🇯🇵NSU JA Quiz🇺🇸

Japanese American

100

This is the number of Japantowns that have existed in North America (past and present)

4 (SF, LA, San Jose, Vancouver)

200

This Japanese prefecture is home to the American town called "Ame-mura."

Osaka

300

This city has the highest percentage of Japanese Americans.

Honolulu (23%)

400

This is the location of the first Japanese American concentration camp

Manzanar

500

This Japanese American man was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2000 for his service in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

Daniel Inouye

Japanese Food

100

This chocolate-coated biscuit snack holds the Guinness World Record for best-selling in its category.

Pocky

200

This city is most commonly credited with the creation of the California Roll.

Vancouver

300

This is the number of food venues in Tokyo.

150,000 venues (New York has 27,000)

400

This is the season when Mori Soba is traditionally eaten.

Summer (it is a cold noodle soup dish)

500

This is the year when conveyor belt sushi (kaitenzushi) first started in Japan.

1958

Pop Culture

100

This anime holds the record as the longest-running series.

Sazae-san

200

This is the most streamed Japanese song in 2023

Idol by YOASOBI

300

This movie is the Highest-grossing Japanese films worldwide

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train

400

This Japanese major league baseball player most recently joined MLB.

Roki Sasaki (Dodgers)

500

These three Japanese artists performed at Coachella in 2024

YOASOBI, Hatsune Miku, and ATARASHII GAKKO

Berkeley

100

This is the name of UC Berkeley’s current chancellor

Richard Lyons

200

This is the number of libraries on the UC Berkeley campus.

20

300

This is the year UC Berkeley’s Nikkei Student Union was founded.

2002

400

This is the number of colleges and schools at UC Berkeley.

15

500

This is the height of the Campanile in feet.

307 feet

Misc

100

This anime follows a high school student named Yuji as he battles a powerful curse.

Jujutsu Kaisen

200

This Japanese American actor appeared in both Star Trek and Star Wars.

George Takei

300

This is the number of committees in UC Berkeley’s Nikkei Student Union.

7 (Community Service and Issues, Social, PR and Graphics, Historian, Sports, Finance, General Member)

400

This is the name of Shohei Ohtani's dog, who has gained some attention on social media.

Decoy/Dekopin

500

This Japanese American actress played the character "Stella" on the Disney Channel series Lemonade Mouth.

Haley Kiyoko