Science & technology

Question 1

What are the Four Great Inventions in ancient China?

Answer 1

造纸术 zhaozhishu - Papermaking，印刷术 yinshuashu – Movable Type Printing，指南针 zhinanzhen - Compass，火药 huoyao - Gunpowder

Question 2

Who improved the process of 造(zào)纸(zhǐ)术(shù)（papermaking）？Which dynasty did he live in?

Answer 2

Cai Lun, Han Dynasty

Question 3

Who invented the Huózì Yìnshuāshù (Movable Type printing)? And in which dynasty?

Answer 3

Bi Sheng, Northern Song Dynasty

Question 4

During the Warring States period, Chinese created a simple compass, what is its name?

Answer 4

Sinan 司南

Question 5

In Song dynasty, people created a proper compass, what is it called?

Answer 5

Luopan

Question 6

How did Taoist alchemists discover huǒyào?

Answer 6

When they attempted to create pills of immortality

Question 7

What was huǒyào first used for in Tang dynasty?

Answer 7

fireworks

Question 8

When was huǒyào started to apply to military affairs?

Answer 8

In the late years of Tang Dynasty

Question 9

When was huǒyào introduced to the Arab regions?

Answer 9

13th Century

Question 10

Who is the inventor of the first Seismograph of the world? And what is its Chinese name?

Answer 10

Zhang Heng, Didongyi

Question 11

Who calculated the value of Pi to seven decimal places for the first time in the history of mathematics in the world?

Answer 11

Zu Chongzhi

Question 12

Who proposed “Science and technology are the primary productive forces”?

Answer 12

Deng Xiaoping

Question 13

Which year did China explode the first nuclear bomb?

Answer 13

1964

Question 14

Which year did China explode the first hydrogen bomb?

Answer 14

1967

Question 15

Which year did China launch the first Earth artificial satellite?

Answer 15

1970

Question 16

What’s the name of The first lunar exploration satellite?

Answer 16

嫦娥一号Chang’e yi hao (Chang’e – 1)

Question 17

When was the deployment of the core BDS-3 constellation system completed?

Answer 17

2020

Question 18

What’s the name of China’s space station? And when was it completed?

Answer 18

Tiangong, 2022

Question 19

Who is the “Father of Two Bombs and One Star”?

Answer 19

Qian Xuesen

Question 20

What’s the name of China’s first Mars rover?

Answer 20

Zhurong

Question 21

Who is China’s first person to fly into space?

Answer 21

Yang Li wei

Question 22

Who is China’s first woman to fly into space?

Answer 22

Liu yang

Question 23

What are the New Four Great Inventions in China?

Answer 23

Alipay (zhifubao), High-Speed railway (Gaotie), Shared Bicycle (gongxiang danche), Online shopping (Wanggou)

Question 24

What is the top speed that the Fuxing trains can reach?

Answer 24

400km/h