November Quiz

A monthly quiz of general history, traditions, geography questions for November
1. The second lowest place (depression) in the world is located whereabouts in China?
Turpan, Xinjiang
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
Jiuquan, Gansu
Xinjiang, view, mountains, snow
Nalati grassland near Yining, Xinjiang

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

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

4. By 1093 how many stars had been individually named in China?
523
1,565
12,976
mansions, xiu
The twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese astronomy. May 2008. Image by Mysid available under a Creative Commons License

5. What are the ten wings of the Yi Jing (I Ching)?
Herbs
Compass directions
Appendices
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

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

7. What makes Pingyao in Shanxi a popular visitor attraction?
Sacred mountain
Waterfall
Qing and Ming houses
Hua shan, Shaanxi, chess pavilion
View of the chess pavilion on Huashan peak, Shaanxi. According to legend Emperor Zhao Kuangyin (927-976) played chess with the sage Chen Tuan here.

8. Which is NOT one of the names of a Yi Jing Trigram?
Stone
Lake
Earth
acupuncture, model, needle
Acupuncture model

9. Together with Yunnan and Guangdong, which other province lies on the Tropic of Cancer?
Guangxi
Anhui
Sichuan
Hainan, Haikou, modern housing
Haikou city, Hainan island

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

11. What was the name given to the country of China in Roman times?
Serica
Cyrenica
Assyria
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. Tian (crater lake) is an emblem of North Korea, which Chinese province shares it as a border?
Jilin
Liaoning
Anhui
Jilin, Changbai, lake, view
Crater lake, Tian chi on the border of China and North Korea

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

14. 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

15. The stone forest (Shilin) can be found in which province?
Guangdong
Yunnan
Hunan
Yunnan, stone forest, landform
Stone forest (Shilin) near Kunming, Yunnan
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