Shōgun Trivia
Slice through samurai secrets and Osaka Castle intrigues to prove you’re a feudal trivia ninja.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
In FX's Shōgun, which shipwrecked English navigator becomes Lord Yoshii Toranaga’s advisor amid 17th-century political turmoil?
John Blackthorne
In his 2003 Hollywood debut, which film saw Hiroyuki Sanada advising on sword handling and kimono etiquette?
The Last Samurai
In FX’s Shōgun, Kashigi Omi—Yabushige’s ambitious young retainer—holds what family relation to Lord Kashigi Yabushige?
Nephew
In early 17th-century Japan, who bestowed the highest military title of shōgun—sought by figures like Toranaga in Shōgun?
Emperor of Japan
Which Sengoku-era warlord initially welcomed European Jesuit missionaries mainly to access their firearms?
Oda Nobunaga