| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Name any of the original three starter Pokemon. | Bulbasaur / Charmander / Squirtle | 86%
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| Which city suffered a nuclear accident following an earthquake and tsunami in 2011? | Fukushima | 79%
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| Which traditional style of bedding, consisting of a mattress and a duvet, can be folded and stored away during the daytime? | Futon | 79%
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| Who are the native people of Hokkaido? | Ainu | 71%
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| Who is the creator of popular Studio Ghibli films such as "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Spirited Away"? | Hayao Miyazaki | 71%
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| Meaning "divine wind", what saved Japan from Mongol invasion twice? | Kamikaze | 71%
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| The Ryukyu Islands are also known as what? | Okinawa | 71%
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| What is the name for a Japanese hot spring? | Onsen | 71%
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| In 1995, the Aum Shinrikyo cult carried out an attack on the Tokyo subway using which type of poisonous gas? | Sarin | 71%
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| Which city in Aichi prefecture shares a name with a car manufacturer? | Toyota | 71%
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| What is the name of the former Japanese emperor who abdicated in 2019? | Akihito | 57%
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| Which Japanese region shares its name with the Japanese word for "China"? | Chugoku | 57%
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| Which city was originally the target for the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, spared because it was too cloudy over the city? | Kokura | 43%
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| What is the name of the third of the three unifiers of Japan? | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 43%
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| Which genre of art, famous for woodblock prints, has a name meaning "pictures of the floating world"? | Ukiyo-e | 43%
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| The Naruto Strait in Tokushima is famous for what? | Whirlpools | 43%
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| Which prefecture is the largest producer of peanuts in Japan? | Chiba | 36%
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| Which type of cookie, made in Sapporo, has a name meaning "white lover"? | Shiroi Koibito | 36%
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| Who was responsible for the death of Oda Nobunaga? | Akechi Mitsuhide | 29%
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| Which novelist authored books such as "Norwegian Wood" and "Kafka on the Shore"? | Haruki Murakami | 29%
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| Which festival, celebrated the day before the first day of spring, involves throwing soybeans to chase out the oni (ogres)? | Setsubun | 29%
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| Which contemporary artist, who works primarily in sculpture and installation, is known for covering things in polka dots? | Yayoi Kusama | 29%
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| Who replaced Shinzo Abe after he stepped down as prime minister? | Yoshihide Suga | 29%
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| Which stuffed toys, based on Disney characters, are designed to stack on top of each other? | Tsum Tsum | 21%
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| Which park in Saitama is famous for its shibazakura (moss pink) fields? | Hitsujiyama | 14%
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| Which branch of Buddhism, popular in Japan, involves the practice of chanting the name of Amitabha Buddha with total concentration? | Pure Land | 14%
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| Which temple, located in Nara, is one of the largest wooden buildings in the world and houses a giant bronze Buddha statue? | Todaiji | 14%
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| Which Japanese band has songs such as "Oddloop" and "Kanashii Ureshii"? | Frederic | 7%
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