Statistics for Japan General Knowledge #3

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Who are the native people of Hokkaido?	Ainu	88%
Name any of the original three starter Pokemon.	Bulbasaur / Charmander / Squirtle	88%
Which city suffered a nuclear accident following an earthquake and tsunami in 2011?	Fukushima	88%
Who is the creator of popular Studio Ghibli films such as "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Spirited Away"?	Hayao Miyazaki	88%
The Ryukyu Islands are also known as what?	Okinawa	88%
In 1995, the Aum Shinrikyo cult carried out an attack on the Tokyo subway using which type of poisonous gas?	Sarin	88%
Which traditional style of bedding, consisting of a mattress and a duvet, can be folded and stored away during the daytime?	Futon	75%
Meaning "divine wind", what saved Japan from Mongol invasion twice?	Kamikaze	75%
Which city in Aichi prefecture shares a name with a car manufacturer?	Toyota	75%
Which Japanese region shares its name with the Japanese word for "China"?	Chugoku	63%
What is the name for a Japanese hot spring?	Onsen	63%
What is the name of the former Japanese emperor who abdicated in 2019?	Akihito	50%
Which prefecture is the largest producer of peanuts in Japan?	Chiba	50%
What is the name of the third of the three unifiers of Japan?	Tokugawa Ieyasu	50%
Which genre of art, famous for woodblock prints, has a name meaning "pictures of the floating world"?	Ukiyo-e	50%
The Naruto Strait in Tokushima is famous for what?	Whirlpools	50%
Which novelist authored books such as "Norwegian Wood" and "Kafka on the Shore"?	Haruki Murakami	38%
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	38%
Which type of cookie, made in Sapporo, has a name meaning "white lover"?	Shiroi Koibito	38%
Who was responsible for the death of Oda Nobunaga?	Akechi Mitsuhide	25%
Which festival, celebrated the day before the first day of spring, involves throwing soybeans to chase out the oni (ogres)?	Setsubun	25%
Which contemporary artist, who works primarily in sculpture and installation, is known for covering things in polka dots?	Yayoi Kusama	25%
Who replaced Shinzo Abe after he stepped down as prime minister?	Yoshihide Suga	25%
Which branch of Buddhism, popular in Japan, involves the practice of chanting the name of Amitabha Buddha with total concentration?	Pure Land	13%
Which temple, located in Nara, is one of the largest wooden buildings in the world and houses a giant bronze Buddha statue?	Todaiji	13%
Which stuffed toys, based on Disney characters, are designed to stack on top of each other?	Tsum Tsum	13%
Which Japanese band has songs such as "Oddloop" and "Kanashii Ureshii"?	Frederic	0%
Which park in Saitama is famous for its shibazakura (moss pink) fields?	Hitsujiyama	0%