China Weekly News Quiz: October 17-24, 2021

1

A welcome ceremony for the Olympic flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games was held on October 20 at the Beijing Olympic Tower near the National Stadium, which is also one of the competition venues. What is the National Stadium also known as?

Dove's Abode
The Aviary
Birdhouse
Bird's Nest

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2

Last week, communication was restored between the Earth and the orbiter and rover of China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission. Why was there a communication suspension?

Sun came in the middle of Mars and Earth
Orbiter and rover travelled too far on Mars
Solar flares disrupted the signals
Orbiter and rover ran out of batteries

2 / 7

3

The 11th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 8th National Special Olympics Games officially opened in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on October 22. What is Xi'an best known for?

Terracotta Warriors
The Great Wall
Giant pandas
Classical gardens

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4

A traditional banquet is a highlight of the Wuzhen Theatre Festival, which concluded on October 24 in east China's Wuzhen Water Town. What is a distinctive feature of this banquet?

It is held on boats joined together
It has a pretty long table arrangement
It is held on rooftops of the entire town
It features dishes from all over China

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5

China's Ministry of Commerce on October 22 gave a forecast of the foreign investment expected in China in the current year. What's the estimate?

Nearly $50 billion
About $100 billion
Close to $125 billion
Over $150 billion

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6

A list of the top 100 discoveries made in China in the past century was unveiled at the third China Archaeological Congress on October 18. On the list is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Beijing, best known for the discovery of a Homo erectus skull. What was this Homo erectus subspecies named?

Chinese Man
Peking Man
Java Man
Upright Man

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7

China's national parks project has moved from the pilot to construction phase with the establishment of its first batch of five parks, an official said last week. A rare species of gibbons is native to which one of these parks?

Sanjiangyuan National Park
Wuyi Mountain National Park
Giant Panda National Park
Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park

7 / 7

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