Japan History Quiz 39

Questions

1. The Yayoi Period emerged during which age?

   1. Stone
   2. Ice
   3. Iron
   4. Bronze

2. Who invented the first airsoft gun?

   1. Tanio Kobayashi
   2. Hiram Maxim
   3. Ken Kutaragi
   4. James C. Hale

3. Which Prime Minister was elected in Japan in 2012?

   1. Naoto Kan
   2. Yoshihiko Noda
   3. Shinzo Abe
   4. Yoshiro Mori

4. Which of these served as Prime Minister of Japan BEFORE the others?

   1. Kiyoura Keigo
   2. Kato Takaaki
   3. Tanak Giichi
   4. Wakatsuki Reijiro

5. Which of the following Prime Ministers died in office?

   1. Hayato Ikeda
   2. Takeo Miki
   3. Masayoshi Ohira
   4. Takeo Fukuda

6. Which inventor is most associated with Ephedrine?

   1. Nagai Nagayoshi
   2. Mikimoto Kokichi
   3. Fujio Masuoka
   4. Tokushichi Mishima

7. When was Yashuhiro Nakasone elected as Japanese Prime Minister?

   1. 1982
   2. 1988
   3. 1999
   4. 1995

8. When was Paul McCartney deported from Tokyo?

   1. 1985
   2. 1990
   3. 1999
   4. 1980

9. When did Japanese conduct atrocities in "Nanjing"?

   1. 1957
   2. 1947
   3. 1937
   4. 1967

10. What period came after the Asuka Period?

    1. Fara
    2. Sara
    3. Nara
    4. Dara

11. Emperor Hirohito was what reginal number monarch of Japan?

    1. 188th
    2. 191st
    3. 155th
    4. 124th

12. The Muromachi Period began in what decade?

    1. 1440s
    2. 1330s
    3. 1660s
    4. 1550s

13. The first Prime Minister elected in the 1960s was which of the following?

    1. Masayoshi Ohira
    2. Eisaku Sato
    3. Hayato Ikeda
    4. Takeo Miki

14. Tanzan Ishibashi was first elected Prime Minister in what year?

    1. 1954
    2. 1960
    3. 1956
    4. 1967

15. Mount Unzendake erupted in which year of the 1990s?

    1. 1994
    2. 1999
    3. 1996
    4. 1991

16. In which city is the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha located?

    1. Gifu
    2. Nara
    3. Kyoto
    4. Kobe

17. In what year did the Second Sino-Japanese War begin?

    1. 1930
    2. 1937
    3. 1941
    4. 1945

18. In what year did Emperor Keiko assume the throne?

    1. 71
    2. 29 B.
    3. 130
    4. 200

19. If the House of Representatives is dissolved, how long before elections must be held?

    1. 15 days
    2. 60 days
    3. 30 days
    4. 40 days

20. How are the Izu islands better known?

    1. Izu 21
    2. Izu 12
    3. Izu 9
    4. Izu 7