# Season 1
# 1 - Don't You Want to Become a Quiz King?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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***SIGN*** Buzou Prefectural High School
***SIGN*** Quiz Bowl Circle
New Students Welcome!!
100-Question Paper Quiz
**[00:17] Guy**
The quiz bowl circle?
**[00:20] Guy**
Do you study quizzes?
**[00:21] Guy**
You're just a circle?
**[00:23] Gakuto**
Question.
**[00:24] Gakuto**
What is quiz bowl?
***SIGN*** Quiz Bowl Circle
New Students Welcome!!
100-Question Paper Quiz
**[00:31] Gakuto**
Quiz bowl is a game known by
everyone around the world.
**[00:38] Gakuto**
There are those who take it quite seriously!
**[00:41] Gakuto**
Now follow in the footsteps of the pioneers
who upheld the quiz bowl craze long ago!
**[00:44] Gakuto**
You, too!
**[00:45] Gakuto**
Don't you want to become a quiz king?!
**[00:51] Shiki**
Huh?!
**[01:12] [SONG] Title**
Fastest Finger First
***SIGN*** Question 1: "Don't You Want to Become a Quiz King?"
**[02:24] Shiki**
*Quiz king? What is that?*
**[02:27] Shiki**
*And who is this huge guy?*
**[02:29] Gakuto**
Give this a try.
**[02:31] Gakuto**
You try it, too.
**[02:33] Gakuto**
And you two.
**[02:34] Gakuto**
Here. Try this.
**[02:35] Guy**
Sasajima! Back off!
**[02:37] Guy**
Circles don't belong here!
**[02:39] Guy**
New students, join the baseball team!
**[02:43] Shiki**
*It's my second day of high school.*
**[02:45] Shiki**
* And today is the day the battle between*
* the school clubs for new students begins.*
**[02:50] Shiki**
* This is a world that I,*
* Koshiyama Shiki, don't belong in...*
**[02:57] Shiki**
Quiz, huh?
**[03:10] Guy**
Kuroda? From the Nishi
Middle basketball team?
**[03:12] Guy**
Still playing in high school, too?
**[03:14] Kuroda**
You better believe it!
**[03:16] Kuroda**
My first goal is to take nationals!
**[03:18] Teacher**
Take your seats.
**[03:22] Teacher**
So what did you all think about
yesterday's entrance ceremony?
**[03:26] Teacher**
Three years of high school may
seem long now, but it'll fly by.
**[03:30] Teacher**
You can focus solely on your studies,
**[03:32] Teacher**
or you can work hard at your clubs.
**[03:34] Shiki**
* If I had a large physique*
* or some kind of skill,*
**[03:38] Shiki**
*would I have worked hard at some club, too?*
***SIGN*** Quiz Bowl Circle
New Students Welcome!!
100-Question Paper Quiz
**[03:45] Shiki**
*A paper quiz?*
**[03:51] Shiki**
* What in the world?*
* They're all quiz questions?*
**[03:53] Shiki**
* So people who like quizzes get together and*
* spend their time answering quiz questions?*
**[03:57] Shiki**
*Is that supposed to be fun?*
**[04:00] (Flashback) Gakuto**
Don't you want to become a quiz king?
**[04:02] Shiki**
*And that guy was part of it?*
**[04:05] Shiki**
*I'm not sure I want to...*
**[04:06] Teacher**
We'll spend first period choosing
your class representatives.
**[04:10] Teacher**
Let's start with the class officers...
**[04:11] Shiki**
*Question 1.*
**[04:13] Shiki**
* Japan's Three Non-Nuclear Principles are "to*
* neither possess, manufacture, nor..." what?*
**[04:18] Shiki**
*"Introduce." That's common sense.*
**[04:21] Shiki**
*Question 2... Let's see...*
**[04:23] Shiki**
* "I think, therefore I am" is a quote by...*
* Descartes, of course.*
**[04:27] Shiki**
* What desert in Africa is the*
* largest hot desert in the world?*
**[04:32] Shiki**
*Even elementary school kids know that.*
***SIGN*** Introduce René Descartes Sahara Desert
**[04:36] Shiki**
* "As Gregor Samsa awoke one*
* morning out of restless dreams"*
**[04:40] Shiki**
* is the opening line of which*
* novel by Franz Kafka?*
**[04:44] Shiki**
* Well, I guess some of these are*
* fairly specialized questions,*
**[04:47] Shiki**
* but if even I know the answers,*
* this must be pretty low-level...*
**[04:52] Teacher**
Next up, librarians.
We'll need one boy and one girl.
**[04:55] Teacher**
Any volunteers?
**[04:58] Shiki**
Here... Here... Here, here... Here...
**[05:02] Inoue**
Sure, I'll do it.
**[05:05] Teacher**
All right, Inoue Daisuke. It's all yours.
**[05:08] Shiki**
* But I was the class librarian through*
* all three years of middle school!*
**[05:13] Girl**
Did you see that?
**[05:14] Girl**
I guess he wanted to do it.
**[05:19] Teacher**
Now, how about a girl?
**[05:22] Mari**
Me.
**[05:23] Teacher**
A volunteer?
**[05:25] Mari**
Yes. I'm Fukami Mari.
**[05:28] Sashi**
*Does she like books, too?*
**[05:31] Guy**
Fukami-san's really pretty, huh?
**[05:33] Guy**
Looks like you got some side perks.
**[05:34] Inoue**
Man, quit teasing me!
**[05:37] Shiki**
*Whoops, that was close.*
**[05:39] Shiki**
* If I'd gotten the same*
* job as the popular girl,*
**[05:42] Shiki**
*I'd never hear the end of it.*
**[05:48] Shiki**
*Our eyes met!*
**[05:50] Shiki**
*Oh...*
**[05:52] Shiki**
*I ended up answering all the quiz questions.*
**[05:56] Shiki**
*This might not be a bad way to kill time.*
**[06:00] Shiki**
*No, no, no, no! No way!*
**[06:05] Guy**
Let's hit the school shop.
**[06:07] Girl**
I'll push our desks together.
**[06:08] Guy**
Seriously?
**[06:11] Girl**
He should just speak up.
**[06:13] Girl**
Isn't he lonely?
**[06:15] Girl**
Don't!
