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On 5ch’s News Speed VIP board (commonly just called “VIP”), there’s a long-running staple thread called the “Quiz Thread,” where an anonymous quizmaster fires off rapid-buzzer questions one after another. This installment was billed as a Silver Week special, kicking off at 9:45 PM on Friday. The topics ranged widely — anime, history, music, biology — covering everything from the overseas release date of a Pokémon game to the old name of the U.S. Department of Defense, a fill-in-the-blank haiku, a poem by Sojo Hino, and the classical piece sampled in a Hinatazaka46 song. Partway through, the thread moved into “All Comers,” a marquee buzzer segment celebrating its 10th anniversary, where participants competed head-to-head on a points system.
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It's the weekend, let's all do some quizzing!
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◯ Official wiki: ttps://quizinvip.playing.wiki/
◯ Detailed rules: ttps://quizinvip.playing.wiki/d/%a5%c6%a5%f3%a5%d7%a5%ec
[ Answering Tips ]
◯ One answer attempt per person, 30-second time limit
◯ You may omit unread symbols
Extra characters = automatic "✗"
*For now, when answering with half-width numerals, adding one unread symbol is OK
◯ Personal names: full name for kanji-culture-sphere figures,
surname only is fine for everyone else
◯ Unless stated otherwise, answering in hiragana is fine
Hiragana OK for prompts like "What kanji is this?" "What's the English word?"
"Answer in 3 kanji characters," etc.
Hiragana NOT OK when it says: "[ Format: kanji required ]"
"Please answer in 3 kanji characters." etc.
◯ One answer attempt per person, 30-second time limit
◯ You may omit unread symbols
Extra characters = automatic "✗"
*For now, when answering with half-width numerals, adding one unread symbol is OK
◯ Personal names: full name for kanji-culture-sphere figures,
surname only is fine for everyone else
◯ Unless stated otherwise, answering in hiragana is fine
Hiragana OK for prompts like "What kanji is this?" "What's the English word?"
"Answer in 3 kanji characters," etc.
Hiragana NOT OK when it says: "[ Format: kanji required ]"
"Please answer in 3 kanji characters." etc.
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 3/14/26 "White S"
This is a [ True/False Question ].
The Nintendo DS game
Pokémon Black and White
was released in Japan on September 18, 2010,
but in the US and Europe it had already
gone on sale 15 years ago from now (March 14, 2011).
True or False?
This is a [ True/False Question ].
The Nintendo DS game
Pokémon Black and White
was released in Japan on September 18, 2010,
but in the US and Europe it had already
gone on sale 15 years ago from now (March 14, 2011).
True or False?
[ Answer ]
True
*Europe: 3/4/2011, US: 3/6/2011
Re: #5 Correct!
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 49:30
True
*Europe: 3/4/2011, US: 3/6/2011
Re: #5 Correct!
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 49:30
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 12/6/25 "Japan Cup"
This is a [ Wikipedia Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz ].
The United States Department of [ ___ ] was
a former executive department of the U.S. federal government.
It existed from 1789 to September 18, 1947,
overseeing the Army (and later the Air Force as well).
…On September 5, 2025, President Donald Trump announced his intent
to permanently and officially rename the Department of Defense
as the Department of [ ___ ], but…
This is a [ Wikipedia Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz ].
The United States Department of [ ___ ] was
a former executive department of the U.S. federal government.
It existed from 1789 to September 18, 1947,
overseeing the Army (and later the Air Force as well).
…On September 5, 2025, President Donald Trump announced his intent
to permanently and officially rename the Department of Defense
as the Department of [ ___ ], but…
[ Answer ]
Department of War
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 51:00
Department of War
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 51:00
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 10/17/25 "Quiz Thread Railway"
This is a [ Headline Quiz ].
[2025/09/17 – FASHION PRESS]
The film "Bullet Train [ ___ ]"
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi plays a bullet-train conductor whose train has been rigged with a bomb,
screening for two weeks only at Aeon Cinema Theatus
This is a [ Headline Quiz ].
[2025/09/17 – FASHION PRESS]
The film "Bullet Train [ ___ ]"
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi plays a bullet-train conductor whose train has been rigged with a bomb,
screening for two weeks only at Aeon Cinema Theatus
[ Answer ]
"Bullet Train Explosion" (Shinkansen Daibakuha)
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 52:30
"Bullet Train Explosion" (Shinkansen Daibakuha)
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 52:30
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 9/12/25 "Classical Grand Prix"
Hinatazaka46's 15th single,
"Onegai Bach!",
releasing September 17, 2025.
