 - 1. Which country was NOT mentioned as a participant in the aborted 1990s Pacific Rim contest?
A) Hong Kong
B) Tonga
C) Argentina
D) Australia
- 2. What was the estimated sponsorship amount that could not be found for the aborted 1990s Pacific Rim contest?
A) $5 million
B) $2 million
C) $10 million
D) $1 million
- 3. What aspect of Japanese training methods has been criticized?
A) Focussing too much on rest days
B) Focussing exclusively on kicking drills
C) Focussing more on speed than strength
D) Focussing more on discipline than initiative
- 4. What is the name of the common Japanese training drill involving players running the length of the field and exchanging passes?
A) Rice field sprint
B) Typhoon drill
C) Run pass
D) Muddy rush
- 5. Who became President of the Japan Rugby Football Union in June 2005?
A) Shinzo Abe
B) Yoshirō Mori
C) Yasuo Fukuda
D) Junichiro Koizumi
- 6. Which country was awarded the 2011 Rugby World Cup instead of Japan?
A) South Africa
B) New Zealand
C) Ireland
D) Australia
- 7. What did Yoshirō Mori accuse members of the Commonwealth of Nations of doing after losing the 2011 World Cup bid?
A) Stealing Japanese training secrets
B) Refusing to play in Asia
C) Rigging the voting scores
D) Passing the ball around their friends
- 8. What form of tag rugby was introduced in Kyoto Prefecture in 2015?
A) Bloemfontein rugby
B) Typhoon rugby
C) Samurai rugby
D) Tambo rugby
- 9. Where is tambo rugby played?
A) Sandy beaches
B) Muddy rice fields
C) Mountain slopes
D) Indoor gymnasiums
- 10. In what year was the Rugby World Cup held in Japan for the first time?
A) 2005
B) 2019
C) 2011
D) 2015
- 11. What was the score of Japan's loss to New Zealand in the 1995 World Cup?
A) 34–32
B) 145–17
C) 28–21
D) 92–17
- 12. In which stadium did Japan suffer their 145–17 defeat to New Zealand in 1995?
A) Bloemfontein Arena
B) Tokyo Stadium
C) Free State Stadium
D) Kyoto Ground
- 13. What was the city where Japan lost 145–17 to New Zealand in 1995?
A) Cape Town
B) Johannesburg
C) Bloemfontein
D) Pretoria
- 14. Against which team did Japan produce a major shock by winning 34–32 at the 2015 Rugby World Cup?
A) Ireland
B) Scotland
C) New Zealand
D) South Africa
- 15. Which team defeated the Sunwolves 92–17 in the 2016 Super Rugby?
A) Cheetahs
B) Wallabies
C) All Blacks
D) Springboks
- 16. Which teams were drawn in Group A alongside Japan in the 2019 World Cup?
A) Ireland, Russia, Samoa, and Scotland
B) South Africa, New Zealand, Tonga, and Canada
C) Australia, Fiji, Argentina, and Hong Kong
D) England, Wales, France, and Italy
- 17. What was the score of Japan's opening night win against Russia in the 2019 World Cup?
A) 28-21
B) 19-12
C) 38-19
D) 30-10
- 18. What was the score when Japan beat Ireland in the 2019 World Cup?
A) 19-12
B) 28-21
C) 30-10
D) 38-19
- 19. How many tries did Japan score against Samoa in the 2019 World Cup to secure a bonus point?
A) Three or more
B) Four or more
C) Five or more
D) Two or more
- 20. What was the score of Japan's match against Samoa in the 2019 World Cup?
A) 19-12
B) 30-10
C) 38-19
D) 28-21
- 21. Which natural phenomenon threatened to cancel Japan's final group game against Scotland in 2019?
A) An earthquake
B) Typhoon Hagibis
C) A volcanic eruption
D) A tsunami
- 22. What would have happened to the match against Scotland if the typhoon had forced its cancellation under pre-tournament rules?
A) Decided by a coin toss
B) Awarded to Scotland
C) Declared a draw
D) Rescheduled for the next day
- 23. What was the final score of the 2019 World Cup match between Japan and Scotland?
