Beloved Quiz Series “TV Grand Prix” Marks 10th Anniversary Special — 5ch: “These Days Even the Side-Splitting Threads Don’t Take Off”

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The story

On 5ch’s Nyuusoku VIP board, the weekly quiz event “TV Grand Prix” held its 10th anniversary special. The quizmaster, a regular posting under the fixed handle “Rx,” ran a buzzer-style quiz about TV shows and celebrities starting at 9:24 PM and running past midnight. That same night, the 24-Hour Television telethon was airing, and the thread title notes this was staged as counter-programming against it. Scores were tallied under a three-chance system (1st place: 3pts, 2nd: 2pts, 3rd: 1pt), with regulars trading banter and reminiscing about the livelier VIP board of years past.

What people said

1AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:24
It's the weekend, so let's all do a quiz!
◯ Official wiki: ttps://quizinvip.playing.wiki/
◯ Detailed rules: ttps://quizinvip.playing.wiki/d/%a5%c6%a5%f3%a5%d7%a5%ec
2AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:24
Part 1: "TV Grand Prix"
【Quizmaster】: Rx ◆IRC1/LAAAk

【Rules】
◎ Buzzer quiz: About 30 questions (roughly 3 sets of ~10)
◎ Scoring: 《Three-Chance System》 (1st: 3pts, 2nd: 2pts, 3rd: 1pt)
180AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:19
【Answer】
Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita)

Re: #176 Correct

That wraps up the past-questions warm-up round.
Thanks for sticking around for almost an hour so early on!

The rules are as stated in "Re: #2."
Please use the restroom during the prep break
before the main show starts, okay?
195AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:26
【"TV Grand Prix" 10th Anniversary Special】Now underway!
Rules: Re: #2

【Answer】
Uchimura Teruyoshi
(Uchimura Teruyoshi)

【Judging】
3pts: Re: #191
2pts: Re: #192

Everyone's obviously watching 24-Hour Television nonstop during the last week of summer break, right??
208AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:29
【"TV Grand Prix" 10th Anniversary Special】Now underway!
Rules: Re: #2

【Answer】
Fukuoka Broadcasting (FBS)

【Judging】
3pts: Re: #202
2pts: Re: #204
23AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:34
Brave Story
25AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:34
【Answer】
"Brave Story"

Re: #23 Correct
Re: #24 That'll be another 10 years from now, huh

【Coming up】
Next: 35:30
33AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:38
Sanshi's Territory-Grab Game (a classic Japanese TV quiz show hosted by comedian Sanshi)
36AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:39
Re: #33 No, you're supposed to play "Territory-Grab" (lol)
Re: #35 Might be the first time I've seen this since the Reiwa era began (lol)

【Sample question (from a past round)】 2025/11/23 "Quiz Works S"
【Wikipedia fill-in-the-blank quiz】

Nobuyuki Sakuma is a Japanese TV producer,
director, radio/TV writer, radio personality,
YouTuber, and host.

Known for shows like "[◯◯◯◯◯],"
"Urero☆ Series," and "Achikochi Audrey" (a talk show hosted by the comedy duo Audrey).
35AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:38
Jungle TV: Tamori's Law
44AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:41
3. Gunma Prefecture, which gave us Imori and Hide-chan
45AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:41
【Answer】
2. Kagoshima Prefecture (birthplace of the Kamishiraishi sisters and AI)
※ For Fukuoka Prefecture, the chain runs Tamori → Hakata Hanamaru/Daikichi → Mio Imada → Kanna Hashimoto
 For Kagoshima Prefecture, the chain runs AI → Mone Kamishiraishi → Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi

Pass

Re: #44 Lately Mai Shiraishi might be a strong pick too

【Coming up】
Next: 42:00
49AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:42
Hidamari Sketch
50AnonymousAug 29, 2026 21:43
【Answer】
All-Star Thanksgiving Festival (a long-running TBS TV special)

Pass

Re: #49 Great soundtrack lineup

【Coming up】
Next: 43:30
116AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:04
I quit VIP, but now I'm curious about this quiz
119AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:05
【Answer】
Aoi Noguchi

Pass

Re: #116
I've spent something like the last 10 years
trying to keep this a place people can come back to
(not talking about running 5channel itself)

【Coming up】
Next: 06:00
184AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:20
Today's the last one, so let's go all out and make it lively
187AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:22
Re: #184
Even an affair that's "definitely the last time"
tends to drag on forever without something forcing it to stop, huh

Anyway, if there are no questions,
we'll kick off at :25.

