Anime
The battle of wits between Light Yagami and L make this anime particularly exciting. Don't let Kira know your name, though.
What is Death Note?
"I want to eat something!"
What is hungry?
The Kanrin Maru carried many important people from Japan to the United States in 1860, including this man, who would later become a famous author, the founder of Keio University, and the man on the ¥10,000 bill.
Who is Fukuzawa Yukichi?
The longest river in the world is usually said to be this one in Egypt.
What is the Nile/ナイル川?
Mic Drop, Idol, Dynamite
What is BTS?
This 2016 anime film about a high school boy and girl who switch bodies became one of the most successful anime films of all time in Japan.
What is Your Name/君の名は?
In Japan, you call them typhoons.
What are hurricanes?
Written in the Heian period by the noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu, this work is sometimes considered to be the first novel.
What is The Tale of Genji/Genji Monogatari?
Japan is part of this ring around the Pacific Ocean (太平洋) with many volcanoes and earthquakes.
What is the Ring of Fire/環太平洋火山帯?
Ice Cream, Ding Dong, Dance The Night Away.
What is TWICE?
Part of this Studio Ghibli anime film takes place in a forest, but it's not about Totoro; rather, it's about tanukis.
What is Pompoko?
Something that damages your health
What is harmful?
Before "あいうえお, かきくけこ", the hiragana were organized and memorized based on this flowery poem.
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the いろは?
(いろはにほへと ちりぬるを。。。)
This third-largest ocean is less than half the size of the Pacific Ocean. (太平洋)
What is the Indian Ocean/インド洋?
Ko Ko Bop, Dancing King, Hey Mama.
What is EXO?
Before Kimetsu no Yaiba, this anime about humans and demons set in the Sengoku period was extremely popular. In it, the main character, who is half-human and half-dog demon, searches for the legendary Shikon Jewel (四魂の玉).
DAILY DOUBLE
What is Inuyasha?
If something is really bad or terrible, it's...
What is horrible?
This famous man saw many important events of the Sengoku period through his one eye, and he eventually became the daimyou of Sendai.
Who is Date Masamune?
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to reach India by sea, going around Africa and the Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Vasco da Gama/ヴァスコ・ダ・ガマ?
Chewing Gum, The 7th Sense, We Young
What is NCT?
In a scene from this 1988 science-fiction film, set in the year 2019 in the futuristic city Neo-Tokyo, there is a signboard that predicts the cancellation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Not so surprising, since the movie has many espers in it!
What is Akira?
When you try to answer a question in Jeopardy!, don't pause and do this; instead, try to answer as fast as you can.
What is hesitate?
The First Sino-Japanese War (日清戦争) ended in 1895 with the signing of a treaty (条約）in this city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, also known as the "Fugu capital." Among other things, it gave Japan control of Taiwan, the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Penghu Islands.
What is Shimonoseki?
(Treaty of Shimonoseki 下関条約)
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in this capital city of modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina was the beginning of World War I.
What is Sarajevo? (サラエヴォ)
Kiss and Make Up, Kill this Love, Boombayah
What is Blackpink?