January Quiz

A monthly quiz of general history, traditions, geography questions for January
1. Which number is considered unlucky rather like 13 in the west?
3
8
4
cat
Japanese lucky cat

2. Genghiz Khan originated from which region?
Thailand
Afghanistan
Mongolia
Mongol, Genghis khan, Borte
Temujin and Borte. Image by KoizumiBS available under a Creative Commons License

3. What is the Chinese for weather?
tiān qì
suī wēi 浽溦
diàn huà
Anhui, view
Sunrise over part of Anhui province in November

4. The standard order of hexagrams in the Yi Jing (I Ching) is attributed to who?
Jade Emperor
King Wen
Confucius (Kong Fuzi)
yi jing
Three gold coins used for Yi Jing fortune telling

5. Which was the capital city used by the Taiping rebels in the mid 19th century
Jinan
Nanjing
Chengdu
Taiping Rebellion, battle
Taiping rebels are chased out of Yuzhuang, March 8 1854. The Taiping arrived the previous day but had to retire the next day when the Manchus arrived in hot pursuit. From Ten scenes recording the retreat and defeat of the Taiping Northern Expeditionary Forces, February 1854-March 1855. Source : web site Available under a Creative Commons license .

6. In 2016 the membership of the Chinese Communist Party stood at how many?
7 million
30 million
89 million
soldier, Tiananmen Square, Beijing
A Chinese People's Armed Police guard on Tiananmen Square, in front of the portrait of Mao Zedong. His rank is the second lowest, Private First Class [1]. 4th June 2007. Photo by Luo Shaoyang from Beijing available under a Creative Commons license .

7. The world's deadliest earthquake was in China, how many lives were lost?
12,000
830,000
83,000
Tangshan, earthquake
1976 Tangshan earthquake site Image by NOAA available under a Creative Commons License

8. What is the Chinese (Mandarin) name for Hong Kong?
Xianggang
Haidong
Shangnan
Hong Kong, park, modern housing

9. The Chinese Grand canal is roughly the same length as the distance between New York and where?
Florida
North Carolina
Georgia
grand canal, wuxi
Ancient Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Wuxi area. . Image by available under a Creative Commons License

10. The largest carved Buddha in the world is located where?
Wuchang, Hubei
Leshan, Sichuan
Qufu, Shandong
Buddhism , Dali, Yunnan, temple
Chongsheng Temple, Dali, Yunnan

11. The Red Flag Canal was a major engineering project built in the 1960s in which province?
Anhui
Guizhou
Henan
railway, PRC
Chengdu-Chongqing railway opening ceremony. 2/July/1952. Image by available under a Creative Commons License

12. Kite flying is particularly associated with which traditional festival?
Double ninth or Chongyang
Cold food
Lantern
Henan, Kaifeng, garden, bridge, pagoda
Classical garden at Qingming Riverside, Kaifeng, Henan

13. What was an old name for the island of Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)?
Tsingtao
Formosa
Sinkiang
Beijing,  PKChina-48.jpg
Shopping arcade, Beijing. September 2019. Image by Paul Kerswill

14. In which province was Mao Zedong born in 1893?
Shanghai
Hunan
Jilin
Mao Zedong, statue, PRC
Status of Mao Zedong negotiating with the Guomindang, 1945, with Soong Chingling, Zhang Lan, Huang Yanpei and other party leaders. Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

15. The Queen Mother of the West is an important Chinese deity; where is her palace traditionally said to have been?
Mount Taishan
Kunlun mountains
Mount Heng
Jinci, Shanxi, sculpture, deity
Queen Mother of the West and maidservants in painted clay sculpture at Jinci, Taiyuan, Shanxi. It was built in the Ming dynasty.
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