[The Amazing Race2]Episode III - Japan - Name
MartinSkull
Welcome to the country of the rising sun.
As a host, let me introduce you to a third country of "The Amazing Race" Season Two. Japan is an island country with an area 377,873 square kilometers, which is composed of 6,852 islands of which four largest stand for more than 97% of the surface. It has over 126 million inhabitants in which makes it the tenth largest population in the world. Japan is monarchy with the longest continuity between the monarchies that still exist. Since 1947, Japan is a constitutional monarchy.
This country has a very rich culture. Some of the traditional arts are: making ikebana and making origami, the art such as ukiyo-traditional school of painting, events like Bunraku - traditional puppet theater, rakogu - the art of storytelling on stage, traditional dances such as kabuki, noh .. traditions: games, drinking tea ceremony, Budo, architecture, gardening, swords, as well as Japanese cuisine. The national sport is Sumo wrestling.
Japan is among other things home rather popular manga and anime.
The questions theme is "Names and titles through Japan" and you need to do it as rules said.
The Amazing Race, works same with Amazing Race TV Show you finish job and get a points.
Shawtyl0w will be the host to add points, sequences will be from him. So lets get started THE AMAZING RACE SEASON 2 - EPISODE III - "NAME"
1. What is the official name of Japan?
2. flying at the top and represents the rising sun, what is my official name ?
3. What are the names of the four biggest islands that make up Japan.
4. I like white, I am tallest and last active in 1707?
5. According to the book of Japanese history Nihon Shoki, what emperor and when established the Japanese Empire?
6. What is the name of the emperor's younger son.
7. What is the third largest city by population in Japan?
8. In which religion is mainly based Japanese mythology?
9. What is the name of the largest lunar(outerspace) mission since the Apolo program. The name also comes from the princes of "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter".
10. What vertical bamboo flute is used during Zen meditation?
11. Use me as one of the three symbols of Japan, has me only 2 weeks
12. Name the Japanese traditional customs observations and enjoy flowers?
13. What ritual had to make samurai who lost his honor?
14. What are the names of two swords that were carrying samurai?
15. Who was the first president in eJapan?
The 2014 Prosperity Index ranked this country the world’s most prosperous country. The PM of this country, for a start, has a cabinet that is 40 percent female ministers (12th highest in the world). In sport, female boxer from this country has fought her way into boxing history by becoming the first female boxer to hold all four official belts in her weight. This country known as "peacekeeper" is regularly top of the polls as a place to visit for travellers in or outside the country. You need to be there when the time becomes empty. (not a random times)
Wait and find the article, we will start Fourth Episode of the amazing race on 9 April 2016 - Days 3063
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Welcome back to the Amazing Race! I'll be your host for this Episode.
Good luck everyone!
Sequence: 12 - 11 - 1 - 13 - 4 - 7 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 14 - 15 - 10 - 9 - 6 - 8
Points: 15 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4
Proof: http://i63.tinypic.com/2ai0xs4.png
7. Osaka
Correct! 10 points.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_cities_by_population
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Nope 🙂 http://prntscr.com/apo06y
Tokyo is No1. but isn't in the numbering on that wiki page.
yeah i see now damn wikipedia.
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3. Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido
Correct! 8 points.
14 Katana and wakisashi
Correct! 6 points.
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13. Seppuku
Correct! 12 points.
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1. Nippon (Nihon Kohu)
(Nihon Koku)
Correct! 13 points.
i thought i was the winner :/
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4. Mount Fuji
Correct! 11 points.
8. Shinto
Correct! 4 points.
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6. Prince Akishino
Correct! 4 points.
9. Amaterasu
Incorrect! -5 points.
Amaterasu is the Japanese goddess of the sun.
No points deducted, we will formulate a new question which you are allowed to answer.
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10. Shakuhachi
Correct! 4 points.
this is not correct
Shakuhachi (尺八) — vertical bamboo flute used for Zen meditation
Hocchiku (法竹) — vertical bamboo flute
The "used for Zen meditation" is clearly stated in the question.
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Hocchiku 😉 you missed one letter 🙂
This question has already been answered. Please remove this comment and answer a different question.
no the other one was just also correct its not the same flute. there is no mention in any descrip[tion of what a vertical flute is.
this is your 2nd incorrect answer shawty osaka also isnt the 3rd largest city in japaN accoding to their 2010 survey.
Releasethe krakken heres the link for my answer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Japanese_musical_instruments
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ok anzar khan i removed my answer anyway both flutes is used but he did give a correct answer before me so i think its fair he gets the 4 points objection withdrawn new points happily accepted woot woot.
15. Wej
Incorrect! -5 points.
sorry...
https://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Japan
this site information is incorect?
this question is about eJapan not Japan in RL. we are looking for a playing of Erepublik 🙂