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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Guangzhou

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Guangzhou, China?
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Last updated: March 10, 2025
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1. What was the former English-language spelling of Guangzhou?
Canton
Changchow
Gimpo
Peking
2. On what river is Guangzhou located?
Mekong
Pearl
Yangtze
Yellow
3. What province is Guangzhou the capital of?
With a population over 120 million, Guangdong is the most populous province in China
Guangdong
Hainan
Shandong
Sichuan
4. Between 1757–1842, Guangzhou was the ONLY Chinese port open to foreign traders. What were its main exports?
Gold and pepper
Opium and silk
Tea and porcelain
Timber and steel
5. Which of these pictures depicts Guangzhou?
6. What Guanghzhou-born martial artist starred in the movie "Ip Man"?
Jackie Chan
Jet Li
Donnie Yen
Chow Yun-fat
7. What man, called the "Father of Modern China", was born about 80 kilometers south of Guangzhou in 1866?
Chiang Kai-shek
Deng Xiaoping
Mao Zedong
Sun Yat-sen
8. Which of these foods would you be most likely to see at a dim sum restaurant?
Sea cucumber
Shrimp dumplings
Spicy noodles
Stinky tofu
9. What is the approximate latitude of Guangzhou?
0 °N
23 °N
36 °N
47 °N
10. In Taoist legend, what animals did the Five Immortals ride on when they came down from heaven to bring rice cultivation to Guangzhou?
Cranes
Elephants
Rams
Tigers
8 Comments
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Level 80
Mar 12, 2025
Should be Guangzhou-born, not Guanghzhou-born
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Level 55
Mar 12, 2025
?
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Level 70
Mar 13, 2025
Fixed
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Level 57
Mar 12, 2025
Looking at the answer stats it looks like most people are not Taoist on this site
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Level 84
Mar 12, 2025
Who’d have thunk it
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Level 68
Mar 12, 2025
Guangzhou's nickname is Five Rams City.
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Level 65
Mar 12, 2025
Noooo I changed the tea and porecelain one at the last moment because I thought it was trying to trick me or somethinggg it seemed way too obvious
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Level 75
Apr 14, 2025
Guangzhou is spelled incorrectly in question 6