Statistics for Kagoshima Prefecture Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
On which island is Kagoshima located?	Kyushu	100%
Capital?	Kagoshima	83%
Which traditional domain largely overlaps with modern Kagoshima?	Satsuma	83%
Which islands, formerly occupied by the US, were returned to Japan and Kagoshima Prefecture in 1954?	Amami Islands	50%
This led to the "Restoration" of which emperor?	Meiji	50%
Against which future shogun did the rulers of Kagoshima side at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600?	Tokugawa Ieyasu	50%
In the production of which snake-like fish does Kagoshima lead Japan? (Hint: It is known locally as unagi)	Eel	33%
Kagoshima was the home port of Admiral Togo Heihachiro during Japan's ultimately victorious war against which foreign imperial power?	Russia	33%
What foreign kingdom paid tribute to that family?	Ryukyu Kingdom	33%
Which Kagoshima samurai, sometimes called the last true samurai, led a rebellion of disaffected samurai followers against the new government and its modernization efforts?	Saigo Takamori	33%
Which family traditionally ruled that domain?	Shimazu	33%
Against which foreign imperial power did the rulers of Kagoshima fight a brief war in 1863?	United Kingdom	33%
A coalition led by Kagoshima's rulers and the rulers of which other domain seized Kyoto in 1867, prompting an imperial edict to end the shogunate?	Choshu	17%
And which other traditional province makes up the prefecture?	Osuma	17%
Which Catholic saint brought guns to Japan, via Kagoshima, for the first time?	St Francis Xavier	17%