***SIGN*** Library
**[06:37] Shiki**
*They have a lot of minor series, too.*
**[06:41] Shiki**
* There are so many more genres than*
* the middle school library had!*
**[06:46] Shiki**
*The library is where I got my start.*
**[06:48] Shiki**
* Ever since elementary school, I've spent*
* more time reading than playing with friends.*
**[06:54] Shiki**
* I didn't want to play with the kids who*
* called me "shrimp" and "dunce," anyway.*
**[07:00] Shiki**
* It was just the only way I*
* knew to have fun on my own.*
***SIGN*** Buzou Prefectural Library
**[07:04] Shiki**
* Since my mom worked at*
* the library, I spent every day*
**[07:07] Shiki**
*there reading until she got off work.*
**[07:11] Shiki**
* In middle school, I became*
* the class librarian.*
**[07:13] Shiki**
*By then, I was nothing but a bookworm.*
**[07:16] Shiki**
*I used to read a lot of classical literature and non-fictional works back then...*
**[07:22] Shiki**
* It stimulated my imagination and*
* opened up new worlds before me.*
**[07:26] Shiki**
* But I was never able to find any friends*
* to share the joy of reading with.*
**[07:32] Shiki**
*I thought that was fine, though.*
**[07:36] Shiki**
* Of course, it meant I had no*
* connection to any girls, either...*
**[07:46] Mari**
Let's see...
**[07:48] Shiki**
*Isn't she the class librarian, Fukami-san?*
**[07:55] Shiki**
*Wait, does she even see me?!*
**[08:00] Shiki**
U-Um, watch—
**[08:01] Mari**
Huh?
**[08:08] Shiki**
A-Are you o—
**[08:10] Shiki**
Oh!
**[08:11] Shiki**
*P-P-Pan—*
**[08:13] Teacher**
Everything okay?
**[08:14] Mari**
I-I just tripped! That's all!
**[08:20] Teacher**
No running!
**[08:24] Teacher**
You can't eat your lunch here!
**[08:26] Shiki**
I'm sorry!
**[08:27] Shiki**
*Man, that startled me...*
**[08:31] Shiki**
*Forget about that!*
**[08:32] Shiki**
* My safe haven will be tainted*
* with this crazy memory!*
**[08:37] Shiki**
Is this Fukami-san's?
**[08:43] Shiki**
*What are these marks?*
***SIGN*** ...long house / is known as...
***SIGN*** ...refer to betting money / on a single...
***SIGN*** ...marks left / behind in the snow...
**[08:50] Guy**
And finally,
**[08:52] Guy**
the best perk of being in
the hardball tennis club
**[08:55] Guy**
is that you get to see sights like this
at the girls' court next to ours!
**[08:56] ---**
There!
**[08:58] ---**
There!
**[08:59] Shiki**
*So wrong...*
**[09:01] Guy**
And that concludes the introduction
of all the school clubs.
**[09:04] Shiki**
*Me getting in to a sports club is a joke,*
**[09:06] Shiki**
* but I'm not that interested*
* in the culture clubs, either.*
***SIGN*** Welcome, New Students!
**[09:10] Guy**
Next, we'll introduce the
school associations.
**[09:13] Guy**
Here's the quiz bowl circle. Go ahead.
**[09:16] Shiki**
*Oh, the quiz king...*
**[09:18] Gakuto**
Ah. Test, test.
**[09:20] Gakuto**
I'm the president of the quiz bowl
circle, Sasajima Gakuto, second-year.
**[09:26] Gakuto**
Who wants to go to New York?!
**[09:33] Gakuto**
There was once a quiz show by that
name on TV. Do you remember it?
**[09:37] Gakuto**
It was, indeed, a world in which
people competed in quiz bowl.
**[09:42] Gakuto**
Even today, there is a major quiz
show called *High School Quiz*,
**[09:46] Gakuto**
in which high school students engage
in a heated competition every year.
**[09:51] Gakuto**
Any high school student may participate.
**[09:55] Gakuto**
Quiz bowl, as everyone knows,
**[09:58] Gakuto**
is a game anyone can play where
one simply answers questions to win.
**[10:02] Gakuto**
However, adding a competitive
aspect makes it a sport.
**[10:06] Shiki**
*A sport? Quiz bowl?*
**[10:09] Gakuto**
The first step is to experience quiz bowl.
**[10:12] Gakuto**
Hence this impromptu quiz meet!
**[10:15] Gakuto**
The first six to raise their
hands will get to participate!
**[10:18] Gakuto**
The true thrill of quiz bowl is
competing to buzz in the fastest!
**[10:21] Gakuto**
Nothing can match the rush that
comes from pressing this buzzer!
**[10:25] Shiki**
*Where do they even sell those things?*
**[10:27] Guy**
Me, me! I wanna do it!
**[10:30] Guy**
Yeah, me too!
**[10:32] Mari**
Here.
**[10:34] Shiki**
*Fukami Mari?*
**[10:36] Gakuto**
Please come up to the stage.
**[10:38] Mari**
R-Right.
**[10:40] Shiki**
*She looks so meek,*
**[10:43] Shiki**
*but she's so assertive!*
**[10:47] Shiki**
*I could never do that.*
**[10:49] Gakuto**
In the interest of time,
**[10:51] Gakuto**
I'll select the remaining three
participants at random.
**[10:54] Gakuto**
Class A, female, student number 6.
**[10:57] Girl**
What?!
**[10:57] Gakuto**
Class C, female, number 8.
**[10:58] Girl**
You're kidding! No way!
**[10:59] Gakuto**
Class D, male, number 11.
**[11:02] Kuroda**
Koshiyama, isn't that you?
**[11:04] Kuroda**
Class D, male, student number 11.
I'm number 10.
**[11:08] Shiki**
Huh?
**[11:09] Shiki**
*What?! I have to go up there?!*
**[11:13] Shiki**
*With all these people watching?!*
**[11:16] Shiki**
*I can't! I can't! I can't! I can't!*
**[11:18] Shiki**
*This isn't even funny!*
***SIGN*** Flail
***SIGN*** Flail
**[11:24] Shiki**
*How did this happen?*
**[11:30] Shiki**
*And the mood up here is so awkward...*
**[11:33] Gakuto**
Question.
**[11:35] Gakuto**
"Avril" in French, "aprile" in Italian, and
"April" in English refer to which month?
**[11:43] Shiki**
*April?*
**[11:46] Guy**
April!
**[11:47] Gakuto**
Correct, but that was terrible!
**[11:49] Guy**
Huh?
**[11:50] Gakuto**
You didn't do it right at all.
**[11:51] Gakuto**
You weren't taking it the
least bit seriously.
