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100

Who was older, Michelangelo or Raphael?

Michelangelo

100

In land area, what is the smallest prefecture in Japan?

Kagawa

100

Which decade of the 1800s were the first ¥1 coins minted in Japan?

1870s

100

What is the middle colour of a rainbow?

Green

100

Who is the person on the new 2024 ¥1000 bank note?

Kitasato Shibasaburo

200

Which art movement was started in 1907, Pablo Picasso?

Cubism

200

What language is spoken in Brazil?

Portuguese

200

Who is the person on the new 2024 ¥5000 bank note?

Tsuda Umeko

200

How much does it cost to produce a ¥1 coin?

¥3

200

Is the tomato fruit poisonous?

No. The fruit is not poisonous.

However the leaves and stem are poisonous.

300

Which member of Japanese boy band Arashi was the first to get married?

Kazunari Ninomiya

300

In what country is K2, the world's second highest mountain?

Pakistan

300

What year was Google founded?

1998

300

What is the most popular boys name in the world?

Mohammed

300

What is an Ornithorhynchus anatinus?

a) Platypus

b) Koala

c) Emu



Platypus

400

Name any two of the seven painters known as the "Impressionists".

 Claude Monet,        Berthe Morisot, 

Camille Pissarro,      Alfred Sisley, 

Auguste Renoir,       Mary Cassatt 

Edgar Degas

400

What is the second most populated city in China?


Beijing (or Peking in Japanese)


400

In what Japanese period did nigiri sushi originate?

Edo period (1603 - 1868)

400

Which company is older, Apple or Microsoft?

Microsoft, 1975.

Apple, 1976.

400

Who was the first person in the world to make cultured pearls?

Mikimoto Kokichi

500

Who is the most famous Japanese author to English readers? He wrote books such as, 

1Q84,         Kafka on the Shore,    

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,


Murakami Haruki

500

Travelling on land, from Aomori to Yamaguchi, which is the only prefecture you cannot avoid and must pass through?

Hyogo

500

What was the Japanese currency called before the Yen?

The mon (文) was the currency of Japan from the Muromachi period in 1336 until the early Meiji period, 1870.

500

Which city is closer to Tokyo, Rome (Italy) or London (England)?

Tokyo to Rome is 9878 Km


Tokyo to London is 9582 Km

500

How many elements in the periodic table?

a) 108

b) 118

c) 128

118

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