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Quiz Questions
- True or False. The name Tokyo translates to "Eastern Capital"?
- Name the famous upscale shopping area of Tokyo?
- The Yomiuri Giants and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows play which professional sport?
- By what name is 'the Shinkansen' better known in English?
- Can you name the Tokyo tower which is the tallest structure in Japan and the tallest tower in the world?
- Name the ancient temple, the oldest and most significant in Tokyo, which is the most visited spiritual site in the world?
- In which year did Tokyo become the first Asian city to host the Summer Olympics?
- Which trees that turn large areas of the city completely pink are in full bloom at springtime?
- Completed in 1993, what colourful name is given to the suspension bridge crossing northern Tokyo Bay?
- Often in the media, what type of cafe was first established in Akihabara, Tokyo, in March 2001?
- What lies about 60 miles south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day?
- On which island is Tokyo?
- In 1995, which nerve agent was used in the Tokyo subway attack?
- Based in Tokyo, what is the name of Japan's parliament?
- Which actress was born in Tokyo in July, 1916, and in 2019 reached her 103rd birthday?
- By what name was Tokyo formerly called until 1868?
- Tokyo Disneyland, the first Disney park to be built outside the USA, opened in which decade?
- Name the large river that flows through Tokyo?
- By what name is Tokyo International Airport better known?
- On July 20th 1971, Japan's first what opened on the first floor of Mitsukoshi Department Store in Ginza?
- Japanese rice wines Shochu and Nihonshu are often simply called "sake" in the west, but what does the term "sake" literally mean in English?
- True or false. In 2019, Tokyo is the city with the second most Michelin star restaurants in the world behind Paris?
Answers:
- True
- Ginza
- Baseball
- The bullet train (built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo)
- Tokyo Skytree
- Sensoji Temple
- 1964
- Cherry Blossoms
- The Rainbow Bridge
- Maid cafe
- Mount Fuji
- Honshu
- Sarin
- The National Diet
- Olivia de Havilland
- Edo
- 1980s (1983)
- The Sumida river
- Haneda Airport
- First McDonald's restaurant (And in 2019, the world's largest Starbucks openned in Tokyo, at 32,000-square-feet)
- Alcohol or liquor
- False. It has the most. A total of 230 restaurants, according to the '2019 Michelin Guide'. Paris comes second with 123.