China stretches from the Himalayas to the Pacific coast and carries more than 3,000 years of written history.
This quiz asks 20 questions about Chinese food, symbols, places, history and famous people.
One run asks 20 questions from a bank of 40, so two runs do not ask the same set.
How to play
- Each round shows one question and four answers. Tap the answer you think is right.
- You have three lives. Each wrong answer costs one life.
- After each answer, the game shows a short explanation of the right answer.
- The quiz saves your best score and best time.
What counts in this quiz
- The bank holds 40 questions about China: food, drink, symbols, geography, history, people, film, science, business, sport, language, money, culture.
- Every question has exactly one right answer among the four options.
What's not included, and why
- Facts that change with the news are not in the bank. The quiz asks no questions about sitting politicians or the rankings of today.
- Questions that need a map, such as naming every region of China, live in the map quizzes.
Good to know
- The Grand Canal of China is the longest artificial waterway in the world.
- China spans five geographical time zones but keeps one official time, Beijing time.
- The giant panda lives in the wild only in China.
- Chinese characters form the oldest writing system still in continuous use.