Geography: Japan Jeopardy Template

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Ancient Japan

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Geography of Japan

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Japanese Locations

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Japanese Pop Culture

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Japan WW2

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Japan Facts

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What Japanese term was used when referring to the supreme military commander during the Feudal period in Japan.

A) Kaiju

B) Samurai

C) Shogun

100

What is an 'archipelago'?

A) A Chain of Islands

B) The Study of Ancient Cultures

C) A Type of Sushi

A Chain of Islands

100

What is the capital city of Japan?

A) Kyoto

B) Tokyo

C) Yokohama

Tokyo

100

What style of animation is Japan best known for?

A) Anime

B) Japanimation

C) Origami

Anime

100

What started the war between the US and Japan?

A) The Attack of Pearl Harbor

B) The Battle of Midway

C) The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb over Hiroshima

The Attack of Pearl Harbor

100

Other than the 4 main islands, how many islands make up all of Japan?

A) Four

B) Hundreds

C) Thousands

Thousands

200

What were the earliest native Japanese people called?

A) Japanese

B) Jomon

C) Native Americans

B) Jomon

200

What body of water separates Japan from mainland Asia?

A) The Pacific Ocean

B) The Sea of Japan

C) The Yellow Sea

The Sea of Japan

200

Which Japanese city was the first city to have an atomic bomb dropped on it?

A) Hiroshima

B) Nagasaki

C) Tokyo

Hiroshima

200

What Japanese toys, later turned into a cartoon series, had the tagline: 'Robots in Disguise'?

A) The GoBots

B) ThunderCats

C) The Transformers

The Transformers

200

What ended the war with Japan?

A) Dropping the Atomic Bombs

B) Germany surrendered to the Allies

C) Russia invaded China

Dropping the Atomic Bombs

200

True or False: Most koi fish do not outlive their owners?

A) True

B) False

False: They will outlive their owners, having a lifespan of 200+ years.

300

Japanese rulers adopted what title, and were once revered as divine entities or gods?

A) Gojira

B) Heavenly Emperor

C) Shogun

B) Heavenly Emperor

300

Name one country that Japan is close to?

A) Australia

B) The Koreas

C) Vietnam

The Koreas, other include China and Russia

300

What is both Japan's highest mountain as well as being an active volcano?

A) Mount Fuji

B) Mount Manga

C) Mount Ramen

Mount Fuji

300

Japan is noted for creating many different successful video game companies. Which of these is not from Japan

A) Atari

B) Nintendo

C) Sega

Atari

300

What city did not have an Atomic Bomb dropped on it?

A) Hiroshima

B) Nagasaki

C) Tokyo

Tokyo

300

Where are the summer games being held this year?

A) London, England

B) Tokyo, Japan

C) Paris, France

Tokyo, Japan in Summer 2021

400

Who ruled Japan for a 1000 years, claiming their ancestry from the sun goddess Amaterasu; which is why they chose the rising sun as their symbol.

A) The Jade Emperor

B) The Samurai Warriors

C) The Yamato Clan

400

Japan's largest lake is most likely the oldest one. About how old is Lake Biwa?

A) More than 1 million years old

B) More than 5 million years old

C) More than 10 million years old

More than 5 million years old

400

What Japanese city brought us Ramen noodles?

A) Kobe

B) Okinawa

C) Yokohama

Yokohama

400

Godzilla was the Japanese response to what major World War II event?

A) The Attack on Pearl Harbor

B) The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

C) The Defeat at Iwo Jima

The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

400

What Pacific Ocean battle turned the tide of the war?

A) The Battle of Midway

B) The Battle of Iwo Jima

C) The Doolittle Raid

The Battle of Midway

400

Up until 2015 the law called "Feuiho" ended after 67 years. The law made it illegal to do what in Japan?

A) Create a national military

B) Dance after Midnight

C) Practice Christianity

Dance after Midnight

500

What were Samurai?

A) This was a warrior class in Feudal Japan

B) This was a gangster class in Feudal Japan

C) This was a soldier in World War II

A) This was a warrior class in Feudal Japan

500

How many main islands make up Japan?

A) 2

B) 4

C) 7

4. The four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku

500

What is Japan's largest lake?

A) Lake Biwa

B) Lake Fuji

C) Lake Nintendo

Lake Biwa

500

In 1997, an episode of what TV series sent 685 kids to the hospital because of seizures?

A) Dragon Ball Z

B) Hello Kitty

C) Pokemon

Pokemon

500

What happened to any Japanese living in the US at the beginning of the World War II?

A) They were deported

B) They were put into concentration camps

C) They were turned into soldiers

Concentration Camps. They were unjustly imprisoned, all of them.

500

What Japanese type of professional fighting involves two large men wearing diapers trying to push each other out of the ring?

A) Karate

B) Kick Boxing

C) Sumo Wrestling

Sumo Wrestling

600

Why is Japan called the "Land of the Rising Sun"?

A) Mount Fuji was erupting, and they thought that it looked like the Sun

B) They thought the Sun first arose in Japan right out of the Ocean

B) They really thought they were special

B) They thought the Sun first arose in Japan right out of the Ocean

600

What is the term used to describe the ring of volcanic activity that circles the Pacific Ocean, and it has Japan is in the path?

A) Nintendo

B) Ring of Fire

C) Shogun

Ring of Fire

600

With watchtowers, moats, and residences for samurai warriors, Himeji Castle protected this area in the 1600s. What is this still-surviving castle made out of?

A) Stone

B) Volcanic Rock

C) Wood

Wood

600

British Secret Agent James Bond discovers the Japanese bad guys using what as their evil layer in the movie "You Only Live Twice"?

A) A Ninja Training School

B) A Sumo Wrestling Match

C) A Volcano

A Volcano; a hollowed-out volcano

600

What was the name of the mission where the USA got their revenge of Pearl Harbor?

A) The Bataan Death March

B) The Battle of Midway

B) The Doolittle Raid

The Doolittle Raid

600

True or False: Sleeping on the job is completely okay in Japan, as it's seen as a sign of hard work?

A) True

B) False

True

700

What was the name of a covert agent or mercenary from the feudal Japan times; who's functions included espionage, deception, and surprise attacks?

A) Ninja

B) Samurai

C) Yakuza

A) Ninja

700

What year did Mount Fuji last erupt?

A) 1507

B) 1707

C) 1907

1707

700

What Japanese city is known for training Geishas?

A) Kyoto

B) Tokyo

C) Yokohama

Kyoto

700

What animated Disney movie dealt with a futuristic Japanese-inspired culture?

A) Big Hero 6

B) Raya and the Last Dragon

C) Wreck-It Ralph

Big Hero 6

700

What was the Japanese term used to describe Japanese pilots who flew suicide missions?

A) The Banzai Charge

B) Hirohito

C) Kamikaze

Kamikaze

700

What is the traditional religion of Japan? It was the worship of the beauty of the natural world and ancestors.

A) Ronin

B) Shinto

C) Yoga

Shinto

800

How were knights and samurai similar?

A) They both had to fight dragons

B) They both wore armor, and had a code

C) They had very shiny armor

B) They both wore armor, and had a code

800

What are tsunamis?

A) Bullet Trains

B) Giant Waves

C) A Japanese Dessert

Giant Waves. After an earthquake or underwater land movement, the greatest threat to the Japanese islands comes from a giant wall of water that hits the islands.