Geography
What is the largest country in Asia?
Russia
In the story of the Mid-Autumn Festival, what is the name of the woman in the moon?
Chang'e
In the movie, "Howl's Moving Castle," what color did Howl's hair first get dyed?
Red
Name one J-Rock artist.
ONE OK ROCK, Radwimps, Spyair
What is Grace's favorite food?
Tofu
What is Vietnam's capital?
Hanoi
When were tea bags invented?
Early 1900s
What is the name of the Wilderness Explorer (Boy Scout) in the Pixar movie, "Up"?
Russell
Name one iconic Japanese fashion style we learned about!
Kimonos, Harajuku, Lolita, Decora, Cosplay fashion, Mori Kei, Fairy Kei, Visual Kei
What is Yi's Zodiac Animal?
The monkey!
What year did the Handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China take place?
1997
What country is the second largest producer of tea in the world?
India
In what anime do the characters refer to instant coffee as "commoner's coffee"?
Ouran High School Host Club
Who is the J-Pop artist that dropped out of Columbia after half a semester?
Hikaru Utada
Secretary
7 feet and 6 inches! (Will accept 7'5" - 7'7")
Name two countries that border the Bay of Bengal? (Extra 100 points for every extra country named).
Sri Lanka and India to the west, Bangladesh to the north, and Myanmar (Burma) and the northern part of the Malay Peninsula to the east.
What does the English phrase "Milk in first" mean?
Means poor/cheap. When making tea, if you were poor and had cheap, low-quality China the hot tea could crack it, so you would put the cold milk into your teacup first to prevent that from happening (as opposed to tea first then milk, which was considered the proper way to do it by English upper class).
What manga has been adapted into 16 different film adaptations? Hint: Meteor Garden is one.
Boys over Flowers
How many semesters are during a Japanese school year? (Bonus 100 points, if you can name all the terms by month ex. For American universities, our fall semester is from August to December).
3 semesters
- 1st semester (April to August)
- 2nd semester (September to December)
- 3rd semester (January to March)
Vice President
Tagalog!
The highest and the lowest points of the world are located in the continent of Asia, name them both.
Highest point: Mount Everest
Lowest point: The Dead Sea
During what dynasty was tea made the national drink of China?
Tang Dynasty
Joy Luck Club (1993)
What Japanese album released in 1999 is still the best-selling album in Japan and how many copies did it sell? (We'll accept the closest answer).
Since its release, First Love by Hikaru Utada remains the highest selling Japanese album. It has sold over eleven million units worldwide.
President
Rice, seaweed, crab meat, cucumbers, and avocado. Bonus answer - Vancouver, Canada!