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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sushi

What fish is known as hamachi in Japanese sushi menus?

Answer

Japanese amberjack

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Sushi

Which global conveyor-belt sushi chain was founded in 1977 in Japan?

Answer

Kura Sushi

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sushi

In which Tokyo district is Sukiyabashi Jiro located?

Answer

Ginza

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Sushi

Which Tokyo sushi restaurant was the first sushi restaurant awarded three Michelin stars?

Answer

Sukiyabashi Jiro

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sushi

What Japanese word means freshwater eel and is a common sushi topping?

Answer

Unagi

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sushi

What sushi topping is made from sea urchin gonads?

Answer

Uni

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sushi

What sushi style uses a strip of nori around rice to hold loose toppings like roe?

Answer

Gunkan-maki

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sushi

What Japanese dish is raw sliced seafood served without sushi rice?

Answer

Sashimi

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sushi

Which country is sushi most closely associated with as a traditional cuisine?

Answer

Japan

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Discovery Of Radioactivity

Which scientist received the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on radioactive substances?

Answer

Ernest Rutherford

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Discovery Of Radioactivity

Which physicist shared the 1903 Physics Nobel with Henri Becquerel and Marie Curie?

Answer

Pierre Curie

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Discovery Of Radioactivity

Which French scientist's interest in X-rays influenced Becquerel before radioactivity was found?

Answer

Henri Poincaré

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