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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Beijing

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Beijing and its environs? Good luck!
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Last updated: April 28, 2025
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First submittedMarch 11, 2025
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1. What is the name of the imperial palace complex in the heart of Beijing?
Forbidden City
Heavenly Palace
Summer Palace
Yellow Palace
2. What gigantic city square lies just outside the above?
People's Square
Red Square
Tahrir Square
Tiananmen Square
3. What was the former English name for Beijing, widely used before the late 20th century?
Bayjing
Beiking
Peiching
Peking
4. Which of these photos represents a Beijing culinary speciality?
Peking duck
5. What port city lies just outside Beijing?
Ningbo
Qingdao
Tianjin
Xiamen
6. Which of these statements about Beijing is true?
It has a tropical climate
It is forbidden for non-Chinese citizens to visit there
It is on the Yangtze River
It's the only city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics
7. Which of these people was born in Beijing?
Confucius
Genghis Khan
Mao Zedong
Xi Jinping
8. Which picture depicts the Temple of Heaven?
9. In Chinese, Beijing is spelled 北京. What are the meaning of these letters?
Eastern capital
Northern capital
Southern capital
Western capital
10. When was the last time Beijing was occupied by a foreign army?
The Mongols in 1368
The English in 1860
The Japanese in 1945
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15 Comments
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Level 27
Mar 14, 2025
excellent quiz! was looking for Peking duck on #10 but wasn’t sure if the photo for the correct answer was teriyaki chicken so i picked the wrong answer lol
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Level 57
Mar 14, 2025
Haha! Well, I knew that it could be confusing so I took quite obvious wrong answers to compensate.

Glad you liked the quiz!

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Level 73
Apr 28, 2025
Lovely quiz :)
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Level 57
Apr 30, 2025
Thank you!
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Level 89
Apr 28, 2025
Shocked that I got a 10/10 on this one. Definitely had a few guesses.
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Level 70
Apr 28, 2025
Congrats on another feature!
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Level 57
Apr 30, 2025
Thanks!
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Level 66
Apr 28, 2025
7/10 Missed Peking Duck, Temple of Heaven and Northern Capitol
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Level 80
Jul 23, 2025
Managed to get 8/10 with both a mixture of educated and lucky guesses on some.
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Level 55
Jul 24, 2025
HOLY SHATT I KNOW A LOT OF BEIJING
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Level 44
Jul 25, 2025
noooo as someone who lived in taiwan for most of my life I missed 2 questions... but nice quiz overall, enjoyed it!
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Level 37
Jul 25, 2025
None of the four were born in Beijing. Xi was born in Shaanxi.
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Level 82
Jul 31, 2025
You're wrong
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Level 72
Jan 3, 2026
Great Quiz. Nitpicking here but 'just outside Beijing' is a bit of an overstatement, there's like 50 miles between the two. Of course on a chinese scale it's next to nothing ;)
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Level 50
Jan 10, 2026
I'm Canadian and got everything right! What are the other foods tho? :