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Ehime
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100

This is the letter that is the tenth alphabet?

J

100

Which fruit, harvested across Ehime and often featured in character mascots and local branding, is considered a regional symbol?

Mandarin Oranges


100

What're the names of the 2 major political parties in the USA?

Democrat and Republican

100

Both countries are leaders in technology. Name one major Japanese electronics company and one American technology company.

Sony (Japan) and Apple (U.S.)

100

Which Japanese company invented the first portable music player known as the Walkman?

Sony

200

These are two ways that you say "konnichiwa" in English.

Hello

Good afternoon

200

Mt. Ishizuchi, located in western Shikoku, is part of which Japanese mountain range?

The Shikoku Mountains 

200

Which American city is famous for Hollywood, the center of the U.S. film industry?

Los Angeles 

200

In which American city can you visit a large Japanese Tea Garden inside Golden Gate Park?

San Francisco 

200

Which Japanese animation studio is famous worldwide for movies like My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ) and Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し)?

Studio Ghibli

300

This is the animal that is known as "kaba" in Japanese.

Hippopotamus

300

During the Saijō Festival in autumn, locals parade large, ornate wooden floats known by what name?

Danjiri

300

Who was the 45th President of the United States, known for his business background and controversial policies? What party is he in?

Donald Trump / Republican 

300

What are some Japanese words that have become common in everyday English.

Tsunami, karaoke, sushi, origami, kimono, emoji  

300

These are all the prefectures that start with the letter Y? 

Yamaguchi

Yamagata

Yamanashi

400

What is one major difference between English and Japanese sentence structure?

English usually follows Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) order (e.g., “I eat sushi”), while Japanese follows Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) order (e.g., “私は寿司を食べます” — “I sushi eat”).





400

Which influential poet from Matsuyama helped reform haiku in the Meiji period and has a museum named after him?

Masaoka Shiki

400

This is the state that is the largest in America. This is a state that is cold.

Alaska

400

What is the name of the security treaty signed in 1960 that allows the United States to maintain military bases in Japan?

The U.S.–Japan Security Treaty

400

What event in 1868 marked the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the restoration of imperial rule?

The Meiji Restoration

500

Which two languages had the biggest influence on early American English besides English itself?

Native American languages and Spanish

500

Before becoming part of Ehime Prefecture, what was the name of the historical province that covered much of the same area?

Iyo Province

500

Which U.S. amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press?

The First Amendment

500

Which American president helped to open Japan to international trade in the 1850s?

President Matthew Perry (Commodore Perry)

500

Which Japanese invention revolutionized portable music in the 1970s and was created by Sony?

Which Japanese invention revolutionized portable music in the 1970s and was created by Sony?