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Ohio Trivia
100

What are the four main islands of Japan?

Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku

100

This is the ancient form of Japanese poetry.

What is Haiku?

100

People in Japan were probably the first people to grow this type of fungi for food.

What are mushrooms?

100

What Great Lake is to the north of Ohio?

Erie

200

How many people live in Japan?

127 million

200

Haiku poems are usually made up of (#) how many lines?

What is three?

200

The Japanese love to use this condiment.  

What is soy sauce?

200

How many U.S. Presidents have come from Ohio?  

(remember Trump is number 45)

8

300

Approximately how many earthquakes does Japan experience each day?  (your guess must be within 5) 

2-3

300

How many kanji do you generally need to know to be able to read a Japanese newspaper or be determined to be literate in Japanese?

2,000

300

In the winter, this is a table that keeps you warm.  

Kotatsu

300

Which famous astronaut is from Ohio?

Neil Armstrong

400

The period from 1868 to 1912, in which the Western world and Western ideals were popularized and praised in Japan was called...

The Meiji period

400

This is the type of Japanese theater.

What is kabuki?

400
This is a special kind of Japanese mustard.
What is wasabi?
400

Name one famous inventor from Ohio. 

Edison, Wright Brothers

500

List 7 Japanese car brands

Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Lexus, Acura, Infiniti, etc.

500
This is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
What is Ikebana?
500
This type of food is made up of thin slices of meat, bean curd and vegetables cooked in soy sauce and sugar.
What is sukiyaki?
500

What does the word "Ohio" mean in an indigenous people's language?

Beautiful river