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China Country Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the country of China?
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First submittedApril 17, 2013
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Capital city
Beijing
Former English-language spelling of the capital
Peking
China's highest mountain
Mount Everest
Former British colony which was handed back to China in 1997
Hong Kong
Former Portuguese colony handed back in 1999
Macau
Three most-commonly spoken branches of the Chinese language
Mandarin
Wu / Shanghainese
Yue / Cantonese
Sixth largest desert in the world, shared by China and Mongolia
Gobi
Informal name of the northeasternmost part of China
Manchuria
Compound where the emperor of China once lived
The Forbidden City
Leader of China from 1949–1976
Mao Zedong
Country which China annexed in 1950
Tibet
Religion / philosophical tradition which follows the teachings of Laozi
Taoism
Full name of the country of China
People's Republic of China
Square where pro-democracy protestors were massacred in 1989
Tiananmen Square
The currency of China
Renminbi
China's two longest rivers
Yangtze
Yellow
"Four Great Inventions" of ancient China
Compass
Gunpowder
Papermaking
Printing
China's national animal
Giant Panda
Mythological animal often used to represent China
Dragon
Animal that comes first in the Chinese zodiac
Rat
China's largest island
Hainan
The most influential philosopher in ancient China
Confucius
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100 Recent Comments
kjisoo0208
+2
Level 25
Aug 29, 2018
Papermaking technique was invented in Korea
Ruijie
+13
Level 31
Nov 25, 2018
And what's the inventor's name? I mean, who invented this historical fact?
Wincent
+10
Level 51
Feb 18, 2025
Yes I was taught that Korea invents everything. Even the universe was invented by Korea.
PratyushK
+6
Level 35
Oct 5, 2018
Mount Everest is in Nepal not in China.
Ruijie
+24
Level 31
Nov 25, 2018
It's on the border of Nepal and China, shared by both nations.
HinesBrothers
+5
Level 78
Feb 16, 2019
Great quiz, but, Ice Cream is China's greatest invention and it was left out
ThigRifsTef
+7
Level 17
May 31, 2019
can you add kongzi for confucius and changjiang for yangtze
PatoPotato
+23
Level 55
Jun 9, 2019
What are you talking about? What is this Tiananmen Square thing? 1989 was a completely peaceful year...
Velaris
+2
Level 98
Jul 11, 2019
Have you seriously never heard of the Tiananmen Square Massacre?
samiamco
+14
Level 68
Jul 20, 2019
Sarcasm. PatoPotato is doing it. 😬
HighFidelity
+8
Level 59
Jul 3, 2020
While PatoPotato's comment is tongue in cheek, it's well known that many Chinese nationals have never heard of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
AvgAtheist
+2
Level 43
Apr 10, 2026
Majority of nationals know about it, but it is a misnomer considering it wasn't a massacre whatsoever by definition.
MD396
+2
Level 58
Apr 30, 2022
R/wooosh
qitsaih
+2
Level 28
Dec 19, 2024
the chinese call the tiananmen massacre as tiananmen event
Omgxijinping
+2
Level 31
Jul 28, 2025
the ones ignorant call it an "incident / event" but the ones that knows what happened (only a tiny fraction of them)" call it a massacre.
AvgAtheist
+3
Level 43
Apr 10, 2026
They know what happened dude, also it wasn't in the square (look it up) and it was only cia-funded operatives who died. Propaganda and images like the tank man (who was unharmed btw) are what perpetuate these misinformed views.
TimesKnewRoman
+3
Level 38
Jul 27, 2025
I believe that if such event is a massacre, it cannot possibly be a democracy protest. If such event is an incident, then it cannot possibly be a riot.
JackintheBox
+12
Level 82
Nov 8, 2019
I live in Suzhou, a city close to Shanghai, where the Suzhou dialect (aka 'Suzhounese'), a sub-dialect of Wu, is locally spoken. Many locals speak it amongst themselves, especially if they know each other quite well, but if you go to a shop or speak to a stranger, you would converse in Mandarin.

