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Who was older, Michelangelo or Raphael?
Michelangelo
100
In land area, what is the smallest prefecture in Japan?
Kagawa
100
Which decade of the 1800s were the first ¥1 coins minted in Japan?
1870s
100
What is the middle colour of a rainbow?
Green
100
Who is the person on the new 2024 ¥1000 bank note?
Kitasato Shibasaburo
200
Which art movement was started in 1907, Pablo Picasso?
Cubism
200
What language is spoken in Brazil?
Portuguese
200
Who is the person on the new 2024 ¥5000 bank note?
Tsuda Umeko
200
How much does it cost to produce a ¥1 coin?
¥3
200
Is the tomato fruit poisonous?
No. The fruit is not poisonous.
However the leaves and stem are poisonous.
300
Which member of Japanese boy band Arashi was the first to get married?
Kazunari Ninomiya
300
In what country is K2, the world's second highest mountain?
Pakistan
300
What year was Google founded?
1998
300
What is the most popular boys name in the world?
Mohammed
300
What is an Ornithorhynchus anatinus?
a) Platypus
b) Koala
c) Emu
Platypus
400
Name any two of the seven painters known as the "Impressionists".
Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot,
Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley,
Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt
Edgar Degas
400
What is the second most populated city in China?
Beijing (or Peking in Japanese)
400
In what Japanese period did nigiri sushi originate?
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
400
Which company is older, Apple or Microsoft?
Microsoft, 1975.
Apple, 1976.
400
Who was the first person in the world to make cultured pearls?
Mikimoto Kokichi
500
Who is the most famous Japanese author to English readers? He wrote books such as,
1Q84, Kafka on the Shore,
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,
Murakami Haruki
500
Travelling on land, from Aomori to Yamaguchi, which is the only prefecture you cannot avoid and must pass through?
Hyogo
500
What was the Japanese currency called before the Yen?
The mon (文) was the currency of Japan from the Muromachi period in 1336 until the early Meiji period, 1870.
500
Which city is closer to Tokyo, Rome (Italy) or London (England)?
Tokyo to Rome is 9878 Km
Tokyo to London is 9582 Km
500
How many elements in the periodic table?
a) 108
b) 118
c) 128
118