**[11:54] Gakuto**
You could have buzzed in much faster!
**[11:56] Guy**
Uh... Well...
**[11:58] Gakuto**
The key to being the fastest finger
is just what it sounds like:
**[12:00] Gakuto**
to move your finger the fastest!
**[12:03] Gakuto**
If you don't earn the right to respond,
you can't give the right answer!
**[12:06] Shiki**
*I get what he's saying, but...*
**[12:09] Gakuto**
Question.
**[12:10] Gakuto**
There are stars on the American flag—
**[12:13] Shiki**
*That was fast! Someone pushed it already?*
**[12:15] Girl**
The Stars and Stripes.
**[12:17] Girl**
Huh?!
**[12:18] Gakuto**
There's more to the question.
**[12:21] Gakuto**
There are stars on the American flag,
one for each state. How many are there?
**[12:27] Gakuto**
The correct answer is 50.
**[12:30] ---**
A trick question?
**[12:33] Gakuto**
Some questions are very straightforward,
**[12:35] Gakuto**
but others can't be answered until
you hear the complete question.
**[12:38] Gakuto**
You must be careful.
**[12:39] Shiki**
* See? You have to listen until*
* the end before you can answer.*
**[12:44] Gakuto**
From this point on, try using
your imaginations more.
**[12:48] Shiki**
* As in try to predict the*
* last part of the question?*
**[12:51] Gakuto**
Here's the question.
**[12:53] Gakuto**
The nation with the largest
land area is Russia,
**[12:57] Gakuto**
and the nation—
**[12:59] Shiki**
* The nation... with the*
* second largest land area?*
**[13:03] Shiki**
*Second is Canada, and third is America...*
**[13:06] Gakuto**
...with the smallest land area is which?
**[13:09] Shiki**
*Vatican City!*
**[13:11] Guy**
Vatican City!
**[13:12] Gakuto**
Correct.
**[13:13] Guy**
Yes!
**[13:14] Shiki**
*So it was the opposite of the largest!*
**[13:18] Shiki**
*I know the answers, but...*
**[13:23] Mari**
Are you new to fast buzzing?
**[13:27] Shiki**
Uh... It's my first time.
**[13:30] Mari**
If you buzz after you know the
answer, you'll be too late.
**[13:33] Mari**
Fast buzzing can determine the winner
by a margin of 0.01 seconds.
**[13:37] Shiki**
R-Right...
**[13:39] Mari**
There's no time to waste
on thinking things over.
**[13:43] Shiki**
*Wh-What is she talking about?*
**[13:45] Shiki**
* She volunteered for this, but she*
* hasn't pressed the buzzer once!*
**[13:50] Shiki**
* N-No, her panties have*
* nothing to do with this!*
**[13:58] Shiki**
*Her face changed...*
**[13:59] Gakuto**
Question.
**[14:01] Gakuto**
French for "flash of lightni—"
**[14:08] Gakuto**
Please give your answer.
**[14:12] Mari**
Éclair.
**[14:13] Gakuto**
Correct.
**[14:18] Gakuto**
Question.
**[14:19] Gakuto**
"Et tu, Brute—"
**[14:21] Mari**
*Julius Caesar*.
**[14:23] Gakuto**
Correct.
**[14:25] Shiki**
*Wait...*
**[14:25] Gakuto**
Question.
**[14:26] Gakuto**
"Jumping flea—"
**[14:28] Mari**
Ukulele.
**[14:29] Gakuto**
Correct.
**[14:31] Shiki**
* Wait a minute... How does she know*
* what the question's going to be?*
**[14:39] Mari**
What? I'm not cheating, okay?
**[14:43] Shiki**
I-I wasn't...
**[14:45] Mari**
There's a point in questions you can answer
early where the answer becomes certain.
**[14:50] Mari**
Of course, these have all
been really basic questions.
**[14:53] Shiki**
Points? Basic?
**[14:56] Gakuto**
Question.
**[14:57] Gakuto**
The three great festivals of Kyoto—
**[14:59] Shiki**
*Whoa, that was fast!*
**[15:00] Shiki**
*Wait, it wasn't Fukami-san!*
**[15:02] Guy**
Yes! I got it!
**[15:03] Gakuto**
Please give your answer.
**[15:05] Guy**
Oh...
**[15:06] Guy**
Um...
**[15:07] Gakuto**
The time limit is five seconds.
**[15:10] Guy**
No, that—
**[15:12] Gakuto**
An interesting answer, but incorrect.
**[15:15] Shiki**
*That rattled me.*
**[15:18] Gakuto**
I will read the question one more time.
**[15:21] Gakuto**
The three great festivals of Kyoto are...
**[15:23] Shiki**
*The three great festivals of Kyoto are*
**[15:25] Shiki**
* the Gion Festival, the Festival of*
* Ages, and the Hollyhock Festival.*
**[15:28] Gakuto**
...May's Hollyhock Festival, Jul—
**[15:30] Shiki**
*"Jul"? That'll be July, the Gion Festival!*
**[15:33] Shiki**
*So the only answer remaining is...*
**[15:35] Mari**
The Festival of Ages.
**[15:36] Gakuto**
Correct.
***SIGN*** ..."to neither possess, ma/nufacture, nor..." what?
**[15:40] Shiki**
*So that's it...*
***SIGN*** ...orange, gr/een, and...
**[15:41] Shiki**
*I'm starting to get it now!*
***SIGN*** ...melody, rhy/thm...
***SIGN*** ..."to neither possess, ma/nufacture, nor..." what?
...three elements of music are melody, rhy/thm, and...
...orange, gr/een, and what?
...cannot move are the bi/shop and what?
**[15:44] Shiki**
*What should I do? Should I try to buzz in?*
**[15:47] Shiki**
*I want to try answering!*
**[15:48] Gakuto**
Now, let's try some harder questions.
**[15:51] Shiki**
*Harder?*
**[15:53] Shiki**
* What's important is to*
* earn the right to answer.*
**[15:56] (Flashback) Mari**
Fast buzzing can determine the winner
by a margin of 0.01 seconds.
**[16:00] (Flashback) Mari**
There's a point in questions you can answer
early where the answer becomes certain.
**[16:04] Shiki**
*If I can predict the question,*
**[16:05] Shiki**
* I'll have five seconds*
* to answer after buzzing.*
**[16:08] Shiki**
*There should be time to think about it then.*
**[16:12] Gakuto**
Question.
