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Author Feiyan Zhou

1. What is lao-lao?
   A)  a spicy pork and cabbage dish
   B)  a battle victory dance
   C)  rice whiskey

2. The color of the pukao is thought to be the same as the hair color of the of the Rapa Nui rulers. So what color is this?
   A)  black
   B)  red
   C)  yellow

3. The traditional Mongolian belief is that hooved animals...
   A)  carry the spirits of the dead into the afterlife
   B)  ensure safe childbirth if penned during a delivery
   C)  deliver messages to the dead

4. If we are to rely on carbon dating for the artifacts recovered in the Gulf of Cambay, this would date the settlement between:
   A)  5500 BC-7500 BC
   B)  3800 BC-5800 BC
   C)  3500 BC-5500 BC
   D)  1500 BC-3500 BC

5. Hongshan culture sites provide the earliest evidence of
   A)  the essential elements of later Chinese ancestor worship
   B)  the omnipresent dragon in Chinese art
   C)  Feng shui in the round and square shapes of the gaitian cosmography (heaven-round, earth-square)
   D)  all of the above

6. During the Three Kingdoms period in China, bronze mirrors were
   A)  only used only by courtesans
   B)  only used by women of the court
   C)  often presented as diplomatic gifts

7. Why were the three female Tarim mummies found on the northern route of the Silk Road called the "Witches of Subeshi"?
   A)  because of the small bags around their necks containing soma-twigs
   B)  because of their enormously tall, gold conical hats
   C)  because of their unusually long pointy noses