| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Current leader of North Korea since 2011 | Kim {Jong-un} | 86%
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| First leader of North Korea from 1948-1994 | Kim {Il-sung} | 57%
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| Second leader of North Korea from 1994-2011 | Kim {Jong-il} | 57%
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| Name any influential politician in North Korea who participated in any guerrilla activity against the Empire of Japan who was not previously mentioned in this quiz | Choe Hyon | Choe Yong-gon | Kim Il | Ri Ul-sol | Choe Kwang | Pak Kum-chol | Kim Chaek | Kang Kon | Pak Song-chol | 29%
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| Powerful politician executed in 2013. He was the husband of the current leader's aunt | Jang Song-thaek | 29%
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| Founder of the Unification Church* | Sun Myung-moon | 29%
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| One of the most famous North Korean defectors, known for her questionable and sensationalist accounts of North Korea and her escape | Yeonmi Park | 29%
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| Korean Independence activist who was one of the leading contenders for the leadership of Soviet-occupied Korea. After being placed under house arrest in 1946, he was rumored to be executed around 1950 | Cho {Man-sik} | 14%
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| Highest ranking defector of the country. He had a large role in developing the Juche concept | Hwang Jang-yop | 14%
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| Director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army from 1995-2010 and a Vice Marshal, making him very influential | Jo {Myong-rok} | 14%
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| The current leader's half brother who was assassinated in Malaysia in 2017 | Kim {Jong-nam} | 14%
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| The current leader's sister, who is in charge of propaganda | Kim {Yo-jong} | 14%
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| Longtime nominal head of state of North Korea from 1998-2019 and minister of foreign affairs from 1983-1998 | Kim {Yong-nam} | 14%
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| Musical group formed under the current leader, replacing the above as the most popular musical group in the country | {Moranbong} Band | 14%
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| Influential military leader of North Korea from the 1980s until his death in 1995 | O {Jin-u} | 14%
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| Musical group formed in 1985 that performed Korean folk songs, reunification songs, patriotic songs, and even foreign pop songs such as Brother Louie | {Pochonbo} Electronic Ensemble | 14%
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| North Korean news anchor for Korean Central Television, she served as the chief presenter for the news channel from around the 1980s until she retired in 2012, although she still occasionally presents important announcements | Ri {Chun-hee} | 14%
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| In 1972, he won the country's first ever gold medal at the Munich Olympics for the 50 metre rifle prone event | Ri {Ho-jun} | 14%
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