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5/7

So what’s the literal translation of the phrase “femme fatale?&rdqu🐻o;

Fatal Woman

5/10

You know the time period Yoshitsune was active in, don’t൲ you?

The Heian Period

Exam Period: 5/11-5/14

5/16

What do we call the phenomenon ♕where believing in a treatment’s power is enough to improve your condition?

The placebo effect

5/19

Wh💖ich famous ukiyo-e a🐎rtist of the Edo period is said to have moved residence over 100 times?

Katsushika Hokusai.

5/21

The golden ratio is 1:1.618, but d🌠o you know the silver ratio?

1:1.414

5/23

If we 🍸think about what these words have in common,ꦗ then maybe “syn” means…

Together

And “aisthesis,” huh? That’s🎃 a little like the word aesthetics. I wonder if it means…

Senses

So that means the full word basically 🌼m🐓eans…

Senses coming together

5/26

Do you know which author Leblanc borrowed from?

Arthur Conan Doyle

5/31

Do𒉰 you know which peg-legged, parrot toting histor𓆉ical figure’s appearance became a visual shorthand for pirates?

John Silver

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5/11

What historical figure inspi꧟red the term of &ldqu🌼o;favoring the magistrate?"

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Yo🌌shitune had a brother, right? Oh, I 𝔍think his name was…

Minamoto no Yoritomo

But they ended up coming into conflict. And in the🅘 end♊, when they had to oppose each other…

Yoritomo won

That’s probably because people tend to sy🌃mpꦬathize less with figures in power, and sympathize more with…

The weak

5/12

Which brain function is responsible for the ph🍌enomenon of seeing an illusion 🔯in this figure?

Cognition

Which of the following ಌmaps can you paint without any adjacent areas being the same color?

Both

5/13

Na𒁏me the book that defined 🌳malefactors as the chief factor in the progress of the human race.

The Devil's Dictionary

What character archetype refers to a mysterious and seduc☂tive woman, typically with ulterior motives?

Femme Fatale

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6/4

What do🐼 you think the name for this phenomenon is?

The Halo Effect

6/7

The red king crab is biologically related to the h🍃ermit crab. So ho♏w is it different from a crab...? Do you know?

The number of legs

6/8

Where does totalitarianism take things a ste🐓p further than authoܫritarianism?

Controlling public thought

6/13

... What color do you think it turns?

Green

6/15

Between paper bi🅠lls and coins, which one is issue🍨d by the government?

Coins

6/20

What do you think? One of these has minor💝 metals in it♉, right?

Smartphone

6/23

Now, do you know what this woman&r🌠squo;s position was?

A pope

6/27

♉Which of these animals is i🐻nvolved in an English idiom about the weather?

Dogs

6/29

What do you think it says on the back of this ℱpiece?

Gold

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7/1

What’s the meaning of the original Chinese phrase that these dumplings’ n🙈ame came from?

Barbarian's head

7/4

Two people are responsible🍒 for⭕ July and August having 31 days. Do you know who those people are?

Julius and Augustus

7/7

So Tanabata's about gods crossing a starry sky to reunite once every year. It might have something to do with...

The Milky Way

What's the traditional food of Tanabata?

Soumen

7/9

Do you know what shape it is?

A triangle

7/11

What is long-term memory, anyway?

Memories that last a long time

Maruk𒀰i mentioned something about the amount of memories you could store, right? Something like…

Infinite

If you have theoretically infinite space for them…🌃 then theoretically, you’d be able to retain them for…

Forever

7/12

Do you know what he did?

Thievery

Exam Period: 7/13-7/16

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7/13

If angle C is 28 degrees, and angles A and D are 88 degreesꦛ, what is the angle of B and𒁏 E?

64 degrees

I think this came up in class. They were invented by that famous guy from Romance of the Three🌳 Kingdoms, right?

Zhuge Liang

And they were offering something to quell the riv🅰er…

Barbarian's heads

This master strategist came up wit▨h the b൩aozi to…

To offer them instead of heads

7/14

Write the na🥃me an🐷d biological classification of this creature.

Red King Crab (Paralithodes)

W🎐hat happenedꦓ when the government issued paper and hard currencies in Japan for the first time?

It caused confusion in the economy

7/15

What is the English equivalent of the Nor𓆉wegian idiom ‘raining witches’?

Raining cats and dogs

Which of the following is another name for the soumen noodl⛎es tradit✅ionally eaten on Tanabata?

Demon guts

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9/3

Each hand in this famous statue means something, but… do you know 💜what the right represents?

