Buzou Prefectural High School
Quiz Bowl Circle New Students Welcome!! 100-Question Paper Quiz
The quiz bowl circle?
Do you study quizzes?
You're just a circle?
Question.
What is quiz bowl?
Quiz Bowl Circle New Students Welcome!! 100-Question Paper Quiz
Quiz bowl is a game known by everyone around the world.
There are those who take it quite seriously!
Now follow in the footsteps of the pioneers who upheld the quiz bowl craze long ago!
You, too!
Don't you want to become a quiz king?!
Huh?!
Fastest Finger First
Question 1: "Don't You Want to Become a Quiz King?"
Quiz king? What is that?
And who is this huge guy?
Give this a try.
You try it, too.
And you two.
Here. Try this.
Sasajima! Back off!
Circles don't belong here!
New students, join the baseball team!
It's my second day of high school.
And today is the day the battle between the school clubs for new students begins.
This is a world that I, Koshiyama Shiki, don't belong in...
Quiz, huh?
Kuroda? From the Nishi Middle basketball team?
Still playing in high school, too?
You better believe it!
My first goal is to take nationals!
Take your seats.
So what did you all think about yesterday's entrance ceremony?
Three years of high school may seem long now, but it'll fly by.
You can focus solely on your studies,
or you can work hard at your clubs.
If I had a large physique or some kind of skill,
would I have worked hard at some club, too?
Quiz Bowl Circle New Students Welcome!! 100-Question Paper Quiz
A paper quiz?
What in the world? They're all quiz questions?
So people who like quizzes get together and spend their time answering quiz questions?
Is that supposed to be fun?
Don't you want to become a quiz king?
And that guy was part of it?
I'm not sure I want to...
We'll spend first period choosing your class representatives.
Let's start with the class officers...
Question 1.
Japan's Three Non-Nuclear Principles are "to neither possess, manufacture, nor..." what?
"Introduce." That's common sense.
Question 2... Let's see...
"I think, therefore I am" is a quote by... Descartes, of course.
What desert in Africa is the largest hot desert in the world?
Even elementary school kids know that.
Introduce René Descartes Sahara Desert
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning out of restless dreams"
is the opening line of which novel by Franz Kafka?
Well, I guess some of these are fairly specialized questions,
but if even I know the answers, this must be pretty low-level...
Next up, librarians. We'll need one boy and one girl.
Any volunteers?
Here... Here... Here, here... Here...
Sure, I'll do it.
All right, Inoue Daisuke. It's all yours.
But I was the class librarian through all three years of middle school!
Did you see that?
I guess he wanted to do it.
Now, how about a girl?
Me.
A volunteer?
Yes. I'm Fukami Mari.
Does she like books, too?
Fukami-san's really pretty, huh?
Looks like you got some side perks.
Man, quit teasing me!
Whoops, that was close.
If I'd gotten the same job as the popular girl,
I'd never hear the end of it.
Our eyes met!
Oh...
I ended up answering all the quiz questions.
This might not be a bad way to kill time.
No, no, no, no! No way!
Let's hit the school shop.
I'll push our desks together.
Seriously?
He should just speak up.
Isn't he lonely?
Don't!
Library
They have a lot of minor series, too.
There are so many more genres than the middle school library had!
The library is where I got my start.
Ever since elementary school, I've spent more time reading than playing with friends.
I didn't want to play with the kids who called me "shrimp" and "dunce," anyway.
It was just the only way I knew to have fun on my own.
Buzou Prefectural Library
Since my mom worked at the library, I spent every day
there reading until she got off work.
In middle school, I became the class librarian.
By then, I was nothing but a bookworm.
I used to read a lot of classical literature and non-fictional works back then...
It stimulated my imagination and opened up new worlds before me.
But I was never able to find any friends to share the joy of reading with.
I thought that was fine, though.
Of course, it meant I had no connection to any girls, either...
Let's see...
Isn't she the class librarian, Fukami-san?
Wait, does she even see me?!
U-Um, watch—
Huh?
A-Are you o—
Oh!
P-P-Pan—
Everything okay?
I-I just tripped! That's all!
No running!
You can't eat your lunch here!
I'm sorry!
Man, that startled me...
Forget about that!
My safe haven will be tainted with this crazy memory!
Is this Fukami-san's?
What are these marks?
...long house / is known as...
