Super 7 Challenge questions and answers

The challenge is simple. There are seven questions, each one from a different part of Beijing's inner districts. The answers to the questions are at the bottom of the page.

Question 1

A “li” is a distance of 500 metres. How many li away could people hear the bell of Zonglou?

Clue: The tower is known in English as the Bell Tower. It is opposite the Drum Tower near Shichahai Station.
 

Question 2

In Liuyin Street, by the west wall of Prince Gong’s Mansion, the two hearts in the True Lover Knot sculpture intersect how many times?

Clue: The sculpture is near the point where Liuyin Street splits into two parallel roads.
 

Question 3

In the grove, six doors west of Pebbles Courtyard Restaurant, what game is one move short of victory?

Clue: The game is frozen onto a sculture shaped like a stone table. Pebbles Restaurant is located in Wudaoying Hutong near Andingmen Station.
 

Question 4

In the Dongyue Temple, which Taoist department warns people to not trade in narcotic drugs?

Clue: Each department is room full of full-size statues of people, spirits, monsters and animals. The Dongyue Temple is located between Chaoyangmen and Dongdaqiao stations on line 6.
 

Question 5

Along with the last Ming emperor Chongzhen, which eunuch killed himself in Jingshan Park?

Clue: Follow the signs to the Hanging Tree in Jingshan Park, which is north of the Forbidden City.
 

Question 6

Just north of the Bell Tower is Doufuchi Hutong. Which man prepared such great tofu, he gave this hutong its name?

Clue: Look at the plaque telling the story of the Hutong at it's east or western end.
 

Question 7

Near the flagpoles of Beijing’s Geological Museum, what is the name of the polished stone with beautiful flower-like crystals?

Clue: Beijing's Geological Museum is located near exit D of Xisi Station on Line 5.
 

The answers

Answer 1

People can hear the bell of Zonglou from 10 li away.

Question 2

The hearts in the True Lover Knot sculpture intersect 7 times.

Question 3

It's a game of Chinese Chess or Xiangqi that could be won in the next move.

Question 4

In the Dongyue Temple, it is the Toxicant Department that warns people to not trade in narcotic drugs.

Question 5

The eunuch Wang Cheng'en killed himself along with his emperor in 1644. He was given the rare honor of being buried in a tomb, 50 meters from his master, in the Ming Tomb area.

Question 6

Chen prepared such great tofu, he gave Doufuchi Hutong its original name of Tofu Chen 豆腐陈. Doufu is the modern pinyin way of writing Tofu.

Question 7

The Mudan stone with beautiful flower-like crystals is outside the Geological Museum of China, in Xisi.