The first group in Round 3 got very heated, didn't it?
And now, it's time for the second group to start.
Please line up in the order of your placement on the paper quiz.
Mikuriya-kun is in front of me...
What if I can't answer anything?
All these other people ranked really high on the paper quiz!
So what?
There are four in front of me, too.
He's right. I can't get overwhelmed now.
I'm finally about to face Mikuriya-kun!
The second group will now enter.
Hold it!
I'm playing, too!
Question 11: "Q: Why Do You Answer?"
Akira!
Huh?!
U-Um... Sekigawata Middle School third-year, Sonohara Akira-kun...
has, for some reason, just come in wearing an Asagaoka Girls' uniform!
He's certainly unique.
Senpai, you're actually enjoying the spectacle, aren't you?
Wow, he looks really cute.
This is no time to admire him.
Look at the participants.
They're totally distracted from the game.
This was his plan!
Excuse me. Can we start the quiz now?
President Sonohara?
P-Prepare your boards
for the multiple answer question to determine your initial scores!
The question!
Y-Yes, ma'am!
Too slow!
My blood is boiling right now
Name the zang-fu organs.
The zang-fu organs, huh?
Zang-fu Organs
The full question is...
In traditional Chinese medicine,
the body and organs are described in terms of the "zang-fu organs."
State the names of the eleven zang-fu organs.
The number of correct answers I get here will be the score I start off with.
I need to at least get close to Mikuriya-kun.
Even I know a little about this.
Yes, most people know the names of at least some organs.
But the challenge is knowing which ones are zang-fu organs.
It seems like an easy question that gives everyone a chance to get some points,
but relying on common knowledge could backfire on you.
All players, show your boards!
Heart Spleen Lung Kidney
Liver Stomach Large Intestine Gall Bladder
Urinary Bladder San Jiao
Heart Spleen San Jiao Kidney
Liver Lung Large Intestine Stomach Small Intestine
Heart Liver Large Intestine Spleen Kidney Lung Pancreas
Stomach Appendix Small Intestine Gall Bladder Urinary Bladder{
Duodenum Colon Ileum
Now, please look at the screen.
San Jiao Large Intestine Small Intestine Heart
Liver Kidney Stomach
Heart Liver Spleen Pancreas
San Jiao Stomach Large Intestine Small Intestine
Heart Kidney Pancreas
Liver Stomach Spleen
Heart Spleen Large Intestine Urinary Bladder
Liver Kidney Small Intestine Stomach
Lung Gall Bladder San Jiao
Heart Lung Kidney
Liver Stomach
Here are the results of that question!
Total
Multiple Answers
Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
Koshiyama
I'm starting off in first place alongside Ohkura-san!
The correct answers are:
the liver, the heart, the spleen, the lung, the kidney, the stomach, the large intestine,
the small intestine, the gall bladder, the urinary bladder, and the san jiao.
What's "the san jiao"?
Never heard of it.
"Of the zang-fu organs, which is the only one that isn't actually an organ?"
"The answer is the san jiao." It's a well-known question.
It's easy to get the zang-fu organs wrong,
because there are so many organs to choose from.
If even one wrong answer is given in the quiz to determine your initial score,
you get zero points.
Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara
Mikuriya-kun got zero points?
Zero points!
And you're supposed to be a quiz freak!
Akira-kun...
It's not nice to laugh at other people's mistakes.
What's this, Koshiyama?
Feeling confident because you've got an early lead?
Starting with zero points? Fine by me.
I'll show all of you.
We will now start the fastest finger board quiz from these initial scores.
Question.
The first manned space flight was completed by Gaga—
That was fast!
The person who buzzed was Mikuriya-kun!
A wrong answer after buzzing means a loss of three points.
He could be disqualified! How could he buzz in so soon?
If you answer correctly after buzzing in,
you can add your points to your own score
or subtract them from another player.
The choice is yours.
What will Mikuriya-kun do?
Now, everyone, show your boards!
McCandless
Leonov
They're all rather divided on the answer.
Tereshkova
Akiyama Toyohiro
Moon
And Mikuriya-kun, the one who buzzed in, said...
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard.
He was the only player to answer correctly!
The first manned space flight was completed by Gagarin.
The second was completed by which American astronaut?
