Tokyo Trivia Time

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1. What is the station name of the area home to the bulk of Tokyo's major museums? Roppongi Ueno Asakusa Shinjuku

2. The 'Six Trees' area of Tokyo is one of the major entertainment districts in the whole of Japan. Which name means 'Six Trees'? Ropponki Roppongi Ropponhebi Ropponboorupen

3. Tokyo Tower is the spitting image of what other world famous landmark? Landmark Tower The Eiffel Tower Sears Tower The Leaning Tower of Pisa

4. Tokugawa was made shogun in 1603 and he decided on Tokyo as the seat of his government. However back in those days it wasn't called Tokyo. What was it called? Shiseido Tokaido Edo Mikado

5. In 1923 a great disaster struck Tokyo killing more than 70,000 people. What was it? The Great Eruption of Fuji-san The Great Samurai Uprising The Great Kanto Earthquake Bloody Sunday

6. What hip part of Tokyo can you often see the black/orange faces of fake tanned 'ganguro' girls practising 'para para' dancing or wandering round with painted faces and impossibly short skirts. Shibuya Ginza Asakusa Shinjuku

7. The most popular baseball team in Japan is the cashed up Tokyo Giants club and they play their home games at The Tokyo Dome. What JR (Japan Rail) station is it closest to? Iidabashi Suidobashi Tokyo Dome-mae Gianto Stadium Station

8. Tokyo Disneyland is not actually in Tokyo. What prefecture is it in? Kiba Kansai Hokkaido Chiba

9. The firebombing of Tokyo caused more civilian deaths than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. True False

10. What is the name of the famous fish market frequented by hordes of tourists hoping to get snapshots of the enormous tuna auctioned off there? Tokyo Tuna Town Sensushiji Whale of a Sale Tsukiji