Statistics for Korean History Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Year the Korean War Started	1950	81%
King that created the Korean Alphabet (Hangul)	King Sejong	80%
Country that took over the southern part of Korea after the Japanese Occupation	United States	76%
Country that took over the northern part of Korea after the Japanese Occupation	Soviet Union	74%
North Korea's First Dictator	Kim Il-Sung	69%
The year of the start of Japanese occupation of Korea	1910	63%
Seoul's name during Joseon Dynasty	Hanyang	46%
Korean Naval Commander that won victories during the Imjin War	Yi Sun-Sin	46%
Island that South Korea and Japan are fighting for	Dokdo/Takeshima	41%
South Korea's first president	Syngman Rhee	36%
Father of the above, third president of South Korea	Park Chung Hee	32%
Current South Korean President	Park Geun Hye	30%
Underfloor heating used in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula, starting from 1000 BCE	Ondol	27%
Largest palace in Seoul, built in 1395	Gyeongbokgung Palace	23%
One of the eight gates of the Fortress Wall of Seoul, rebuilt after an arson in 2008	Namdaemun	17%