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  • 1. Which Japanese artist was significantly influenced by the first season of Shōgun for a 2024 exhibition?
A) Hiroshi Sugimoto
B) Yoshitomo Nara
C) Takashi Murakami
D) Yayoi Kusama
  • 2. Which publication named Shōgun the best TV show of 2024?
A) Rolling Stone
B) IGN
C) The New York Times
D) Variety
  • 3. In which Variety list was Anna Sawai's performance included?
A) Most Influential Performers of 2024
B) Top 100 TV Stars of All Time
C) 50 Best Actors of the Decade
D) 100 Greatest TV Performances of the 21st Century
  • 4. Shōgun was the second non-English language series nominated for an Outstanding Drama Series Emmy; which show was the first?
A) Alice in Borderland
B) Squid Game
C) Parasite
D) Dark
  • 5. What historic achievement did Anna Sawai accomplish at the Primetime Emmy Awards regarding her category?
A) She was the first Japanese performer to win any acting award
B) She was the first person to win for a non-English show
C) She was the first Asian to win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
D) She was the first actress to win for a period drama
  • 6. Hiroyuki Sanada became the second Asian performer to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series; who was the first?
A) Lee Jung-jae
B) Rami Malek
C) Ken Watanabe
D) Steven Yeun
  • 7. How did Variety describe Anna Sawai's ability to communicate complex emotions in her performance?
A) Through intense monologues
B) Through physical combat
C) Through a flicker in her eyes
D) Through exaggerated facial expressions
  • 8. What major Emmy Award milestone did the series Shōgun reach?
A) It was the first show to win in its debut year
B) It was the first non-English language series to win Outstanding Drama Series
C) It was the first show to win all acting categories
D) It was the first show to win for costume design
  • 9. How many views did Shōgun draw in its first six days of release?
A) 422 million
B) 608 million
C) 434 million
D) 9 million
  • 10. Which company estimated 422 million minutes of viewing for the week of March 25–31?
A) Parrot Analytics
B) Luminate
C) Nielsen Media Research
D) Samba TV
  • 11. Which company reported a 111% increase in streaming minutes following the 2024 Emmy nominations?
A) Luminate
B) JustWatch
C) Reelgood
D) Nielsen
  • 12. According to Samba TV, what was the most-streamed program between February 26 and March 3?
A) Shōgun
B) Game of Thrones
C) None of the above
D) The Unfettered Shogun
  • 13. Which publication noted that Shōgun was one of the few non-Netflix series to have back-to-back number one rankings?
A) Eiga.com
B) The Hollywood Reporter
C) TorrentFreak
D) TheWrap
  • 14. Which service tracks 20 million monthly viewing decisions across U.S. streaming platforms?
A) JustWatch
B) Luminate
C) Reelgood
D) Samba TV
  • 15. What rank was Shōgun among the most-watched pirated television series of 2024, according to TorrentFreak?
A) First
B) Second
C) Fifth
D) Third
  • 16. Who praised Shōgun for its authenticity after the series received acclaim on Eiga.com?
A) Hiroyuki Sanada
B) Kunihiro Matsumura
C) Ken Matsudaira
D) Hideo Kojima
  • 17. Which actor played Tokugawa Ieyasu three times in his career?
A) Kunihiro Matsumura
B) Ken Matsudaira
C) Hideo Kojima
D) Hiroyuki Sanada
  • 18. Who did Hiroyuki Sanada express concern about regarding the show's reception?
A) The production team
B) Hideo Kojima
C) American audiences
D) Japanese audiences
  • 19. How many minutes was Shōgun viewed during the week of April 22–28?
A) 434 million
B) 608 million
C) 111 million
D) 422 million
  • 20. What role did Hiroyuki Sanada have in the series besides acting?
A) Writer
B) Composer
C) Producer
D) Director
  • 21. Which historical figure is Lord Yoshii Toranaga based on?
A) Tokugawa Ieyasu
B) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
C) Minamoto no Yoritomo
D) Oda Nobunaga
  • 22. What is John Blackthorne's occupation in the series?
A) Maritime pilot
B) Merchant
C) Samurai
D) Portuguese priest
  • 23. What is the Japanese term used to refer to John Blackthorne?
A) Anjin
B) Taikō
C) Bushō
D) Shōgun
  • 24. Which historical figure is Toda Mariko based on?
A) Lady Kasuga
B) Yodo-dono
C) Hosokawa Gracia
D) Nene
  • 25. What role does Toda Mariko perform for Lord Toranaga?
A) General
B) Translator
C) Spymaster
D) Consort
  • 26. Which character is the lord of Izu?
A) Yoshii Toranaga
B) Lord Ito
C) Ishido Kazunari
D) Kashigi Yabushige
  • 27. Who is the ruler of Osaka Castle?
