[Challenging] Quiz for High School Students

Literature Quiz

Japanese Literature Quiz (1): Who is the author? (80% difficulty)

This is a quiz where you guess the authors of works that left their mark on Japanese literature since the Meiji era and that you still see in modern Japanese textbooks.

Many people might recognize Natsume Sōseki or Mori Ōgai, but not know the others at all.

Give this a try and jog your memory!

Everyday Sounds Quiz

Obviously You Know This: A Quiz on Everyday Sounds Everyone Has Heard!!!

There are many “sounds” in everyday life, aren’t there? I think places like city streets, convenience stores, and TV commercials feel especially familiar.

However, when you listen to those sounds on their own, they can be surprisingly hard to recognize, so this is a quiz you can enjoy like a game by trying to guess them.

Taking your time to think also makes it a good brain-training exercise.

Japanese History Quiz

History Quiz Japanese History 1/3 (Jomon–Heian (Questions 1–48/138))

This video compiles Japanese history quizzes from the Jomon to the Heian period.

There’s a time limit, so if you try it as if it were an exam, it should help you perform better on the real thing.

In the end, the best way to cement your memory is, of course, to review.

Parody Song Quiz

Wouldn't it be hard to tell Kana Nishino's lyrics apart from something an amateur came up with?

This is a quiz where you rewrite the lyrics of various songs, taking on the persona of the musician and making your own tweaks, creating several versions.

If you make changes that are too bold, people will figure it out right away, so it’s better to write with a similar sensibility to the original.

It’s a very funny and enjoyable quiz.

If you pick songs that everyone knows, they’ll be recognized immediately, so song selection is important.

Standard Japanese vs. dialect quiz

A quiz where you rephrase “standard Japanese sentences” into various “dialects”!!!

There are many dialects in Japan, categorized by region.

While dialects like Kansai-ben are widely known, there are quite a few that aren’t as familiar.

This is a quiz where, using hints about the situations in which those dialects are used, you convert the dialect into standard Japanese.

Kanji Etymology Quiz

[Must-Read for Students] The origins of commonly used kanji are so insanely weird it’s a problem.

Kanji, the characters familiar to us Japanese, are ones we casually use for reading and writing every day.

Each kanji has its origins and stories behind its creation, making them profoundly deep.

Some have surprisingly eerie origins, while others are moving, so please give it a try.

I think studying kanji will become more enjoyable, so I especially recommend it for students.

A quiz where you’re blindfolded and have to guess what kind of meat you’re eating.

[Delicacy] I wanted to do a blindfolded quiz to guess what kind of meat we’re eating…

We usually eat various types of meat like pork, chicken, and beef, but we’re going to do a quiz/experiment to see if we can correctly identify them while blindfolded.

I think it would also be fun to include an unusual type of meat as a surprise among them.

We might make a new discovery.