**[16:13] Gakuto**
"I fell in love. This was something new."
**[16:18] Shiki**
*I did it! I buzzed!*
**[16:20] Mari**
*Wait, he knows this one? Was it intuition?*
**[16:25] Gakuto**
Please give your answer.
**[16:28] Shiki**
* I know this! It's the opening*
* line of that novel!*
***SIGN*** ...by which French author?
**[16:32] Shiki**
* There were other literature questions*
* like this on that paper quiz, too!*
***SIGN*** ...which novel by Franz Kafka?
***SIGN*** ...which female Heian Period author?
**[16:37] Shiki**
* If this question is also looking*
* for the title or author,*
**[16:40] Shiki**
*which is it?*
**[16:41] Gakuto**
Three seconds.
**[16:43] Shiki**
*If this is really a "hard" question...*
**[16:46] Gakuto**
Two.
**[16:49] Shiki**
The answer is...
***SIGN*** eniemeG saD
**[16:52] Shiki**
1}Das Gemeine*!
**[17:00] Gakuto**
Correct!
**[17:04] Gakuto**
This is the opening line of which
literary work by Dazai Osamu?
**[17:08] Gakuto**
The answer is Das Gemeine*.
**[17:09] Gakuto**
I'm impressed you knew such
a lesser-known title!
**[17:12] Shiki**
*Everyone's really looking at me now...*
**[17:15] Guy**
Sasajima, you're running over!
**[17:19] Gakuto**
Just when it was getting good...
**[17:22] Gakuto**
You! What's your name and class?
**[17:24] Shiki**
Uh... Class D, K-Koshiyama.
**[17:28] Gakuto**
Then let's give a hand to Koshiyama-kun
for answering the last question!
**[17:41] Gakuto**
In quiz bowl, your age, sex,
and physique are irrelevant.
**[17:45] Gakuto**
The more you participate, the more
knowledge and experience you gain.
**[17:49] Gakuto**
That's true for everyone!
**[17:52] Gakuto**
That's right! Anyone can
take part in quiz bowl!
**[17:57] Gakuto**
*Nailed it.*
**[17:59] Guy**
And that was the quiz bowl
circle's introduction.
**[18:03] Teacher**
They say quiz bowl is popular
in theological schools lately.
**[18:08] Teacher**
Come to think of it, that boy,
**[18:09] Teacher**
Sasajima-kun, transferred here last year.
**[18:12] Teacher**
From Kaijou High School, I believe.
**[18:20] Shiki**
*Oh, man... My heart is still racing.*
**[18:23] Shiki**
* I can't believe I did something*
* so new in front of that crowd.*
**[18:27] Shiki**
*But...*
**[18:28] Shiki**
* The moment I pressed that*
* buzzer felt really good.*
**[18:34] Mari**
Quiz buzzers are surprisingly easy to break,
**[18:36] Mari**
so try not to press them too hard.
**[18:41] Mari**
Um, when I tripped in the library...
**[18:46] Shiki**
I-I'm sorry! That was—
**[18:48] Mari**
Did I drop that paper
with the quiz questions?
**[18:51] Shiki**
Huh? Oh...
**[18:53] Shiki**
Th-That's right. I forgot.
**[18:56] Shiki**
Here.
**[19:01] Mari**
Did you look up these answers somewhere?
**[19:05] Shiki**
Oh, wrong one!
**[19:07] Shiki**
Here's yours! That one's mine!
**[19:10] Mari**
Thanks.
**[19:12] Shiki**
You know...
**[19:14] Shiki**
I didn't understand what those
little marks were at first.
**[19:19] Shiki**
But...
**[19:20] Shiki**
Are they to mark the points
you talked about earlier?
**[19:23] Shiki**
Where the answer to the question is certain?
**[19:26] Mari**
Huh?
**[19:27] Shiki**
S-Sorry if I'm wrong.
**[19:30] Mari**
You... really are smart, aren't you?
**[19:36] Shiki**
No, I don't think...
**[19:38] Mari**
When you answered the last question,
**[19:40] Mari**
how did you know the title
would be the right answer?
**[19:43] Shiki**
Oh, because the president said
it'd be a hard question.
**[19:47] Shiki**
Rather than its famous author, the title
of a minor work is more... well...
**[19:52] Shiki**
I figured that would be harder to answer.
**[19:55] Mari**
Did you say that was your first quiz match?
**[19:58] Shiki**
Yeah, of the fast buzzing kind.
**[20:01] Mari**
Y-You're forgiven for seeing my panties!
**[20:04] Shiki**
*Where'd that come from?!*
**[20:06] Mari**
But in return...
**[20:08] Mari**
Join the quiz circle with me!
**[20:11] Shiki**
*Wh-Wh-What is she saying?!*
**[20:15] Mari**
It was your first quiz match,
but in such a short time,
**[20:18] Mari**
you managed to get the hang of quiz bowl.
**[20:21] Mari**
And the knowledge you have...
**[20:24] Mari**
Even if I'd heard that last question
to the end, I couldn't have buzzed.
**[20:30] Mari**
I didn't know the answer!
**[20:32] Shiki**
*What? I didn't just beat her to the buzzer?*
**[20:36] Mari**
Same with this paper quiz.
**[20:38] Mari**
There were several questions
I didn't know the answers to,
**[20:42] Mari**
but you answered almost all of them!
**[20:44] Mari**
Your abundant knowledge and quick thinking
**[20:47] Mari**
will be amazing weapons!
**[20:50] Mari**
I believe you can become the quiz king!
**[20:54] Shiki**
*The quiz king...*
**[22:30] Gakuto**
Everyone, welcome to the world of quiz bowl!
**[22:32] Gakuto**
I am the quiz master, here to share
the fun of quiz bowl with all of you!
**[22:36] Gakuto**
Koshiyama-kun, congratulations
on your quiz debut!
**[22:39] Shiki**
Th-Thank you.
**[22:40] Gakuto**
This may surprise you, but "7O3X"
is also a quiz bowl term.
**[22:45] Gakuto**
Fukami-kun, do you know what it means?
**[22:47] Mari**
Yes! Get seven right and you win,
***SIGN*** 7 Correct Answers
***SIGN*** 3 Incorrect Answers
**[22:49] Mari**
but get three wrong and you fail.
**[22:51] Mari**
It's a basic rule of quiz bowl!
**[22:53] Gakuto**
That's right! The path to victory is steep!