A) Kashigi Yabushige
B) Ishido Kazunari
C) Yoshii Toranaga
D) John Blackthorne
  • 28. What is the name of the Portuguese priest in the series?
A) Ishido Kazunari
B) Kashigi Yabushige
C) John Blackthorne
D) Father Martin Alvito
  • 29. Who is the mother of the late Taikō's heir, Yaechiyo?
A) Aya
B) Ochiba no Kata
C) Toda Mariko
D) Lady Ito
  • 30. Which historical figure is Ishido Kazunari based on?
A) Ishida Mitsunari
B) Tokugawa Ieyasu
C) Honda Masanobu
D) William Adams
  • 31. To which clan does Lord Toranaga belong, which once ruled Japan as shōguns?
A) Minowara
B) Kuroda
C) Kashigi
D) Ishido
  • 32. What religious background does Toda Mariko have?
A) Catholic
B) Buddhist
C) Protestant
D) Shinto
  • 33. Which lord is also known for being a Noh performer?
A) Yoshii Toranaga
B) Lord Ito
C) Kashigi Yabushige
D) Ishido Kazunari
  • 34. What nationality is John Blackthorne?
A) Dutch
B) Portuguese
C) Spanish
D) English
  • 35. Who created the 2024 television series Shōgun?
A) Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks
B) James Clavell
C) Hiroyuki Sanada
D) William Adams
  • 36. The 2024 series is based on a novel published in which year?
A) 1995
B) 2024
C) 1975
D) 1980
  • 37. When did the first two episodes of the first season premiere?
A) February 27, 2024
B) April 23, 2024
C) January 1, 2024
D) December 25, 2023
  • 38. How many Primetime Emmy Awards did the first season of Shōgun win?
A) 25
B) 18
C) 10
D) 4
  • 39. Which historical figure is the character John Blackthorne loosely based on?
A) James Clavell
B) William Adams
C) Yoshii Toranaga
D) Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • 40. Which actor plays a character based on a powerful feudal lord?
A) Tommy Bastow
B) Hiroyuki Sanada
C) Tadanobu Asano
D) Cosmo Jarvis
  • 41. Besides English and Japanese, what other languages are featured in the series?
A) Russian and Latin
B) Dutch and Portuguese
C) Mandarin and Korean
D) French and Spanish
  • 42. Which company released the series?
A) HBO
B) FX on Hulu and FX
C) Netflix
D) Amazon Prime Video
  • 43. When did principal photography for the second season begin?
A) April 2024
B) January 2025
C) January 2026
D) February 2024
  • 44. Which award did the series receive at the 85th Annual Ceremony?
A) Primetime Emmy Award
B) Peabody Award
C) Academy Award
D) Golden Globe Award
  • 45. Which character is described as having invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties?
A) Lady Toda Mariko
B) Yoshii Toranaga
C) William Adams
D) John Blackthorne
  • 46. Who portrays the Spanish sailor Vasco Rodrigues?
A) Néstor Carbonell
B) Shinnosuke Abe
C) Hiroto Kanai
D) Hiromoto Ida
  • 47. Which character acts as a Christian fisherman and a secret samurai for Toranaga?
A) Vasco Rodrigues
B) Tonomoto Akinao / Muraji
C) Takemaru
D) Nebara Jozen
  • 48. Who becomes Blackthorne's consort in the series?
A) Kiku
B) Usami Fuji
C) Kiri no Kata
D) Gin
  • 49. Who is Toranaga's impulsive and adoring son?
A) Toda Ryûji
B) Yoshii Nagakado
C) Saeki Nobutatsu
D) Kashigi Omi
  • 50. Which Regent converted to Catholicism due to the wealth acquired from the Portuguese?
A) Sugiyama Josui
B) Ohno Harunobu
C) Kiyama ukon Sadanaga
D) Saeki Nobutatsu
  • 51. Which Regent is a former great warrior afflicted with leprosy?
A) Sugiyama Josui
B) Ohno Harunobu
C) Kiyama ukon Sadanaga
D) Toda Hiromatsu
  • 52. Who is the beguiling courtesan from Izu and Omi's concubine?
A) Usami Fuji
B) Kiri no Kata
C) Gin
D) Kiku
  • 53. Which character serves as Yabushige's general and wears an eyepatch?
A) Vasco Rodrigues
B) Nebara Jozen
C) Takemaru
D) Igarashi Yoshimito
  • 54. Who is the only son and heir of the Taikō?
A) Yoshii Nagakado
B) Nakamura Yaechiyo
C) Toda Ryûji
D) Kashigi Omi
  • 55. Who betrayed and killed Lord Kuroda Nobuhisa?
A) Akechi Jinsai
B) Ishido
C) Toranaga
D) Yabushige
  • 56. What is the name of the Portuguese captain-general of the Black Ship?
A) Gaspar
B) Ferreira
C) Carlo Dell'Acqua
D) Vasco Rodrigues
  • 57. Who is the madam of the Ajiro teahouse?
