For the tenth anniversary of the blog, we have prepared ten new questions to test your knowledge in Taiko no Tatsujin in ascending difficulty. See how many you can answer correctly!
There are two ways you can participate in this year's quiz:
- You can vote in the four-way polls we are posting periodically for each question on our Twitter handle @taikotimeblog, between July 22 and September 2 2020.
- You can also send us your full answers to us through Twitter direct message at any time before September 2 2020, and we will give you your score out of ten. For the fairness for the upcoming polls, we are not going to specify what questions you got right or wrong.
We will be posting the answers on September 9 2020 for you to check whether you are right.
Question 1: Which of the following songs is introduced to the Taiko no Tatsujin franchise the earliest?
A. TD -28619029byte remix-
B. Toon Town's Toys' Tune
C. MEGALOVANIA
D. Calamity Fortune
Question 2: Which of the following songs has the fastest running note (in any difficulties)?
A. ポケットモンスター オメガルビー・アルファサファイア Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire
B. FREEDOM DiVE↓
C. 拝啓ドッペルゲンガー Haikei Doppelganger
D. もりのくまさん Mori no Kuma-san
Question 3: Which of the following songs does NOT feature Papa Mama Support on its arcade appearance?
A. あなたとトゥラッタッタ♪ Anata to Tu-lat-tat-ta♪
B. ウルトラマンX Ultraman X
C. ポケットモンスター Let's Go! ピカチュウ・Let's Go! イーブイ Pokémon Let's Go! Pikachu/Let's Go! Eevee
D. ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 Gegege no Kitaro
Question 4: Which of the following licensed songs uses the original recording in its Taiko no Tatsujin inclusion? No title romanizations are provided in this question, and all answers have some missing characters.
A. 前前□□
B. 君をの□□
C. シュガー□□□□□□□ステップ
D. S□□□ □UNE
Question 5: Which of the following SongIDs are in both Nintendo Switch Version and PS4 Session de Dodon ga Don?
A. rlnedy
B. ryuhim
C. tnkgrd
D. espera
Question 6: In which Taiko no Tatsujin game and with which scoring method would you get the highest ceiling score for Saitama 2000 (さいたま2000) Oni?
A. Taiko no Tatsujin 7 (arcade), normal scoring
B. Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 (PSP), normal scoring
C. Taiko no Tatsujin V Version (PS Vita), Shin-uchi scoring
D. Taiko no Tatsujin (March 2020/Nijiiro ver.) (arcade), normal scoring
Question 7: Complete this line of combo chants that Don-chan has previously said in a Taiko no Tatsujin game: 「500コンボ！10コンボ！600コンボ！２0コンボ！__________」(assume that no notes have been missed in the scenario)
A. 700コンボ！100コンボ！1000コンボ！
B. 100コンボ！700コンボ！1000コンボ！
C. 700コンボ！100コンボ！800コンボ！
D. 100コンボ！700コンボ！800コンボ！
Question 8: Concerning Taiko no Tatsujin, pick the odd one out of the following four classical pieces.
A. Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.7
B. Frédéric Chopin - Etude Op.10-3
C. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No.24
D. Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.8
Question 9: How many of the following five notecharts have more kat notes than don notes?
1. Jump Up, Super Star! Short Version Kantan
2. ペンパイナッポーアッポーペン(PPAP) Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen (PPAP) Futsuu
3. Blessed Bouquet Buskers Muzukashii
4. God knows... Oni
5. 亡き王女のためのパヴァーヌ Pavane pour une infante défunte Ura Oni
A. zero
B. one
C. two
D. three
Question 10: Only three out of the following four pairs has a meaningful connection between the date and the Taiko no Tatsujin song. Pick the pair that does not.
A. January 19 - タイコロール Taik-color
B. February 14 - どん子のファーストデート Donko no First Date
C. March 11 - Red Rose Evangel
D. April 9 - そつおめしき Sotsu Omeshiki