In the instrumental break just before the final chorus,
a passage from the classical piece "[ ___ ]"
is sampled. Name it.
Hinatazaka46's 15th single,
"Onegai Bach!",
releasing September 17, 2025.
In the instrumental break just before the final chorus,
a passage from the classical piece "[ ___ ]"
is sampled. Name it.
[ Answer ]
"Air on the G String"
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 54:00
"Air on the G String"
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 54:00
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 3/1/24 "Mainichi Cup"
This is a [ Headline Quiz ].
[September 18, 324 – History Newspaper (Nihon Bungeisha)]
Plan announced to build the new city of Constantinople
The age of a Christian Roman Empire begins
[ ___ ] I becomes sole emperor of the empire!
This is a [ Headline Quiz ].
[September 18, 324 – History Newspaper (Nihon Bungeisha)]
Plan announced to build the new city of Constantinople
The age of a Christian Roman Empire begins
[ ___ ] I becomes sole emperor of the empire!
[ Answer ]
Constantine I
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 55:30
Constantine I
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 55:30
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 9/17/23 "Classical Grand Prix"
This is an [ Abbreviation Quiz ].
In "matsueku" (eyelash extensions), "eku" is short for "extension,"
but in "Motsu Reku" (a slangy nickname for Mozart's Requiem), what does "reku" stand for?
Name the full word "[ ___ ]."
This is an [ Abbreviation Quiz ].
In "matsueku" (eyelash extensions), "eku" is short for "extension,"
but in "Motsu Reku" (a slangy nickname for Mozart's Requiem), what does "reku" stand for?
Name the full word "[ ___ ]."
[ Answer ]
"Requiem"
(Requiem in D minor)
*The common Japanese nickname for Mozart's Requiem
Skipped — nobody got it
Getting a head start on "autumn of music" —
a stylish quiz thread indeed
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 57:00
"Requiem"
(Requiem in D minor)
*The common Japanese nickname for Mozart's Requiem
Skipped — nobody got it
Getting a head start on "autumn of music" —
a stylish quiz thread indeed
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 57:00
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 7/28/23 "Tanabata Prize"
This is a [ Wikipedia Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz ].
[ ___ ], or Alpha Scorpii A, lies roughly 550 light-years from the solar system in the direction of Scorpius,
and is the brightest star in Scorpius — one of only 21 first-magnitude stars in the entire sky.
…On November 17, 2400 (the previous occurrence was September 17, 525 BCE),
Venus will occult [ ___ ]. Every year around December 2,
the Sun passes 5 degrees north of [ ___ ].
This is a [ Wikipedia Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz ].
[ ___ ], or Alpha Scorpii A, lies roughly 550 light-years from the solar system in the direction of Scorpius,
and is the brightest star in Scorpius — one of only 21 first-magnitude stars in the entire sky.
…On November 17, 2400 (the previous occurrence was September 17, 525 BCE),
Venus will occult [ ___ ]. Every year around December 2,
the Sun passes 5 degrees north of [ ___ ].
[ Answer ]
Antares
Re: #29 Correct!
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 58:30
Antares
Re: #29 Correct!
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 58:30
[ Answer ]
Yukie Chiri
Skipped — nobody got it
Re: #34 If anything, it's more the Omoro Sōshi angle, isn't it? (a classical anthology of Okinawan song-poems)
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 0:00
Yukie Chiri
Skipped — nobody got it
Re: #34 If anything, it's more the Omoro Sōshi angle, isn't it? (a classical anthology of Okinawan song-poems)
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 0:00
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 9/18/21 "Respect-for-the-Aged Memorial"
Eleven years after the end of the war, when the "Joint Declaration"
was signed,
demand from domestic learners grew even stronger,
leading to the launch — mid-fiscal-year, in November 1956 —
of an NHK Radio 2 program:
NHK's "[ ___ ] Language Course." Name the language.
Eleven years after the end of the war, when the "Joint Declaration"
was signed,
demand from domestic learners grew even stronger,
leading to the launch — mid-fiscal-year, in November 1956 —
of an NHK Radio 2 program:
NHK's "[ ___ ] Language Course." Name the language.
[ Answer ]
Russian Language Course
Re: #38 Correct!
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 1:30
Russian Language Course
Re: #38 Correct!
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 1:30
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 9/18/21 "Respect-for-the-Aged Memorial"
This is a [ Wikipedia Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz ].
Takashi Matsumoto was a haiku poet from Tokyo. His real name was Matsumoto Ko.
Born into a family of [ ___ ] musicians, he aspired to become a [ ___ ] performer,
but illness forced him to give it up, and he devoted himself to haiku under Takahama Kyoshi.
