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Offline totemo_oishii

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Help me come up with questions for Jeopardy about Japan
« on: February 27, 2008, 03:23:18 pm »
I've decided to hold a Jeopardy competition in Japanese Culture Club tomorrow.

Help me come up with some questions plz?

Thank you!

♥ Totemo

Examples:

- Fruit is expensive in Japan, true or false?
- What is natto?
- What is the difference between sushi and sashimi?

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Re: Help me come up with questions for Jeopardy about Japan
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2008, 03:32:53 pm »
*pops knuckles*
OK, do they have to have the Jeopardy style wording? Where the contestant words the answer in the form of a question?

I can only come up with very simplified things when it comes to Japan since I haven't taken any classes but I'm eager to help. Also, I have wikipedia so I can look up all sorts of stuff I don't know.


So if you wanted the answer to be "What is Osaka" you can ask a lot of different questions of varying difficulty (since Jeopardy has 100-500 dollar questions)....

This city is sometimes called "Japan's Kitchen".
By day this city is the 2nd most populated in the country but at night it drops to number 3.
This city was built on the mouth of the Yodo river.
In 645, Emperor Kōtoku built his palace in this city, making this area the country's capital.
This city is the home of Kansai International Airport.

And that's just Osaka.....


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Re: Help me come up with questions for Jeopardy about Japan
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2008, 03:38:51 pm »
They don't have to be Jeopardy style wording, normal question/answer is fine.

It also doesn't have to be super hard, I want the contestants to know some of them at least, lol.

Thanks Tom, you're a pal!  ;D

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Re: Help me come up with questions for Jeopardy about Japan
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2008, 03:52:15 pm »
You could do something really easy, like...

"What city is the famous Akihabara district located in?" (Tokyo)

Here's a few true/false ones regarding food and table manners:

"According to Japanese table manners, you are not suppose to dip the rice side of sushi in soy sauce" (True)
"According to Japanese table manners, you can mix wasabi and soy sauce together for sushi" (False)
"According to Japanese table manners, it is considered rude to rub your chopsticks together after pulling them apart" (True)
"Ginger is to be eaten between courses as a palate cleanser" (True)
"You can stick your chopsticks in your rice" (False)

...I'll find more when I can :)

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Re: Help me come up with questions for Jeopardy about Japan
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2008, 04:01:31 pm »
OK, I'm going to stick to geography since I'm sure I'll mess up something that's language or cultural related. Besides, there's plenty more friends on this forum!

What is the name of the most southern of the four large islands of Japan? -Kyushu
What is the name of the most northern of the four large islands of Japan? - Hokkaido

How many prefectures are in Japan? 47

Which of these flags represents Tokyo's part of the country? (this question can be for any of the flags)
(This is Tokyo)
(this is Okinawa)
(this is Osaka)
( this is Kyoto)



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Re: Help me come up with questions for Jeopardy about Japan
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2008, 07:47:29 pm »
Q: What divine name were these suicidal Japanese pilots called by in WWII? 
A: Kamikaze
Q: What does Kamikaze mean?
A: Divine Wind

Q: What is the name of Japan's most famous Battleship?
A: Yamato

Q: Which country did Japan war with in 1906?
A: Russia
Q: Which country brokered the peace agreement between these two nations?
A: United States

Q: What did Japan give to Washington D.C.?
A: Cherry trees

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Re: Help me come up with questions for Jeopardy about Japan
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2008, 07:55:46 pm »
I've decided to hold a Jeopardy competition in Japanese Culture Club tomorrow.

Help me come up with some questions plz?

Thank you!

♥ Totemo

Examples:

- Fruit is expensive in Japan, true or false?
- What is natto?
- What is the difference between sushi and sashimi?

yeah totemo when we were there a friend took a pick of a cantalope melon that wqas 99$ bucks in tokyo

lets see
true or false
root beer and mt dew is popular in japan
false essuly root beer cant find in japan
japan like fanta a lot
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Re: Help me come up with questions for Jeopardy about Japan
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2008, 10:30:53 am »

Q: What did Japan give to Washington D.C.?
A: Cherry trees



They also gave Vancouver 100 cherry trees, all of which were planted at Clark College!

Okay, here's some!

- True or false, a Yokozuna is a title given to someone skilled in judo.  (False, the correct answer is Sumo).
- True or false, "tako" is a Japanese word for an aquatic animal.  (True, the octopus).
- True or false, blowfish is the only Japanese delicacy that the Emperor is forbidden to eat.  (True, blowfish is poisonous, and can kill someone if prepared incorrectly).
- True or false, Ichiro Suzuki will be playing for the Boston Red Sox this year.  (False, he's still with Seattle).
- True or false, there is a model of Fort Vancouver in Japan.  (True, in the city of Joyo, which is about 10 miles away from Osaka).
- True or false, before Nintendo made video games, it made sake.  (False, it made various types of playing cards).
- True or false, the Haiku is a poetic format with four lines.  (False, it has three lines).
- True or false, the bomb that nuked Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, was nicknamed "Little Boy."  (True, and the one that fell on Nagasaki was dubbed "Fat Man").
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