Statistics for China Multiple Choice

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which of these viruses did NOT start in China?	HIV	93%
Who has led China since 2012?	Xi Jinping	89%
Which city is further north?	Beijing	85%
Which of the following was the result of Chairman Mao's "Great Leap Forward" (1958-1962)?	The deadliest famine in human history (23–55 million deaths)	76%
What company could be considered China's version of Amazon.com?	Ali Baba	75%
How does the land area of China compare to that of the United States?	They are similar in size	74%
What are "bao"?	Steamed dumplings	73%
Which animal does NOT appear in the Chinese zodiac?	Lion	72%
Which of these is NOT considered one of the four great inventions of ancient China?	Saddle	69%
Which dialect is most commonly spoken in Hong Kong?	Cantonese (Yue)	68%
What city was formerly known as Canton?	Guangzhou	68%
What major dam was opened on the Yangtze River in 2003?	Three Gorges Dam	68%
In Chinese, the country of China is represented by the characters: "中国". What is the literal meaning of these characters?	Middle Kingdom	67%
Which city is not near the coast?	Chengdu	47%
In Chinese history, what was the "queue"?	A hairstyle forced upon all Chinese men by their Manchu rulers	30%