Although Wu is a dialect, it contains a huge number of sub-dialects, which may vary from town to town; a native speaker of one of these sub-dialects might not readily understand another sub-dialect, or even find it incomprehensible/unintelligible.

cheeeeeeems
+1
Level 25
Mar 13, 2026
Just like Cantonese is not only spoken in the city of Guangzhou, but also in most parts of Guangdong province and part of Guangxi (the name Canton is origin from Guangdong but foreigners reference that to Guangzhou), Shanghainese is just a historically incorrectly translation actually meaning Wu language spoken mostly in Shanghai, Zhejiang and Southern Jiangsu.
ooftownroad
+4
Level 70
Mar 10, 2020
everest is in nepal
loganite
+9
Level 93
Mar 10, 2020
If you were standing at the summit of Mt. Everest, you could put one foot in Nepal and one foot in China.
ooftownroad
+2
Level 70
Sep 22, 2023
you are correct
Terry
+7
Level 21
May 6, 2020
Tiananmen square protest is not a bloody massacre, there was barely any blood
AbhishekNS
+9
Level 59
Jun 20, 2020
That's what happens when you blindly swallow CCP propaganda.
AvgAtheist
+2
Level 43
Apr 10, 2026
You swallow western propaganda from people who weren't there dude. Chinese citizens who were there, including the famous tank man, were unharmed and understand that it was not a massacre by definition.
qcumber
+4
Level 45
May 18, 2020
Im happy I remembered the story about why a certain animal came first in the zodiac.
GeoPhilia
+2
Level 57
Jul 2, 2020
Nice to see the beginning of this project! Good Luck Quizmaster!
Jacktheguy
+5
Level 93
Jul 2, 2020
You know, China really is such a beautiful country. Hopefully I'll get the chance to visit it someday.
mightythor
+4
Level 68
Jul 2, 2020
I feel as if the invention of spaghetti deserves more credit.
Eigengrau
+3
Level 63
Jul 3, 2020
Wasn't that invented in Italy? If not, then my whole life has been a lie.
Deathslayer
+1
Level 40
Jan 20, 2025
Partly. Spaghetti is said to have been derived from various earlier recipes similar to spaghetti, such as noodles.

These are said to have been carried by silk route traders to Italy.

