Classroom & Exam Answers

Multi-part question about long-term memory.

1. Memories that last a long time.
2. Infinite.
3. Forever.

Do you know what [Ishikawa Goemon] did?

1. Thievery.

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.

…but do you know what the right [hand of the statue of King Kamehameha] represents?

1. Prosperity.

Do you know the name of the phenomenon where the second hand looks like it’s stopped moving?

1. Chronostasis.

What does a pawn shop offer that a secondhand shop doesn’t?

1. Money loans for collateral.

What’s one of the supposed origins for the phrase “cat got your tongue”?

1. Cats eating human tongues.

Robot comes from a word in Czech. But where in Europe is the Czech Republic located?

1. Central Europe.