Inside Out

China Quiz
1. What is the population of China? 11. Which of these is not a principal Chinese river?
a. 500 million a. Jade River
b. 800 million b. Yangtze River
c. 1 billion c. Yellow River
d. 1.3 billion d. Pearl River

2. What is the largest and most populous city? 12. True or false? China’s flag consists of four small
a. Beijing stars and one big one on a red background.
b. Shanghai
c. Chongqing 13. The Gobi Desert stretches across a huge part of
d. Hong Kong China and Mongolia. In Mongolian, ‘gobi’ means…
a. mountain
3. What’s the capital of China? b. sand
a. Beijing c. wind
b. Shanghai d. desert
c. Chongqing
d. Hong Kong 14. The province of Sichuan is famous for its…
a. sweet and sour food.
4. True or false? Tiananmen Square in Beijing is the b. spicy food.
largest square in the world. c. small fried/steamed snacks.
d. dumplings.
5. How many countries border China?
a. 7 15. What is Tai Chi?
b. 11 a. a traditional dance
c. 14 b. a dish from northern China
d. 17 c. slow motion martial arts
d. 1st century Chinese philosophy
6. Which leader initiated economic reforms in 1978?
a. Mao Zedong 16. The Chinese traditionally refer to their country as
b. Deng Xiaoping ‘Zhongguo’, which means
c. Jiang Zemin a. Middle Kingdom
d. Hu Jintao b. Old Country
c. Immense Republic
7. A traditional greeting in China is… d. Eastern Empire
a. ‘How’s the family?’
b. ‘Have you eaten?’ 17. The Terracotta Army consists of…
c. ‘Have you taken a shower lately?’ a. 2,000 lifesize statues of warriors
d. ‘How’s business?’ b. 3,500 lifesize statues of warriors
c. 5,000 lifesize statues of warriors
8. After 99 years of British government, Hong Kong d. 7,500 lifesize statues of warriors
was returned to Mainland China on…
a. July 1 1997 18. Which of these was not invented in China?
b. July 1 1998 a. paper
c. July 1 1999 b. the razor
d. July 1 2000 c. gunpowder
d. the compass
9. True or false? The numbers 4 and 7 are considered
lucky in China. 19. True or false? October 1st is China’s National Day.

10. A well-educated person in China should know… 20. Which of these is not a musical instrument?
a. roughly 2,000 Chinese characters a. sheng
b. roughly 10,000 Chinese characters b. ruan
c. roughly 25,000 Chinese characters c. san-xian
d. roughly 50,000 Chinese characters d. hu li

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