the philippines
matcha
professional sports
constructed writing systems
songs before they became k-pop
classical k-pop
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The other official langauge of the Philippines, besides Filipino

What is English?

200

This Pittsburgh café's name means "A lot of matcha" in Japanese

What is Meccha Matcha? (pronounced met-cha)

200

In 2014, Robert Morris University added eSports to its athletic program and began recruiting students to compete in this game

What is League of Legends?

200

The Chữ Việt Trí alphabet was created for this language

What is Vietnamese?

200

The Swedish singer who wrote "More & More" by TWICE, intending for it to go on her debut album 1

Who is Zara Larsson?

200


The song sampled in Red Velvet's "Feel My Rhythm"?

What is "Air on the G String"?

400

The name of the biggest ethnic group in the Philippines (and the name of the language they speak)

What is Tagalog?

400

This city in Kyoto prefecture, known for their high-quality matcha exports, is home to the oldest tea house in the world

Where is Uji?

400
The smallest country, by population, in the 2026 World Cup

Where is Curaçao?

400

A king who created Hangul to combat rising illiteracy rates in his country

Who is King Sejong or Sejong the Great?

400

The singer featured on "APT" who also wrote "Press Your Number" by Taemin

Who is Bruno Mars?

400


The song sampled in Red Velvet's "Knock Knock"

What is "The nutcracker"?

600

The most populous city in the Philippines

What is Quezon City?

600

This is the proper name of the traditional bamboo whisk used to froth matcha powder

What is a chasen?

600

The professional Street Fighter player with the most Evo Championship wins

Who is Daigo Umehara?

600

The word meaning "contructed writing system"

What is neography?

600

The K-pop producer DemJamz is credited on "ExtraL" by Jennie featuring this Tampa rapper

Who is Doechii?

600


The song interpolated in Red Velvet's "BYE BYE"

What is "Fur Elise"?

800

This Spanish explorer, often credited with naming the Philippines, shares a name with one of the most widespread chess openings in the world

Who is Ruy López?

800

This European country is the second largest importer of matcha worldwide after the US

What is Germany?

800

The first dog to ever deliver a ceremonial first pitch at an MLB game

Who is Decoy (Shohei Ohtani's dog)?

800

The writing system created by J. R. R. Tolkien for The Lord of the Rings

What is Tengwar?

800

The writer of "Run Devil Run" by Girls' Generation, but more notably she had the best-selling digital single in history until 2011

Who is Ke$ha?

800


The song sampled in Red Velvet's song "Birthday"

What is "Rhapsody in Blue"?

1000

The year that the most recent consitution of the Philippines was ratified

When is 1987?

1000

Though it was not yet called matcha, powdered tea was first created during this Chinese dynasty

What is the Song dynasty?

1000

The eSport team with this logo

What is T1?

1000

He created the Alterian writing system used by the trolls in his webcomic

Who is Andrew Hussie?

1000

This SHINee song, thought to have popularized dance practice videos in Kpop, was Bebe Rexha's first writing credit at age 16

What is Lucifer?

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The song sampled in Red Velvet's "Lucky Girl"

What is "Entry of the Gladiators"?