Sekigawata Middle School Sekigawata High School
4 Schools Quiz Meet Round 2 begins at 13:00
Round 2 will begin at 1 p.m., after lunch.
To get to the convenience store, go out of the gate, turn right, and walk for 200 meters.
That's right... I need to go buy lunch...
Want to share my lunch with me?
Huh?!
I ended up with a little too much.
Koshiyama!
Do you want some, too, Inoue-kun?
Thank you!
I'm so happy I get to eat your homemade lunch, Fukami-san!
Actually, my mom made it. I only packed it.
I'm so happy!
Thank you for sharing.
I'm going to buy a drink and get some fresh air.
I hope he's not planning on cutting and running...
H-He wouldn't do that!
Fastest Finger First
Question 3: "If You Want the Right to Answer /"
What is quiz bowl, anyway?
Quiz bowl is a game known by everyone around the world.
Sasajima-senpai...
Reading a book of quiz questions? That's good.
Question collections like that include a lot of classics.
If I'd known it would be like this, I would've memorized them in advance.
If you don't know the question, you can't buzz in, right?
Disappointed to learn what it's all about?
Not so much disappointed... Just, well...
It's not what I expected quiz bowl to be.
It's true that if you only look at the classics, it seems less like quiz bowl
The fall paddy shacks have rough thatching as my sleeves are wet with dew Emperor Tenji
and more like the Hundred Poets game, where you grab the second verse based on the first.
as my sleeves are wet with dew
But there is one marked difference.
The classics aren't limited to 100.
They're constantly being updated, and there are different ways of asking them, too.
But...
Thousands of questions could potentially be regarded classics.
No one person can memorize them all.
But everyone else was buzzing early.
I don't think I can...
I don't know about that.
Competitions are a matter of chance.
They're fun because you never know what can happen.
There are those who can still buzz in without knowing the classics.
I expect a good showing in the next round.
Easy for him to say...
The second round will see the winners of Round 1 take part in a "fastest finger board."
Only three competitors will advance through to the final round!
Here are the rules. A "fastest finger board"
combines elements from the fastest finger quiz bowl and the board-style quiz bowl.
As in the "fastest finger" format, when a contestant knows an answer, they buzz.
At that point, the question will stop being read.
Then, instead of getting the contestant who buzzed to say the answer,
all six contestants write their answers on a whiteboard.
Right Answer
ht Answer
Wrong Answer
If the person who buzzed guesses correctly, they get three points.
ight Answer
Right Ans
Right Answer
Right A
Even those who didn't buzz can earn one point with a correct answer.
t Answer
Right Answer
nswer
wer
Wrong Answer
But if the one who buzzed guesses wrong, they lose three points.
Right Answer
Contestants who didn't buzz are not penalized for a wrong answer.
You'll have ten seconds to consider your answers.
So everyone has the right to answer, even if they don't buzz in?
Maybe I can do this, after all.
There will be 15 questions.
The three with the most points at the end will advance to the final.
Now, let's proceed with the buzzer test.
Good!
Round 2 will now begin!
Question.
Used in tying knots such as the clove hitch, the figure eight, and the Prusik knot,
what mountaineering rope—
Way to go, Fukami-san!
I know this one now.
Show your boards!
Seil
"Seil." All contestants are correct!
Damn Koshiyama... He's supposed to be a newbie!
Question.
Located in South Dakota, America, the four former presidents: Washington,
Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln are—
The four former presidents listed are...
The correct answer is Mount Rushmore.
Mount Rushmore
Sorry, you two from Sekigawata.
Question.
The first person to reach the South Pole was Norwegian explorer, Amundsen. But which—
Why did he buzz before the determining point?
Looks like Mikuriya's getting going.
Questions continuing from a connector like "while" or "and"
have some kind of connection to the first part,
but the question's asking something different, right?
Uemura Naomi
Scott
Peary
Scott
The correct answer is Peary!
Peary
The first person to reach the South Pole was Norwegian explorer, Amundsen.
But which American explorer was the first to reach the North Pole?
That's the question in full.
Oh, it was that one...
I thought it was asking who the second person to reach the South Pole was...
How did he know it would be about the North Pole?
Question.
The first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate was Minamoto no Yoritomo. But who—
Huh?
Seriously, dude. Too soon.
Nice going, question reader.
Show your boards!
Hojo Masako
Prince Morikumi
This means...
Hojo Tokimasa
Mikuriya-kun's correct!
