Korean War Quiz

How much do you know about the "Forgotten War"?
Quiz by Jarl5
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Last updated: March 1, 2022
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First submittedMay 27, 2017
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Country that ruled Korean Peninsula from 1910-1945
Japanese Empire
Ruler of China at the time
Mao Zedong
Ruler of USSR at the time
Josef Stalin
The President of the USA at the start of the war
Harry S Truman
The President of the USA at the end of the war
Dwight David Eisenhower
Year the War started
1950
Year the fighting stopped
1953
After two months, South forces were forced back to this point:
The Pusan Perimeter
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Place where amphibous UN counter attack was launched
Inchon
River Chinese forces crossed in October 1950
Yalu
Number of times Seoul changed hands
4
"Parallel" where front lines were near for most of the war
38th
First leader of North Korea after war
Kim Il-sung
First leader of South Korea after war
Rhee Syng-Man
Ironically, the border between North and South Korea today is called this
DMZ
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Level 89
Jul 6, 2018
Using a mobile I see no way to nominate this for a featured quiz.
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Level 89
Jan 9, 2020
Now we can.
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Level 35
Sep 15, 2021
Inchon is Spelt Incheon, cmon man.
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Level 47
Feb 19, 2022
tried Busan, which was not accepted, so moved on, and had resigned myself of missing one until I tried the older romanisation.
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Level 29
Mar 7, 2023
Don't know too much about the war, but I got all of them except for the "River that the Chinese crossed in 1950" one