Q 01/05

Which Guangdong city on the Hong Kong border became China's first special economic zone in the early 1980s?

A) Dongguan

B) Shenzhen

C) Huizhou

D) Shantou

Answer · why

B) Shenzhen

Shenzhen was picked for its closeness to Hong Kong, which drew foreign investment and migrants to what had been a small market town.

Q 02/05

Dafen, an urban village in Guangdong, is known around the world for workshops that mass-produce copies of what?

A) Oil paintings

B) Porcelain vases

C) Silk fans

D) Jade carvings

Answer · why

A) Oil paintings

Oil paintings leave Dafen by the million: as of 2014 about 7,000 artists there were copying masters such as Van Gogh and Rembrandt for export.

Q 03/05

Which city, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, hosted the Asian Games in 2010?

A) Zhongshan

B) Shenzhen

C) Guangzhou

D) Foshan

Answer · why

C) Guangzhou

Guangzhou was for a long time the only Chinese port open to European traders, which made it one of the world's great trading cities.

Q 04/05

Chimelong Safari Park in Guangdong is the birthplace of a famous set of surviving triplets of which animal?

A) White tigers

B) Asian elephants

C) Golden monkeys

D) Giant pandas

Answer · why

D) Giant pandas

Giant pandas put Chimelong Safari Park on the map; the group behind it began in 1989 as one restaurant run by a Panyu local, Su Zhigang.

Q 05/05

Which style of bite-sized dishes, served with tea in Guangdong's teahouses, is the heart of a yum cha meal?

A) Hot pot

B) Dim sum

C) Congee

D) Zongzi

Answer · why

B) Dim sum

Dim sum grew out of teahouses in Guangdong's capital, where tenth-century travellers stopped for small plates with their tea.