Orient and Outlaw Virtues

Question 1

Which Japanese city served as imperial capital immediately before Tokyo?

Accepted Answer

Kyoto

Answer

Osaka

Answer

Kamakura

Answer

Nara

Question 2

Which element makes up most of the alloy known as steel?

Accepted Answer

Iron

Answer

Aluminum

Answer

Nickel

Answer

Copper

Question 3

Which Wild West figure was killed by Robert Ford in 1882?

Accepted Answer

Jesse James

Answer

Billy the Kid

Answer

Doc Holliday

Answer

Butch Cassidy

Question 4

Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth?

Accepted Answer

Pearl S. Buck

Answer

Willa Cather

Answer

Amy Tan

Answer

Edna Ferber

Question 5

Which 1954 Akira Kurosawa film follows warriors hired to defend farmers?

Accepted Answer

Seven Samurai

Answer

Rashomon

Answer

Yojimbo

Answer

Throne of Blood

Question 6

In judo, which belt color traditionally comes immediately before black?

Accepted Answer

Brown

Answer

Red

Answer

Green

Answer

Blue

Question 7

Which religion teaches the Noble Eightfold Path?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Answer

Jainism

Answer

Sikhism

Answer

Hinduism

Question 8

Which Chinese dynasty completed the Grand Canal’s major north-south route?

Accepted Answer

Sui

Answer

Ming

Answer

Tang

Answer

Yuan

Question 9

Who wrote The Beggar's Opera, later inspiring The Threepenny Opera?

Accepted Answer

John Gay

Answer

Henry Fielding

Answer

Oliver Goldsmith

Answer

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Question 10

Which company introduced the Walkman portable cassette player in 1979?

Accepted Answer

Sony

Answer

Toshiba

Answer

Panasonic

Answer

Philips