A) 30-10
B) 28-21
C) 38-19
D) 34-32
- 24. Which milestone did Japan achieve by topping their group at the 2019 Rugby World Cup?
A) First team to win all games without conceding a try
B) First team to defeat all Southern Hemisphere giants in one tournament
C) First Asian nation to top their group
D) First host nation to win the tournament
- 25. What was the score of the quarter-final match between South Africa and Japan in 2019?
A) 26-3
B) 34-32
C) 145-17
D) 28-21
- 26. Which organization governs rugby union in Japan?
A) Japan Rugby Football Union
B) Asian Rugby Football Union
C) Japanese Rugby Association
D) World Rugby Board
- 27. On what date was the Japan Rugby Football Union officially formed?
A) 30 November 1987
B) 19 November 2005
C) 30 November 1926
D) June 2005
- 28. In which year did the Japan Rugby Football Union become a full member of World Rugby (then the International Rugby Football Board)?
A) 2019
B) 1926
C) 1987
D) 1995
- 29. The Japan Rugby Football Union is a founding member of which regional body?
A) Southern Hemisphere Rugby Board
B) Asian Rugby Football Union
C) Commonwealth Rugby Federation
D) Pacific Rim Rugby Union
- 30. What is the rank of rugby union as a team sport in Japan?
A) Fourth-largest
B) Second-largest
C) Largest
D) Third-largest
- 31. In which century was rugby union introduced into Japan?
A) 17th century
B) 19th century
C) 20th century
D) 18th century
- 32. What rank does Japan hold globally for its population of rugby union players?
A) Third-largest
B) Largest
C) Second-largest
D) Fourth-largest
- 33. Approximately how many rugby union players are there in Japan?
A) 1,000,000
B) 250,000
C) 50,000
D) 126,000
- 34. How many official rugby clubs are there in Japan according to the text?
A) 5,400
B) 10,000
C) 3,631
D) 1,250
- 35. What traditional Japanese game existed before the arrival of rugby?
A) Judo
B) Kemari
C) Kendo
D) Sumo
- 36. During which historical period was kemari said to have been introduced to Japan?
A) Heian period
B) Meiji period
C) Asuka period
D) Edo period
- 37. Around what year was kemari introduced to Japan?
A) 200 AD
B) 1200 AD
C) 600 AD
D) 400 AD
- 38. Kemari was based upon the sport from which country?
A) China
B) Korea
C) India
D) Mongolia
- 39. What is the Chinese sport that inspired kemari?
A) Polo
B) Kung fu
C) Cuju
D) Jianzi
- 40. What is the ball used in kemari called?
A) Kem
B) Suji
C) Tari
D) Mari
- 41. What material is the kemari ball made of?
A) Pigskin
B) Deerskin
C) Cowhide
D) Cotton
- 42. When was the first recorded instance of a rugby team being established in Japan?
A) 1866
B) 1899
C) 1874
D) 1854
- 43. Who was one of the captains of the 20th (The East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot on the Yokohama club rules committee?
A) George Hamilton
B) Capt. Edward Clarke
C) Capt. Charles Rochefort
D) Lt. Lord Walter Kerr
- 44. Who was the Royal Navy Lieutenant on the Yokohama club rules committee?
A) Charles Rochefort
B) Robert Blount
C) Lord Walter Kerr
D) Ginnosuke Tanaka
- 45. Who became captain of the Yokohama Foot Ball Club team after being a Rugby School alumnus?
A) Ginnosuke Tanaka
B) Edward Bramwell Clarke
C) George Hamilton
D) Robert Blount
- 46. Where were games played by service personnel in Yokohama?
A) Osaka Treaty Port Field
B) Keio University Campus
C) Garrison Parade Ground in Yamate
D) Tokyo Central Park
- 47. In what year did British sailors stage a game in Yokohama according to records?
A) 1874
B) 1866
C) 1910
D) 1899
- 48. Besides Yokohama, where else were early rugby games played at treaty ports?
A) Tokyo
B) Kobe
C) Kyoto
D) Osaka
- 49. In what year is local Japanese participation in rugby most frequently cited as beginning?
