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Discover Japan: Test Your Knowledge

Are you ready to dive into the fascinating culture, history, and traditions of Japan? This quiz will challenge your understanding of everything from popular sports to literary giants.

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Which sport in Japan is the most popular in terms of television ratings and spectators?

Baseball

Sumo

Football

Cricket

Hanami is the centuries-old tradition of picnicking under a sakura tree; by what name would we know this tree?

Willow Tree

Cherry tree

Plum tree

Ginko tree

Miyazaki is

An animator

A prefecture

A shrine cape

All of the above

Shinkansen is

A manga

A bullet train

A variety of sushi

An alcoholic drink

"Karaoke" literally means

Empty orchestra

Way of microphone

Trying people's patience

Off-key

�Norwegian Wood’, ‘Kafka on the Shore’, ‘The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle’ are all bestselling books by

Haruki Murakami

Ryu Murakami

Soseki Natsume

Yoko Ogawa

What is the snow monkey aka Japanese Macaque is known for?

It is the Northern-most dwelling primate

It is the Northern-most dwelling monkey

It uses hot springs of Hokkaido to make a kind of 'soup'

It steals towels to keep warm

Which one of these martial arts did not originate in Japan?

Aikido

Taekwondo

Judo

Jujitsu

What does a Geisha do?

She is a sex worker

She is a traditional Japanese fashion designer

She performs songs and dances

She is a traditional restaurant waitress

Which fictional character is described as a young female cat with no mouth and a red bow?

Neko Sensei

Yamaneko

Hello Kitty

Doraemon

Which flower is the symbol of the Japanese Royal Family?

Sakura

Chrysanthemum

Lilly

Lotus

Japan is the world’s third largest economy by GDP. Which 2 countries are the largest?

China and Germany

USA and Germany

USA and China

USA and the Vatican

How many islands does Japan consist of?

Almost 1000

Around 1500

Around 6000

Before Tokyo Japan had several capitals, among them

Sapporo

Fukuoka

Kyoto

Kagoshima

Which quintessential Japanese dish originates from Portugal:

Sushi

Ramen

Okonomiyaki

Tempura

Which of these is NOT a remake of a Japanese horror film?

Ring

The Grudge

Black Swan

Tokyo Ghoul

Name a movie where an American soldier travels to Japan to show everyone how he is more Japanese than the Japanese

47 Ronin

The Last Samurai

Lost in Translation

Ramen Girl

The Japanese word ‘sayonara’ means ‘goodbye’ but what does it literally translate as?

May gods be with you

Please be kind to me

If that's the way it is

The quiz is over

The half-Chinese yakuza leader Oren-Ishi in the movie Kill Bill is played by

Meiko Kaji

Lucy Liu

Michelle Yeoh

Zhang Ziyu

In Edo (Tokyo 200 to 400 years ago) people had many pets but the most popular were

Cats

Dogs

Birds

Rabbits

A samurai's wage was paid in

Gold

Silver

Rice

Favours

There were 550 public baths in Edo in 1860. Most people took a bath

Once a year

Once a month

Once a week

Once a day

During the Tokugawa shogunate it was prohibited to grow this, except for doctors and retired people

Hops

Cannabis

Ginko trees

Facial hair

Which recent game has been praised by Japanese historians for its accuracy

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

NEO: The World Ends With You

Cyberpunk

The Ghost of Tsushima

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