I got bored so I decided to compile a quiz to test your knowledge on Japanese culture, traditions, random stuff that has nothing to do with anything, etc. etc. There are fifteen questions total.
So with out further ado, lets begin!
Answers are at the bottom. No cheating! :D
一。 What is Japan’s currency?
二。 What does this kanji mean? ==> 木
三。 What is Natto made out of?
四。 How many holidays make up Golden Week?
五。 On which side is the driver’s seat in Japanese cars?
六。 What does NEET stand for?
七。 Who is the current Prime Minister of Japan?
八。 What is this food called?
九。 Momotaro was born from what?
十。 What animal do Japanese associate with Boy’s Day?
十一。 What do Japanese people do before entering the house that most people in the United States don’t?
十二。 What is an Omamori?
十三。 What is the name of one of the most famous and skilled samurai who wrote The Book of Five Rings?
十四。 Japanese chefs must acquire a license in order to serve this fish at their restaurant.
十五。 Why isn’t slurping while eating foods such as udon or ramen considered impolite?
Answers:
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Rankings:
13-15 – Grats. You are fit to live in Japan! or you are good at googling.
8-12 – You paid attention while watching anime.
4-7 – You know more then a lot of people. (In Kansas)
1-3 – At least you know something right?
0 – This must have been a learning experience for you huh?
Hope you had fun! :D
-exo
1. The yen. :D
2. thing or stuff :D
3. Fermented Soybeans :D
4. Three?
5. The “Right” Side (lol)
6. Not in Employment, Education, or Training. :D
7. Shinichiro Abe?
8. Tempura :D
9. A peach :D
10. Koi?
11. Take off their flipping shoes. :D
12. A charm that usually contains pieces of an umbilical cord?
13. Miyamoto Musashi
14. fugu :D
15. It shows that you enjoyed the food?
*Check answers*
So like 11-12 out of 15. Not bad. But… The kanji you have in your question is different from that in the answer. :/
Dammit. It changed after I refreshed. ;_;
@TheBigN – Haha. Yeah I realized that immediately after I had published it and changed it. :)
一。 The yen. Did you know that if you look at the Bank of Japan building from the air, it looks like the kanji for yen?
二。 tree. “moku/ki”
三。 fermented soybeans
四。 4: Green Day, Constitution Day, People’s Rest Day, Children’s Day
五。 Right
六。 Not Employed, in Education, or in Training
七。 Abe
八。 tempura
九。 a peach… but in the original story, he was born from his “grandmother” after she got pregnant… she and the “grandfather” ate a magic peach, became young, then had sex.
十。 The carp (koi)
十一。 Take off their shoes… though people do that also in Hawaii.
十二。 a protection amulet
十三。 Miyamoto Musashi
十四。 fugu or poisonous blowfish
十五。 because it’s the culture.
I’ve found that natto is a hit or miss sorta thing. XD I haven’t tried it yet, though.
natto…for me it is omega ftl.
I got 4 right. (Yen, Right side, Abe and taking off shoes)
The fact the Japanese drive on the right hand side is painfully known to me because we get a lot of Japanese import cars here in Dubai (UAE) but cant drive them coz we have left hand cars here :( So they’re all exported someplace else.
yay! I got most of them right! Without googling. Although I only got into the 11-12 range.
14~ : P But then I needed to know this kind of stuff. XD I got the samurai author thing wrong, because I just wouldnt care about that.
HAHAH 9/15 FTW.
一。 What is Japan’s currency? The Yen.
二。 What does this kanji mean? ==> 木 Wood or tree.
三。 What is Natto made out of? Soybeans.
四。 How many holidays make up Golden Week? 5.
五。 On which side is the driver’s seat in Japanese cars? Right.
六。 What does NEET stand for? Not in employment, education or training.
七。 Who is the current Prime Minister of Japan? Koizumi? Or did they change?
八。 What is this food called? Tempura.
九。 Momotaro was born from what? A giant peach floating down a river.
十。 What animal do Japanese associate with Boy’s Day? No idea.
十一。 What do Japanese people do before entering the house that most people in the United States don’t? Take off their shoes? It’s common courtesy here in Australia.
十二。 What is an Omamori? No idea.
十三。 What is the name of one of the most famous and skilled samurai who wrote The Book of Five Rings? Miyamoto Musashi.
十四。 Japanese chefs must acquire a license in order to serve this fish at their restaurant. Puffer fish thingies, the poisonous ones don’t remember their proper name.
十五。 Why isn’t slurping while eating foods such as udon or ramen considered impolite? Because it shows that you think their noodle is AWSUM =3