What would a Taiko Time Anniversary be without its Anniversary Quiz extravaganza (except the 5th Anniversary)? Here comes the 2019 edition!
To open, we are aware that the participation for the last three quizzes has been... faltering. This year we are changing the format up and tuning down the stakes, making this a fun-for-all activity instead of the ultimate battle of the wits.
There are nine questions in this year's quiz. All question except Question 9 are four-option multiple choice questions. Instead of having to submit your own individual full answer like before, we ask you to answer in Twitter polls to be posted one by one across the coming weeks. Feel free to participate in one or multiple of these polls, and see how well you stack up in Taiko trivia compared with the whole community.
Question 9 is the only open-ended question in this quiz, and also where we are holding a side tournament. See that question for full details on how to submit your results.
The answers to the quiz and the results of the tournament will be released on October 9. Good luck to all.
Question 1: There is a common point that is shared by only three of the following four notecharts. Pick the odd notechart out. (answer poll)
| Title | Difficulty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A |  | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Medley 逆転裁判123メドレー |  ★8
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| B |  | Lisdoonvarna no Tasogare リスドンヴァルナの黄昏 | ★8
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| C |  | Nameko no Uta なめこのうた | ★5 |
| D |  | Concerto in F 3rd Movement George Gershwin へ調の協奏曲 第3楽章／ガーシュウィン | ★9
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Question 2: According to actual clearing statistics at debut, which of the following four ★10 notecharts could be considered the hardest? (poll coming Sept 5)
| Title | Difficulty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | | Mitsusegawa Ranbu 三瀬川乱舞 |  ★10
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| B |  | Haikei Doppelganger 拝啓ドッペルゲンガー／kemu feat.GUMI | ★10
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| C | | Souryuu no Ran Xeami 双竜ノ乱／世阿弥 | ★10 |
| D | | INSPION Sound Production Studio INSPION Company Song サウンド制作スタジオ「INSPION」社歌 | ★10
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Question 3: What is Don-chan and Kat-chan fighting each other for in Nintendo Switch Version's Don Katsu Fight mode? (poll coming Sept 9)
| Choice | Choice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Popokaka | B | One rice cracker |
| C | One ticket to Amitie's concert | D | One plane ticket to Hawaii |
Question 4: What nickname is this song known as? (poll coming Sept 12)
| Title |  |  |  | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Anata ta Torattatta♪ Manpuku あなたとトゥラッタッタ♪ ／「まんぷく」より | ★1 | ★1 | ★1 | ★1 | ★10 |
| Choice | Choice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Final Trouble of the Shouwa Era | B | First Trouble of the Heisei Era |
| C | Final Trouble of the Heisei Era | D | First Trouble of the Reiwa Era |
Question 5: As of August 15 2019, how many people from HARDCORE TANO*C have contributed to Taiko no Tatsujin? (poll coming Sept 16)
| Choice | Choice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Five (5) | B | Six (6) |
| C | Seven (7) | D | Eight (8) |
Question 6: There is a common point that is shared by only three of the following four notecharts. Pick the odd notechart out. (poll coming Sept 19)
| Title | Difficulty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | | Densha de Densha de GO!GO!GO!GC! -GMT remix- COSIO(ZUNTATA/TAITO)/Chiharu Sawashiro/Densha de GO! 電車で電車でGO!GO!GO!GC! -GMT remix- COSIO(ZUNTATA/TAITO)／沢城千春「電車でGO!」 | ★4
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| B |  | Mori no Kuma-san もりのくまさん | ★1 |
| C | | DRIVE A LIVE The Idolm@ster SideM 「アイドルマスター SideM」より | ★5 |
| D |  | Let It Go ~Ari no Mama de~ Frozen Let It Go～ありのままで～／「アナと雪の女王」より | ★4 |
Question 7: The song with the shortest title (when romanized) is last seen in which genre? (poll coming Sept 23)
| Choice | Choice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | J-POP/Pops | B | Variety |
| C | Game Music | D | Namco Original |
Question 8: There is a common point that is shared by only three of the following four songs. Pick the odd song out. (poll coming Sept 26)
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| A | | Behemoth DJ Myosuke |
| B | | Hinaru Medjed no Hinaru Yuu'utsu Yuuya Kobayashi (IOSYS) feat. Momiji Yamamoto (monotone) 秘ナルメジェドノ悲ナル憂鬱／コバヤシユウヤ(IOSYS) feat. 山本椛 (monotone) |
| C | | VICTORIA Cranky |
| D | | 8OROCHI REDALiCE |
Question 9: This is the side-tournament question. Before all, figure out which song these statements refer to:
- The song has an Ura Oni notechart that has 33.9% more notes than the regular Oni notechart.
- Being for the tournament question, we made sure the song is included in six different games, and that at least one of its inclusions is available outside Japan (even if it is paid DLC), so that more people can play.
- While the song has multiple similarly-titled brethrens by the same composer in other music/rhythm game franchises, the song we are talking about was not actually titled by the composer.
If you think you got it and want to join in the side tournament, follow these steps:
- Play the song on any officially-released Taiko no Tatsujin game on any difficulty
- Take a photo/screenshot of your results, or a video of your play
- Send the image/video link via Direct Message to our Twitter handle @taikotimeblog on or before October 4 2019
- Each difficulty is considered a separate department of the tournament
- Please limit to one submission per difficulty per person, but feel free to participate on multiple difficulties if you want
- By submitting any result to the tournament, you are assumed to agree to us including your Twitter handle in the upcoming results post. If you want to be known as another name, please say so in your submission
