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What does the word "kamikaze" literally mean?

"the chosen one"
"death"
"son of the Emperor"
"divine wind"
The Kamikaze were two typhoons that defeated Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281. The latter fleet of possibly more than 1000 ships is said to have been the largest attempted naval invasion in history until the D-Day.
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"the chosen one"
"death"
"son of the Emperor"
"divine wind"
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flagAustralia
4%
4%
2%
88%
42
flagthe Netherlands
6%
0%
12%
81%
16
flagGreece
6%
0%
13%
80%
15
flagSpain
9%
9%
0%
72%
11
flagGermany
10%
17%
3%
68%
285
flagFrance
20%
13%
0%
66%
15
flagSwitzerland
4%
26%
4%
65%
23
flagAustria
16%
12%
6%
64%
48
flagRepublic of Ireland
3%
17%
10%
64%
28
flagPoland
19%
15%
3%
60%
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flagJapan
25%
8%
8%
58%
12
flagthe United Kingdom
21%
18%
3%
57%
121
flagthe United States
19%
18%
7%
52%
227
flagCanada
25%
20%
12%
41%
24
flagthe Philippines
50%
0%
8%
41%
12
flagIndia
18%
25%
20%
35%
54
flagItaly
63%
9%
0%
27%
11
flagSouth Africa
20%
50%
10%
20%
10

Hindi is the official language of two countries: India and ...?

Pakistan
Nepal
Fiji
None of the above

In which country are the following surnames very common: "unbeatable", "rock", "iron", "falcon", "steel" and "thunderbolt"?

Norway
Turkey
Hungary
Japan

In which European country does the most common surname come from the word for "priest"?

in Portugal
in Poland
in Iceland
in Romania

What does the word "karate" literally mean?

"way of the thunder"
"gentle way"
"empty hand"
"way of the master"