The correct answer is Alan Shepard.
The emphasis was on "first"?
It was barely noticeable.
That's the perfect difficulty level for this round.
And you buzzed in based on that?
If someone else beat me to it and subtracted points from me, I'd be out anyway.
And if I'm going to get knocked out regardless,
I'd rather be the one responsible for it.
Now, Mikuriya-kun,
please decide how to distribute your four points, including your extra bonus point.
I'll keep them all.
Mikuriya
Dude, that first-year from Miyaura is amazing.
He's already over ten points.
What am I doing?
What made me think for a second that I could beat players who are leagues ahead of me
in both knowledge and technique?
I have to calm down.
Don't force anything, and listen closely to the questions.
I have to get some answers right!
Question.
O, Romeo, Romeo—
That was me!
What was that?!
Well, that scene recreation was a total flop.
Yikes...
What was Yukicchi doing?
I wanted to do more of Romeo and Juliet!
Curse you, Akira!
All right, show your boards!
Romeo and Juliet
"O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"
Verona
Romeo and Juliet
is a famous line that appears in which Shakespeare tragedy?
Romeo and Juliet
Capulet
Romeo and Juliet
The answer is Romeo and Juliet.
Sonohara-kun, please distribute your three points.
Okay, then...
Subtract two points from the squinting guy!
What?!
Ka-boom!
Koizumi
K-Koizumi kun has a negative score, which means he's disqualified.
You demon...
Who should I subtract the other point from?
I know! Boss Gorilla!
You cocky little punk!
Well, those are the rules.
President Sonohara!
I'll make this game interesting for all of you.
W-Well, I'll take over from here.
With Sonohara-kun's subtraction of points,
Koizumi-kun is out,
and Ohkura-kun's score is reduced to fifteen points.
He's no longer one question away from a possible win.
What was Asagaoka thinking when they made up these rules?
I guess siblings do think alike.
I only wanted to make things exciting by adding an element of negotiation...
Everybody, shut up!
Rules about subtracting points aren't that uncommon.
Players can play however they want if it's within the rules!
The only thing that bothers me is this kid's attitude.
Who are you calling a gorilla?!
Oops. Sorry.
I take back the gorilla thing.
Good.
And that's okay with you, Ohkura?
I don't want the regular meet to be sullied by this kind of quibbling.
Yeah... I guess you're right.
Ohkura's so grown-up.
And he's younger than me...
I hope I grow up to be that mature.
Question.
In the Catholic Church—
Total
Multiple Answers
Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
Everyone answered wrong.
Sonohara-kun loses three points.
Why is Sonohara like that?
He said he'd make the game interesting,
but he's just messing it up for everyone else!
But he's down to two points.
I hope he'll settle down now.
The correct answer is Utakata no Ki.
Ohkura-kun and Koshiyama-kun both answered correctly.
Yes! That's from Ougai's German trilogy!
Woohoo! Way to go, boss!
Don't call me "boss," either!
Ohkura-kun, please distribute your three points.
Yes... You want to be disqualified, don't you, kid?
Huh?
If he loses three points, Akira-kun is out.
Making that face at me... won't help.
I'll keep them all for myself.
Ohkura-kun gets three points, taking him to eighteen.
Total
Ohkura
He needs two more points to win.
I'm still two points behind Mikuriya-kun.
I can't lose!
Question.
American entertainment industry awards include
the Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award—
I buzzed too late!
Shibuya-kun buzzed in!
You finally got one, Shibuya!
If there are four awards, I should've buzzed on the "A" of "Academy," but...
This is a curious question.
Why's that, Gakuto?
Isn't it just a regular numerated question?
No, probably not.
Will Koshiyama notice the difference?
Now, show your boards.
Here's the rest of the question:
What's the term used when someone who wins an Emmy,
a Grammy, an Academy Award, and a Tony?
The answer is "Showbiz Grand Slam."
I knew it!
Showbiz Grand Slam
"EGOT" means Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony: the four initials.
That's also correct!
Lucky me! I saw that on TV!
What was that all about?
If it had been a numerical question,
the award names would have been intonated separately.