A) 1899
B) 1866
C) 1874
D) 1920
- 50. Which students were introduced to rugby by Professor Edward Bramwell Clarke and Ginnosuke Tanaka?
A) Students at Tokyo Imperial University
B) Students at Keio University
C) Students at Kobe College
D) Students at Yokohama Foot Ball Club
- 51. Which university did both Edward Bramwell Clarke and Ginnosuke Tanaka graduate from?
A) Oxford University
B) Winchester College
C) Rugby School
D) Cambridge University
- 52. During which decade did Japanese rugby really start to grow?
A) 1890s
B) 1920s
C) 1860s
D) 1950s
- 53. What subject did Professor Edward Bramwell Clarke teach at Keio?
A) Mathematics
B) English
C) History
D) Physical Education
- 54. Which sport had not yet come in to occupy the young fellows according to Clarke?
A) Track and field
B) Association football
C) Winter baseball
D) Tennis
- 55. Who was the co-introducer of rugby to Keio University along with Edward Bramwell Clarke?
A) George Hamilton
B) Lord Walter Kerr
C) Ginnosuke Tanaka
D) Capt. Charles Rochefort
- 56. What was the score of the 1901 match between Keio University and the Yokohama Foreigners?
A) 35–5
B) 25–5
C) 35–0
D) 38–5
- 57. Who took the conversion for Keio University in their 1901 game against the Yokohama Foreigners?
A) Shigeru Kayama
B) Shiyoda
C) Prof. Clarke
D) Prince Chichibu
- 58. Who scored a try for Keio University in the 1901 game against the Yokohama Foreigners?
A) Prof. Clarke
B) Emperor Taishō
C) Shigeru Kayama
D) Shiyoda
- 59. When did Doshisha and Waseda play their first inter-university game?
A) 1930
B) 1901
C) 1923
D) 1924
- 60. Since what year has the annual match between Keio and Waseda been played?
A) 1901
B) 1923
C) 1924
D) 1930
- 61. When did the first rugby tours to Japan occur?
A) 1940s
B) 1930s
C) 1910s
D) 1900s
- 62. In what year did Japan tour British Columbia?
A) 1901
B) 1932
C) 1934
D) 1930
- 63. In what year did Canada tour Japan?
A) 1953
B) 1930
C) 1934
D) 1932
- 64. What was the score when the Japanese national team defeated Canada on 31 January 1932?
A) 35–5
B) 50–10
C) 25–5
D) 38–5
- 65. Who brought the Canadian rugby team over to Japan for their tour?
A) Prince Chichibu
B) The JRFU
C) A trade delegation
D) The Japanese Royal Family
- 66. Which university side toured Japan in 1934?
A) Scottish Universities
B) Oxford University
C) British Columbia
D) Australian Universities
- 67. Who was the honorary head of many athletic organizations and nicknamed the 'sporting Prince' after World War II?
A) Shigeru Kayama
B) Emperor Taishō
C) Prince Chichibu
D) Shiyoda
- 68. Who was the JRFU president who marketed rugby to Prince Chichibu after returning from a long sea voyage?
A) Prince Chichibu
B) Shigeru Kayama
C) Prof. Clarke
D) Shiyoda
- 69. In what year did Prince Chichibu pass away?
A) 1932
B) 1926
C) 1953
D) 1934
- 70. Which Japanese regime tended to be hostile to rugby in the later 1930s and early 1940s?
A) Democratic Japanese regime
B) Communist Japanese regime
C) Feudal Japanese regime
D) Fascistic Japanese regime
- 71. What was rugby rebranded as due to being seen as particularly foreign?
A) faito boru
B) taikyu
C) tōkyū
D) rugby-do
- 72. Which family continued to support rugby despite political hostility in the 1930s and 1940s?
A) Kobe Steel owners
B) The prime minister's family
C) Japanese royal family
D) The military leadership
- 73. Until what year did rugby games continue during the Second World War?
A) 1941
B) 1943
C) 1945
D) 1939
- 74. In what month and year was an advertisement for rugby players in Hokkaido able to draw fifty people?
