Quiztime CHINA Quiz

1. What is someone who studies Chinese culture called?
Sinologists
2. What form of transport did China report a 2 year waiting list for in 1983?
Bicycles
3. Which city, now in West China, is the capital of Tibet?
Lhasa
4. Which breed of dog takes its name from the former capital of China?
Pekinese
(or - What dog in ancient China was restricted to the aristocracy? Pekinese)
5. What year was Hong Kong handed back to China?
1997
6. Name the first ever British pop group to tour China ?
Wham!
7. In China what colour does the bride traditionally wear?
Red
8. By what other name is Kaolin known?
China Clay
9. What is the worlds largest sea in area?
South China Sea
10. In ancient China people committed suicide by eating what?
Salt - One lb will kill
11. In China if you order white tea - what do you get?
Boiled Water
12. Who had a No 1 hit in 1987 with “China In Your Hand”?
T’Pau
13. In ancient China what meat was reserved for the Emperor?
Pork
14. Who said "China is a big country inhabited by many Chinese"?
Charles de Gaulle
15. What were China 14, Raduga 14 and Himwari 3?
Orbiting satellites
16. White Fungus is the best selling canned what in China?
Soup
17. Which is your 'China' wedding anniversary?
20th
18. What is the International Dialing code for China?
86
19. Who was Prime Minister of China 1949 to 1976?
Chou En-Lai
20. By law in China, to go to school you must be what?
Intelligent

21. In Ancient China, Treason Robbery Adultery received what punishment?
Castration
22. Sunglasses were invented in China to do what?
Hide a Judges eyes
23. What is the leading cause of death in China?
Respiratory Disease
24. Half the population of China is what?
Short Sighted
25. China Sun-Fin-Chin, Russia bayan, Norway trekspill - what is it?
Accordion
26. In ancient China, what was hung outside a bad doctors house?
Lantern for each dead
27. China 300bc, you could not speak to the Emperor without what?
Clove in your mouth
28. What was banned in China in 1911 as a sign of feudalism?
The Pigtail
29. How many stars are there on the flag of the Peoples Republic of China?
Five
(What colour are the stars on the Chinese flag? Yellow)
30. What country does China have its longest land border with?
Mongolia
31. Boothby blonde, China long and straight 8 are varieties of which vegetable?
Cucumber
32. Which is China’s longest river?
Yangtze
33. Which large desert is located in Northern China and South East Mongolia?
Gobi
34. Who was the first President of the USA to visit China?
Richard Nixon
35. In October 1934 100,000 Communist troops set out from Southern China towards Northern China in a journey that took a year and in which 90% of them died. What name is given to this journey?
The Long March
36. Which country did China invade, with very little world notice, in October 1950?
Tibet
37. Within which city is China’s Forbidden City?
Beijing (aka Peking)
38. Which is China’s most populous city?
Shanghai
39. In Cockney slang what is a ‘china’?
Mate (China plate)
40. What animal represents the current Chinese year, 2006?
Dog