Numerical Straight
Q: American entertainment industry awards include the Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and what, when won along with the other three, constitutes a "Showbiz Grand Slam"? A: Tony Award
Straight
Q: American entertainment industry awards include the Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Tony Award, and winning all four of these awards is known as what? A: Showbiz Grand Slam/EGOT
But the way she read out "Emmy Award" and "Grammy Award" made them flow together.
So that's why he was slow to buzz in.
Whew, good! I was able to discern the difference in the reading!
He had such a hard time at the Sekigawata meet,
but now, he's...
Total
Multiple Answers
Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
So now, I have three points, huh?
Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
Question.
In the Old Testament—
U-Um... No one answered correctly.
Not again!
He's deliberately blocking the questions that everyone came prepared for!
He's treating this like a joke...
But you won't be killing any more questions.
Sonohara
Huh? "Killing questions"?
That's not what I'm doing. Don't make it sound so awful.
Total
Multiple Answers
Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
They're sounding bloodthirsty again...
D-Don't worry. The next question will calm the air.
Question.
In photography, placing one or both hands on one's own cheeks—
He buzzed again?!
Please demonstrate the pose as you give your answer.
Now, everyone... pose!
There it is! Embarrassing them by making them act out the answer worked!
Y-You people...
You just wanted to make us do this pose, didn't you?
The rest of the question was:
"...results in a pose that looks like your tooth hurts, resulting in what name?"
The answer is the "toothache pose."
"Dazai" Pose
Toothache Pose
Koshiyama, what's that you wrote? Putting your chin in your hands?
This isn't the pose named after Dazai Osamu?!
It's not this, either?!
S-See? They're all much happier now!
Y-Yes!
The gori—
I mean, the boss loses three points!
Shock
What?!
Total
Multiple Answers
Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
We probably won't get any more demonstrative questions for a while.
He should settle down.
And...
The correct answer is "Delight at Johor Bahru."
Ashiya-kun has added three points to his own score.
Delight at Johor Bahru
Malaysia
Ohkura-kun has surpassed 20 points, making him the first to win!
Ohkura-san really is amazing.
Let's play again sometime, boss!
I don't think so!
Total
Multiple Answers
Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
Only two more can advance to the next round.
Currently, Ashiya-kun has eighteen points,
Koshiyama-kun has sixteen points,
and Mikuriya-kun is close behind with fifteen points.
Question.
Facing backwards to throw a coin—
Yes!
Damn, he's fast!
Trevi Fountain
The correct answer is the Trevi Fountain. Well done!
Q: Facing backwards to throw a coin into the water is said to make one's wish come true at which fountain in Rome designed by Nicola Salvi? A: The Trevi Fountain
Ashiya-kun has reached 20 points!
Who will you subtract the remaining point from?
I'm forced to subtract a point, huh?
Let's see...
The one I should subtract from is the one I see as a threat.
Mikuriya.
You're the one who said we should show no mercy, right?
That's right.
Ashiya-kun takes a point from his own teammate, Mikuriya-kun!
So it doesn't even matter if you're from the same school, or what year you're in.
They both recognize each other as rivals.
He took that point because he recognized his talent.
I wonder if that feels more satisfying or frustrating...
What must it feel like?
You told me to do quiz bowl, and said you'd take revenge on me.
I want the kind of heated battle with you that'll make my heart thump.
Mikuriya-kun!
I'm going to get revenge for losing to Sekigawata now!
Gakuto-senpai
Touched
Ohkura
Happy birthday, Sasajima!!
Congrats
Wow, he's declared war!
You can do it, Koshiyama-kun!
Too late for that.
Our revenge match has already started.
Y-Yeah!
Koshiyama-kun, with seventeen points, can advance if he buzzes and answers correctly here.
Who will buzz in first?
Will we see a comeback from one of the others?
Question.
Meaning "governing the nation and saving its people," the word for "economy—
Yes!
Keisei Saimin
"Keisei saimin" is correct!
Q: Meaning "governing the nation and saving its people," the word for "economy" in Japanese originated from what four-syllable idiom? A: Keisei saimin
Shibata-kun of Kaijou is making a comeback!
Question.
In the process of scientific experiments, the escape of harmful organisms—
Mikuriya-kun buzzed in!
Total
Multiple Answers
Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
The answer is "biohazard." He's correct!
