi a popular visitor attraction?
Buddhist sculptures
Qing and Ming houses
Sacred mountain
Guangdong, Sun Yatsen
Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall with bronze statue

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