| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Capital? | Kagoshima | 90%
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| On which island is Kagoshima located? | Kyushu | 90%
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| Which traditional domain largely overlaps with modern Kagoshima? | Satsuma | 70%
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| In the production of which snake-like fish does Kagoshima lead Japan? (Hint: It is known locally as unagi) | Eel | 50%
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| This led to the "Restoration" of which emperor? | Meiji | 50%
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| Against which foreign imperial power did the rulers of Kagoshima fight a brief war in 1863? | United Kingdom | 50%
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| Which islands, formerly occupied by the US, were returned to Japan and Kagoshima Prefecture in 1954? | Amami Islands | 40%
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| Kagoshima was the home port of Admiral Togo Heihachiro during Japan's ultimately victorious war against which foreign imperial power? | Russia | 40%
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| What foreign kingdom paid tribute to that family? | Ryukyu Kingdom | 40%
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| Which Kagoshima samurai, sometimes called the last true samurai, led a rebellion of disaffected samurai followers against the new government and its modernization efforts? | Saigo Takamori | 40%
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| Which family traditionally ruled that domain? | Shimazu | 30%
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| Against which future shogun did the rulers of Kagoshima side at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600? | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 30%
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| Which Catholic saint brought guns to Japan, via Kagoshima, for the first time? | St Francis Xavier | 20%
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| A coalition led by Kagoshima's rulers and the rulers of which other domain seized Kyoto in 1867, prompting an imperial edict to end the shogunate? | Choshu | 10%
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| And which other traditional province makes up the prefecture? | Osuma | 10%
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