**[22:56] Gakuto**
Start heading there today,
one step at a time!
**[22:58] Both**
We'll do our best!
**[22:59] ---**
# 2 - A Matter of 0.01 Seconds?!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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**[00:00] Shiki**
*It's already been a week since then.*
**[00:03] Shiki**
*Fukami-san has invited me numerous times...*
**[00:07] Mari**
I finally caught you!
**[00:08] Mari**
Why haven't you been coming here lately?
**[00:10] Mari**
I've been waiting for you!
**[00:12] Mari**
It felt great, didn't it?
**[00:14] Mari**
Did you forget that already?
**[00:16] Mari**
It was your first time, wasn't it?
**[00:18] Mari**
Anyone would want to keep doing it more...
**[00:24] Mari**
after getting a correct answer
like that in quiz bowl!
**[00:27] Shiki**
It's not so much quiz bowl...
**[00:29] Shiki**
I haven't really given much
thought to any clubs yet.
**[00:33] Mari**
If you haven't picked one, that's perfect!
**[00:35] Mari**
You can't just run away now! It's not fair!
**[00:38] Shiki**
Yeah, but...
**[00:45] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun...
**[00:48] Mari**
Listen to me, okay?
**[00:49] Shiki**
O-Okay...
**[00:51] Mari**
Tomorrow is Saturday,
and we don't have school.
**[00:54] Mari**
Will you be free?
**[00:55] Shiki**
Huh? W-Well, if I had to say
one way or the other...
**[00:58] Shiki**
I-I'm free, yes.
**[01:00] Mari**
Then I'll be waiting
tomorrow morning at ten,
**[01:01] Mari**
at the Kawata Station ticket gates.
**[01:04] Shiki**
Huh?! Wh-Wh-Why?!
**[01:05] Kuroda**
Fukami-san, you're proposing a date already?
**[01:08] Kuroda**
With *him*?
**[01:09] Mari**
Huh?
**[01:12] Mari**
N-No, it's not like that!
**[01:14] Mari**
There's a quiz meet tomorrow
at Sekigaoka High School.
**[01:17] Mari**
Our quiz bowl circle is going to watch!
**[01:20] Shiki**
Huh?
**[01:21] Mari**
I want you to watch it with us,
even if it's only as a provisional member.
**[01:26] Shiki**
O-Oh, a quiz thing?
**[01:28] Shiki**
I see... A quiz thing...
**[01:29] Inoue**
Um, Fukami-san...
**[01:32] Inoue**
Could I join you for that, too?
**[01:34] Mari**
Really?
**[01:35] Mari**
Yes! Please come along, Inoue-kun!
**[01:41] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun, see you tomorrow!
**[01:44] Shiki**
Uh, yeah. Tomorrow.
**[02:05] [SONG] Title**
Fastest Finger First
***SIGN*** Question 2: "A Matter of 0.01 Seconds?!"
**[03:23] Shiki**
*I let her talk me into coming,*
**[03:26] Shiki**
* but doesn't getting here first make*
* me look like I'm trying too hard?*
**[03:29] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun!
**[03:33] Mari**
I'm so glad! You really came!
**[03:37] Mari**
I was kind of pushy about it,
so I was worried you wouldn't.
**[03:42] Mari**
Still twenty minutes to go...
**[03:47] Shiki**
*Wait, am I alone with Fukami-san right now?*
**[03:50] Shiki**
* I'm alone with a girl,*
* even though I'm not at school?*
**[03:53] Shiki**
*Wh-What do I talk about?*
**[03:56] Mari**
Okay, here's a question.
**[03:57] Shiki**
Huh?
**[03:58] Mari**
Napoleon was famously born on what
Mediterranean island in the French domain?
**[04:02] Shiki**
Corsica?
**[04:04] Mari**
Bingo!
**[04:05] Shiki**
*She's quizzing me here?*
**[04:07] Mari**
So you're good with history too, huh?
**[04:10] Shiki**
Y-Yeah, sort of...
**[04:12] Mari**
Then... how about questions like this?
**[04:16] Mari**
Here.
**[04:18] Mari**
The area of exposed skin
between the hem of a miniskirt
**[04:23] Mari**
and the tops of knee-high
socks is known by what name?
**[04:27] Shiki**
Th-There's a name for that?
**[04:30] Mari**
As I suspected.
**[04:31] Mari**
You like books, but you're not an otaku.
**[04:35] Shiki**
Wh-What's the answer?
**[04:37] Mari**
Absolute territory.
**[04:40] Shiki**
Absolute... territory?
**[04:42] Mari**
You know how guys like a teasing
hint more than full nudity?
**[04:45] Mari**
In certain circles, it's one of the
most potent aspects of moe culture.
**[04:50] Shiki**
I had no idea...
**[04:51] Shiki**
Absolute territory...
**[04:53] Mari**
You won't find it.
**[04:56] Mari**
The way you crave more knowledge makes
you even more suited for quiz bowl.
**[04:59] Shiki**
S-Straight to that topic again...
**[05:02] Mari**
Exchanging quiz questions and answers
with others is fun, isn't it?
**[05:06] Mari**
I played with my friend that way
in middle school all the time.
**[05:10] Shiki**
Your friend?
**[05:12] Mari**
Yeah.
**[05:14] Mari**
We ended up in different
high schools, though.
**[05:18] Mari**
I hope we can do quiz bowl
together again someday.
**[05:21] Shiki**
*A friend who shares the same hobby, huh?*
**[05:24] Shiki**
Maybe I should've joined
the literature club.
**[05:27] Mari**
Wait!
**[05:29] Mari**
Don't make that your answer yet!
**[05:31] Mari**
At least not until after today's meet!
**[05:34] Mari**
I'll try really hard today,
so be sure to watch!
**[05:38] Shiki**
O-Okay.
**[05:42] Inoue**
Koshiyama!
**[05:42] Inoue**
Man, why did you have to get here so early?!
**[05:45] Inoue**
Damn it! I'm too late!
**[05:47] Mari**
Morning, Inoue-kun.
**[05:51] Shiki**
Oh. He's from "certain circles."
**[05:53] Gakuto**
Your skirt length, absolute territory,
**[05:56] Gakuto**
and sock length have a
ratio of 4 to 1 to 2.4.
**[06:00] Gakuto**
That is imperfect, Fukami-kun.
**[06:02] Mari**
Good morning, Sasajima-senpai.
**[06:04] Gakuto**
Incidentally, why are there
only two of you here?
