Japan History Quiz #40

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  1. Emperor Itoku was the son of which emperor?
    1. Emperor Suizei
    2. Emperor Kosho
    3. Emperor Jimmu
    4. Emperor Annei
  2. How fast does Japan's bullet train travel at maximum?
    1. 220 km/h
    2. 300 km/h
    3. 400 km/h
    4. 320 km/h
  3. In 1908, Kikunae Ikeda invented which of the following flavourings?
    1. Saccharin
    2. Aspartame
    3. Vanillin
    4. Monosodium Glutamate
  4. In what year did Emperor Keiko's rule end?
    1. 29 B.
    2. 130
    3. 71
    4. 200
  5. In what year did the Second Sino-Japanese War end?
    1. 1940
    2. 1945
    3. 1937
    4. 1942
  6. In which civilian city was the first atomic bomb dropped?
    1. Osaka
    2. Hiroshima
    3. Nagasaki
    4. Tokyo
  7. Nagaoka Kyo was made Capital of Japan during which century?
    1. 11th Century
    2. 10th Century
    3. 8th Century
    4. 15th Century
  8. The Nakatsumaki begins with the story of which of the following emperors?
    1. Emperor Suizei
    2. Emperor Jingu
    3. Emperor Jimmu
    4. Emperor Ōjin
  9. The first railway in Japan was between which two locations?
    1. Osaka and Yokohama
    2. Tokyo and Kyoto
    3. Tokyo and Yokohama
    4. Osaka and Kyoto
  10. The Muromachie Period began in what century?
    1. 15th
    2. 12th
    3. 14th
    4. 16th
  11. The Yihetuan Movement, also know as the Boxer Rebellion, took place in which country?
    1. China
    2. Japan
    3. Taiwan
    4. South Korea
  12. What period followed the Yayoi Period?
    1. Mofun
    2. Kofun
    3. Lofun
    4. Dofun
  13. When did Japanese troops enter the Iraq War?
    1. 2009
    2. 2012
    3. 2008
    4. 2004
  14. When was Shinzo Abe born?
    1. 1964
    2. 1984
    3. 1954
    4. 1974
  15. When were Japanese citizens first allowed to buy Mobile phones?
    1. 1983
    2. 1994
    3. 1989
    4. 1998
  16. Which inventor served as the President of the World Medical association in the 1970s?
    1. Jun-ichi Nishizawa
    2. Yasujiro Niwa
    3. Takashi Yabe
    4. Taro Takemi
  17. Which of the following Prime Ministers was elected earliest?
    1. Takeo Miki
    2. Takeo Fukuda
    3. Eisaku Sato
    4. Kakuei Tanaka
  18. Which of these served as Prime Minister of Japan BEFORE the others?
    1. Kato Takaaki
    2. Wakatsuki Reijiro
    3. Tanak Giichi
    4. Oscachi Hamaguchi
  19. Which Prime Ministers government was brought down as a result of the Showa Crisis?
    1. Feijiro
    2. Meijiro
    3. Leijiro
    4. Reijiro
  20. Who invented the record breaking "Megastar" device?
    1. Yasujiro Niwa
    2. Takeo Nakasawa
    3. Jun-ichi Nishizawa
    4. Takayuki Ohira

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Interactive Quiz

  1. Emperor Itoku was the son of which emperor?
    Emperor Annei
  2. How fast does Japan's bullet train travel at maximum?
    320 km/h
  3. In 1908, Kikunae Ikeda invented which of the following flavourings?
    Monosodium Glutamate
  4. In what year did Emperor Keiko's rule end?
    130
  5. In what year did the Second Sino-Japanese War end?
    1945
  6. In which civilian city was the first atomic bomb dropped?
    Hiroshima
  7. Nagaoka Kyo was made Capital of Japan during which century?
    8th Century
  8. The Nakatsumaki begins with the story of which of the following emperors?
    Emperor Jimmu
  9. The first railway in Japan was between which two locations?
    Tokyo and Yokohama
  10. The Muromachie Period began in what century?
    14th
  11. The Yihetuan Movement, also know as the Boxer Rebellion, took place in which country?
    China
  12. What period followed the Yayoi Period?
    Kofun
  13. When did Japanese troops enter the Iraq War?
    2004
  14. When was Shinzo Abe born?
    1954
  15. When were Japanese citizens first allowed to buy Mobile phones?
    1994
  16. Which inventor served as the President of the World Medical association in the 1970s?
    Taro Takemi
  17. Which of the following Prime Ministers was elected earliest?
    Eisaku Sato
  18. Which of these served as Prime Minister of Japan BEFORE the others?
    Kato Takaaki
  19. Which Prime Ministers government was brought down as a result of the Showa Crisis?
    Reijiro
  20. Who invented the record breaking "Megastar" device?
    Takayuki Ohira
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