Statistics for Beijing City Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Famous square south of this palace	Tian’anmen Square	91%
Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in central Beijing	Forbidden City	87%
A series of fortifications first built during the Qin Dynasty	Great Wall	87%
Province that Beijing borders	Hebei	87%
Municipality that Beijing borders	Tianjin	87%
Imperial garden and summer resort of the Qing Dynasty	Summer Palace	83%
What “Beijing” means	Northern Capital	70%
Old version of the above, destroyed by invaders in 1860	Yuanmingyuan Park	70%
Site of the most visited part of this fortification	Badaling	65%
Oldest Bridge in Beijing; site of an incident of Japanese invasion	Lugou Bridge	65%
Imperial sacrificial altar of the Ming and Qing Dynasties	Temple of Heaven	65%
Stadium where the 2008 and 2022 Olympics were held	Bird’s Nest	61%
Government building located west of this square	Great Hall of the People	52%
Beijing is famous for this delicacy (hint: an animal)	Peking Roasted Duck	52%
Longest canal in the world; it starts in Beijing	Grand Canal	48%
Nickname of the National Aquatics Center during the Olympics	Water Cube / Ice Cube	43%
Collection of mausoleums built by emperors of the Ming Dynasty	Ming Tombs	35%
Large park consisting of hills and forests in northwest Beijing	Xiangshan Park	35%
National monument of China located on this square	Monument to the People’s Heroes	30%
Large mansion of Qing officials in Beijing	Prince Gong’s Mansion	13%