Prosperity

9/6

Do you know the name of👍 that phenomenon wh꧃ere the second hand looks like it’s stopped moving?

Chronostasis

9/13

What does a pawn shop offer that a secondhand shop doe🍒snꦿ’t?

Money loans for collateral

9/17

What’s one of the origins fᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚor the phrase “cat got your tongue?"

Cats eating human tongues

9/21

Robot comes from a word in Czech.🤪 But wher💮e in Europe is the Czech Republic located?

Central Europe

9/24

How many white and black shapes are there respectivelyಞ on a soccer ball?

20 white, 12 black

9/28

So “PVS”, referring to when you mistakenly think your phon🦩e🍌 is going off...

Phantom

The next part is the V part. That means it’d be “phantom…&🌜rdquo; what?

Vibrating

Last is the S.🌜 So if we have “phan💞tom vibration” so far...

Syndrome

9/29

But the fishermen of Nagaragawa are ac🌞tually civil servants as well. So, tell me which sec🔯tor they belong to.

Imperial Household Agency

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10/3

If we use “three watermelons in the sun” to visualize a certain maꦯtter’s size against the universe’s, what are the m🌊elons?

Stars

10/6

Now, do you know who invented this instrument?

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

10/11

Which name was most commonly ascribed to shape B

Bouba

Exam Period: 10/17-10/20

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Question

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10/17

Counting both black and white surfaces, how many ඣsurfaces are there in total on a soc꧙cer ball?

32 surfaces

Didn’t the teacher say that the number of colors used to be different? Do you remem😼ber?

It used to be one color

Oh yeah, I🎃 remember. I think she said that unlike now, soccer games were broadcasted with…

Black and white picture

10/18

Who conducted executions using this device?

Charles-Henri Sanson

What is the reason that most people cannot꧋ become𝓀 a cormorant fisherman of Nagarasawa?

It’s a hereditary profession

10/19

What is theꦅ meaning of “robota,” the etymological root of “robot?&quo🐓t;

Slave labor

Which of the following describes the density of 𝓀stars in outer space?

3 bees in all of Europe

Now, tell me the total count for each column i🍷n ♔this magic square.

15

From a psychological standpoint, what is a key reason our memor𝕴ies can differ fro🅺m reality?

Memory bias

Date

Question

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11/2

Can you tell me the meaning of the word “wack⛦” in the Thieves&rs🐼quo; Cant?

A share of stolen goods

11/4

Clubs is a club, diamonds is a gem… So, what does a spade repreꦰsent?

A sword

11/8

Tell me how o♍ld you have to be to listen in on a trial.

Any age

11/10

Do you know why it’s🍷 missing in the character for “crow?"

Crow eyes are hard to see

11/12

I wonder. Do y💫ou know why our voices sound so different over the phone?

Because the voice is synthetic

11/14

Tell me why that is.

Because of high altitude

11/15

How was he punished?

His head was put on display.

11/17

Do you know the name for thi💖s graph? Your hint is “snails”...

Cochleoid

Date

Question

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12/20

Choose the graph that became the origin for the name for the Chinese yo﷽yo known as a ꦍdiabolo.

D

He was a really famous thief from the Edo period, right? How much moꦓney did he steal, in the end?

Over one billion yen

As a result, he was sentenced to…

Having is head displayed

Criminals, espe✅cial꧑ly famous criminals being paraded around, was mostly done for…

Public performance

12/21

Which suit of cards represents the Holy Grail?

Hearts

According to Japanese j🅘udicial law, what is possible 💞for even an infant to do in court?

Attend

12/22

What country refers to a🐟 person who controls p꧑olitics behind the scenes as a “prime minister in black?"

Japan

The Japanese word “dokyuu” translates to 💫“massive.” What English word inspired the initial “do” in dokyuu?

Dreadnought

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Question

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1/11

What&𒁃rsquo;s this phrase supposed to illustrate about the gods of༒ Shinto?

How numerous they are

What’s that phrase again? Theꦗ one about how many gods there are in Shinto…

The Eight Million Gods

1/14

Where do you think the fictional 𒆙land of “Ihatov” is modeled after?

Iwate

1/18

What did the word &ldquoꦗ;awful” originally mean?

Impressive

1/21

Do you know what she’s stepping on?

A snake

1/24

What does that mean when describing a person?

Kind-hearted

So what kind of connot𝓀ation would ꦜ“salty” have in that context?

Negative

So with all that in mind, “salty” probably means&hel♌lipඣ;

Resentful

1/27

How far did this study suggest personal😼 happiness ꦺcan spread?

To friends of friends of friends

Month

Accessory Reward

Skill