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1. Which of the following is the capital of Japan?
A. Osaka.
B. Tokyo.
C. Koto.
Answer: Tokyo.
2. Which of these is the official name of the Japanese currency?
A. Japanese yuan.
B. Japanese renminbi.
C. Japanese yen.
Answer: Japanese yen.
3. Which of these represents the official Japanese flag?
A. A white background with a red circle at the center.
B. A white background with a red circle at the end.
C. A red background with a white circle at the center.
Answer: A white background with a red circle at the center.
4. What is the nickname of Japan?
A. The raising sun.
B. Land of the rising sun.
C. Land of the risen sun.
Answer: Land of the raising sun.
5. Which of the following is referred to as the Japanese deer?
A. Sika deer.
B. Red deer.
C. Water deer.
Answer: sika deer.
6. What is another name for the Japanese macaque?
A. Rain money.
B. Snow monkey.
C. Summer monkey.
Answer: snow monkey.
7. Which of these is the highest mountain in Japan?
A. Mount Fuji.
B. Mount Kita.
C. Mount Ontake.
Answer: mount Fuji.
8. What is the longest river in Japan called?
A. Shinano River.
B. Tone River.
C. Mogami River.
Answer: Shinano River.
9. Who was the first emperor of Japan?
A. Michiko.
B. Mako Komuro.
C. Jimmu Tennō.
Answer: Jimmu Tennō.
10. What was the first capital of Japan?
A. Osaka.
B. Kyoto.
C. Tokyo.
Answer: Osaka.
11. In what year did Japan join the UN?
A. 1965.
B. 1956.
C. 1695.
Answer: 1956.
12. What is the most produced food commodity in Japan?
A. Milk.
B. Sugar beet.
C. Rice.
Answer: rice.
13. What is the national animal of Japan?
A. Japanese raccoon dog.
B. Japanese snow monkey.
C. Japanese serow.
Answer: Japanese snow monkey.
14. What is the national bird of Japan called?
A. Japanese murrelet.
B. Japanese wood pigeon.
C. Green pheasant.
Answer: green pheasant.
15. What is the national stone of Japan called?
A. Jade.
B. Diamond.
C. Granite.
Answer: jade.
16. Japanese language does not have singular and plural.
A. Maybe.
B. False.
C. True.
Answer: true.
17. What is the Japan language called?
A. Japanese.
B. Nipongo.
C. Nihongo.
Answer: Nihongo.
18. Where is the Snow festival held annually?
A. Fukuoka.
B. Hiroshima.
C. Sapporo.
Answer: Sapporo.
19. Which of these is the smallest of the four main Islands in Japan?
A. Hokkaido.
B. Shikoku.
C. Honshu.
Answer: Shikoku.
20. What is the largest Island in Japan called?
A. Baffin Island.
B. Honshu Island.
C. New Guinea Island.
Answer: New Guinea island.
21. Which of the following is the most dominant religion of the Japanese?
A. Christianity.
B. Islamic religion.
C. Shintu religion.
Answer: Shintu religion.
22. What is the symbol of the Shintos?
A. A gate.
B. A god.
C. A monkey.
Answer: A gate.
23. What does sushi mean in Japan language?
A. Sweet rice.
B. Honey rice.
C. Sour rice.
Answer: sour rice.
24. When does the Obon festival take place in Japan?
A. Autumn.
B. Summer.
C. Spring.
Answer: summer.
25. Which of the following is referred to as the kitchen of Japan?
A. Kobe.
B. Osaka.
C. Sendai.
Answer: Osaka.
26. Rice is used in making which Japanese wine?
A. Soju.
B. Sik.
C. Sake.
Answer: sake.
27. Which part of Asia is Japan situated in?
A. East Asia.
B. North Asia.
C. South Asia.
Answer: East Asia.
28. What is the Japanese national flower?
A. Plum blossom.
B. Cherry blossom.
C. Japanese apricot.
Answer: cherry blossom.
29. What two numbers are considered unlucky in Japan?
A. 4 and 7.
B. 9 and 5.
C. 4 and 9.
Answer: 4 and 9.
30. Which of the following is the national game of Japan?
A. Sumo wrestling.
B. Go.
C. Baseball.
Answer: sumo wrestling.
31. What is the official name of the Japanese bullet train?
A. Seibu railway.
B. Shinkansen.
C. Shibusen.
Answer: Shinkansen.
32. What does Japan mean in Japanese?
A. Nihon.
B. Nihongu.
C. Nippon.
Answer: Nihon.
33. Which is the largest forest in Japan?
A. Bijinbayashi forest.
B. Aokigahara forest.
D. Koajiro forest.
Answer: Aokigahara forest.
34. In what year did Tokyo first host the Olympics?
A. 1946.
B. 1960.
C. 1964.
Answer: 1964.
35. To celebrate Christmas in Japan, which fast food is eaten?
A. McDonald’s.
B. Kentucky Fried Chicken.
D. Burger King.
Answer: Kentucky Fried Chicken.
36. The oldest company in Japan is called?
A. Kono Gumi.
B. Hitachi.
C. Mitsubishi.
Answer: Kono Gumi.
37. How many active volcanoes are experienced in Japan yearly?
A. 100.
B. 120.
C. 110.
Answer: 110.
38. What is the name of the Japanese ancient warriors?
A. Sumorio.
B. Samurai.
C. Somurui.
Answer: Samurai.
39. Japan is home to how many Islands?
A. 6,838.
B. 6,825.
C. 6,852.
Answer: 6,852.
40. What is the Japanese traditional wear called?
A. Hanbok.
B. Yukata.
C. Kimono.
Answer: Kimono.
41. What is Japanese poetry called?
A. Haiku.
B. Sijo.
C. Hiuko.
Answer: Haiku.
42. What is the Japanese traditional Inn known as?
A. Ryoki.
B. Ryokan.
C. Kryoki.
Answer: Ryokan.
43. What was the former capital of Japan before Tokyo?
A. Kyoto.
B. None.
C. Tokyo.
Answer: Kyoto.
44. What does the Japanese weird ‘geisha’ mean?
A. People of art.
B. Woman of art.
C. Person of art.
Answer: person of art.
45. What are the Japanese movies called?
A. Anime.
B. Cartoon.
C. Kurato.
Answer: Anime.
46. Which country in Asia grows the square watermelon?
A. India.
B. Japan.
C. Korea.
Answer: Japan.
47. Which type of paper is used more than toilet paper in Japan?
A. Notebook.
B. Novel.
C. Comic books.
Answer: Comic books.
48. The first geisha in Japan were__?
A. Women.
B. Men.
D. Anyone.
Answer: men.
49. Sushi was originally eaten as what in Japan?
A. Main food.
B. Snacks.
C. Street food.
Answer: Street food.
50. What occupies the largest surface area of Japan?
A. Oceans.
B. Mountains.
C. Islands.
Answer: mountains.
51. Which of these is not a place in Japan?
A. Nara.
B. Nagoya.
C. Taiwan.
Answer: Taiwan.
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