A) Usami Fuji
B) Kiri no Kata
C) Gin
D) Kiku
  • 58. Which character is Toranaga's half-brother and a powerful warlord?
A) Yoshii Nagakado
B) Toda Buntaro
C) Kashigi Omi
D) Saeki Nobutatsu
  • 59. Who was the Dutch captain of the Erasmus that committed suicide at sea?
A) Joaquim de Almeida
B) Ned Dennehy
C) Dakota Daulby
D) Hiroyuki Sanada
  • 60. Which character is portrayed by Dakota Daulby as a surviving crew member of the Erasmus?
A) Salamon
B) Uejiro
C) Mizoguchi
D) Sera
  • 61. Which actor plays Father Domingo, the Franciscan friar?
A) Joaquim de Almeida
B) Yukijiro Hotaru
C) Eijiro Ozaki
D) Ned Dennehy
  • 62. Who portrays the character of Nakamura Hidetoshi (the Taikō)?
A) Junichi Tajiri
B) Yukijiro Hotaru
C) Takaaki Hirakawa
D) Seishirō Nishida
  • 63. What was Uejiro's role in the series?
A) Dutch captain
B) Elderly gardener
C) Franciscan friar
D) Samurai general
  • 64. Which historical figure is Eijiro Ozaki's character, Lord Kuroda Nobuhisa, based on?
A) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
B) Oda Nobunaga
C) Tokugawa Ieyasu
D) Akechi Jinsai
  • 65. In what month and year was the FX series adaptation of Shōgun first announced?
A) August 2018
B) November 2025
C) May 2024
D) March 2026
  • 66. What major plot point did Marks joke about regarding the show's climax?
A) A political assassination
B) A poetry competition
C) A battle at sea
D) The surrender of the regents
  • 67. Who directed the series?
A) Tim Van Patten
B) Andrew Macdonald
C) Ronan Bennett
D) Hiroyuki Sanada
  • 68. In what year was Sanada's single day of filming conducted to retain the property rights?
A) 2019
B) 2021
C) 2018
D) 2020
  • 69. In which city did principal photography for the first season begin?
A) Tokyo
B) London
C) Ucluelet
D) Vancouver
  • 70. When did principal photography for the first season conclude?
A) February 2024
B) June 30, 2022
C) September 22, 2021
D) March 2019
  • 71. How many crew members worked on the show in total?
A) 500
B) 100
C) 340
D) 1,000
  • 72. How much were Japanese extras paid per day according to Nikkan Gendai?
A) 50,000 yen
B) 1,000 yen
C) 5,000 yen
D) 10,000 yen
  • 73. Where was the Japanese white pine tree planted after filming?
A) Vancouver City Hall
B) Ucluelet City Hall
C) Port Moody City Hall
D) Coquitlam Park
  • 74. In which country were certain post-production visual effects produced?
A) United Kingdom
B) Ireland
C) Canada
D) Japan
  • 75. What type of traditional music did Taro Ishida contribute?
A) Kabuki
B) Gagaku
C) Sitar
D) Noh
  • 76. During which sporting event did a 30-second trailer for the series air?
A) The Stanley Cup
B) Super Bowl LVIII
C) The Olympic Games
D) The World Cup
  • 77. How many episodes was the first season comprised of?
A) Eight
B) Twelve
C) Ten
D) Six
  • 78. Who hosted the companion podcast for the series?
A) Emily Yoshida
B) Shannon Goss
C) Rachel Kondo
D) Justin Marks
  • 79. What is the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating for the 2024 Shōgun series?
A) 85%
B) 95%
C) 99%
D) 100%
  • 80. Who is the reviewer for The Guardian who called the show 'mesmerising'?
A) Mike Hale
B) Alison Herman
C) Rebecca Nicholson
D) Jake Cunningham
  • 81. Which outlet described the show as an 'instant hit'?
A) The Guardian
B) IGN
C) Empire
D) Forbes
  • 82. Who described the show as 'gripping television'?
A) Collider
B) Variety
C) Empire
D) PopMatters
  • 83. Who was critical of the show's depiction of Japanese culture, calling it 'cultural chauvinism'?
A) Mike Cormack
B) Alison Herman
C) Mike Hale
D) Daniel Fienberg
  • 84. According to Daniel Fienberg, the show functions as an ambitious game of what?
A) Political chess
B) Military conquest
C) Cultural exchange
D) Religious conflict
  • 85. Which actor did Emmanuel Ronquillo of Collider highlight for an 'understated but expressive' performance?
A) Anna Sawai
B) Moeka Hoshi
C) Fumi Nikaido
D) Hiroyuki Sanada
  • 86. What did Mike Hale list as one of his complaints regarding the show?
A) Poor cinematography
B) The Western-written source material
C) The pacing of the final episode
D) A lack of battle sequences
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