Japanese Culture Test

What material were Food Samples 「しょくひんサンプル」 originally made of?

a. Clay

b. Silk

c. Wood

d. Wax

D - "Wax"

T/F: Houses/apartments categorized as stigmatized property in Japan are typically cheaper.

Answer: True

What were the first emojis created for:

A) Texting and email
B) Weather reports and business information
C) Teaching and reading
D) For children’s picture books

B) Weather reports and business information

Which is the first Shinkansen line in Japan?
a) Hokkaido Shinkansen
b) Tohoku Shinkansen
c) Tokaido Shinkansen
d) Hokuriku Shinkansen

c) Tokaido Shinkansen

True or False: Quartz watches are still used and are very popular in today’s market?

True. Quartz watches are still popular today.

Were the CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, and VHS all made in Japan?

TRUE

Which song helped to contribute to the growth of the Vocaloid genre by showing that vocaloid music could convey emotion?
World is Mine
Melt
World’s End Dance Hall
Vocaloids are Lame

Answer: Melt. (Fun Fact: that last option is an actual vocaloid song.

Capsule Hotels can be found in all of the following places except
Train Stations
Airports
Shuttle Stops
Gas Stations

Correct Answer: #D - Gas Stations

Which notable show was created shown in the 1970s? 　*先生：Astro Boy was created in the 1960s so I would rephrase "shown" instead of "created":

One Piece

b) Momotaro no Umiwashi

c) Dragon Ball

d) Astro Boy

Astro Boy

True or False: Daisuke Inoue patented and created the very first Karaoke Machine.

(False) Inoue never actually patented the machine.

When were the first electric rice cookers with a keep warm feature introduced for household sale?

a) 1912

b) 1955

c) 1960

d) 1979

C) 1960

The first laptop was introduced as the Epson HX-20 everywhere in the world.

False, it was Epson HX-20 in NA and HC-20 in Japan.

Karaoke (カラオケ）is written in katakana because it combines the Japanese word for "empty" with a foreign word, "orchestra."

True

Who sparked the development of the 3D Printer?
Olivier de Witte
Charles Hull
Hideo Kodama
Kazue Masuyama

Hideo Kodama

True or False:

The inventor of the karaoke machine, Daisuke Inoue, did not patent it, and as such made no money from it.

True

What company introduced mirrorless cameras to the market in 2008?

a. Nikon

b. Panasonic

c. Olympus

d. Sony

B) Panasonic

What other earlier martial art does Judo descend from?

A. Karate

B. Jujutsu

C. Kung Fu

D. Taekwondo

Jujutsu

True or False: The winner of the format war between VHS and Betamax was VHS

True

What color of LED bulb did 3 Japanese Scientists Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura invent?

A) Red

B) Blue

C) White

D) Green

B) Blue

What year did these transparent bathrooms appear?

A. 2018

B. 2019

C. 2020

D. 2021

C) 2020

True or False; Chindogu are useful items.

False

Where is the Gundam Statue located:

A. Yokohama

B. Kyoto

C. Sapporo

D. Nagoya

Yokohama

What period did Kotatsu originate from?

Muromachi period

Nara Period

Asuka Period

Heian Period

Muromachi period

Who was The Tale of Genji written for?

A. Commonfolk

B. The Emperor

C. Ladies of the Court

D. Cabbage Merchant

Answer: Ladies of the Court

What invention was inspired by the Walkman?

A. Hearing Aids

B. Headphones

C. Ipod

D. MP3 Player

C) iPod

Who invented the first Karaoke machine?

a. Daisuke kambe

b. Daisuke Inoue.

c. Robert D Rosairo.

d. Shigeichi Negishi

Daisuke Inoue

The proof for Fermat’s Last Theorem needed what conjecture?

Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture
Dazai-Ogawa Conjecture
Nishimura-Yohachi Conjecture
Murasaki-Shikibu Conjecture

Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture

Which company invented the QR code.

A. Denso

B. Sony

C. SEGA

D. Nintendo

Denso

What period was the bento box invented?

a) Edo Period

b) Nara Period

c) Meiji Period

d) Kamakura

Kamakura

What does the "QR" in QR code stand for?

A) Quick Response

B) Quick Relay

C) Quantum Response

D) Quantum Relay

A) Quick Response