Shanghai City Trivia

Name these facts about the city of Shanghai.

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Last updated: August 4, 2020

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First submitted	October 5, 2019
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Hint	Answer
Most spoken Chinese dialect	Wu
Another name for the above	Shanghainese
Chinese dynasty that established the Shanghai County	Yuan
The city forcibly opened to foreign trade after this war in 1842	First Opium War
Country that invaded in 1932	Japan
Shanghai is world's busiest of this "type" of port	Container Port
Nearby river delta	Yangtze
Overlooking this sea	East China Sea
Major city on the western border	Suzhou
Major city in the southwest	Hangzhou
Main shopping street (hint: former capital)	Nanjing Road

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Meaning of the name of Shanghai	Upon the Sea
Most populous district	Pudong
Probably the most famous tower	Oriental Pearl TV Tower
The only building that is taller than Shanghai Tower	Burj Khalifa
Taoist folk temple in the old city	City God
Waterfront area in central Shanghai	The Bund
Largest island by area	Chongming
Basketball player who played for Shanghai Sharks before joining NFL	Yao Ming
Leading actors / actresses of the 2010 movie "Shanghai"	John Cusack
Leading actors / actresses of the 2010 movie "Shanghai"	Gong Li
British author born in Shanghai who wrote the "Empire of the Sun"	J. G. Ballard

PeregrineFalcon

Level 70

Oct 7, 2019

Great quiz! Shanghainese is not the same as Wu, but a specific dialect of the Wu language.

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