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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Which religion was banned from 1620 until 1873?	Christianity	59%
What was the nickname of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki?	Fat Man	56%
What is the name for the Japanese writing system which is used to write words that come from foreign languages?	Katakana	56%
What is the name for the Japanese dish of blowfish, which is fatally poisonous if not prepared correctly?	Fugu	44%
At what age does one celebrate their "coming of age" ceremony?	20	41%
A "shinobi" is another name for a what?	Ninja	34%
The character "Gudetama" is an anthropomorphic version of which food?	Egg	31%
What is the name for Japan's bicameral legislature?	National Diet	31%
Tatsuro Yamashita and Mariya Takeuchi are artists of which subset of pop music?	City Pop	25%
What is the name for the Japanese art of flower arranging?	Ikebana	25%
What is the name of the current era of Japan?	Reiwa	25%
What is the name of the first of the three unifiers of Japan?	Oda Nobunaga	22%
Name any one of the three Japanese members of the K-Pop group Twice	Sana Minatozaki/Mina Myoui/Momo Hirai	22%
What does the "AKB" in AKB48 stand for?	Akihabara	19%
Sebastian Michaelis and Ciel Phantomhive are the protagonists of which anime series?	Black Butler	19%
What is the name of the gift of money that is given to children at the new year?	Otoshidama	16%
Which type of Shintō Shrine is dedicated to the kami (gods) of war?	Hachiman Shrines	13%
What is the name for the outcast class of Japan, traditionally associated with "impure" jobs such as killing animals?	Burakumin	9%
What is the name of the first written history of Japan, which is not considered accurate?	Kojiki	9%
Which type of tree is always painted on the background of a nō theater?	Pine Tree	9%
What is the name of the controversial shrine which honors Japan's war dead, including hundreds of war criminals?	Yasukuni	9%
What is the title of what is considered to be Japan's first modern novel?	Ukigumo	6%
Which form of poetry, used a thousand years before the haiku, contains 31 syllables?	Waka	6%
What is the name for a man who is dressed as a woman in a play?	Onnagata	3%
What is the name for the genre of erotic woodblock print art?	Shunga	3%
What is the name for the medieval act of seppuku (ritual suicide), which was done following a master's death?	Junshi	0%
What is the name for the national policy films from the 1940's?	Kokusaku-Eiga	0%
What is the name for the hand gestures on a Buddhist sculpture?	Mudra	0%