Sports
Japanese History
World History
Pop Culture
School
100
What is a sport that has famous players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Mbappe, and Neymar?
Soccer or Football
100
The famous Japanese historical figure that was on the 10,000yen bill before was Fukuzawa Yukichi.
Who is the famous Japanese historical figure that is now on the new 10,000 yen bill?
Shibusawa Eiichi (渋沢栄一 )
100
Egypt is best known for its rich ancient history. What is the name of the triangle shaped buildings that are usually found in Egypt (the most famous one is Giza)?
Pyramid
100
Disney is known as a company that has created some of the most popular characters in the world.
Who is, without a doubt, the most popular character in the world that Disney has created?
Correct spelling in English: 200
Wrong spelling in English or in Katakana: 100
Mickey Mouse
100
This is sport that you usually do in school during summer time, not on the school ground, but on the 4th floor. What is that sport?
swimming
200
What is the baseball team that Shohei Ohtani currently plays for?
Los Angeles Dodgers
200
World War 2 was a terrible event that caused many tragic moments in history. In 1945, Japan was greatly devastated by the war.
What was the first Japanese prefecture that was hit with the atomic bomb called "Little Boy" in 1945?
(WRONG SPELLING IS WRONG!)
Hiroshima
200
FOR DOUBLE POINTS:
Correct spelling in English: 400
Correct, but in Katakana, or wrong English Spelling: 200
No answer or wrong answer: -200
Barack Obama was the person that served as the President of the United States of America (USA) from 2009 to 2017.
Who was the person that served as the President of the United States of America from 2017 to 2021?
Donald Trump
200
Japan is known in the world as the country that is the home of anime life and culture. There are many popular anime shows that are known all over the world.
What is the most watched Japanese anime movie in the world, that is also the highest earning movie in Japan?
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版 鬼滅の刃 無限列車編)
It made ¥70,735,750,000 worldwide.
200
Yoshikawa Junior High School is a building that has many rooms. What is the room that is in between the Computer Room and the Budo Hall?
Library
300
FOR DOUBLE POINTS:
Correct: 600
No Answer or Wrong: -300
What was the sport that Japan got the most gold medals for in the 2024 Paris Olympics?
Wrestling (Japan won 8 Gold Medals)
300
Japan is a country that usually experiences earthquakes. The worst earthquake that hit Japan was the Great Kanto Earthquake, which hit the Kanto plain around Tokyo in 1923.
What was the date of the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災 / Higashi nihon daishinsai) that hit the Tohoku Region of Japan?
(Month, Day, and Year)
March 11, 2011
300
(YOU CAN GUESS UP TO 3)
1 correct: 100 points
1 wrong: -100 points
There are many Disneyland parks that can be found all over the world. The biggest Disneyland park that exists in the world is the Walt Disney World Park in Orlando, Florida (USA).
What are other countries that also have Disneyland theme parks?
- Disneyland California (USA)
- Hong Kong Disneyland (Hong Kong)
- Shanghai Disney Resort (China)
- Disneyland Paris (France)
- Tokyo Disneyland (Japan)
300
Hikakin is a YouTuber that is very popular for making all types of videos, from gaming, to reaction videos, and so on.
What is the name of the cup noodle brand that is sold by Hikakin?
Misokin (ミソキン)
400
What is a sport that is played in Harry Potter, but also played in real life?
Quidditch
400
Tokyo is the prefecture in Japan that has the highest population (number of people), with a total of 14,047,594.
What is the prefecture with the second highest population, with a total of 9,237,337 people?
Kanagawa Prefecture
400
There are many great historical people in the world. Albert Einstein was the one that said "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the world."
Who was the person that said "Peace begins with a smile?"
Mother Teresa
400
Idols are very popular all over the world. Arashi is an idol group that has 5 members. TWICE, a KPOP idol group, is an idol group that has 9 members.
How many members does BTS, a group that is considered as the biggest idol group in the world, have?
BTS is a group that has 7 members.
400
School is important in a child's life. Children that are around 6 years old start elementary school, and children that are around 12 years old start junior high school. Yoshikawa is a city that has 4 junior high schools.
What is the number of elementary schools in Yoshikawa City.
Yoshikawa is a city that has 8 elementary schools.
1. Minami Elementary School
2. Nakasone Elementary School
3. Kitaya Elementary School
4. Miwanoe Elementary School
5. Yoshikawa Elementary School
6. Seki Elementary School
7. Sakae Elementary School
8. Asahi Elementary School
500
What is a sport that is played with this equipment?
Lacrosse
500
FOR DOUBLE POINTS:
Correct: 1000
Wrong: -500
Samurai (侍) or bushi (武士) were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were very prominent in Japan from the 12th century, until the 1870s.
There was an African samurai that severed Oda Nobunaga during the Sengoku period, from 1581 and 1582. What was that samurai's name?
Yasuke
500
At about the end of 2019, a virus that came from Wuhan, China caused a big problem. It's a virus that affected everyone for a long time, even until now. This virus is called the "coronavirus".
What is the shorter name of this virus?
HINT: The answer has 5 LETTERS and 2 NUMBERS.
*****-**
COVID-19
500
Hikakin is a YouTuber that has about 18.9 million susbcribers on YouTube. He is the 7th most subscribed YouTuber in Japan.
Who is the YouTuber that has about 41.7 million subscribers, and is the #1 most subscribed YouTuber in Japan? He is also very famous on TikTok.
ISSEI / いっせい
500
There are many teachers and staff that work at Yoshikawa Junior High School. How many teachers and staff are working Yoshikawa Junior High School?
(Only the exact answer will get 500 points)
There are 53 teachers and staff that are working at Yoshikawa Junior High School.
53: 500 POINTS
50-52: 300 POINTS
45 to 49: 100 POINTS
44 Below: 0 POINTS