Moos1005
+3
Level 89
Jul 2, 2020
This series will end in January 2021 and I really hope things aren't going down the same way the population of the featured countries will go down by the end of it...
stylus
+2
Level 79
Jan 13, 2021
here on day 196 and there’s still interesting things to say about all of them
priamos
+2
Level 63
Jul 2, 2020
Hum. I thought the most influential philosopher was called Kung Fu-tse, but that response is not accepted.
JohnnyYeet
+9
Level 66
Jul 2, 2020
The Chinese Communists seeing this quiz and yelling that Hainan is not their largest island
GeoPhilia
+2
Level 57
Jul 2, 2020
Haha lol!
TimesKnewRoman
+2
Level 38
Jul 27, 2025
Yeah that'll be me though I'm not a party member yet lol
Nestormakhno
+1
Level 79
Apr 29, 2026
Taiwan literally calls itself the republic of China, no matter what your political beliefs are Taiwan is the answer to the question.
JWatson24
+9
Level 71
Jul 2, 2020
Love the idea of this new Country Trivia badge! Great way for me to procra-- learn more about countries!
LukasYu
+4
Level 22
Jul 2, 2020
As a Chinese who has been living in China for 20 years, I can't get 100%, things are different here from what we have been taught in Chinese schools. The most obvious difference would be the largest island, in mainland Chinese textbook, Taiwan is the largest island of China. Another difference would be the first leader of Communist China, according to our history textbook, the Communist China was already separated from ROC in 1927 and the first leader is Chen Duxiu. also, in Chinese textbook, Tibet was annexed a long time ago during Tang Dynasty, but under control by the communist party since 1950.
TimesKnewRoman
+1
Level 38
Jul 27, 2025
After the Tang dynasty, there had been independence on the Tibetan plateau. But it surely ended after the Mongol Empire changed everything around Asia. The relation between Lhasa and Beijing wasn't cool enough during the Yuan and Ming dynasties. But Qing did it. Then it was the British. Tibet never got independence again. Just not enough time and space I think. What a beautiful country.
Scaro88
+3
Level 78
Jul 2, 2020
What score will be required to get each tick for the 196 badge?
Prot
+3
Level 55
Jul 2, 2020
You mean https://www.jetpunk.com/badges/country-trivia ? 22.
NauruPalau
+4
Level 48
Jul 3, 2020
Is Taiwan not bigger than hainan???? 🤣
Eigengrau
+2
Level 63
Jul 3, 2020
I see what you did there...
Fini
+3
Level 49
Jul 26, 2020
Taiwan is its own country now. So, Hainan is now the biggest island.
frost2x
+2
Level 52
Jul 3, 2020
How is Ice Cream not a great chinese invention! XD
TimesKnewRoman
+1
Level 38
Jul 27, 2025
Bing chilling!
TheCaptain
+7
Level 64
Jul 3, 2020
China AKA the evil empire. Muslim Genocide in Tibet, Mass theft of intellectual property, Jailing of doctors, destroying evidence of Coronavirus, and falsifying every stat known to man, not to mention the bullying of African and other Asian countries smh.
podo
+5
Level 20
Aug 24, 2021
That's basically a lot of Chinese's opinion about the US.
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 75
Feb 27, 2025
Tibet was mostly Buddhist, no?
RiceHat
+5
Level 86
Apr 29, 2025
"Muslim genocide in Tibet" ??? do you even know what you're talking about
GulfOfAmerica
+3
Level 51
Jun 2, 2025
I think he is referring to the Uyghurs, but that is not in Tibet
Fini
+4
Level 49
Jul 5, 2020
Kong Fuzi should be accepted for Confucious. Confucious was his Latin name, but Kong Fuzi was his Chinese name.
11level360
+3
Level 51
Jul 8, 2020
yes
podo
+2
Level 20
Aug 24, 2021
Kong Qiu should be as well. That's his original name.
TimesKnewRoman
+1
Level 38
Jul 27, 2025
Oh no 孔子[kong zi] literally got a dozen name equilvalents all over ancient scrolls
JacobByrd
+1
Level 19
Sep 19, 2025
Kong Fuzi is 孔夫子 in Chinese, but most Chinese people call him 孔子.
11level360
+2
Level 51
Jul 8, 2020
Going by population huh?
akiyamayusuke
+7
Level 34
Aug 9, 2020
The largest island is Taiwan
LuigiDood227
+2
Level 72
Dec 15, 2020
Taiwan is a somewhat independent nation. Stop complaining about it.
MeistrCwis
+5
Level 40
Jan 12, 2021
Oh go to hell Mt Everest. I cant believe I forgot that
Historyman0
+1
Level 38
Apr 13, 2021
mt everest war

between Nepal and China

duration: 2056-2078

ZooTuber3000
+1
Level 51
May 19, 2021
Language! xD just kidding
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 72
Feb 26, 2021
China is Made In China...
airplanes
+1
Level 42
May 4, 2021
Mount Everest is in Nepal
ZooTuber3000
+2
Level 51
May 19, 2021
It's on the border
CountriesExport
+1
Level 25
May 13, 2021
China Is Made In China In China And China And China And Japan And wait what?
brayden813
+1
Level 29
Jun 15, 2021
Mount Everest is not in China- Mount Everest is definitely in Nepal
podo
+2
Level 20
Aug 24, 2021
Please allow Qomolangma for mount everest. I think it is an official name.
TimesKnewRoman
+1
Level 38
Jul 27, 2025
It is official. Though a tibetan name seem not so international compared to a romanic one at this time of history, it will be. Eventually both official and trivial.
5ime0n324
+2
Level 53
Oct 18, 2021
social credit score is not looking good rn
SpencerGT
+2
Level 68
Oct 18, 2021
Got the language from my attempt to write the river.
Deathslayer
+1
Level 40
Jan 20, 2025
yoo! me too!
autoparts2
+2
Level 51
Aug 25, 2022
Everest belongs to Nepal.
chrisw439
+3
Level 69
Oct 3, 2022
Ultimate facepalm when I furiously typed March of the Volunteers and Yiyongjun jixingqu and getting mad when neither were accepted. Reread the question and saw national ANIMAL, not anthem 🤦‍♂️
Garfielddzy
+2
Level 16
Nov 23, 2022
CCP was founded in 1921, and its first leader was Chen Duxiu. Mao Zedong became leader in 1930s.
Fomalhaut
+2
Level 57
Dec 22, 2022
Well I totally know what you say but I enter Mao because I am sure that it is Mao that the quizmaker want to ask
h50Lena
+3
Level 36
Jan 6, 2023
First, could you please accept "mouse" for "rat"?