Tokugawa Ieyasu
The question was,
"The first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate was Minamoto no Yoritomo.
But who was the first regent?"
I can't even read what Koshiyama wrote.
He wrote "Prince Morikumi."
He heard "first shogun," so he answered with the ninth and last shogun.
How did Mikuriya know that answer?
It's all about accentuation.
"Parallel questions" are a type of question in which a word given as a hint in the first half
is changed in the second half
to ask a different, but related, question.
But sometimes, the person reading the question
will actually emphasize the keyword as a hint.
Since he placed emphasis on "shogun,"
Mikuriya predicted that the second half would ask for "the first something."
The first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate was Minamoto no Yoritomo.
In parallel questions about officials in the Kamakura Shogunate,
The first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate was Minamoto no Yoritomo.
But who was the first regent?
it's common to pair a shogun with a regent.
He scares me, and I'm on his team.
And the way he shows no mercy to newbies shows his lack of maturity as a quizzer.
Not even letting the others hear the whole question
is just another tactic.
Question.
Beethoven's 3rd Symphony is titled "Eroica." Wh—
I couldn't hear the accentuation.
Did I miss it?
Beethoven's 3rd Symphony...
A different question connected to that...
If you think all questions connected by "and" are parallel, you're dead wrong.
The correct answer is Napoleon!
Napoleon
Huh?!
"Who does the title refer to?" was the question in full.
Only Mikuriya-kun guessed correctly!
I get it... That time, the info just prefaced the question.
That's why he didn't emphasize any particular word.
That wasn't the question I was expecting at all.
I can't predict what the questions are going to be...
It's no use! I can't make sense of any of these!
Maybe I should give everyone else a chance to get one right.
This kid next to me is getting even smaller.
His answers have all been really close, though...
Question.
Absent in the Spring is one of many romance novels by—
Absent in the Spring was written by Agatha Christie.
Wait...
Agatha
The question's actually given the title of the novel...
Of course! This must be the answer!
Agatha Christie
Mary Westmacott
The correct answer is Agatha Christie.
No way! I was so sure!
He really is...
The question was, "Absent in the Spring is one of many romance novels
by the so-called mother of Hercule Poirot,
Mary Westmacott
a character created by which English mystery writer?"
For him to come up with Mary Westmacott so naturally...
"Mary Westmacott" was the pen name Christie used
when she wrote romance novels, so that readers wouldn't confuse them for mysteries.
Isn't that a correct answer too, then?
The question asked which mystery author created Poirot.
It is still judged as being incorrect.
What is this feeling?
I've never felt like this before.
What a tantalizing expression.
He's thinking along the right lines...
If I can just predict the rest of the question, I can do this!
I can get the right answers!
Guessing wrong when I know the right answer is infuriating!
Four questions remain!
Be careful, but be bold!
Question.
Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time are—
Summer War?
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was written by Tsutsui Yasutaka, wasn't it?
Show your boards!
Sadamoto Yoshiyuki
The correct answer is Hosoda Mamoru.
What?!
"Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time are two movies
Hosoda Mamoru
directed by which renowned Japanese anime director?"
Tsutsui Yasutaka
Sadamoto Yoshiyuki
Ohbayashi... Good taste.
He clearly knows a lot. It's a real shame.
If he had the ability to predict the rest of the question...
Question.
The 19th Century musician, Liszt, was known as the "magician of the piano." But who—
That was blatant.
That was a funny way to read the question.
If it's asking a separate question in the second part,
then riffing off of "magician," maybe it'll be "poet"?
Or is it the "magician of the violin"?
If only I could have heard a "p" or "v" before he buzzed in...
The way he read it...
The first person to reach the South Pole...
He did it in that question, too.
The first shogun of...
And that one!
They were read that way, too!
That was an obvious one.
Huh?
Show your boards!
The correct answer is Chopin!
Chopin
Y-Yes!
"The 19th Century musician, Liszt, was known as the 'magician of the piano.'
Mozart
Chopin
But who was known as the 'poet of the piano'?"
By intentionally adding specific intonation and emphasis,
the reader flagged up what question would be asked in the second part.
Oh, the "magician" thing?
Yes.
I was right!
There was a hint in the way he read the question!
Did Mikuriya-kun notice how it was read?
He's finally caught on...
An accentuation, huh?
It wasn't easy to make an accurate guess from the way he read that, though.
Not surprising from Sekigawata, a school famous for its quiz bowl team.
Question.
Pay attention to the way he reads it, too!
A lone woman in a group of men is known as a "single bright flower."