...refer to betting money / on a single...
...marks left / behind in the snow...
And finally,
the best perk of being in the hardball tennis club
is that you get to see sights like this at the girls' court next to ours!
There!
So wrong...
And that concludes the introduction of all the school clubs.
Me getting in to a sports club is a joke,
but I'm not that interested in the culture clubs, either.
Welcome, New Students!
Next, we'll introduce the school associations.
Here's the quiz bowl circle. Go ahead.
Oh, the quiz king...
Ah. Test, test.
I'm the president of the quiz bowl circle, Sasajima Gakuto, second-year.
Who wants to go to New York?!
There was once a quiz show by that name on TV. Do you remember it?
It was, indeed, a world in which people competed in quiz bowl.
Even today, there is a major quiz show called High School Quiz,
in which high school students engage in a heated competition every year.
Any high school student may participate.
Quiz bowl, as everyone knows,
is a game anyone can play where one simply answers questions to win.
However, adding a competitive aspect makes it a sport.
A sport? Quiz bowl?
The first step is to experience quiz bowl.
Hence this impromptu quiz meet!
The first six to raise their hands will get to participate!
The true thrill of quiz bowl is competing to buzz in the fastest!
Nothing can match the rush that comes from pressing this buzzer!
Where do they even sell those things?
Me, me! I wanna do it!
Yeah, me too!
Here.
Fukami Mari?
Please come up to the stage.
R-Right.
She looks so meek,
but she's so assertive!
I could never do that.
In the interest of time,
I'll select the remaining three participants at random.
Class A, female, student number 6.
What?!
Class C, female, number 8.
You're kidding! No way!
Class D, male, number 11.
Koshiyama, isn't that you?
Class D, male, student number 11. I'm number 10.
Huh?
What?! I have to go up there?!
With all these people watching?!
I can't! I can't! I can't! I can't!
This isn't even funny!
Flail
How did this happen?
And the mood up here is so awkward...
Question.
"Avril" in French, "aprile" in Italian, and "April" in English refer to which month?
April?
April!
Correct, but that was terrible!
Huh?
You didn't do it right at all.
You weren't taking it the least bit seriously.
You could have buzzed in much faster!
Uh... Well...
The key to being the fastest finger is just what it sounds like:
to move your finger the fastest!
If you don't earn the right to respond, you can't give the right answer!
I get what he's saying, but...
Question.
There are stars on the American flag—
That was fast! Someone pushed it already?
The Stars and Stripes.
Huh?!
There's more to the question.
There are stars on the American flag, one for each state. How many are there?
The correct answer is 50.
A trick question?
Some questions are very straightforward,
but others can't be answered until you hear the complete question.
You must be careful.
See? You have to listen until the end before you can answer.
From this point on, try using your imaginations more.
As in try to predict the last part of the question?
Here's the question.
The nation with the largest land area is Russia,
and the nation—
The nation... with the second largest land area?
Second is Canada, and third is America...
...with the smallest land area is which?
Vatican City!
Correct.
Yes!
So it was the opposite of the largest!
I know the answers, but...
Are you new to fast buzzing?
Uh... It's my first time.
If you buzz after you know the answer, you'll be too late.
Fast buzzing can determine the winner by a margin of 0.01 seconds.
R-Right...
There's no time to waste on thinking things over.
Wh-What is she talking about?
She volunteered for this, but she hasn't pressed the buzzer once!
N-No, her panties have nothing to do with this!
Her face changed...
Question.
French for "flash of lightni—"
Please give your answer.
Éclair.
Correct.
Question.
"Et tu, Brute—"
Julius Caesar.
Correct.
Wait...
Question.
"Jumping flea—"
Ukulele.
Correct.
Wait a minute... How does she know what the question's going to be?
What? I'm not cheating, okay?
I-I wasn't...
There's a point in questions you can answer early where the answer becomes certain.
Of course, these have all been really basic questions.
Points? Basic?
Question.
The three great festivals of Kyoto—
Whoa, that was fast!
Wait, it wasn't Fukami-san!
Yes! I got it!
Please give your answer.
Oh...
Um...
The time limit is five seconds.
No, that—
An interesting answer, but incorrect.
That rattled me.
I will read the question one more time.
The three great festivals of Kyoto are...
The three great festivals of Kyoto are
the Gion Festival, the Festival of Ages, and the Hollyhock Festival.