Q: In the process of scientific experiments, the escape of harmful organisms that threaten to endanger the local ecosystem is known by what name? A: Biohazard
Mikuriya-kun, please distribute your three points.
If I take enough points off Koshiyama to block him from advancing,
I'll still only have sixteen points.
That would be the same as helping Shibata, now that he's catching up.
I need to get within touching distance of the win first.
If I'm confident in my speed on the buzzer, seventeen points is all I need.
But nothing is absolute.
If it was just me and Koshiyama, that'd be one thing,
but Shibata and Shibuya are here, too.
And I've already been too slow to buzz in several times.
You don't often see Mikuriya thinking that hard.
Distributing his points here must be a pretty tough call.
There are no correct answers in probability theory.
So I should...
This is too damn annoying.
I'm keeping all three points.
That gives Mikuriya-kun nineteen points.
And Shiki-kun still has eighteen points.
If they both get to 20 points at the same time,
the one with the higher total score advances, right?
Even if Mikuriya-kun only gets one point for a correct answer,
if I buzz in and answer correctly for three points, I'll take the lead.
Koshiyama.
The next question will decide it.
Yeah!
For better or for worse, only one more player can advance!
The next question, please!
If I don't buzz this time, I could lose.
I have to be careful... but fast!
Question.
April 5, 1722; January 22, 1905;
and May 15, 1932...
Three dates?
They have something historical in common!
Economic booms, crashes... Something economical?
Celestial events... Annular solar eclipses?
What's next?
All of these were, specifically, what da—
No!
That little...
Specifically...
Not again!
No, it looked intentional that time.
Specifically, it was... the fourteenth question in the first group, I believe?
Oh!
Continents of the world: The "cradle of humankind"...
"Specifically," as the word suggests,
is a signal that what comes next is the core of the question.
It's often used in probability questions, like the one about the continents.
The question just now was "All of these were what day of the week," right?
Which means it also has seven possible answers!
Sonohara's brother predicted that the inclusion of "specifically"
meant that, however difficult, it would be a probability question
with possible answers that everyone is familiar with.
Everyone has a one-in-seven chance to answer correctly,
even if they don't know the answer.
In a way, it's a free question.
He plans to rely on intuition, doesn't he?
A one-in-seven possibility...
It's hard to believe he'd bet everything on that, but...
April 5th, January 22nd...
The one that's most familiar as a date is May 15th.
Showa 7! That has to be it. The May 15th Incident!
Is there a hint within the incident as to what day it took place?
No, even if I know what the incident was, I don't know that kind of detail!
Thinking too long about something I don't know is just a waste of time!
So I'll use math to solve it!
Mikuriya's writing something.
Zeller's congruence, huh?
And what will Koshiyama-kun do?
He seems to be good with history.
Can he get it right?
Ten seconds.
Oh, no!
Stop! Calm down! Remember!
No...
Think!
Come on, Koshiyama, what are you doing?!
Time's runnin' out!
Koshiyama-kun...
I know about the May 15th Incident. I read about it.
It was one of the many books I read during my time spent alone.
I'm sure the answer is buried in my memory somewhere.
I have to open up to that page!
On May 15th, Showa year 7, at about 5:30 PM,
several young naval officers split up into four groups
with the goal of overthrowing the corrupt political party system.
One of those groups infiltrated the residence of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi.
Even surrounded by naval officers in uniform,
Prime Minister Inukai didn't panic,
but calmly attempted to reason with them until his final moments.
But he couldn't stop history's trigger from being pulled.
Wait, that doesn't tell me what day of the week it was!
What else is there?
After hearing the news, the Prime Minister's wife
rushed to his residence with the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Oh, right... His wife escaped disaster because she'd been away.
Away?
Where were his wife and son-in-law, Minister Yoshizawa?
...were at the Imperial Hotel to celebrate...
Wow... The Imperial Hotel was around back then, too?
I'm out of time! I'm still not certain, but...
I have to go with this!
The regular meet arc is nearing its end.
I bet you're all feeling the tension!
Yes!
Wow! What's this place? It's so cute!
Hey, Koshiyama, let's take a picture!
A picture?
It should be a selfie.
Maybe from this angle?
S-Selfie?
Here we go! Strike a pose!
Come on, make a cuter pose than that.
This is harder than quiz bowl!