Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Capital city? | Naha | 86%
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Martial art invented in Okinawa? | Karate | 73%
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Yonaguni Island, Japan's westernmost point, is much closer to this partially recognised island nation than it is to the Japanese Home Islands. | Taiwan | 73%
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Foreign empire that kingdom was also a vassal of? | China | 68%
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Independent kingdom that ruled Okinawa (1429-1879)? | Ryukyu Kingdom | 62%
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Despite Japanese government policy, this type of weapon was deployed to Okinawa during the Cold War. | Nuclear | 46%
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Which 1980s martial arts film, starring Ralph Macchio, prominently featured an Okinawan character? | The Karate Kid | 46%
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Island of Okinawa's area rank among the islands of Japan. | 5th | 41%
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Japanese domain, ruled by the Shimazu family, that made that Kingdom a vassal? | Satsuma | 30%
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According to a 2007 Okinawa Times poll, the presence of this organisation in the prefecture was opposed by 85% of locals? | US Military | 30%
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Despite Okinawa being a Prefecture at the time of its establishment in 1890, Okinawans only gained the right to elect representatives to this legislative body in 1912. | National Diet | 24%
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Unique type of castle or fortress of Okinawa, now UNESCO listed? | Gusuku | 22%
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What was the codename for the titanic operation to take Okinawa during the closing months of WWII? | Operation Iceberg | 16%
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Okinawa has one of the world's highest ratios of these to general population of any place on Earth, a fact sometimes attributed to diet or the positive effects of moai social networks. | Centenarians | 14%
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Which US general was killed in that operation? | Samuel Buckner Jr | 11%
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