Who was older, Michelangelo or Raphael?
Michelangelo
In land area, what is the smallest prefecture in Japan?
Kagawa
Which decade of the 1800s were the first ¥1 coins minted in Japan?
1870s
What is the middle colour of a rainbow?
Green
Who is the person on the new 2024 ¥1000 bank note?
Kitasato Shibasaburo
Which art movement was started in 1907, Pablo Picasso?
Cubism
What language is spoken in Brazil?
Portuguese
Who is the person on the new 2024 ¥5000 bank note?
Tsuda Umeko
How much does it cost to produce a ¥1 coin?
¥3
Is the tomato fruit poisonous?
No. The fruit is not poisonous.
However the leaves and stem are poisonous.
Which member of Japanese boy band Arashi was the first to get married?
Kazunari Ninomiya
In what country is K2, the world's second highest mountain?
Pakistan
What year was Google founded?
1998
What is the most popular boys name in the world?
Mohammed
What is an Ornithorhynchus anatinus?
a) Platypus
b) Koala
c) Emu
Platypus
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
What is the second most populated city in China?
Beijing (or Peking in Japanese)
In what Japanese period did nigiri sushi originate?
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Which company is older, Apple or Microsoft?
Microsoft, 1975.
Apple, 1976.
Who was the first person in the world to make cultured pearls?
Mikimoto Kokichi
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
Travelling on land, from Aomori to Yamaguchi, which is the only prefecture you cannot avoid and must pass through?
Hyogo
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.
Which city is closer to Tokyo, Rome (Italy) or London (England)?
Tokyo to Rome is 9878 Km
Tokyo to London is 9582 Km
How many elements in the periodic table?
a) 108
b) 118
c) 128
118