Statistics for Opium Wars

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What percent of British imports were tea	10	88%
Which nation had a surplus of tea	China	88%
Where had Britain recently captured swathes of land	India	75%
What could this be converted into	Opium	75%
Which dynasty had ruled it for 200 years	Qing	75%
From which events was the British economy suffering	American Revolution	63%
Which island did they retreat to	Hong Kong	63%
What did they grow instead	Poppies	50%
	Smuggling	50%
Countries gaining from China's downfall	Britain	38%
Who won the subsequent naval battles	Britain	38%
City that they attacked in 1857	Canton	38%
Who also sided with the British	France	38%
	France	38%
	Russia	38%
	US	38%
What did he do to thousands of merchants and addicts	Arrest	25%
Company that began trading with Chinese merchants outside the border	British East India Company	25%
What did they originally try to grow	Cotton	25%
	Napoleonic Wars	25%
Which year was he appointed	1839	13%
Which year was this	1856	13%
Which year was this successful	1860	13%
How many chests of opium did he confiscate	20,000	13%
How many British were killed in the battles	38	13%
How many Chinese were killed in the battles	500	13%
City captured by the invaders	Beijing	13%
System of trade that greatly restricted western imports to China	Canton System	13%
Name of the emperor	Daoguang Emperor	13%
What punishment did the Chinese governor want to be dealt out	Execution	13%
Who did the Chinese emperor hire to deal with the drug issue	Lin Zexu	13%
What city had they captured by 1842 (old spelling)	Nanjing	13%
What began to be done instead of trading to get good into China	Piracy	13%
Name of the emperor's brother	Prince Gong	13%
Who did the emperor replace the governor with	Qishan	13%
What did the capture instead	Shanghai	13%
Where were Britain banned from silver	South America	13%
Building burned down	Summer Palace	13%
Attacks begun on which forts in 1858 after the terms of the treaty were not upheld	Taku Forts	13%
Name of the British ship captured by Chinese officials	The Arrow	13%
Name of the treaty that was forced upon the Chinese	Treaty of Nanjing	13%
New emperor's name	Xianfeng emperor	13%
How many tons was that	1,400	0%
Terms of the treaty	£20 million	0%
What date was this, first battle of the Opium Wars	4 September 1839	0%
In the new successful negotiations, the compensation was kept the same, but how much would Britain buy Hong Kong for	£6,000,000	0%
What figure of compensation was agreed between the two sides	£6,000,000	0%
	Agree to fixed custom duties	0%
What did 2 drunk soldiers do during the night	Attacked a Chinese man	0%
In which convention did he re-ratify the aforementioned treaty	Beijing Convention	0%
Who took over the company	British government	0%
	Cede Hong Kong to Britain	0%
Group of merchants that all transaction were run through	Cohong	0%
What did British merchants want from the government	Compensation	0%
What did the Daoguang emperor do to Qishan as a result of the agreement	Executed him	0%
What did the governor cut off from British merchants	Food supply	0%
What did he sentence them to	Hard labour	0%
What happened to Elliot as a result	He was fired	0%
Over what issue did the negotiations fail	Land	0%
What did he send to western countries	Letters	0%
Who was the British captain	Lord Elliot	0%
Who did this and continued the war	Lord Palmerston	0%
	Open 5 ports	0%
On which river did Britain set up a naval blockade	Pearl River	0%
What did Chinese ships aim to do when the British returned to the mainland	Seize their supplies	0%
What did Britain then do	Siege forts in Pearl River	0%
What was their official reason for entering the war	The murder of a French missionary	0%
What happened to some of the crew	They were arrested	0%
Why did Britain call off a bombardement of Canton	They were paid off	0%
Treaty forced upon the new emperor	Treaty of Tianjin	0%
What did Britain attack in 1841	Two forts	0%
Whose ships did China attack	USA	0%