Famous Japanese People in the 21st Century
This man created the famous video game character Mario and designed games like The Legend of Zelda.
Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?
This huge, hot desert in Africa is the largest in the world.
What is the Sahara?
This sea creature has eight arms (or tentacles) and can squeeze into very small spaces.
What is an Octopus?
This is the number you get when you multiply any number by zero.
What is zero (0)?
This 2019 superhero movie showed the final giant battle against Thanos.
What is Avengers: Endgame?
This famous baseball player is amazing at both pitching and hitting home runs in America's Major League Baseball.
Who is Shohei Ohtani?
If you sail around the world, this is the name of the biggest ocean you will cross.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This sea mammal is very friendly, smart, and loves to jump out of the water and play.
What is a Dolphin?
This number is used to calculate the distance around a circle, and it starts with 3.14.
What is Pi?
In this 2023 hit movie, the main character leaves her perfect world to go on an adventure in the real world.
What is Barbie?
This director made the beautiful animated movies like Ponyo and My Neighbor Totoro.
Who is Hayao Miyazaki?
This long river flows through the entire length of Egypt and into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile river?
This is the biggest animal on Earth, even larger than any dinosaur.
What is a Blue Whale?
In a leap year, which occurs every 4 years, February has this many days.
What is 29?
This 2019 movie about toys includes new friends like Forky and features Buzz and Woody.
What is Toy Story 4?
In 2019, this Japanese tennis player won the Australian Open and is known for her strong serve.
Who is Naomi Osaka?
Japan has hosted the Winter Olympics twice; these two cities were host cities. Double points if you can also name the years they hosted.
What are Sapporo (1972) and Nagano (1998)?
This fish is not a mammal but does give birth to live young and its skeleton is made of cartilage.
What is a shark?
This famous sequence of numbers is found by adding the two numbers before it (for example: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ...).
What is the Fibonacci Sequence?
This 2016 Disney movie is about a young girl who can talk to the ocean and helps the demigod Maui.
What is Moana?
This woman is a famous artist known for her bright, colorful paintings and large rooms covered in polka dots.
Who is Yayoi Kusama?
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. This is the second tallest.
What is K2?
This sea animal can be very small (2.5cm) - very large (14 metres). It has 3 hearts and is very intelligent. In Italy, it is deep fried and eaten (it's called 'Calamari')
What is a Squid?
The name for a number that has a 1 followed by 100 zeroes.
What is a Googol?
This animated movie is about a family with superpowers who have to fight a bad guy named Screenslaver.
What is Incredibles 2?