Culture
This number, because of its homophone, is considered extremely unlucky
What is 4?
This city, now known as Beijing, was founded in 1045 B.C.
What is Peking?
The number of Harry Potter films made (not including spin-offs or prequel/sequel series)
What is eight?
The number of times the Mona Lisa has been stolen
The name of the first space shuttle to enter space
What is Columbia?
This festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar
What is the Lantern Festival?
He was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China
Who was Richard M. Nixon?
The city that hosted the 2022 Oscars & Grammys
Where is L.A.?
The book in which Issac Newton published his "discovery" of gravity
What is the Principia Mathematica?
Name any two of the four places writing may have independently originated from
What are/were: Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, or Mexico/Guatemala?
Was used as bait while fishing (4th century B.C.)
What is cooked rice?
Landmark closely associated with the Ming Dynasty
The star of the movie with the best-selling soundtrack of all time
Who was Whitney Houston?
The first (famous) Western Explorer to (purportedly) reach China
Who was Marco Polo?
The city of "brotherly love" that boasted North America's first medical school, bank, and city-paid police force
What is Philadelphia?
The minister Qu Yuan is the protagonist of a legend central to which Chinese Festival?
What is the Dragon Boat Festival?
The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty
Who was Zhu Yuanzhang/Guorui/the Hongwu Emporer?
This sport sparked a war between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969
What is Soccer?
The inventor of the chronometer
The London theatre closely associated with Shakespeare (the one he worked with)
The name of the female heroine of the story behind the Mid-Autumn Festival
Who was Chang'e?
Dynasty best known for inventions such as the astronomical clock, woodblock printing, and paper money
What was the Song Dynasty?
President of the United States when Uncle Sam first got a beard (hint: first president to grow a beard)
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
A humped cattle found in China, India, and northern Africa
What is a Zebus?
One of the two major ingredients used in Cai Lun's method of paper making
What are rags or plant fiber?