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Age of Samurai - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 153 times
- The average score is 15 of 24
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| If a samurai failed to follow the code, what was the name for their suicide ritual? | Seppuku | 96%
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| What is the name for the samurai’s code? | Bushido | 93%
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| What is a samurai without a lord called? | Ronin | 89%
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| What is a daimyo? | A samurai lord | 86%
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| Which samurai, at the age of 60, was granted the title of shogun by Emperor Go-Yozei and he built up his capital at Edo (now Tokyo) in 1603? | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 79%
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| There were Three Great Unifiers of Japan. Which one is not among them? | Date Masamune | 71%
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| What was the name of the conflict that was fought between the powerful Minamoto and Taira clans from 1180 to 1185? | Genpei War | 71%
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| What was the name of an African slave and later samurai who was brought to Japan in 1579? | Yasuke | 71%
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| What were the 47 Ronin famous for? | Their ultimate loyalty to their master | 68%
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| The samurai used many different weapons, but which one particular weapon was placed above all the others? | Katana (sword) | 64%
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| Which samurai wrote "The Book of Five Rings", that is still read today for insight into his tactics and philosophy? | Miyamoto Musashi | 64%
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| What political period eliminated the samurai as a class in 1868? | The Meiji Restoration | 64%
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| Who was the great English samurai who started off as a sailor and then served the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in the 1600s? | William Adams | 64%
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| Which samurai defeated Oda Nobunaga? | Akechi Mitsuhide | 61%
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| Which ninja was known as one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's vassals? | Hattori Hanzo | 57%
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| What are the names of the rebellious or autonomous groups of people that were formed in several regions of Japan in 15th and 16th centuries? | Ikko-ikki | 57%
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| What was the preferred weapon of the onna-bugeisha, Japan’s female warriors? | Naginata (spear) | 57%
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| Which samurai launched the invasions to conquer the Korean Peninsula and China in 1592? | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | 57%
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| What was likely the last samurai battle? | Battle of Shiroyama | 46%
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| Which samurai lost sight in his right eye due to smallpox as a child and was known as the One-Eyed Dragon? | Date Masamune | 46%
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| According to etymologists, what does the term “samurai” mean? | A servant to the nobility | 43%
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| What is wakashudo? | The samurai practice of taking a young, male lover | 43%
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| What is traditional Japanese clothing is hakama? | Trousers | 32%
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| According to some sources, who was one of the earliest onna-bugeisha, or female samurai warriors? | Empress Jingu | 14%
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