**[06:07] Gakuto**
I'm certain my speech was perfect.
**[06:10] Shiki**
U-Um...
**[06:12] Gakuto**
Oh, you're here?
**[06:13] Inoue**
Um, where are the other circle members?
**[06:16] Gakuto**
These are all the members.
**[06:17] Gakuto**
The Buzou High School quiz
circle only just started up.
**[06:21] Shiki**
*If they don't have enough members,*
**[06:23] Shiki**
*it's no wonder she wants me to join.*
***SIGN*** Sekigawata Middle School
Sekigawata High School
**[06:26] Gakuto**
Today's event is a quiz meet hosted by
**[06:28] Gakuto**
the Sekigawata quiz circle for
new quiz bowl team members.
**[06:31] Gakuto**
At other schools,
**[06:32] Gakuto**
there may well be students who were interested
in quiz bowl before the school year began.
**[06:35] Gakuto**
Even if we can't act, you must stay focused.
**[06:38] Inoue**
Um, we're just here to observe, right?
**[06:41] Gakuto**
I've entered all of you.
**[06:43] Both**
What?!
**[06:45] Mari**
Sorry!
**[06:46] Gakuto**
Listen up!
**[06:47] Gakuto**
All those here are both comrades and rivals!
**[06:51] Gakuto**
Be especially attentive to the
way they all play the game.
**[07:04] Inoue**
Our rivals' life bars seem
to have dropped to zero.
**[07:07] Niina**
Sasajima!
**[07:09] Niina**
You got enough members. Congrats.
**[07:11] Gakuto**
Niina-san.
**[07:12] Gakuto**
Thanks for having us today.
***SIGN*** Miyaura High School Third-year
Ashiya Yousuke
***SIGN*** Sekigawata High School Third-year
Niina Takumi
**[07:14] Ashiya**
Wow, I'm jealous. You have a girl member.
**[07:17] Chiaki**
It makes no difference whether you're
male or female in quiz bowl.
**[07:21] Chiaki**
The reason there are so
few girls in quiz bowl
**[07:22] Chiaki**
is because most of the schools with strong
quiz bowl teams are all boys' schools.
**[07:26] Chiaki**
But our quiz bowl team is 100% female.
***SIGN*** Asagaoka Girls' High School Third-year
Sonohara Chiaki
**[07:30] Niina**
Welcome, Chiaki-san.
**[07:33] Shiki**
An all-girls school quiz bowl team?
**[07:35] Mari**
Yukicchi...
**[07:38] Yuki**
Maririn.
**[07:39] Mari**
I haven't seen you since we graduated.
**[07:42] Mari**
The Asagaoka uniform looks great on you.
**[07:45] Yuki**
Maririn...
**[07:46] Yuki**
I didn't know Buzou had a quiz bowl team.
**[07:49] Yuki**
That's great.
**[07:50] Mari**
I'm so glad I get to play
quiz bowl with you again.
**[07:54] Yuki**
Yeah. Good luck to us both.
**[08:00] Shiki**
*Was that the friend from middle school?*
***SIGN*** Four Schools Quiz Meet
**[08:08] All**
May the best team win.
**[08:10] Shiki**
*It's starting.*
**[08:13] Niina**
Here's our program for today.
**[08:15] Niina**
The buzzer battle will last three rounds.
***SIGN*** Round 1
**[08:18] Niina**
In round 1, the 16 participants will
be split into two groups of eight.
***SIGN*** Round 2
**[08:23] Niina**
The three winners in each group
will proceed to round 2.
**[08:26] Niina**
In round 1, the first
to score 5 points wins.
***SIGN*** First to 5 Points Wins
**[08:29] Niina**
There's no penalty for an incorrect answer.
***SIGN*** Incorrect Answers: No Penalty
**[08:32] Niina**
After buzzing in, you'll have
five seconds to answer.
***SIGN*** Time Limit
***SIGN*** Seconds
**[08:35] Niina**
We'll start with group 1.
**[08:39] Mari**
*Yukicchi...*
**[08:41] Niina**
First, we'll have a buzzer test.
**[08:44] Shiki**
A buzzer test?
**[08:58] Inoue**
Wow, that's kinda cool.
**[09:00] Gakuto**
The buzzer test verifies that
all the buzzers are working,
**[09:05] Gakuto**
and gives the players a
feel for the buzzers.
**[09:07] Gakuto**
It's an indispensable ritual
conducted before every match.
**[09:11] Gakuto**
It can also be called the
signal to begin the match.
**[09:14] Shiki**
*W-Will I be doing that, too?*
**[09:18] Guy**
Question.
**[09:19] Guy**
In soccer, games played on a team's
own field are called "hom—
**[09:23] Shiki**
*A few of them buzzed at once!*
**[09:24] Shiki**
*But...*
**[09:25] Guy**
Sasaki-kun.
**[09:27] Sasaki**
Away.
**[09:28] Guy**
Correct!
**[09:29] Shiki**
*Fukami-san was beaten to the buzzer...*
***SIGN*** Sekigawata Middle School Sasaki
**[09:31] Ashiya**
That Sekigawata Middle
School first-year is good.
**[09:33] Shiki**
*Middle school first-year?!*
**[09:35] Gakuto**
In combined middle and high schools,
**[09:36] Gakuto**
many clubs include members
from both school levels.
**[09:39] Gakuto**
He has an advantage over people
who start in high school.
***SIGN*** 1R First to 5 Points Group 1
***SIGN*** Miyaura High School
Mukai
***SIGN*** Sekigawata High School
Namiki
***SIGN*** Sekigawata High School
Taguchi
***SIGN*** Miyaura High School
Maruyama
***SIGN*** Sekigawata Middle School
Sasaki
***SIGN*** Asagaoka Girls' High School
Kouzuki
***SIGN*** Buzou High School
Fukami
***SIGN*** Miyaura High School
Hamada
**[09:44] Niina**
Sasaki-kun of Sekigawata Middle School
**[09:46] Niina**
passes the round with five points!
**[09:49] Inoue**
Fukami-san was buzzing in, but...
**[09:52] (Flashback) Mari**
Fast buzzing can determine the winner
by a margin of 0.01 seconds.
**[09:56] Shiki**
So this is what she meant by
a margin of 0.01 seconds.
**[09:59] Gakuto**
One of the techniques for buzzing
in at least 0.01 seconds faster
**[10:03] Gakuto**
is called "pushing in."