Second, as a Chinese, I strongly hope you accept "Qomolangma" for "Mount Everest"

And most importantly, THE BIGGEST ISLAND OF CHINA IS TAIWAN. If you say you don't want to annoy some certain Taiwanese, well, you can also delete that question to avoid debate.

Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 63
Jul 6, 2023
Taiwan 100% de-facto controls the island Taiwan.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 88
Apr 30, 2026
Your suggestion that only "some certain Taiwanese" recognize Taiwan as independent and sovereign is laughable. There are numerous countries across the globe (you're not also a flat earther too, are you?) that recognize Taiwan, as well as numerous others that were bullied into recognizing the PRC, as a result of various coercion techniques (often trade).
RJG
+1
Level 63
Feb 20, 2023
19/20 I could get Peking to go through?
CoconutMan
+2
Level 28
Apr 19, 2023
I didn't get the Year of the Rat, Compass, or Printing. The others I got though, wasn't too difficult. Although I thought printing was invented by Gutenberg who was Germany
Deathslayer
+1
Level 40
Jan 20, 2025
Printing here refers to the art or skill of imprinting images onto paper. In this case, block printing was invented in China.

Gutenberg developed and invented the printing press.

Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Jul 6, 2023
I would argue Sun Tzu and Lao Tzu are both comparable to Confucius. Given the subjectiveness of the question, could both be type-ins?
Bredzi
+2
Level 26
Feb 8, 2024
This badge bouta be the biggest flex
ColinShadow
+1
Level 55
Oct 27, 2024
Forgot what gunpowder was called so I was typing a bunch of stuff like explosives lol
Lwadrian
+2
Level 60
Dec 9, 2024
Is the last question not just opinionated? I feel like people like Sun Tzu could easily be a reasonable answer
theoofgod
+1
Level 34
Jan 3, 2025
my social credit just increased significantly
loveeruby
+1
Level 31
Feb 16, 2025
3rd quiz completed for the countries badge!
TimesKnewRoman
+1
Level 38
Jul 27, 2025
Why does it seem like I was the only one missing giant panda? I don't find it very official taken aside animal-related organizations.
JacobByrd
+1
Level 19
Sep 19, 2025
China's largest island is Taiwan, not Hainan.
JacobByrd
+1
Level 19
Sep 19, 2025
Tibet is China's territory, China did not annex it in 1950. China

annex it in 13th centory, Yuan dynstey.

leontodon
+1
Level 75
Oct 23, 2025
- Accept other spellings for Confucius? At the very least Kongzi should be accepted, maybe also Kong Qiu.

- Accept PRC for People's Republic?

- If China was ruled by the Emperor of China and not by the President of the United States, why do they have a whole For Biden city?

GDPlutonYT
+1
Level 37
Feb 26, 2026
how did 55% guess mount everest
GDPlutonYT
+1
Level 37
Feb 26, 2026
my country trivia journey has started
Zach2
+1
Level 25
Apr 29, 2026
Did the CIA write this quiz, Taiwan is bigger than Hainan and Tiananmen was not “massacre” of “pro democracy” protesters lmao
detailpicker
+1
Level 20
Apr 29, 2026
The quiz is full of western propaganda, which is NOT true and really boring
detailpicker
+1
Level 20
Apr 29, 2026
If you see foreigners claim to know your country well, but they are just making up rumors, how could you not feel confused and angry??
Douglas216
+1
Level 44
Apr 30, 2026
Isn't Taiwan the largest island?
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