In the Wang Anshi poem, said to be—
Yes! I was able to buzz in!
Buzzing in really does feel good!
A Single Bright Flower in the Green
I predicted that the question would ask for the relevant verse in the Wang Anshi poem.
That would be "a single bright flower in the greenery."
A Single Bright Flower in the Greenery
The poem is about a lone pomegranate blossom,
blooming in an expanse of green leaves.
That flower is the "single bright flower."
A Single Bright Flower in the Greenery
This has to be right.
But... why does something feel off about this?
Think hard!
Agatha Christie Mary Westmacott
All the answers I've tried to guess have been wrong.
Prince Morikumi Hojo Tokimasa
Why?
A Single Bright Flower in the Greenery
They're easy questions, but I'm making them harder...
Easy?
The earlier in the meet you are,
the more likely you are to get classic questions with simple construction.
I just have to go for it!
Hey... Have you made friends in your class? Do you eat lunch with them? You're not still asking quiz questions anywhere and anytime, are you? I'm worried about you!
Nervous
...to New York!
Welcome...
Ba-dump Ba-dump
Stretch...
Show your boards!
Pomegranate
The correct answer is pomegranate!
Green
Pomegranate
I was right! My prediction was right!
The complete question was,
"A lone woman in a group of men is known as a 'single bright flower.'
In the Wang Anshi poem, said to be the origin of this phrase,
what kind of flower was the 'single bright flower'?"
He wasn't getting anything right before...
And we've arrived at the last question!
It's a close race to make it into the top three!
The end already?
I'm in second. I'm guaranteed to advance.
I just need to hold my position.
I need to avoid buzzing and just go for the single point.
But if Maririn gets three points, I'll drop below her!
I need to buzz in and get three points to get into third place.
That's my only chance to win!
What kind of question will be next?
Will I get to buzz again?
What's the point in getting all serious about this?
Question.
Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" can be found in the Sistine Chapel. But Da—
Mikuriya-kun?!
I thought he wouldn't bother buzzing on this one!
After he said "Da," I think I heard him forming the sound of a "v"...
The statue of David!
It fits with Michelangelo, so it has to be right!
This is the answer!
The statue of David is in the Galleria dell'Accademia!
Galleria dell'Accademia
The correct answer is Santa Maria delle Grazie!
Santa Maria delle Grazie
What?!
The rest of that question was,
"But da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' can be found in which church in Milan?"
It wasn't David, but da Vinci?!
And they're even called "The Last Judgment" and "The Last Supper"!
The Last Judgment
The Last Supper
Mikuriya-kun of Miyaura High School,
Fastest Finger Board Quiz (6 -> 3)
Sekigawata MS Sasaki
Buzou High Koshiyama
Miyaura High Mikuriya
Buzou High Fukami
Asagaoka Girls' Kouzuki
Sasaki-kun of Sekigawata Middle School,
and Kouzuki-san of Asagaoka Girls' High School
advance to the final round!
Hey, you alive?
Learn to take a hint, would you?
What's the problem? I wanted to buzz in.
Congratulations, Yukicchi! You have to win now!
Yeah! Those two seem really good, but I'll give it my best shot!
I think I understand why people care so deeply about quiz bowl now.
I've only taken part in a few quizzes,
but every time I do one,
I start to see a world I never knew before.
Koshiyama, you'll need to start with the basics.
There was no way David would be the answer to that last one.
I know I'd never ask a question like that, though.
Oh...
There's no connection between paintings and sculptures, nor chapels and museums.
There's no artistry in a parallel like that!
Who cares about artistry?!
Sekigawata Middle School Sekigawata High School
Welcome, young players.
The moment you took that first step into the world of quiz bowl,
you became fellow members of our quiz cluster!
After knocking it out of the park against a field of rookies,
these three have advanced through to the final round!
The Four Schools Quiz Meet to decide the King of the Newcomers has reached its final stage!
The rule of this round is "five right, two wrong."
"Five right, two wrong"?
The first to five correct answers wins.
But answer two questions wrong and you'll be eliminated.
Oh, so that's what it means!
You wanted to keep playing?
Huh? Uh, no, I'm worn out for today...
Besides, quiz bowl is a lot harder than I thought.
That's true.
It's not so easy that a newcomer school like ours could come here and win.
Final Round Five Right, Two Wrong Fastest Finger Quiz (3 -> 1)
Miyaura High School Mikuriya
Sekigawata Middle School Sasaki
Asagaoka Girls' High School Kouzuki
Still...