**[10:05] Shiki**
Pushing in?
***SIGN*** Play
***SIGN*** Conducting Part
**[10:06] Gakuto**
In every buzzer is a contact point and a
conducting part that makes the light go on,
**[10:11] Gakuto**
and the slight gap between
them is called the "play."
**[10:14] Gakuto**
Pushing the button down in advance
until just before it closes that gap
**[10:19] Gakuto**
is "pushing in."
**[10:21] Inoue**
I bet I'd accidentally
push it all the way down.
**[10:24] Shiki**
Me, too.
**[10:28] Shiki**
*Fukami-san...*
**[10:30] Guy**
Question.
**[10:32] Guy**
French for "hide the heart—
**[10:35] Mari**
*It turned on!*
**[10:36] Mari**
Cache-cœur.
**[10:37] Guy**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Sekigawata Middle School Sasaki
***SIGN*** Asagaoka Girls' High School Kouzuki
***SIGN*** Buzou High School Fukami
**[10:40] Guy**
Question.
**[10:42] Guy**
When, even in an economic slump,
the cost of living continues to rise—
**[10:45] Yuki**
Stagflation.
**[10:47] Guy**
Correct.
**[10:48] Shiki**
*She's hanging in there, too!*
**[10:50] Guy**
Question.
**[10:51] Guy**
"Oh! Susanna" and "Camptown Rac—
**[10:54] Mari**
Foster.
***SIGN*** "Oh! Susanna" and "Camptown Races" were written by which songwriter, known as the "father of American music"?
**[10:55] Guy**
Correct.
**[10:57] Guy**
Fukami-san of Buzou High School
passes the round with five points!
**[11:01] Mari**
Yukicchi...
**[11:03] Mari**
I'll be waiting for you in round 2.
**[11:06] Shiki**
They're all amazing.
Can I really do that, too?
**[11:11] Miku**
I could buzz in even faster.
**[11:15] Miku**
I can't believe you're so surprised
by weak buzz-ins like that.
**[11:19] Shiki**
Wha... Who are you?
**[11:21] Miku**
Huh? Who are *you*?
**[11:24] Shiki**
*What's with this guy?!*
***SIGN*** I'll wear
this tomorrow...
I guess...
***SIGN*** We're the same height.
***SIGN*** No, we're not!
***SIGN*** Whoosh Whoosh
**[11:31] Miku**
What middle school are you from, anyway?
**[11:35] Ashiya**
Stop it, Mikuriya.
**[11:36] Ashiya**
That's rude. Take a good look.
**[11:38] Ashiya**
He's small, but he's in a Buzou uniform.
**[11:41] Ashiya**
He's a first-year, like you.
**[11:43] Miku**
Huh? Seriously?!
**[11:44] Miku**
Uh, sorry.
**[11:46] Shiki**
It's okay...
***SIGN*** Asagaoka Girls' High School Kouzuki
**[11:48] Guy**
Correct!
***SIGN*** Sekigawata Middle School Sasaki
***SIGN*** Buzou High School Fukami
***SIGN*** Asagaoka Girls' High School Kouzuki
**[11:50] Guy**
Kouzuki-san of Asagaoka Girls'
High School has passed the round!
**[11:55] Mari**
*That's the way, Yukicchi.*
**[11:57] Gakuto**
And now we have our three advancers.
**[12:00] Gakuto**
That's the end of the first group.
**[12:02] Mari**
Sasajima-senpai, how was my buzzing?
**[12:05] Gakuto**
Not bad.
**[12:06] Gakuto**
You seem to excel at classics,
but that won't be enough.
**[12:10] Gakuto**
The second round is sure to be harder.
**[12:13] Shiki**
Um... What are "classics"?
**[12:18] Inoue**
I want to know that, too.
**[12:20] Gakuto**
They're also known as fundamental
or tired questions.
**[12:25] Gakuto**
They're questions that frequently appear
in quiz meets and question collections.
**[12:29] Shiki**
Huh?
**[12:30] Inoue**
Oh, I get it.
**[12:31] Mari**
No, you don't.
**[12:33] Mari**
They may be common questions,
but they'd be hard for you two.
**[12:36] Mari**
The crux of fast buzzing
is how quickly you can
**[12:39] Mari**
narrow down an answer using every
word of the question as hints.
**[12:43] Shiki**
* Right... The marks she had*
* made on her question sheet!*
**[12:47] Gakuto**
But the earlier in the meet you are,
***SIGN*** The _____ of _____ is _____, but
the _____ of _____ / is what?
**[12:49] Gakuto**
the more likely you are to get classic
questions with simple construction.
**[12:52] Gakuto**
Which means the more possible patterns
you know, the greater your advantage.
***SIGN*** The _____ are _____,
__ / ___ and what?
**[12:56] Gakuto**
If you don't know the pattern,
***SIGN*** From the _____ word for _____, / a
_____ _____ is known by what name?
**[12:58] Gakuto**
you can't choose the right point
in the question to buzz in.
**[13:00] Mari**
And all of the most common
questions start out the same way.
**[13:05] Inoue**
H-Hang on!
**[13:06] Shiki**
This is way too much to take in so soon.
**[13:09] Mari**
You're right. Sorry.
**[13:12] Mari**
To summarize, the first thing to do
in quiz bowl is memorize the classics.
**[13:20] Shiki**
*We don't know the classics at all.*
**[13:22] Shiki**
*Aren't we at a huge disadvantage here?*
**[13:27] Niina**
Okay, let's do the buzzer test.
**[13:35] ---**
*Here it comes!*
**[13:41] Miku**
You pressed it too soon.
**[13:43] Niina**
There's no need to rush. Go ahead.
**[13:50] Shiki**
*He sighed?!*
**[13:51] Miku**
*Might as well get this over with fast.*
**[13:54] Guy**
Question.
**[13:56] Guy**
When asked, "Why climb—
**[13:57] Miku**
Mallory?
**[13:59] Guy**
Correct.
**[14:00] Shiki**
* That was fast! He almost*
* got it just from "why"!*
**[14:03] Niina**
Wow, we started off with one of the
most overused questions of all, huh?
**[14:08] Niina**
When asked, "Why climb the mountain?",
**[14:10] Niina**
which English mountaineer
answered, "Because it's there"?
**[14:15] Niina**
As soon as you hear "Why climb,"
you know it's George Mallory.
**[14:18] Niina**
Remember that, everyone!
**[14:21] Miku**
That's beyond overused. It's almost scripted.
