Japanese Inventions - Statistics

General Stats

Answer Stats

Clue	Year	Answer	% Correct
This thing	1994	QR code	90%
These things	1997	Emoji	84%
Machine that helps people sing along to a music video	1981	Karaoke	82%
Martial arts style that originated in Okinawa	?	Karate	81%
Circular media for storing up to 74 minute of music	1982	Compact disc	80%
Type of train	1964	Bullet train	76%
Martial arts style in the Olympic games	1882	Judo	68%
Small dessert item which can predict the future	≈ 1900	Fortune cookie	65%
Type of battery that powers phones, laptops, and electric vehicles	1985	{Lithium}-ion	65%
Just add boiling water to get a tasty meal	1958	{Instant} noodles	61%
Hotel with very tiny rooms, sometimes stacked on top of one another	1979	{Capsule} hotel	48%
Wristwatches that use this type of crystal	1967	Quartz	48%
The 113th element of the Periodic Table, named for the country of Japan	2004	{Nihon}ium	35%
Type of ship, later employed at the Battle of Midway	1922	Aircraft carrier	34%
Type of salt which gives food an "umami" flavor	1908	Monosodium glutamate	34%
Addictive drug which gives people manic energy	1893	Methamphetamine	30%
Strand of repeated DNA which can be used for gene editing (hint: acronym)	1987	CRISPR	25%
The Fujita scale, used to measure the strength of ...	1971	Tornadoes	22%