Japan History Quiz #40

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

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Interactive Quiz

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