Hubei Province Quiz

How much do you know about the central Chinese province Hubei?

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Capital and largest city

Wuhan

The capital is often compared to this American city. Both are central transportational hubs.

Chicago

Pandemic that originated in the capital

COVID-19

Major river

Yangtze

Tributary of that river that gave the name to a dynasty and the largest Chinese ethnicity

Han

Dam that is also the world's largest power station

Three Gorges Dam

Disaster that struck Hubei and other provinces in 1931, killing hundreds of thousands

Flood

"Hu" means lake, referring to Dongting lake. What does Hubei mean?

North of the Lake

This kind of race originated at Dongting lake

Dragon Boat Racing

This important naval battle likely took place in Hubei in 208/09

Battle of Red Cliffs

The Wuchang Uprising in 1911 led to the overthrow of this Chinese dynasty

Qing

Hubei's capital was briefly China's capital in 1927, under the left wing of this party

Kuomintang

This empire conquered around half of the region by the 1940s

Japan

Landmark that was first erected in the third century

Yellow Crane Tower

The Wudang mountains indirectly inspired the name of this hip-hop group

Wu-Tang Clan

Wudang Shan is one of the Four Sacred Mountains of this religion

Taoism

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3 Comments

Level 80

Mar 17, 2021

I found claims, even on Wikipedia, that Hubei was also the starting place of the Black Death epidemic in the 14th century. However, there doesn't even seem to be a clear consensus whether it started in China at all.

Level 69

Apr 6, 2021

Please accept Daoism as well as Taoism.

Level 80

Apr 6, 2021

Will do. I thought it was auto-accepted.