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Video games
Food
100

加える

add

100

pictogram

絵文字 / ピクトグラム

100

Did people understand the Tokyo Olympic pictograms?

Yes, they did!

100

What color is Donkey Kong's necktie?

Red

100

What color is a lime?

Green

200

~を選ぶ

select

200

clear

明らかな / はっきりした

200

What does a traditional hot spring sign look like to many foreigners?

soup

200

What game series is this song from?

*The Legend of Zelda

*Final Fantasy

*Tetris

*Kirby

* Pokemon

200

What country does curry come from?

India

300
デザイン

design

300

universal

普遍的な

300

What do designers carefully select for pictograms?

shape and color

300

What did Nintendo sell BEFORE they made video games?

A.) Cars

B.) Playing Cards

C.) Cigarettes

D.) None of the above

B.) Playing Cards

300
What continent did chili peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, and corn originally come from?

North/South America

400

素晴らしい

excellent

400

carefully

注意深く

400

When did the design team use the pictograms in section 1?

The 1964 Tokyo Olympics

400

What year did the Playstation (PS1) release? 

A.) 2000

B.) 1989

C.) 1994

C.) 1994

400

How much rice per year does an average Japanese person eat?

A.) 118 kg per year

B.) 50 kg per year

C.) 35 kg per year

D.) 260 kg per year

B.) 50 kg per year
500

伝統的 / 従来の

traditional

500

recently

近ごろ / 最近

500

Please name 5 of the sports using these pictograms!

Track and Field, Fencing, Wrestling, Volleyball, canoeing, Soccer, Swimming, Weightlifting, gymnastics, sailing, boxing, basketball, horseback riding, rowing, hockey, cycling, judo, shooting, water polo

500

What is the best selling game of all time?

A.) Super Mario Brothers (1983)

B.) Tetris

C.) Minecraft

D.) Pokémon Red/Green/Yellow/Blue

B.)Tetris

520,000,000 copies sold!

others sales numbers:

A.) Super Mario brothers 58,000,000 copies

C.) Minecraft 238,000,000 copies

D.) Pokémon Red/Green/Yellow/Blue 47,520,000 copies

500

Japanese people love bluefin tuna. Japan easts around 1/5 of the worlds bluefin tuna caught every year. A large tuna can be worth a lot of money! The most expensive tuna ever sold was in Tsukiji Market in 2019. How much did it sell for?

A.) over $3,000,000 (¥326,000,000)

B.) over $1,000,000,000 (¥149,000,000,000)

C.) over $600,000 (¥90,000,000)

A.) Over $3,000,000!

The record tuna was over 278kg and was sold for ¥333,000,000!

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