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Which board game was invented in ancient China?
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What food was mixed into some Great Wall mortar?
Answer: Sticky rice
Why: A rice starch, amylopectin, keeps the lime's crystals small, making the mortar stronger and more water-resistant.
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Who was the only woman to rule China as emperor?
Answer: Wu Zetian
Why: As regent, Cixi ran the Qing court for almost 50 years, yet she never took the title of emperor.
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Roughly how long did China's imperial exams last?
Answer: About 1,300 years
Why: Nanjing's Jiangnan exam hall alone had 20,644 tiny cells, each holding a single candidate.
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Which shape was the hole in old Chinese coins?
Answer: Square
Why: Threaded on cords through the hole, a full string of cash nominally held 1,000 coins.
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Which dynasty ruled China the longest?
Answer: Zhou
Why: The Zhou introduced the Mandate of Heaven, the idea that heaven grants the right to rule and can take it away.
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Who claimed to be Jesus's younger brother?
Answer: Hong Xiuquan
Why: From 1853 to 1864 his Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ruled from Nanjing, which it renamed the Heavenly Capital.
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