The Dictator Files: Chairman Mao - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
To what island did that leader flee?	Taiwan	95%
What country did China annex in 1950?	Tibet	87%
What was the name of Mao's economic program that killed tens of millions of people due to famine?	{Great} {Leap} Forward	86%
Who was the first American President to visit communist China?	Richard Nixon	83%
Mao was his family name. What was his given name?	Zedong	81%
In what part of Beijing would you find Mao's mausoleum?	{Tiananmen} Square	79%
In what war did Chinese forces directly fight against American forces?	Korean War	75%
Who was the leader of China before Mao?	{Chiang} Kai-shek	74%
What was the name of Mao's effort to destroy traditional Chinese society?	{Cultural} Revolution	72%
What sport was used as a diplomatic tool to improve Sino-American relations in the 1970s?	Table Tennis	66%
What river did Mao claim to swim across with superhuman speed at the age of 73?	Yangtze	66%
What book of Mao's quotations has been printed over a billion times?	{Little} {Red} Book	65%
Against what country did China fight a brief war in 1962?	India	57%
What 9,000 kilometer journey did the Communist Army take to escape from government forces in 1934–35?	{Long} March	56%
What pop artist made a silk-screen portrait of Mao?	Andy Warhol	55%
Who succeeded Mao as paramount leader of China?	{Deng} Xiaoping	51%
During what brief period of freedom did Mao encourage people to openly express their opinions?	Hundred {Flowers} Campaign	19%
What green substance did Mao use instead of toothpaste (according to his doctor)?	Green Tea	18%
What province was Mao from? (Hint: its capital is Changsha)	Hunan	18%

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