| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Japan's capital before 1868 | Kyoto | 95%
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| Cities struck by Atomic bombs | Hiroshima | 94%
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| Cities struck by Atomic bombs | Nagasaki | 93%
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| Event hosted in 1964 and 2021 | Summer Olympics | 89%
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| Japanese Emperor during WWII | Hirohito | 88%
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| Military nobility of pre-industrial Japan | Samurai | 87%
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| Former name of Tokyo | Edo | 83%
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| First European country to reach Japan | Portugal | 83%
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| Country Japan fought against between 1904–1905 | Russia | 82%
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| Term for a military ruler of feudal Japan that ruled for 700 years | Shōgun | 81%
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| Chinese city where Japanmassacred about 300,000 people | Nanjing | 79%
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| Nuclear plant that melted down in 2011 | Fukushima | 75%
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| P.M. assassinated in 2022 | Shinzo Abe | 68%
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| Hokusai's most famous painting | The Great {Wave} off Kanagawa | 68%
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| American general who led the Allied occupation of Japan | Douglas MacArthur | 64%
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| Region Karate originated from | Okinawa | 56%
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| Type of Buddhism introduced to Japan in the 12th century | Zen | 53%
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| What Francis Xavier introduced to Japan | Christianity | 50%
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| Emperor who made Japan into an industrialized world power | Meiji | 47%
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| Marshal Admiral who was the mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack | Isoroku Yamamoto | 40%
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