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100

Which of these J-pop singers married an American student 10 years her junior?

1.  Hamasaki Ayumi

2.  Utada Hikaru

3.  Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

1.  Hamasaki Ayumi

100

The hot water used for cooking soba noodles is mixed with tsuyu dipping sauce to make a tasty broth, which you drink after you finish eating soba. What do you call this water? 

① sobajiru ② sobamizu 

③ sobacha ④ sobayu

④ sobayu

100

what does this kanji "龍" mean in English?

 it means dragon in English

100

The 'genji' was a name given to which clan?

1.  Minamoto

2. Taira

3. Ashikaga

1.  Minamoto

100

 Which of these is not a kabuki dynasty?

1.  Bando Tamasaburo

2.  Ichikawa Danjuro

3.  Tokugawa Nandemonaemon

   3.  Tokugawa Nandemonaemon

200

 Which actor's real real name is Oda Goichi?

1. Yakusho Koji.

2. Oda Yuji.

3. Takakura Ken

3. Takakura Ken

200

What does the word "agari" that you hear in a sushi restaurant refer to?

Tea

200

  what does this kanji "豌豆" mean in English?

It means Beans

200

Who established Edo as the nation's capital?

1 Tokugawa Ieyasu.

2. Toyotomi Hideyoshi

3.  Oda Nobunaga

1 Tokugawa Ieyasu.

200

 What is gagaku?

1.  Traditional festival music

2.  Imperial court music

3.  Japanese for 'western music'

2.  Imperial court music

300

Who was formerly married to actress Otake Shinobu?

1. Morita Kazuyoshi

2. Akashiya Sanma.

3. Tokoro Joji

2. Akashiya Sanma.

300

What does the word "murasaki" that you hear in a sushi restaurant refer to?

soy sauce

300

what does this kanji "地面" mean?

It means Ground

300

 When was the Meiji Restoration?

1.  1867

2.  1868

3.  1866

2.  1868

300

 Who wears 'furisode'?

1.  Widows

2.  Older married women

3.  Young single women


 3.  Young single women

400

Which of these artists does not come from Okinawa?

1. Max

2.  Southern All Stars.

3. Amuro Namie

2.  Southern All Stars.

400

Which vegetable is in kappa-maki sushi?

cucumber

400

what does the kanji "子犬 " mean in English?

 It means a "puppy"

400

 When was the Nara Period?

1.  6th century

2.  8th century

3.  7th century

2.  8th century

400

 What is a yatai?

1.  A traditional coat

2.  A street stall

3.  A popular dish


 2.  A street stall

500

What was Yakusho Koji's job before he became an actor?

1. Strip club employee

2. Bank employee.

3. Government employee

3. Government employee

500

When you have sushi, which fish does the word "toro" usually refer to?

tuna

500

What does the kanji "子猫"mean in English?

 It means "kitten"

500

 Which city did the Ashikaga clan rule from in the Muromachi Period?

1.  Kyoto

2.  Nara

3.  Kamakura

1.  Kyoto

500

In Japan, what is the highest level of required education?

9th grade

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