Pub quiz questions for the term Japan.
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Terms: |Gastronomy| |Japan| |Portugal|
Published: 13. 4. 2026.
This Japanese dish is most often made from seafood or vegetables coated in batter and deep-fried. It developed under the influence of cooking methods brought to Nagasaki by the Portuguese in the 16th century. What is it called?
Tempura
Terms: |Akio Morita| |Japan| |Masaru Ibuka| |Technology| |Tokyo|
Published: 9. 4. 2026.
Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded a company in Tokyo in 1946 under the name Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo. By what famous name is that company known today?
Sony
Terms: |Japan|
Published: 31. 3. 2026.
Which Japanese filmmaker, later celebrated for directing Violent Cop and Fireworks, had earlier appeared as Sergeant Gengo Hara in Nagisa Oshima’s 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence?
Takeshi Kitano
Terms: |Japan|
Published: 31. 3. 2026.
Which leading figure of the Japanese New Wave directed the 1964 noir Pale Flower, a work often associated with the spirit of Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil, and later became the first filmmaker to adapt Shusaku Endo’s Silence for the screen?
Masahiro Shinoda