Statistics for 100 Questions about China

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Capital	Beijing	98%
Biggest city (city proper)	Shanghai	95%
Most spoken language in the world	Mandarin	93%
2nd-longest river	{Yellow} River	93%
Seas that border China	{Yellow} Sea	92%
Island which thinks it's not part of China	Taiwan	90%
Current leader	Xi Jinping	88%
Founding father	Mao Zedong	85%
Official name	People's Republic of China	85%
Annexed by China in 1951	Tibet	85%
Language mostly spoken in southern China	Cantonese	84%
The two autonomous regions	Hong Kong	83%
Longest river	Yangtze	83%
Imperial palace once home to many Chinese emperors	{Forbidden} City	82%
Small neighboring country with an aggressive leader	North Korea	82%
The twelve zodiac signs	Dragon	81%
National animal (real)	Giant Panda	81%
The Four Great Inventions	Papermaking	80%
It is said that this can be seen from the moon	Great Wall of China	79%
Biggest city (urban area)	Guangzhou	76%
Ethnic group constituting 92% of China's population	Han	76%
Year China hosted the Olympics	2008	75%
Currency	Renminbi	75%
The Four Great Inventions	Gunpowder	73%
The two autonomous regions	Macau	72%
Last imperial dynasty	{Qing} Dynasty	72%
The twelve zodiac signs	Rat	72%
The twelve zodiac signs	Dog	71%
Seas that border China	{South} {China} Sea	71%
Leading party	Communist Party	70%
Highest mountain	Mount Everest	70%
Despite the common belief, these cookies were invented in the US	{Fortune} cookies	69%
Name for 8,000 artificial soldiers in ^	Terracotta Army	68%
Alternative medicine with needles in the body	Acupuncture	67%
Green gemstone	Jade	67%
Martial artist known for his fighting style, The Karate Kid	Jackie Chan	66%
The twelve zodiac signs	Tiger	66%
Current Prime Minister	Li Keqiang	65%
Hello, in Chinese	Ni Hao (你好)	65%
The twelve zodiac signs	Pig	65%
Its capital	Lhasa	64%
Important holiday starting at the beginning of the lunar calendar	Chinese New Year	63%
Biggest island	Hainan	63%
The twelve zodiac signs	Horse	63%
Starting point of the Silk Road	Xi'an	63%
Time of change, 1966-1976	{Cultural} Revolution	62%
The twelve zodiac signs	Snake	62%
Square in the capital, Tank Man	Tiananmen	62%
Mass murder committed by Japanese in the Chinese capital back in 1937	Rape of Nanjing	61%
Best-known Chinese basketball player	Yao Ming	61%
First leader of this island nation	Chiang Kai-shek	60%
Chinese alternative to cutlery	Chopsticks	60%
The Four Great Inventions	Compass	59%
Founder of Taoism	Laozi	59%
Plan of ^ to increase China's economy, killed millions	Great Leap Forward	58%
Large smartphone manufacturer	Huawei	58%
Most famous martial art	Kung Fu	58%
The twelve zodiac signs	Monkey	58%
Very controversial population planning policy	One-child policy	57%
Opposite forces, according the Chinese philosophy	Yin and Yang	56%
Seas that border China	{East} {China} Sea	54%
Biggest city in ^, known for its Snow Sculpture Festival	Harbin	53%
Name to describe the northern parts of China	Manchuria	53%
The Four Great Inventions	Printing	53%
The twelve zodiac signs	Rooster	53%
Turkic ethnic group living in this city	Uyghur	53%
Light sources often associated with China, mostly made of paper	Lanterns	52%
Biggest city in western China	Ürümqi	52%
The twelve zodiac signs	Goat	51%
Most common surname	Wang	51%
Most populous city in central China	Wuhan	51%
The twelve zodiac signs	Rabbit	50%
Form of aesthetically pleasing writing	Calligraphy	49%
Leader from 1978 to 1989, known for his 'opening' of China	Deng Xiaoping	49%
Dish made of a special type of bird, mostly from the capital	Peking Duck	49%
Year of formation	1949	48%
The twelve zodiac signs	Ox	47%
River of the above	{Pearl} River	47%
Name for Chinese tropical cyclones	Typhoon	47%
Anti-foreign uprising between 1899 and 1901	{Boxer} Rebellion	46%
National sport	Table Tennis	46%
Huge dam, world's largest power station	{Three} {Gorges} Dam	40%
Staple food made from dough	Noodles	39%
^, in Chinese (pinyin)	Huang He	36%
Traditional dance, operated by just two dancers	{Lion} dance	35%
World's largest retailer	Alibaba Group	34%
Tiered tower with multiple eaves	Pagoda	34%
Activist who was arrested for government-critical statements in 2011	Ai Weiwei	32%
Famous Chinese religion with more than 100 million followers	Confucianism	31%
Major problem of Chinese cities	Smog	30%
Flat platforms on a slope, mostly used to grow rice	Terraces	29%
Religious complex where people prayed for good harvest	Temple of {Heaven}	28%
Transport technology which uses magnetic levitation	Maglev	25%
Largest lake	{Qinghai} Lake	19%
The US has astronauts, Russia has cosmonauts, China has ...	Taikonauts	14%
First aircraft carrier	Liaoning	8%
Line dividing China in two equal parts, 94% of the people live east of this line	{Heihe}-{Tengchong} Line	7%
Famous karst formation, sometimes known as Shilin	Stone Forest	5%
Lowest point	{Turpan} Depression	5%
Highest bridge in the world	{Duge} Bridge	4%