...May's Hollyhock Festival, Jul—
"Jul"? That'll be July, the Gion Festival!
So the only answer remaining is...
The Festival of Ages.
Correct.
..."to neither possess, ma/nufacture, nor..." what?
So that's it...
...orange, gr/een, and...
I'm starting to get it now!
...melody, rhy/thm...
..."to neither possess, ma/nufacture, nor..." what? ...three elements of music are melody, rhy/thm, and... ...orange, gr/een, and what? ...cannot move are the bi/shop and what?
What should I do? Should I try to buzz in?
I want to try answering!
Now, let's try some harder questions.
Harder?
What's important is to earn the right to answer.
Fast buzzing can determine the winner by a margin of 0.01 seconds.
There's a point in questions you can answer early where the answer becomes certain.
If I can predict the question,
I'll have five seconds to answer after buzzing.
There should be time to think about it then.
Question.
"I fell in love. This was something new."
I did it! I buzzed!
Wait, he knows this one? Was it intuition?
Please give your answer.
I know this! It's the opening line of that novel!
...by which French author?
There were other literature questions like this on that paper quiz, too!
...which novel by Franz Kafka?
...which female Heian Period author?
If this question is also looking for the title or author,
which is it?
Three seconds.
If this is really a "hard" question...
Two.
The answer is...
eniemeG saD
Das Gemeine!
Correct!
This is the opening line of which literary work by Dazai Osamu?
The answer is Das Gemeine.
I'm impressed you knew such a lesser-known title!
Everyone's really looking at me now...
Sasajima, you're running over!
Just when it was getting good...
You! What's your name and class?
Uh... Class D, K-Koshiyama.
Then let's give a hand to Koshiyama-kun for answering the last question!
In quiz bowl, your age, sex, and physique are irrelevant.
The more you participate, the more knowledge and experience you gain.
That's true for everyone!
That's right! Anyone can take part in quiz bowl!
Nailed it.
And that was the quiz bowl circle's introduction.
They say quiz bowl is popular in theological schools lately.
Come to think of it, that boy,
Sasajima-kun, transferred here last year.
From Kaijou High School, I believe.
Oh, man... My heart is still racing.
I can't believe I did something so new in front of that crowd.
But...
The moment I pressed that buzzer felt really good.
Quiz buzzers are surprisingly easy to break,
so try not to press them too hard.
Um, when I tripped in the library...
I-I'm sorry! That was—
Did I drop that paper with the quiz questions?
Huh? Oh...
Th-That's right. I forgot.
Here.
Did you look up these answers somewhere?
Oh, wrong one!
Here's yours! That one's mine!
Thanks.
You know...
I didn't understand what those little marks were at first.
But...
Are they to mark the points you talked about earlier?
Where the answer to the question is certain?
Huh?
S-Sorry if I'm wrong.
You... really are smart, aren't you?
No, I don't think...
When you answered the last question,
how did you know the title would be the right answer?
Oh, because the president said it'd be a hard question.
Rather than its famous author, the title of a minor work is more... well...
I figured that would be harder to answer.
Did you say that was your first quiz match?
Yeah, of the fast buzzing kind.
Y-You're forgiven for seeing my panties!
Where'd that come from?!
But in return...
Join the quiz circle with me!
Wh-Wh-What is she saying?!
It was your first quiz match, but in such a short time,
you managed to get the hang of quiz bowl.
And the knowledge you have...
Even if I'd heard that last question to the end, I couldn't have buzzed.
I didn't know the answer!
What? I didn't just beat her to the buzzer?
Same with this paper quiz.
There were several questions I didn't know the answers to,
but you answered almost all of them!
Your abundant knowledge and quick thinking
will be amazing weapons!
I believe you can become the quiz king!
The quiz king...
Everyone, welcome to the world of quiz bowl!
I am the quiz master, here to share the fun of quiz bowl with all of you!
Koshiyama-kun, congratulations on your quiz debut!
Th-Thank you.
This may surprise you, but "7O3X" is also a quiz bowl term.
Fukami-kun, do you know what it means?
Yes! Get seven right and you win,
7 Correct Answers
3 Incorrect Answers
but get three wrong and you fail.
It's a basic rule of quiz bowl!
That's right! The path to victory is steep!
Start heading there today, one step at a time!
We'll do our best!