Chinese music

Choose your answers carefully - each wrong answer costs your marks!
Can you get them all right first time?


1	The Chinese call their country Zhong Guo. What does this mean?
		Old country
		Middle country
		Back country
		Ancient country

2	How many people can speak Chinese?
		Half the world.
		Only the Chinese.
		Over one fifth of the world.
		Under one fifth of the world.

3	How many people in the world are Chinese?
		Over a million people.
		Under a million people.
		Over a billion people.
		Under a billion people.

4	What is the ideal number of generations to live under one roof in China?
		1
		4
		3
		5

5	What type of scale is most commonly used in Chinese music?
		The eight note Western scale.
		The Pentatonic scale
		The raga.
		The minor scale.

6	How many notes are there in the pentatonic scale?
		8
		7
		3
		5

7	Why is the number five sacred in China?
		That is how many notes there are in the scales they use.
		People in China always want to do things five times for luck.
		There are five elements, five kinds of grain and five kinds of love.
		The number five is lucky.

8	How many seasons do Chinese people celebrate festivals over?
		2
		3
		1
		4

9	What are the two main Chinese languages?
		English and Chinese
		Mandorin and Chinese
		Cantonese and Mandorin
		Russian and Mandorin.

10	Name a chinese instrument that is like a lute.
		Pipa
		Dizi
		Erhu
		Yang Qin

11	Which instrument is bowed and has two strings?
		Violin
		Erhu
		Dizi
		Piano

12	Which Western instrument does the Dizi sound like?
		A bango
		A piano
		A violin
		A flute

13	Which other country uses the pentatonic scale a lot in their music?
		Enlgland
		Wales
		Scotland
		Ireland

14	Where is Cantonese spoken the most?
		Hong Kong
		Peking
		Shanghai
		Canton

15	Which instruments are you likely to see at Chinese festivals?
		Cymbals, gongs and drums.
		Drums, zithers and violins.
		Guitars, lutes and bagpipes.
		Electric guitar, drums and singers.

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