A multiple-choice quiz with three options for upper elementary students. Questions you can enjoy between classes or at home.

thermometer

A Stevenson screen is a white box placed in schoolyards and meteorological stations. Inside the box are observation instruments such as thermometers and hygrometers, allowing for accurate measurement of temperature and humidity. The box’s shape and color are designed to reduce the effects of direct sunlight, rain, and wind.

wild boar

Pigs are animals that were originally wild boars, domesticated by humans over many years and selectively bred to be easier to eat and to have larger bodies. Today’s pigs are kept as livestock and have evolved to be useful to our lives, providing meat, fat, and more. Although their appearance and temperament differ, pigs and wild boars are very closely related.

Russian

The word “ikura” actually didn’t originate in Japan; it comes from Russian. In Russian, “ikra” refers to fish eggs in general. The term entered Japan during the Taisho to Showa eras and became established as a word that specifically refers to salmon roe.

America

Radio calisthenics are very well known in Japan, but in fact they originated from exercises devised in the United States. In the 1920s, an American insurance company began introducing exercises via radio for health, which was the beginning. Later, the idea of promoting exercises through radio programs emerged in Japan, and the routines were adapted into a uniquely Japanese version of radio calisthenics that spread nationwide.

lawyer

The jungle gym is a piece of playground equipment invented by a lawyer. Sebastian Hinton, a lawyer, came up with equipment for children to play on and obtained a patent in the United States in 1918. He originally devised it so his children could exercise and play, and from there it came to be used in parks around the world.