Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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- | What city was the official capital of Japan and residence of the Emperor during this time? | Kyoto | 95%
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1582 | What warlord was killed when one of his samurai retainers trapped him in the temple at Honnō-ji and burned it down? | Oda Nobunaga | 86%
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1600 | Who became Shogun and established a dynasty that ruled Japan in relative peace until the mid 19th century? | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 84%
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1592-1598 | Which country did Japanese forces invade but fail to conquer? | Korea | 81%
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- | Which religion began to gain popularity in Japan during this period, but was banned in the early 1600s? | Christianity | 79%
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1603 | What city became the seat of power and de facto capital? | Edo | 78%
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1585-1598 | Which warlord succeeded in conquering all of Japan, but could not obtain the title Shogun and failed to build a lasting dynasty? | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | 76%
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1553-1564 | Which two daimyo (clan leaders) had a legendary rivalry, including five battles at Kawanakajima? | Takeda Shingen | 72%
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Uesugi Kenshin | 67%
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1582 | Which samurai committed this betrayal? | Akechi Mitsuhide | 62%
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What battle decisively ended the Sengoku era? | Battle of Sekigahara | 61%
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1575 | The Oda clan defeated the famed Takeda cavalry by innovative use of musket lines in a battle near which castle? | Nagashino | 38%
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1588 | When peasants were outlawed from owning weapons, many swords were confiscated, melted down and turned into a statue of who? | Buddha | 37%
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1573 | Who was deposed as Shogun, bringing his dynasty which had ruled since the 1300s to an end? | Ashikaga Yoshiaki | 30%
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Which English sailor arrived in Japan and eventually became a samurai? | William Adams | 26%
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