…In June, four of his haiku written while convalescing were selected for the magazine "Hototogisu,"
and this prompted him to largely abandon becoming a [ ___ ] performer and commit fully to haiku.
Style and Reputation [edit]…
– "Dancing in a dream, how beautiful — the [ ___ ] mask, in winter seclusion"
This is a [ Wikipedia Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz ].
Takashi Matsumoto was a haiku poet from Tokyo. His real name was Matsumoto Ko.
Born into a family of [ ___ ] musicians, he aspired to become a [ ___ ] performer,
but illness forced him to give it up, and he devoted himself to haiku under Takahama Kyoshi.
…In June, four of his haiku written while convalescing were selected for the magazine "Hototogisu,"
and this prompted him to largely abandon becoming a [ ___ ] performer and commit fully to haiku.
Style and Reputation [edit]…
– "Dancing in a dream, how beautiful — the [ ___ ] mask, in winter seclusion"
[ Answer ]
Noh
Re: #45 Correct!
Re: #46 A dancing monkey doesn't sound all that beautiful
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 3:00
Noh
Re: #45 Correct!
Re: #46 A dancing monkey doesn't sound all that beautiful
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 3:00
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 9/18/21 "Respect-for-the-Aged Memorial"
This is a [ Haiku Quiz ].
A late-career work by the haiku poet Sojo Hino.
Fill in the blanks with the single kanji character that goes in both spots.
Please answer with the kanji itself.
"Even the lens of my [ ___ ] on the blind side, I wipe clean — my [ ___ ] glasses too"
[ Format: kanji required ]
This is a [ Haiku Quiz ].
A late-career work by the haiku poet Sojo Hino.
Fill in the blanks with the single kanji character that goes in both spots.
Please answer with the kanji itself.
"Even the lens of my [ ___ ] on the blind side, I wipe clean — my [ ___ ] glasses too"
[ Format: kanji required ]
[ Answer ]
眼 ("eye")
"Even the lens on my blind eye's side, I wipe clean — my glasses too" — Sojo Hino
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 5:00
眼 ("eye")
"Even the lens on my blind eye's side, I wipe clean — my glasses too" — Sojo Hino
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 5:00
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 9/18/21 "Respect-for-the-Aged Memorial"
At the anime-song summer festival
"Animelo Summer Live 2021 -COLORS-,"
on Day 2, this artist made their first-ever Anisama appearance
and performed collaborative numbers with Airi Suzuki, Maki Ohguro,
the Starlight Kukumi-gumi, and others.
Who is the artist?
At the anime-song summer festival
"Animelo Summer Live 2021 -COLORS-,"
on Day 2, this artist made their first-ever Anisama appearance
and performed collaborative numbers with Airi Suzuki, Maki Ohguro,
the Starlight Kukumi-gumi, and others.
Who is the artist?
[ Answer ]
Masayuki Suzuki
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 6:30
Masayuki Suzuki
Skipped — nobody got it
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 6:30
[ Sample Question (Past Round) ] 9/18/21 "Respect-for-the-Aged Memorial"
This is an [ Association Quiz ].
[ ___ ]
◯ The world's 8th-highest peak, at 8,163 m
◯ Sanskrit for "land of the soul"
◯ First summited in 1956 by a Japanese team including Imanishi Toshio and Gyalzen Norbu — sparking an unprecedented mountaineering boom
◯ A demoiselle crane was accidentally caught on camera during a climbing expedition, helping unravel its migratory ecology
◯ In 2013, Ayako Imoto and an NTV film crew successfully reached the summit
◯ There's a "false peak" just before the true summit, and some Sherpas have been known to play along with the trick
This is an [ Association Quiz ].
[ ___ ]
◯ The world's 8th-highest peak, at 8,163 m
◯ Sanskrit for "land of the soul"
◯ First summited in 1956 by a Japanese team including Imanishi Toshio and Gyalzen Norbu — sparking an unprecedented mountaineering boom
◯ A demoiselle crane was accidentally caught on camera during a climbing expedition, helping unravel its migratory ecology
◯ In 2013, Ayako Imoto and an NTV film crew successfully reached the summit
◯ There's a "false peak" just before the true summit, and some Sherpas have been known to play along with the trick
[ Answer ]
Manaslu
Re: #60 Correct!
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 8:00
Manaslu
Re: #60 Correct!
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 8:00
So it turned into an Uma Musume? (the horse-girl anime/game franchise)
[ Answer ]
Childbirth
Re: #85 Correct!
Re: #86 I'm looking forward to a banba (draft-horse race) Uma Musume
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 17:30
Childbirth
Re: #85 Correct!
