I got sick of putting the word ‘mix’ in the title. And I have to make this entertaining for myself, so I picked words that characterise ‘some’ of the questions. And I sneaked in a reference to “Root Letter” which no one other than me will care about.
Questions
Born in Tokyo, fashion designer Rei Kawakubo is best known for founding which Paris-based company in 1969?
COMME DES GARÇONS
Named for a location in Mayfair where its first store can be found, which multi-brand department store-cross-exhibition space was founded in 2004 by Rei Kawakubo? There are now additional sites in fancy locations like New York, Paris and Ginza.
DOVER STREET MARKET
Found in Japan, the mamushi is an animal found within a family with what common name, with that family also containing the Okinawan habu?
VIPERS (Viperidae)
Using a skill called ‘nensha’ that allowed her to telepathically imprint images to create a cursed video tape, what is the Japanese name of the antagonist in Koji Suzuki’s “Ring” trilogy of novels, this series later expanding to six books?
(SADAKO) YAMAMURA
First published in 1996, which collection of Koji Suzuki short stories was the basis for a 2005 American film that saw Jennifer Connelly play the role of Dahlia, whose Roosevelt Island apartment develops a leak?
DARK WATER
Inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, what resource was mined at Iwami Ginzan, a place on the north coast of Honshu in the Chugoku region? Closed in 1923, this site had operated for nearly 400 years.
SILVER
In which prefecture within the Chugoku region can the Iwami Ginzan silver mine be found? The second least populous in the country, its capital Matsue was the setting for the visual novel game “Root Letter”.
SHIMANE
Haifuki-ho was a method of separating silver from lead that was developed in Korea and later used at the Iwami Ginzan mine. Is does this by using what method that takes its name from a small porous container, this technique also being used to separate gold from base metals?
CUPPELATION
Coming from a Japanese word that collectively refers to the Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhism, which temple in Osaka was founded by Prince Shotoku in the late 6th century? Its latest rebuild was in 1963 and it was the first in the country to be commissioned by the state.
SHITENNO-JI
Performances involving a lone performer who is accompanied by a few props and remains seated in the seiza position, which form of Japanese entertainment sees stories being told that feature more than one character, with the different characters being depicted by changes in voice and expression?
RAKUGO
Whittipedia 