🇯🇵 Japan & Kamakura
This train line connects Kamakura and Fujisawa and stops at Kamakurakōkōmae.
Enoden
In Aladdin (1992), what’s the name of Aladdin’s monkey sidekick?
Abu
Your team sells a hoodie for ¥3,000. It costs ¥1,800 to make. How much do you earn per hoodie before other expenses?
¥1,200
What gas do plants take in from the air during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
What five-letter word can mean a person who leads a group or a piece of metal? It’s spelled the same way in both cases.
Lead
At Hōkokuji, what tall plant are you most likely to walk among?
Bamboo
In The Lion King (1994), which member of the “Hakuna Matata” duo is a meerkat?
Timon
A shirt normally costs ¥2,500. During a sale, it’s 20% off. What’s the sale price?
¥2,000
A metal spoon and a wooden spoon have been in the same room all day. Why does the metal spoon feel colder?
Metal conducts heat away from your hand faster than wood.
Rearrange LISTEN to make a word that describes a room where nobody is talking.
Silent
Kamakura’s Great Buddha sits in the open air at which temple?
Kōtoku-in
In Hercules (1997), what’s the name of the winged horse Zeus gives Hercules?
Pegasus
You sell 12 shirts for ¥2,500 each. Each shirt costs ¥1,400 to make, and your booth costs ¥3,000. What’s your total profit?
¥10,200
Lightning and thunder come from the same event. Why do you usually see the flash before you hear the thunder?
Light travels faster than sound.
What word goes before board, case, and mark to make three different words?
Book
This former samurai leader became shogun in 1192 and is associated with the founding of the Kamakura shogunate.
Minamoto no Yoritomo
In Mulan (1998), what two objects are tied to Mulan’s wrists when she figures out how to climb the training pole?
Two heavy metal discs or weights. Bonus detail: They represent discipline and strength.
Your team spends ¥12,000 on a booth and display. You earn ¥800 per shirt after production costs. How many shirts must you sell to break even?
15 shirts
A sealed bag of chips puffs up as you go higher up a mountain. What change in the air outside the bag causes this?
The air pressure outside the bag decreases.
I mean heavy when read forward. Read me backward and I mean the opposite of yes. What am I?
Ton
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is a Shinto shrine. In the shrine’s name, who is Hachiman?
A Shinto deity traditionally associated with warriors and protection. Meaning “the god of war.”
In Beauty and the Beast (1991), Belle’s father Maurice invents a machine that he takes to the fair. What does the machine do?
It chops wood. Accept “splits logs” or “makes firewood.”
You can order 20 shirts for ¥1,500 each or 40 shirts for ¥1,100 each. You expect to sell only 20 at ¥2,500 each. If the unsold shirts bring in zero revenue, which order gives you more profit, and by how much?
The 20-shirt order, by ¥14,000. You make ¥20,000 versus ¥6,000.
You’re floating in a pool holding a rock. You drop it, and it sinks to the bottom. Does the water level rise, fall, or stay the same?
It falls. While you hold the rock, it makes you displace enough water to support its weight. On the bottom, it displaces only its own volume.
What word can mean to officially approve something or a penalty imposed for breaking a rule?
Sanction