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Every weekend on 5ch’s News VIP board, a regular buzzer-style quiz thread is held. Hosted by quizmaster “Rx,” this round served up 27 questions across 3 sets, spanning everything from the filing deadline under Japan’s Family Registration Law, to the definition of a ghost, to the company that first invented the tea drink Juroku-cha (“Sixteen Tea”). Along the way, participants got worked up debating how to read pro baseball pitcher Yamashita Shunpeita’s name — “Shunpei? Shunpeita?” — making this a beloved Friday-night tradition for trivia buffs.
It’s the weekend — let’s all do a quiz!
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What people said
【 Quizmaster 】: Rx ◆IRC1/LAAAk
【 Rules 】
◎ Buzzer quiz: 27 questions (9 questions × 3 sets)
◎ Scoring: "Three Chances" system (1st: 3pt, 2nd: 2pt, 3rd: 1pt)
※ If the VIP board allows it, Sets 1 and 2 will run there.
Set 3 will be held in the evacuation thread regardless.
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In Japan, within how many days of a child's birth
must the birth be registered with the local government office?
Within 14 days
10/30/07 "B" ◆NVHZ745uvA
Re: #5 Correct
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Next: 07:30
Thanks to a remark from (new) Education Minister Masahiko Shibayama,
this "imperial edict" is drawing attention again this year,
70 years after its abolition —
issued by Emperor Meiji on October 30, 1890,
it's the "Imperial Rescript on 【 WHAT 】."
Imperial Rescript on Education (Kyōiku Chokugo)
04/21/17 "Kokuu Special"
No answer (pass)
If it hadn't said "(new)"
I probably would've forgotten this even existed
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Next: 09:00
This is a 【 Wikipedia fill-in-the-blank quiz 】.
【 WHAT 】 is an imaginary concept referring to:
・the dead who could not attain Buddhahood and appear in visible form [3]
・the spirit of the dead appearing [4]
Ghost
(yūrei)
Re: #14 Correct
Is the free-play round going "Halloween"
a step (well, a day) early?
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Next: 10:30
This is a 【 Wikipedia fill-in-the-blank quiz 】.
A "【 WHAT 】 company" refers to a business that is
effectively bankrupt yet continues to survive
thanks to support from banks or government institutions.
Zombie company
No answer (pass)
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Next: 12:00
"Going-home club" (i.e., no after-school club at all)
Re: #24-25 Correct
That wraps up clubs tied to favorite anime series
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Next: 14:00
This is a 【 headline quiz 】.
[2020/10/21 – CDJournal]
Anime-song world's "No. 1 duo" 【 WHO 】
marks 10th debut anniversary
by revealing the faces long hidden behind a mysterious veil
ClariS
(Kurarisu)
Re: #30 Correct
Nailed the spelling too — well done
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Next: 15:30
Diego Maradona
(Diego Armando Maradona)
Re: #35-36 Correct
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Next: 18:00
On the 16th of the 1st and 7th months of the old lunar calendar,
there was a custom holiday when live-in servants —
apprentices, maids, and other household staff
at merchant houses —
were allowed to go home to their families.
What was this day generally called,
as "【 WHAT 】-iri"?
Yabu-iri
No answer (pass)
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Next: 20:00
The blended tea drink "Juroku-cha" (Sixteen Tea)
is currently sold by Asahi Soft Drinks, but
when it first launched in 1985,
it was developed and sold by
《 【 WHAT 】 Cosmetics 》.
Chanson Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
(Chanson Cosmetics, Inc.)
No answer (pass)
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Next: 21:30
This is a 【 Wikipedia fill-in-the-blank quiz 】.
Unit systems [edit]
In hexadecimal-based unit systems, numbers are written in base 10,
carrying over to the next unit once they reach 16. ……
・1 【 WHAT 】 = 16 ounces.
・1 ounce = 16 drams.
1 pound
Re: #51-52 Correct
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Next: 23:30
This is a 【 Wikipedia fill-in-the-blank quiz 】.
Okawa Eisaku (born Itsuzō Aramaki;
October 30, 1948 – )
is a Japanese enka singer. ……
Special skill [edit]
Carrying a 【 WHAT 】 on his shoulder. His hometown, Okawa City,
……is famous as the production center for "Okawa furniture,"
and that's how he picked up this particular skill —
though he's kept it sealed away from public view since 1984.
Tansu chest
(tansu)
Re: #51-52 Correct
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Next: 25:30
Inspired by a posthumous exhibition of paintings by Viktor Hartmann,
and famous for movements like "Promenade," "Bydlo," and "The Great Gate of Kiev,"
what is this piano suite by Mussorgsky called?
Pictures at an Exhibition
Re: #63-64 Correct
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Next: 27:00
This 1980 film — which became a talking point again during the COVID-19 pandemic —
is based on a novel by Sakyo Komatsu and depicts people struggling
to survive a global outbreak caused by a biological weapon.
The title is "Day of 【 WHAT 】" — fill in the blank.
Gradation
Re: #79 Correct
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Next: 31:30
Sweden
Re: #102 Correct
You really know your stuff
【 Up Next 】
Last one: 37:30
From "Schumpeter"… to Shunpei? Shunpeita?
【 Answer 】
"A Star Brighter Than the Sun"
(Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi)
【 Ruling 】
No credit
Re: #131 So close, needed just one more step!
No-credit count: 2
【 Up Next 】
Next: 49:00
【 Answer 】
Silver ratio
【 Ruling 】
3pt: Re: #142
Re: #140
Starting to think it doesn't actually have to be a rectangle
Background and talking points on this topic
The quiz thread is a regular fixture on 5ch’s News VIP board. The quizmaster draws from a stockpile of questions tied to past occasions like “Kokuu Special” and “Kannazuki Special,” firing them off buzzer-style as 27 questions across 3 sets, with the top 3 finishers scoring points under a “Three Chances” system. The subject matter ranges widely — law, history, biology, music, corporate history, and more — and neither the questions nor the answers touch on current events, reading instead as general trivia. This particular round leaned heavily into trivia territory, with questions on how to read the name of an active pro baseball pitcher, the title of a Mussorgsky suite, and the company that originally created Juroku-cha (Sixteen Tea). Toward the end there was also a question about how to read the sitting prime minister’s name, but since the replies to it included political commentary, this article omits that exchange.
※ This article is compiled from excerpts and summaries of the 5ch (News VIP) thread “[Last Week of October] Friday Night Quiz Thread [Late-Autumn Three-Set Showdown].”
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