Exam Answers

What historical figure inspired “favoring the magistrate?”

1. Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
2. Minamoto no Yoritomo.
3. Yoritomo won.
4. The weak.

1. Which brain function is responsible for the phenomenon of seeing an illusion in this figure?

   Cognition.

2. Which of the following maps can you paint without any adjacent areas being in the same color?

   Both.

1. Name that book that defined “malefactor” as the chief factor in the progress of the human race.

   The Devil’s Dictionary.

2. What character archetype refers to a mysterious and seductive woman, typically with ulterior motives?

   Femme Fatale.

1. If angle C is 28 degrees, and angles A and D are 88 degrees, what is the angle of B and E?

   64 degrees.

2. Multi-part essay question about the creation of baozi according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms

   Zhuge Liang.

3. Multi-part essay question about the creation of baozi according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms

   Barbarians’ heads.

4. Multi-part essay question about the creation of baozi according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms

   To offer them instead of heads.

1. What is the name and genus of this organism?

   Red King Crab (Paralithodes).

2. What happened when the government issued paper and hard currencies in Japan for the first time?

   It caused confusion in the economy.

1. What is the English equivalent of the Norwegian idiom “raining witches?”

   Raining cats and dogs.

2. Which of the following is another name for spikenard noodles traditionally eaten in Tanabata?

   Demon Guts.

Multi-part essay question about colors on a soccer ball and why they’re there

1. 32 surfaces.
2. It used to be one color.
3. Black and white pictures.

1. Who conducted executions using this device (the guillotine)?

   Charles-Henri Sanson.

2. What is the reason that most people cannot become a commercial fisherman of Nagarasawa?

   It’s a hereditary profession.

1. What is the meaning of “robota,” the etymological root of “robot”?

   Slave labor.

2. Which of the following describes the density of the stars in outer space?

   3 bees in all of Europe.

1. Choose the graph which is named after the Chinese yoyo known as a diabolo.

   D.

2. Multi-part essay question about Nezumi Kozo and his crimes.

   Over one billion yen.

3. Multi-part essay question about Nezumi Kozo and his crimes.

   Having his head displayed.

4. Multi-part essay question about Nezumi Kozo and his crimes.

   Public performance.