It was fun.
Yeah.
Question.
Known as "The Abbey,"
the church in London that houses the graves of Newton and Darwin,
and where many British monarchs have had their coronations—
Westminster Abbey.
Correct!
After hearing all that, even I knew the answer.
That question was longer than the ones in round 2.
I guess Mikuriya-kun waited to hear most of the question before buzzing
because no clear hints were given until the very end.
Question.
The rule that warm-blooded animals of the same taxonomical clade living in cold areas—
Uh... Allen's rule!
Sorry!
Q: The rule that warm-blooded animals of the same taxonomical clade living in cold areas are larger than those living in warm areas is known by what name?
A. Bergmann's rule
The answer is Bergmann's rule.
The latter rounds really are tough.
Question.
Made famous as the theme of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung,
what word from Norse mythology signifies the—
Sieg—
The Ring of the Nibelung is an epic performed over four nights.
The prelude is The Rhinegold.
The first night is The Valkyrie.
The second night is Siegfried...
Another word that originated from Norse mythology is "Valkyrie"...
Oh? Is Mikuriya about to get his first wrong answer of the day?
The third night, the final act, is Twilight of the Gods.
In the end, the final battle between the gods and the giants
turns everything into a sea of fire,
and the world meets its end.
The World's End
The world's end...
Twilight of the Gods
Twilight of the Gods...
The day of the end...
Ragnarok!
Uh... That question won't be counted.
I'm so sorry!
We'll be more careful.
Koshiyama, we're leaving.
Oh, there's no need to go that far...
No, that's the rule.
Q: Made famous as the theme of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung, what word from Norse mythology signifies the end of the world and means "Twilight of the Gods"?
Ragnarok was the correct answer, wasn't it?
A: Ragnarok
Yeah, it was.
He arrived at the right answer before I did!
Um... I'm sorry.
It's my fault for not teaching you the proper etiquette.
No, it's obvious to anyone that I shouldn't have shouted the answer out.
The only ones allowed to answer are those who have earned the right to.
Reacting in a way that suggests you know the answer
and pretending to press a buzzer button are inappropriate.
I'm sorry.
Do you want the right to answer?
Huh?
If you do, improve your technique,
store up more knowledge...
and learn the ways of quiz bowl.
Quiz bowl is more than just showing off your knowledge.
It includes many rules and strategies.
Enjoying the game and competing to win is what quiz bowl means to us.
That's competitive quiz bowl.
The King of the Newcomers is Mikuriya-kun of Miyaura High School!
Sounds like it's all over.
I wish I could've watched it to the end...
Yukicchi
It was such a happy surprise to see you today! I guess quiz bowl has kept us connected! We're in different high schools, but let's continue to hang out like we did in middle school! And good luck with your quiz bowl team! I'll do my best, too! Give my regards to the bookworm (lol) of Buzou High!
Well, I switch trains here.
See you.
Thanks for coming today!
When I thought about quiz bowl, what jumped into my head
was that it was a place where all kinds of pointless trivia came in handy.
When I was able to predict the rest of a question or buzz in first,
I really did feel happy. But more so...
Koshiyama-kun!
Mikuriya-kun?
I guess he lives in this direction, too.
You think he's in a bad mood?
It must be because I put a damper on his big competition.
Did you decide about joining our circle?
After today, I realized that I'm no good at this stuff at all.
But I'll work hard. If I'm going to play, I want to win.
I want to make our circle really strong!
And I think I need your help to do that.
I want to do quiz bowl with you, Koshiyama-kun.
Well, I'm catching the bus now.
See you at school. Bye-bye!
Bye... bye...
Co-ed schools must be nice.
M-Mikuriya-kun?!
The regular meet in June is up next.
Huh?
Revenge!
I'm telling you...
to do quiz bowl!
Do it!
Seriously, why do all these people...
All these things I never had before,
things I never knew...
things like fun, happiness, frustration...
and being able to share those things with others.
The season of high school quiz bowl has come round again!
High schoolers of Japan, start by pairing up to enter the All Japan Championship!
All Japan Championship
Pairing up?
Any two students from the same school can form a pair, even if they're in different grades.
Of course, it can be a mixed pair, too.
Koshiyama-kun, let's enter together!
H-Huh?! No, I'm not ready for a real championship yet!
I'm not ready to be in a mixed pairing, either!
There must be another step to take first...
I don't care how you do it. Just do quiz bowl.
Do quiz bowl!!