Korean history trivia

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• Who was the last king of Silla, the one who handed his kingdom over to Wang Geon of Goryeo of his own accord?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which of the Five Secular Precepts (Sesok Ogye) of ancient Korea means 'do not retreat in battle'?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which kind of tomb, built for rulers in the Bronze Age when Gojoseon took shape in Korea, set a huge capstone on top of supporting stones?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which son of King Gwanggaeto succeeded his father as king of Goguryeo?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which rock in Buyeo, Korea, carries the legend that court ladies threw themselves into the river when Baekje fell?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• In the Four Guardians painted on the walls of Goguryeo tombs, which mythical creature guards the north?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which festival did Goguryeo hold every tenth month, when the whole country gathered to offer rites to heaven?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which power destroyed Balhae in 926?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Daegaya led the Gaya confederacy after Geumgwan Gaya declined. Where in present-day Korea was its center?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• After Baekje fell, Wa (Japan) sent no troops to support the movement to restore it.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Many of the common people of Balhae were Malgal (Mohe).Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which man of Goguryeo, mocked as a 'fool', is said to have married Princess Pyeonggang and become a general?Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• In Korean history, Gojoseon was founded before any of the Three Kingdoms.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• After unifying Korea's Three Kingdoms, Silla moved its capital to the Han River valley.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• In Korean tradition, the name 'Jumong' is said to come from a word for a person skilled with the bow.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Seokgatap and Dabotap are two stone pagodas standing side by side before the main hall of Bulguksa Temple in Korea.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Balhae was a state that lay to the south of Silla.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• The Korean chronicle Samguk Sagi records Onjo as a son of Jumong.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Seokguram in Korea is a shrine made by placing a Buddha inside a natural cave left as it was.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• King Seong of Baekje lost his life in a battle against Goguryeo.Ancient Korea · Three Kingdoms
• Which Joseon king reigned the longest?Joseon
• In Korean history, what is the 1871 attack by a US fleet on Ganghwa Island called?Joseon
• Which crown prince did King Yeongjo shut inside a rice chest, where he died?Joseon
• Which class stood at the top of Joseon's four-tier social order?Joseon
• Which Japanese ruler launched the Imjin War against Joseon Korea?Joseon
• After Taejo, Jeongjong and Taejong, who became the fourth king of Joseon?Joseon
• Who made the Daedong yeojido, the great map of Joseon Korea?Joseon
• Which war began when the Later Jin invaded Joseon in 1627?Joseon
• Which king was overthrown in the Jungjong Restoration?Joseon
• Who laid out the framework of the new dynasty's government in the Joseon gyeonggukjeon, but was killed in the coup of 1398?Joseon
• 'Sejong' and 'Jeongjo' were the names officials used for those kings while they were alive.Joseon
• As rice transplanting spread in late Joseon, double-cropping of rice and barley increased.Joseon
• Gwanghaegun steered a course between Ming China and the Later Jin without committing Joseon to either side.Joseon
• In Joseon Korea, the 'sa' in sayak, the poison condemned nobles were made to drink, is the character 死, meaning 'death'.Joseon
• In Joseon, a king's daughter by the queen was titled ongju, and a daughter by a royal concubine was titled gongju.Joseon
• To which country did South Korea send nurses and miners in large numbers during the 1960s to earn foreign currency?Contemporary Korea
• Which country sent the most troops to the Korean War as part of the UN forces?Contemporary Korea
• In which decade did South Korea rename its primary schools from gungmin hakgyo to chodeung hakgyo?Contemporary Korea
• Which city in South Korea was the first to open a subway?Contemporary Korea
• Who was the supreme leader of North Korea when the Korean War broke out in 1950?Contemporary Korea
• Which document did North and South Korea announce at the same time in Seoul and Pyongyang in 1972, setting out three principles for unification?Contemporary Korea
• Which international body, known as the rich countries' club, did South Korea join as its 29th member in 1996?Contemporary Korea
• With which country did South Korea establish diplomatic relations in 1992, breaking off ties with Taiwan in the process?Contemporary Korea
• Which Seoul National University student died under police questioning in January 1987 and set off the June Democratic Struggle in South Korea?Contemporary Korea
• The Seongsu Bridge in Seoul collapsed after the Sampoong Department Store did.Contemporary Korea
• South Korea's real-name financial transaction system was imposed in 1993 by emergency presidential decree.Contemporary Korea
• Who won the 1997 presidential election in South Korea, bringing the first handover of power between ruling and opposition parties?Contemporary Korea
• The buffer strip set on either side of the Military Demarcation Line in Korea is abbreviated as the DMZ.Contemporary Korea
• The Korean War came to a full legal end when a peace treaty was signed in 1953.Contemporary Korea
• The Miracle on the Han River refers to the rapid economic growth South Korea achieved after the Korean War.Contemporary Korea
• Kim Young-sam was the man who seized power in South Korea through the May 16 coup of 1961.Contemporary Korea
• President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea won the Nobel Peace Prize.Contemporary Korea
• South Korean troops were sent to the Vietnam War during the 1960s.Contemporary Korea
• The December 12 military revolt in South Korea happened before the October 26 incident.Contemporary Korea
• South Korea and Japan normalised diplomatic relations in 1965.Contemporary Korea
• Who struck down the Mongol commander Sartai at the fortress of Cheoinseong?Goryeo
• Which coin, minted under King Seongjong of Goryeo, was the first metal currency made in Korea?Goryeo
• Which system let the descendants of senior officials in Goryeo take office without sitting an examination?Goryeo
• Which aristocrat seized power as a royal in-law and rose in revolt in 1126?Goryeo
• In which year did Wang Geon unify the Later Three Kingdoms?Goryeo