Note: Three of the nine questions (1, 6 and 8) are written in the "pick the odd (something) out" format, but without specific pointers on what the common points are. Response has revealed that choices outside of the originally intended answer can also work under suitable justification, so their answers provided below are for reference only.
Question 1: There is a common point that is shared by only three of the following four notecharts. Pick the odd notechart out.
| 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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Answer: The originally intended choice is A. Its last note is slowed down compared with the majority of the notechart, while the other three has the last note sped up.
Question 2: According to actual clearing statistics at debut, which of the following four ★10 notecharts could be considered the hardest?
| 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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Answer: C. There were zero reported Full Combos on the first day of release, while the other choices has been Donderful Combo-ed (all Goods) on the first day.
Question 3: What is Don-chan and Kat-chan fighting each other for in Nintendo Switch Version's Don Katsu Fight mode?
| Choice | Choice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Popokaka | B | One rice cracker |
| C | One ticket to Amitie's concert | D | One plane ticket to Hawaii |
Answer: B. See the reveal trailer and commercial spot for the mode.
Question 4: What nickname is this song known as?
| 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 |
Answer: C. The song is added to Green ver. in the last update in the Heisei Era, surprising the masses with its shocking Oni/Ura Oni disparity.
Question 5: As of August 15 2019, how many people from HARDCORE TANO*C have contributed to Taiko no Tatsujin?
| Choice | Choice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Five (5) | B | Six (6) |
| C | Seven (7) | D | Eight (8) |
Answer: C. The relevant artists are aran, DJ Genki, DJ Myosuke, Massive New Krew, REDALiCE and t+pazolite, but remember that Massive New Krew is actually a two-person unit.
Question 6: There is a common point that is shared by only three of the following four notecharts. Pick the odd notechart out.
| 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 |
Answer: The originally intended choice is B. All other choices have "gimmick notecounts": A's (130) references train model numbers (when considered together with Futsuu and Muzuakshii); C's (315) is the name of the idol agency in the source game; D's (361) is goroawase for "cold" (さむい samui).
Question 7: The song with the shortest title (when romanized) is last seen in which genre?
| Choice | Choice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | J-POP/Pops | B | Variety |
| C | Game Music | D | Namco Original |
Answer: A. That song is S by the visual-kei rock band Sid.
Question 8: There is a common point that is shared by only three of the following four songs. Pick the odd song out.
| 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 |
Answer: The originally intended choice is D. The other choices are the only song in the God Collection to represent their source mythologies: Hebrew Bible for A, Egyptian mythology for B, and Roman mythology for C. Shinto mythology has inspired multiple songs in the collection.
Question 9: 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.
