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The story
On 5channel’s News VIP board (news4vip), a buzzer-style quiz tournament was held to mark Respect for the Aged Day. In this template-style thread, quizmaster “Rx” poses questions while participants race to answer and rack up points — this time framed as a special “10th Anniversary SO: Respect for the Aged Commemoration” round. The questions ranged widely, from basic geography (name that salt lake) to trivia about the Naoki Prize won by sci-fi writer Shin’ichi Hoshi, to a pun question tying “Monte Carlo” to earthquake news. Along the way, a dispute broke out over whether “wansaka” (a Japanese word resembling onomatopoeia) really counts as a mimetic word, prompting the quizmaster to revise a ruling after being called out.
What people said
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I don't know the details, but since some people
haven't watched the show yet,
let's just avoid specific spoilers, okay.
◯ One answer attempt per person, 30-second time limit
◯ Silent symbols can be left out
Extra characters count as a "wrong answer"
※ For now, adding one silent symbol is allowed when answering in half-width numerals
◯ Names: full name for people from kanji-using cultures,
surname only is fine for everyone else, as a rule
◯ Unless stated otherwise, answering in hiragana is fine
Hiragana OK… for "What's the kanji?" "What's the English word?"
"What 3-kanji term is this?" etc.
Hiragana NOT OK… for "《 Specify: kanji 》"
"Please answer in 3 kanji characters." etc.
【 Quizmaster 】: Rx ◆IRC1/LAAAk
【 Rules 】
◎ Buzzer quiz: 27 questions
※ Rules will be adjusted depending on turnout.
Its salinity is so extremely high that almost no organisms can live there —
this salt lake, sandwiched between Israel and Jordan, is 【 what 】?
The Dead Sea
09/21/07 "First" ◆BS1bu/D5xY, adapted
Re: #10 Correct
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This is a 【 headline quiz 】.
What English word fills the blank in this editorial's headline?
[1897/09/21 – The Sun]
"Is There a 【 what 】?"
"Is there a Santa Claus?"
(Does Santa Claus really exist?)
No one answered
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This person, formerly named "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn,"
worked as a lecturer in English literature at Tokyo Imperial University,
and is known for his collection of ghost stories including
"The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi," "Yuki-Onna," and "Jikininki" —
who is 【 this person 】?
Supermarket
Re: #48-49 Correct
Re: #50 I wonder if there's demand for a "Hammer Market"
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Yokobue (transverse flute)
06/23/18 "VIP Derby," heavily adapted
Re: #54 Correct
Re: #59 Well, aren't you knowledgeable
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Question mark
Re: #68 Correct
Re: #69
You wrote all that and still got it wrong
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【 Quizmaster 】: Rx ◆IRC1/LAAAk
【 Rules 】
◎ Buzzer quiz: 27 questions
◎ Three-chance format: 1st place 3pt, 2nd place 2pt, 3rd place 1pt
Rules: Re: #141
【 Answer 】
Wansaka
【 Ruling 】
No answers → Void (doesn't count)
Re: #151
I see, that might be right by definition,
so for now I'll rule this one void at the outset.
Thanks for pointing it out.
Rules: Re: #141
【 Answer 】
Monte Carlo
【 Scoring 】
3pt: Re: #155
2pt: Re: #156
1pt: Re: #157
Heads up, there was a seismic intensity of 3 in the Hyuga-nada Sea (a real-life tie-in to the pun)
Rules: Re: #141
【 Answer 】
The Naoki Prize / Naoki Sanjugo Prize
【 Scoring 】
3pt: Re: #166
The twist might be that the prize had already reached its 44th round
back when Shin'ichi Hoshi was still unmarried
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No answers: 0, Void: 1
Re: #160
Can't help not knowing what you don't know
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No answers: 0, Void: 1
Re: #168
Not sure about sci-fi, but he does seem to have been
recognized within entertainment literature
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I thought the same, that's why I put that question out there
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No answers: 0, Void: 1
Re: #180
When a question is long, there's sometimes a reason for it,
and sometimes there isn't. Reading the whole thing is recommended
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I've only ever used the era where you'd tell it
how to move using function keys
and things like that
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No answers: 0, Void: 1
Re: #193
If you're confident, it's fine to just answer on that.
Not my problem what happens after (←wait, what)
And next up is an approximate-value quiz.
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Background and Key Points
“Respect for the Aged Day” falls on the third Monday of September, which in 2026 lands on September 21. As the thread itself notes with the term “Silver Week,” this period is the popular nickname for the run of holidays around Respect for the Aged Day, and this quiz session was a special round themed around that holiday, billed as the “10th Anniversary SO: Respect for the Aged Commemoration.” Judging from the dates of the past questions cited as examples (2007, 2017, 2018, and so on), this quiz thread format itself appears to have been running on the VIP board for more than a decade. The point of contention came when the quizmaster, having initially ruled a question “void,” reconsidered and revised that ruling after being called out in a reply — illustrating how the line between right and wrong comes down to the quizmaster’s discretion and the thread’s back-and-forth, rather than being strictly bound by a template. The quiz content itself centered on general-knowledge questions like the Dead Sea, the Naoki Prize, and Lafcadio Hearn, with some exchanges — such as crude joke answers unsuitable for an article — left out.
※This article is composed as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (News VIP) thread “[After the High School Quiz Championship] Monday Night Quiz Thread [Let’s have a quiz showdown!].”
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