【Coming up】
First: 2500 (meaning 22:25:00, i.e. 10:25:00 PM)
198AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:27
I only kept watching up through the days when they still aired Osamu Tezuka anime
199AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:27
Re: #198
Marine Express~♪ (← my pick)
220AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:33
Isn't there a "Single Green" option?
225AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:34
【"TV Grand Prix" 10th Anniversary Special】Now underway!
Rules: Re: #2

【Answer】
"Prize Money Paid Upfront Quiz: SAVE MONEY"

【Judging】
3pts: Re: #224

Re: #220
There's no way the producers have
the guts to deliberately prepare a color
called "Single Green" (lol)
235AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:37
About 32 people seems like the right number
236AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:37
【Scores】
11 (03-01-00): ID:FJDj0pzQ0
08 (02-01-00): ID:2215oHfQ0
02 (00-01-00): ID:D+gdksyu0
01 (00-00-01): ID:9LotEHug0
00 (00-00-00): (everyone who joined partway through)
Pass: 0

Re: #235
If you're only looking at the Japanese version, that's fair

【Coming up】
Next: 39:00
237AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:38
Someone pointed out my ID has a lot of numbers for once, and that's how I noticed
239AnonymousAug 29, 2026 22:38
Re: #237
Sadly, these days even the "abs threads" (threads so funny they make your abs hurt from laughing) don't properly take off anymore
353AnonymousAug 29, 2026 23:14
So this was the question they really poured their heart into… this one…
355AnonymousAug 29, 2026 23:15
Re: #353
This is absolutely the question they poured their whole heart into! (?)
441AnonymousAug 29, 2026 23:41
The other day I heard someone start to say "QR" and then catch themselves and say "2D code" instead (broadcasters tend to avoid the trademarked term "QR code")
443AnonymousAug 29, 2026 23:41
【Scores】
33 (08-03-03): ID:FJDj0pzQ0
20 (05-02-01): ID:2215oHfQ0
17 (02-04-03): ID:D+gdksyu0
15 (02-03-03): ID:9LotEHug0
11 (02-02-01): ID:lpaNEpeL0
Pass: 7

Re: #441
Apparently it's not actually a hard no —
I heard it's still considered a somewhat acceptable term to use

【Coming up】
Next: 43:00
490AnonymousAug 29, 2026 23:58
GG, congrats
When you only join once in a while, you really do forget how to play, huh
495AnonymousAug 29, 2026 23:58
Re: #490
No win this time after 8 years away, but that was a great showing.
Let's do this again whenever schedules line up next time
507AnonymousAug 30, 2026 00:05
You looked shaky on the "Gochisousama" one
509AnonymousAug 30, 2026 00:06
Maybe we should narrow down the categories first.
If it's not the other commercial-broadcaster category, then what?

Re: #507 So it wasn't "Gochisousama"… huh
514AnonymousAug 30, 2026 00:09
I wonder if "Nodo Jiman" has a radio version too (NHK's long-running amateur singing contest show)
515AnonymousAug 30, 2026 00:10
Re: #514
Nodo Jiman is indeed one of the programs
broadcast jointly on radio as well.
But it wasn't the correct answer this time.
516AnonymousAug 30, 2026 00:10
The answer felt kind of vague, so my guess is the weather-map question
518AnonymousAug 30, 2026 00:13
Re: #516
That one's actually a question I wrote myself,
with some help from AI!

So I was wondering if it would come up…
and it did!

Re: #517 was correct! Nicely done.
525AnonymousAug 30, 2026 00:19
Is this one of those "sorry I didn't catch it" situations?
527AnonymousAug 30, 2026 00:29
Re: #525 There's no way an average person could get that (lol)
Re: #526 There is a certain pattern to how the questions are worded, so that might be true
 Though I doubt they'd line up all three headlines like that
526AnonymousAug 30, 2026 00:19
Yeah, Rx really does seem like the type to ask "What show name goes in the blank?"

Background and Talking Points

“TV Grand Prix” is a long-running buzzer-quiz tradition on 5ch’s VIP board, hosted periodically by a regular quizmaster under a fixed handle — this installment marks its 10th anniversary. The thread’s title comes from the fact that it ran on a Saturday night overlapping with the 24-Hour Television broadcast, staged as counter-programming against it. The quizmaster also revealed that a weather-map question had been self-written with help from AI, hinting at how the event’s production has evolved over the past decade. At the same time, comments like “these days even the side-splitting threads don’t properly take off anymore” reflect a certain nostalgia among participants for a livelier VIP board of the past. There was also an exchange suggesting a regular participant, “◆MEGANEw1Wc,” was going for a first win in 8 years but fell short — a moment that captures the atmosphere of this long-running regular community. Note that the eventual overall winner and the full results of every question aren’t included in the excerpted portion of the thread covered here.

※This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (Nyuusoku VIP) thread “[Behind the Scenes of 24-Hour Television] Saturday Night Quiz Thread [TV Grand Prix 10th Anniversary Tournament].”

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