A) September 1946
B) August 1945
C) September 1945
D) October 1945
- 75. Where was the first post-war schools match held on 23 September 1945?
A) Kobe
B) Hokkaido
C) Kyoto
D) Tokyo
- 76. Which combined university side toured Japan in 1959?
A) Oxbridge
B) British Lions
C) Varsity XV
D) Red Rose
- 77. Which team toured Japan in 1958 and won the three tests against All Japan?
A) Cambridge University
B) Junior All Blacks
C) Oxford University
D) England
- 78. What was the score when Japan beat the Junior All Blacks in 1968?
A) 23–19
B) 15–10
C) 6–3
D) 19–23
- 79. Which country toured Japan in 1971?
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) England
D) Scotland
- 80. Who admitted that lack of height amongst Japanese players was a problem during the 1971 tour?
A) Onishi Tetsunosuke
B) Shiggy Konno
C) The RFU president
D) The Waseda captain
- 81. Who coached the Japanese team that lost 3–6 to England in Tokyo in 1971?
A) An Oxford coach
B) A Cambridge professor
C) Onishi Tetsunosuke
D) Shiggy Konno
- 82. In which year did Japan make its first tour of Great Britain?
A) 1975
B) 1968
C) 1973
D) 1971
- 83. What happened to two army units after a game got out of hand in 1975?
A) They were sent abroad
B) They were given new gear
C) They were promoted
D) Both units were disbanded
- 84. What year was the legendary unruly game between army sides that resulted in severe punishments?
A) 1971
B) 1973
C) 1990
D) 1975
- 85. Which year was considered a high point for Japan in the international game when they beat a Scotland XV?
A) 1987
B) 1968
C) 1990
D) 1971
- 86. Who was Japan's first Rugby World Cup victory against?
A) England
B) Zimbabwe
C) Scotland
D) South Africa
- 87. How common are statues of sports people in Japan according to the text?
A) Relatively rare
B) Banned by law
C) Found in every city
D) Extremely common
- 88. Which team did Japan face at Cardiff Arms Park on 2 October 1983?
A) Zimbabwe
B) Scotland
C) Australia
D) Wales
- 89. What was the score when Japan played Wales on 2 October 1983?
A) 29–24
B) 28–24
C) 24–29
D) 24–28
- 90. Who coached Japan when they defeated Scotland in 1989?
A) Hiroaki Shukuzawa
B) Seiji Hirao
C) Shiggy Konno
D) Ian Williams
- 91. On what date did Japan defeat Scotland for the first time?
A) 2 October 1983
B) 28 May 1989
C) 1994
D) 1991
- 92. What was the final score of the Japan versus Scotland match in 1989?
A) 24–29
B) 24–28
C) 29–24
D) 28–24
- 93. How many British Lions were Scotland missing on their tour in Australia during the 1989 match against Japan?
A) A dozen
B) Seven
C) Six
D) Nine
- 94. Who was the captain and centre of the Japan team that beat Scotland in 1989?
A) Yoshihito Yoshida
B) Atsushi Oyagi
C) Sinali Latu
D) Seiji Hirao
- 95. Who played at No. 8 for Japan against Scotland while being a fourth-year student at Daito Bunka University?
A) Norm Hadley
B) Sinali Latu
C) Ian Williams
D) Yoshihito Yoshida
- 96. Who was the speedy winger wearing no. 14 for Japan in 1989 who was a student at Meiji University?
A) Joe Stanley
B) Toshiyuki Hayashi
C) Yoshihito Yoshida
D) Seiji Hirao
- 97. What did Scotland refuse during their 1989 match against Japan, as shown by a surviving video?
A) The referee
B) Substitutions
C) Penalties
D) The kicking tee
- 98. How many penalties did Scotland miss in the 1989 match against Japan?
A) Five
B) Seven
C) Nine
D) Three
- 99. What kind of teams traditionally ran many Japanese rugby teams?
A) Major corporations
B) Government agencies
C) Universities
D) Independent clubs
- 100. In which decade did large numbers of foreign players start playing in Japanese corporate teams?
A) 1960s
B) 1970s
C) 1990s
D) 1980s
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