Think Different 14: Japan

[AstroClarinet]

The topic of this round is the nation of Japan! No specific reason, it just kind of came to me. Maybe it's too soon to host a new one! Maybe it's not! Anyway, here goes

Rules, copied from TD 13:

1. You have 10 questions that you try to guess a correct answer for.
2. The catch is that the goal is to get the fewest number of points. The way you earn points is for each correct answer you give, you will earn the number of points equal to the number of people who guessed that answer. So, for instance, if your answer to Question 1 is Thomas Jefferson and 3 other people guessed that answer, you would earn 4 points for that question (1 for yours and 3 for the others). If you get the answer wrong, you earn the number of points equal to the number of participants plus 5 points (i.e. if there are 13 participants, you get 18 points). The best attainable score is 10 points.
3. There are two bonuses you could use to replace an answer: DROP and SHEEP. DROP means you earn 1 point for that question. SHEEP means you earn the number of points equal to the answer that the most people answered. So for instance, if the correct answers were A, B, C, and D, and 7 people guessed A, 6 people guessed B, 3 people guessed C, and 2 people guessed D, then the people who said SHEEP would earn 7 points for the answer (your SHEEP doesn't count as an answer and doesn't affect the others' scores). You get only 1 of each bonus if you so choose to use them. It is advised that you use DROP before SHEEP. Again, you don't have to use either of these bonuses.
4. Please send your responses to me via private messaging on the Forums or through Discord DMs before November 22nd, 2020 at 13:00 EST (12:00 noon CST). Any answers sent after that point will not be considered.
5. Make sure not to cheat, please. Cheating is defined as letting other users know what your answers are before the deadline is reached. For this game, you may use any sources to find your answers (i.e. the wiki, Google, etc.).
6. Users can change their answers before the due date arrives, but after the due date, answers may not be changed.

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Questions:

1. Name a prefecture of Japan.
2. Name one of the five largest islands that comprise Japan.
3. Name an Emperor of Japan since the Meiji restoration in 1867.
4. Name a sovereign nation which fought Japan during the Second World War.
5. Name a Japanese city with a current population of 1,000,000 or greater.
6. Name a battleship built, laid, and commissioned by Japan which saw combat during the Russo-Japanese War while in Japanese service.
7. Name a Shinkansen line. This excludes the mini-Shinkansen.
8. Name a city which has held the title of being the capital of Japan since the start of the Nara period.
9. Name one of the three Japanese written scripts in modern use.
10. Name an incident involving a Japan Airlines-operated aircraft which directly caused at least one human fatality.

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CORRECTION

Question 6 is being changed to read:

Name a battleship commissioned by Japan which saw combat during the Russo-Japanese War while in Japanese service.

The phrasing "built, laid, and commissioned" has been changed to just "commissioned" due to the low number of ships which met all three criteria. The clarification of "while in Japanese service" has been added.

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Submissions due in 2 days!

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About 27 hours left to submit! (Due at Noon Central on Nov. 22)

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Results!

1. Name a prefecture of Japan.

CORRECT ANSWERS
Kagawa (1)
jaspattack

Tochigi (1)
Tailsfan101

Ōita (1)
scuffed

Ehime (1)
sciolyperson1

Niigata (1)
malikaow1004

Fukushima (1)
AstroClarinet

Osaka (1)
Nydauron

Kyoto (1)
stenopushispidus

INCORRECT ANSWERS
Sapporo
hippo9

Jerry
k1208438

CORRECT ANSWERS NOT USED
Aichi
Akita
Aomori
Chiba
Fukui
Fukuoka
Gifu
Gunma
Hiroshima
Hokkaido
Hyōgo
Ibaraki
Ishikawa
Iwate
Kagoshima
Kanagawa
Kōchi
Kumamoto
Mie
Miyagi
Miyazaki
Nagano
Nagasaki
Nara
Okayama
Okinawa
Saga
Saitama
Shiga
Shimane
Shizuoka
Tokushima
Tokyo
Tottori
Toyama
Wakayama
Yamagata
Yamaguchi
Yamanashi

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2. Name one of the five largest islands that comprise Japan.

CORRECT ANSWERS
Hokkaido (2)
jaspattack
sciolyperson1

Honshu (3)
scuffed
malikaow1004
AstroClarinet

Kyushu (2)
Tailsfan101
Nydauron

Okinawa (1)
stenopushispidus

INCORRECT ANSWERS
Sapporo
hippo9

Jerry
k1208438

CORRECT ANSWERS NOT USED
Shikoku

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3. Name an Emperor of Japan since the Meiji restoration in 1867.

CORRECT ANSWERS
Mutsuhito (1)
sciolyperson1

Yoshihito (1)
malikaow1004

Hirohito (1)
jaspattack

Akihito (3)
Tailsfain101
scuffed
AstroClarinet

Naruhito (2)
Nydauron
stenopushispidus

INCORRECT ANSWERS
Sapporo
hippo9

Jerry
k1208438

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4. Name a sovereign nation which fought Japan during the Second World War.

CORRECT ANSWERS
Mexico (United Mexican States) (1)
jaspattack

United States of America (1)
sciolyperson1

Republic of China (1)
malikaow1004

Mongolian People's Republic (2)
AstroClarinet
Nydauron

DROP (2)
Tailsfan101
scuffed

TECHNICALITIES
South Korea (Republic of Korea) (1)
stenopushispidus

The intent of this question was for sovereign nations at the time of the Second World War, during which Korea did not exist. However, there is room for interpretation as the question did not explicitly state it. Regardless of whether 1 point or 15 points are awarded, the final standings do not change.

INCORRECT ANSWERS
Sapporo
hippo9

Jerry
k1208438

CORRECT ANSWERS NOT USED
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Australia (Commonwealth of Australia)
New Zealand (Dominion of New Zealand)
France (French Third Republic AND French State)
The Netherlands
India (British Raj)
Canada (Commonwealth of Canada)
South Africa (Union of South Africa)
Portugal (Second Portuguese Republic)
The Philippines (Commonwealth of the Philippines)

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5. Name a Japanese city with a current population of 1,000,000 or greater.

CORRECT ANSWERS
Sapporo (3)
jaspattack
hippo9
Tailsfan101

Kawasaki (2)
scuffed
malikaow1004

Tokyo (2)
sciolyperson1
stenopushispidus

Saitama (2)
Nydauron
AstroClarinet

INCORRECT ANSWERS
Jerry
k1208438

CORRECT ANSWERS NOT USED
Yokohama
Osaka
Nagoya
Fukuoka
Kobe
Kyoto
Hiroshima
Sendai