Taiko Time 11th Anniversary Quiz: The Questions

Thank you, dear readers, for following us for Taiko no Tatsujin news for another year!

This year we are keeping the celebrations simple with only the Anniversary Quiz. While we are still keeping the number of questions the same number as the anniversary (eleven this year), we are splitting some of the questions into parts to end up with twenty sub-questions, to coincide with the Taiko no Tatsujin series' 20th Anniversary.

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 (sub-)question on our Twitter handle @taikotimeblog within the coming few months.
• You can also send us your full answers through Twitter direct message at any time before the last poll, and we will give you your score out of twenty. For the fairness of the upcoming polls, we are not going to specify which questions you got right or wrong.

Question 1 (poll)

Among the following four tracks that were introduced between the last Anniversary Quiz and this one, which is introduced into Taiko no Tatsujin the earliest?

　　A. twinkle night (feat. somunia)

　　B. Into the Unknown

　　C. Aka to Shiro Bara no Majo

　　D. Usseewa

Question 2 (poll)

Which of the following Diverge Notes notecharts has the most number of fork points?

　　A. Anzu no Uta Oni

　　B. Soroban 2000 Oni

　　C. Shotoku Taiko no "Hi Izuru Made Asuka" Oni

　　D. Shinra Banshou Oni

Question 3

For each part, pick the track that has the most difficult Futsuu notechart (order first by star rating, then by note count). Of course, it is no fun to just give you the straight track titles, so expect different wrenches for each part...

3a. By SongID (曲ID) (poll)

　　A. naraku

　　B. 2no92

　　C. puzdr6

　　D. thakeb

3b. By the official English title (poll)

　　A. We Be Pirates!

　　B. WA ARUDO HERITE IJI - JO

　　C. Is There Still Anything That Love Can Do?

　　D. The ephemeral dances in the primordial

3c. By the translated Play/Full Combo Titles on 3rd and 4th generation arcade

　　A. Perfect Parfait

　　B. Master Wielder of Umbrella

　　C. Time Flies Like a Roller Coaster

　　D. Limit Breaker

3d. By a literal translation of the official Chinese title

　　A. Little Doggie Boqi

　　B. Selfish First Mistress

　　C. The Dragon Cat Next Door

　　D. Laughable and Roarable 2000

Question 4

Which of the following Taiko no Tatsujin tracks has the lowest product of the in-game BPM × notecount in Muzukashii?

　　A. OK I’m blue rat

　　B. super star shooter

　　C. DIMENSIONS

　　D. The Carnivorous Carnival 

Question 5

How many tracks does the Taiko no Tatsujin series have playable on the PlayStation 3? Please include all DLCs and timed releases in your count.

　　A. 3

　　B. 286

　　C. 346

　　D. 376

Question 6

From the following four Taiko no Tatsujin characters, pick the odd one out based on their anatomy.

　　A. Yatsushika

　　B. Mimizu Wada

　　C. Toramai

　　D. Gigadon

Question 7

For each part, identify the track being played on these screenshots.

7a.

　　A. EAT'EM UP!

　　B. PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2

　　C. JOIN THE PAC -Taiko no Tatsujin Ver.-

　　D. BLAZING VORTEX

7b.

　　A. Hibana

　　B. Roki

　　C. Donder Time

　　D. Teo

7c.

　　A. Inochi ni Kirawareteiru.

　　B. Taiyoukei Disco

　　C. Peace Sign

　　D. Byoushin o Kamu

7d. Let's switch things up for the last part! Identify which screenshot is playing Uchuu-hikoushi Boukentan:

A.	B.
C.	D.

Question 8

Which of the following video game characters is the ace? (yes, this has something to do with Taiko no Tatsujin)

　　A. Annie (Skullgirls)

　　B. Samus Aran (Metroid)

　　C. Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)

　　D. Ai (Puyo Puyo Tetris)

Question 9

In the earliest documented proposal for Taiko no Tatsujin, who were the protagonists instead of Don-chan and Kat-chan?

　　A. Tetsuo and Hana

　　B. Tetsuo and his unnamed older brother

　　C. A man and a woman, both unnamed

　　D. Two grown men, both unnamed

Question 10

For each part, you will be given a partially completed appearance summary table like the ones we use for our Song of the Week columns. Identify the missing information in the designated blank ([???*], with an asterisk and colored red).

10a.

[???*]

Game	Genre
AC Nijiiro		★2 (147)	★5 (276)	★6 (511)	★8 (781)	-

 166
 ???

　　A. M.S.S.Planet

　　B. Vampire

　　C. KING

　　D. Kagerou Daze

10b.

[???]

Game	Genre
AC Yellow~Blue		★3 (194)	★6 (270)	★7 (462)	[???*] (694)
AC Nijiiro (2020)
AC Nijiiro (2021)

 200
[???]

　　A. ★7

　　B. ★8

　　C. ★9

　　D. ★10

10c.

[???]

Game	Genre
[???]	[???*]	★5 (206)	★5 (278)	★5 (379)	★5 (379)
[???]				★6 (379)	★7 (502)
[???]		★5 (188/188)	★5 (272/270)	★5 (374/375)
[???]				★6 (374/375)

 180
 ???

　　A. Pops

　　B. Variety

　　C. J-POP

　　D. Pop

10d.

[???]

Game	Genre
AC Nijiiro PS4⬇ Plus		★4 (129)	★7 ([???*])	★8 (461)	★10 (739)

 200
 [???]

　　A. 261

　　B. 289

　　C. 300

　　D. 306

Question 11

We are NOT confirming the existence of 1STPAI, but assuming that this purported recording of 1STPAI is real only for the purpose of this question. With the exception of Requiem from Dies Irae, which of the following Taiko no Tatsujin games contain part(s) of the recording?

　　A. Taiko no Tatsujin 13 (AC13)

　　B. Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken (DS2)

　　C. Taiko no Tatsujin Nintendo Switch Version (NS1)

　　D. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Chou-goukaban (Wii5)