Re: #86 I'm looking forward to a banba (draft-horse race) Uma Musume
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 17:30
Looks like taro family (Araceae), but it's actually buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) — monkshood/aconite
[ Answer ]
Asian skunk cabbage (mizu-bashō)
Re: #130 Correct!
Re: #131 Who exactly is this question trying to trick, and where lol
And with that, let's kick off the quiz thread
with all you poison experts —
no fixed schedule on when we'll do this again.
Asian skunk cabbage (mizu-bashō)
Re: #130 Correct!
Re: #131 Who exactly is this question trying to trick, and where lol
And with that, let's kick off the quiz thread
with all you poison experts —
no fixed schedule on when we'll do this again.
Part 1: "All Comers"
[ Quizmaster ]: Rx ◆IRC1/LAAAk
[ Rules ]
◎ Rapid-answer quiz: 24 questions
◎ Scoring: "Four-Chance System" (1st through 4th place score 3-2-1-1 pts)
[ Quizmaster ]: Rx ◆IRC1/LAAAk
[ Rules ]
◎ Rapid-answer quiz: 24 questions
◎ Scoring: "Four-Chance System" (1st through 4th place score 3-2-1-1 pts)
[ All Comers (10th Anniversary) ] in progress!
Rules: see Re: #137
[ Answer ]
Ibaraki Prefecture
[ Scoring ]
3pt: Re: #142
2pt: Re: #143
1pt: Re: #145
Well, it was really just a question
about Riona Kato's hometown, wasn't it
Rules: see Re: #137
[ Answer ]
Ibaraki Prefecture
[ Scoring ]
3pt: Re: #142
2pt: Re: #143
1pt: Re: #145
Well, it was really just a question
about Riona Kato's hometown, wasn't it
[ All Comers (10th Anniversary) ] in progress!
Rules: see Re: #137
[ Answer ]
Seattle-style coffee
[ Scoring ]
Void
I meant to name a city, but it turned out to be a state instead,
so the question doesn't actually work —
sorry about that, this one's voided.
My apologies.
Skipped: 0, Voided: 1
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 40:00
Rules: see Re: #137
[ Answer ]
Seattle-style coffee
[ Scoring ]
Void
I meant to name a city, but it turned out to be a state instead,
so the question doesn't actually work —
sorry about that, this one's voided.
My apologies.
Skipped: 0, Voided: 1
[ Coming Up ]
Next: 40:00
[ All Comers (10th Anniversary) ] in progress!
Rules: see Re: #137
[ Answer ]
Rosanjin
[ Scoring ]
3pt: Re: #162
2pt: Re: #164
1pt: Re: #165
I guess Kitaoji Kinya does kind of give off
a "fiery chef" vibe, doesn't he??
Rules: see Re: #137
[ Answer ]
Rosanjin
[ Scoring ]
3pt: Re: #162
2pt: Re: #164
1pt: Re: #165
I guess Kitaoji Kinya does kind of give off
a "fiery chef" vibe, doesn't he??
That "Poison Cushion" guy is scary (cushions are the classic scoring token on Japanese quiz shows)
Re: #138
I don't get why a cushion would need to have poison in it lol
I don't get why a cushion would need to have poison in it lol
My head hurts, so I'll just take it easy for the rest of this
Re: #150
A typhoon's approaching too, so please take care
A typhoon's approaching too, so please take care
That urge to draw Gretel, huh
Re: #167
If 1st place were worth 4pts, maybe someone would've dived in for it?
If 1st place were worth 4pts, maybe someone would've dived in for it?
Background and Key Points
VIP’s “Quiz Thread” is a staple feature that’s been running for more than a decade, distinguished by a quizmaster who weaves in past questions while running the show buzzer-style. Ground rules — one answer attempt per person, a 30-second time limit, and so on — are laid out up front, and participants, cycling between kotehan (fixed handles) and anonymous posters, compete for points. This installment’s “All Comers” segment is a regular feature run by one of the thread’s veteran quizmasters, and it happened to be marking its 10th anniversary. The questions lean toward trivia, mixing current events and general knowledge — everything from the overseas release date of a Pokémon game to the Department of Defense’s old name (“Department of War”), a haiku by Sojo Hino, and a musical reference from a Hinatazaka46 song. Threads like this aren’t really about rallying around one hot topic; the real draw is the “past questions” culture built up over years. It’s easy for first-time readers to mistake it for pure improvisation, when it’s actually built on a long-accumulated format.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (News Speed VIP) thread “[Silver Week Special] Friday Night Quiz Thread [How Many Nights Can We Keep This Going?].”
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