Video Games
This new genre of video games (Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, Wuthering Waves, NTE, Ananta) is named after a popular toy capsule machine in Japan, where you pay around ¥100-¥500 for a small toy inside of a plastic bubble.
"Gacha Game" - A gacha game is a free-to-play game where you spend in-game currency to "pull" for randomized characters, weapons, or items. Originating from Japanese "gashapon" capsule toy machines, these live-service games rely on randomized drop rates and pity systems to continuously build your collection over time
English: A standard essay should have at least 5 paragraphs. What are the 5 paragraphs?
Introduction, body 1, body 2, body 3, and Conclusion.
Recently Japan just had a large tropical storm pass by what was the name of the storm?
Tropical Storm Jangmi
This world famous anime series features an electric rat and has a theme cafe reopening this month is Tokyo Japan
Pokemon (cafe)
This animal has been featured in Japanese mythology and has also been called a "raccoon dog" what is its name?
Tanuki
Mario and Luigi are famous brothers who are plumbers and typically wear red and green but Nintendo has also made evil versions of them who usually wear yellow and purple, what are their names?
Wario and Waluigi
Physical Education: Typically considered more of a hobby or a game than a sport in most western countries (although Ms. Jewett says its a real sport and is played in the olympics) this is practiced during your P.E. classes and involves a net and two paddles, what is it?
President of the USA Donald Trump recently confirmed that he called another world leader "Crazy!" on the phone. Who was the world leader or what country were they from?
Benjamin Netanyahu Israel
This J-Pop singer seems to be "all the rage" right now with concerts, events, and now her own version of the official Japan national soccer team Jersey, what is her name?
ADO
This stock market recently broke records reaching an all-time high. It is the Japanese equivalent of the DOW Jones in America.
Nikkei 225
Disney made a movie about characters living inside video games at a Game Center/arcade. The main character is a "bad guy" who doesn't want to be bad anymore and his small friend who is a race car driver in another game. In the movie we could see characters from Mario, Street Fighter, Pac-Man, Sonic, and many more. What is the name of this Disney movie?
Wreck-it-Ralph
History: This samurai, daimyo, and shogun lived during the Sengoku period and whose clan ruled until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. What is his name?
Ieyasu Tokugawa
In the next couple weeks 3 major US companies are going from private companies to public being sold on the public stock market. One is a company known for building reusable spaceships and the other two are some of the most famous names in A.I. What are the 3 companies?
SpaceX, Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (ChatGPT)
This Gen Z word means "ugly" or something that looks messed up
"Chopped"
Prince Hisahito
Sony recently held its expo event called "State of Play" where they showed new and upcoming games including one featuring a superhero from the X-Men whose real name is Logan. What is his superhero name (and name of the game)?
Wolverine
Math: What is Pythagoras Theorem?
If you know two sides of a right triangle you can use the theorem to find the length of the third.
(a^2 + b^2 = c^2)
Scientists recently discovered around a dozen new animals and insects including a glowing blue spider, an armored cricket, and new species of grasshopper and dragonfly in which African country?
Angola.
This country will be celebrating its 250th birthday next month which is it?
The United States of America! USA! USA! USA!
Known in Japanese folklore as ryugu no tsukai ("Messenger from the Palace of the Sea God"), it is often referred to in pop culture as the "Doomsday Fish." It has been said in the past when seen it meant an earthquake or tsunami was coming. What is the name of the fish?
The Oarfish.
Nintendo recently revealed that they have an upcoming game for the Switch 2 that features a Fox, a Frog, a Falcon, and a Rabbit piloting ships through outer space what is this series called that started in 1993?
Star Fox
Science: What is the powerhouse (main source of energy) of the cell?
The mitochondrion is famously known as the powerhouse of the cell.
Mitochondria are tiny, membrane-bound structures (organelles) found in almost all living cells that generate about 90% of the chemical energy needed to power the body's metabolic activities
The FIFA World Cup is coming up with the Japanese national team recently arriving in Mexico. How old are the top 3 oldest players in the World Cup or what countries are they from?
Craig Gordon (GK) Scotland 43, Cristiano Ronaldo (FWD) Portugal 41, and Guillermo Ochoa (GK) Mexico 40.
This song by one of Mr. Williams favorite J-pop singers is used as the ending theme of Chibi Maruko Chan and for Ayataka Green Tea. What is the title of the song?
Pappaparadise - Utada Hikaru
Japan's fertility rate (number of babies being born) hit a record low in 2025 it has been declining now for how many years in a row?
10 consecutive years/ 10 years in a row