**[14:23] Shiki**
*What kind of quiz bowl insider info is that?*
**[14:27] Shiki**
*Still, he got the correct answer.*
**[14:29] Guy**
Question.
***SIGN*** Miyaura High School Mikuriya
**[14:30] Guy**
Officially known as the
"Convention on Wetlands—
**[14:33] Miku**
The Ramsar Convention.
**[14:35] Guy**
Correct.
**[14:36] Guy**
Question.
**[14:37] Guy**
"The Congress Dances"—
**[14:39] Miku**
The Vienna Congress.
**[14:41] Guy**
Correct.
**[14:42] Guy**
Question.
**[14:43] Guy**
In jazz music, "doo-bee-doo-bee" and—
**[14:45] Miku**
Scat?
**[14:47] Guy**
Correct!
**[14:48] Guy**
Question.
**[14:49] Guy**
In euro, the currency of the
European Union, the highest—
**[14:54] Miku**
500 euro.
**[14:56] Guy**
Correct!
**[14:57] Guy**
Mikuriya-kun of Miyaura High School passes
the first round after the first five questions!
**[15:03] Inoue**
He's so good, it's creepy.
**[15:06] Shiki**
*The official name of the Ramsar Convention is*
**[15:09] Shiki**
* the "Convention on Wetlands of International*
* Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat."*
**[15:14] Shiki**
*He buzzed in after "Convention on Wetlands."*
**[15:17] Shiki**
* Were all those other questions classics*
* like the "why climb" one, too?*
**[15:22] Shiki**
* If I know the answer, but can't buzz*
* because I don't know the question...*
**[15:26] Mari**
He was pretty bold with his buzzer.
**[15:28] Gakuto**
He buzzed slightly before
the determining point.
**[15:31] Gakuto**
It's a tactic worth using as
long as there's no penalty.
**[15:34] Shiki**
* With Mikuriya through,*
* there are two spots left.*
**[15:38] Guy**
Question.
**[15:39] Guy**
In the popular idol group,
Planet, the oldest—
**[15:44] Inoue**
It lit up! Mirai-can!
**[15:47] Guy**
C-Correct!
**[15:48] Shiki**
*I-I don't know anything about that stuff!*
**[15:51] Niina**
Um, for what it's worth,
the buttons are delicate,
**[15:54] Niina**
so please use them carefully.
**[15:56] Guy**
Question.
**[15:58] Guy**
Italian for "in the manner of the chapel,"
music with no instrumental—
**[16:03] ---**
*They got it.*
**[16:04] Girl**
A cappella.
**[16:06] Guy**
Correct.
**[16:08] Shiki**
*This is no good.*
**[16:09] Shiki**
* I have to be able to buzz at*
* the start of the question.*
**[16:11] Guy**
Question.
**[16:13] Guy**
Newton's three laws are the law of
inertia, the law of motion, and—
**[16:20] Shiki**
* This is just like that question I had*
* before about the Kyoto festivals.*
**[16:24] Shiki**
The law of action and reaction.
***SIGN*** Koshiyama
**[16:27] Guy**
Correct.
**[16:28] Inoue**
Wow, nice going.
**[16:30] Shiki**
*No, that's not enough!*
**[16:32] Shiki**
* The determining point where I buzzed was*
* the first syllable of "law of motion."*
**[16:36] Shiki**
*I need to be faster.*
***SIGN*** Sekigawata High School Takamura
***SIGN*** Sekigawata High School Tani
**[16:40] Tani**
The swallow.
**[16:41] Guy**
Correct.
**[16:42] Guy**
In "CV," the abbreviation
used for anime voice actors,
**[16:45] Guy**
"C" stands for "character," and "V—
**[16:48] Inoue**
Voice!
**[16:49] Guy**
Correct!
**[16:51] Guy**
Wrap.
**[16:52] Guy**
Correct!
***SIGN*** Sekigawata High School Tani
**[16:53] Guy**
Tani-kun of Sekigawata High
School passes the round!
**[16:56] Shiki**
*Only one left.*
**[16:58] Shiki**
*Even Inoue's been able to buzz in.*
**[17:01] Shiki**
*Maybe I really can't do this.*
**[17:03] Shiki**
*I couldn't even do the buzzer test right,*
**[17:06] Shiki**
* and I don't know what the*
* classic questions are.*
**[17:09] Mari**
*Don't give up!*
**[17:11] Guy**
Question.
**[17:12] Guy**
The "Shiki" of "Masaoka Shiki" means
"lesser cuckoo," and "Ishikawa—
**[17:16] Shiki**
*Literature...*
**[17:18] Shiki**
* The only writer named Ishikawa who could*
* compare to Masaoka Shiki is Ishikawa Takuboku.*
**[17:21] Shiki**
*If it's "Takuboku"...*
**[17:23] Shiki**
Woodpecker.
**[17:24] Mari**
Yes!
**[17:24] Guy**
Correct!
**[17:25] Guy**
Question.
**[17:26] Guy**
"Man is a thinking reed" is a—
**[17:30] Shiki**
*A quote!*
**[17:31] Shiki**
Pascal!
**[17:32] Guy**
Correct!
**[17:33] Shiki**
* That's right! There are*
* subjects I excel in, too!*
**[17:36] Guy**
The high-fat food known as
"butter of the forest"—
**[17:41] Kenmochi**
Avocado.
**[17:42] Guy**
Correct!
**[17:44] Miku**
This is a close battle.
**[17:46] Niina**
Both players are within
one point of advancing,
**[17:47] Niina**
and only one spot remains!
**[17:49] Guy**
Question.
**[17:50] Guy**
Hiraoka Kimitake is the real name
of *The Temple of the Golden*—
**[17:57] Niina**
Five, four, three, two, one.
**[18:03] Niina**
The correct answer is Mishima Yukio.
***SIGN*** Hiraoka Kimitake is the real name of *The
Temple of the Golden*" author known by what pen name?
**[18:06] Inoue**
Looks like you're saved, Koshiyama.
**[18:08] Chiaki**
That's as it should be.
**[18:10] Chiaki**
We're the ones who were saved.
**[18:13] Chiaki**
She didn't get the right answer,
but she stopped him from answering,
**[18:17] Chiaki**
so it worked out.
**[18:19] Shiki**
* How was I beaten out on*
* a literature question?*
**[18:21] Shiki**
*I knew that one, too!*
**[18:23] Shiki**
*If that was a classic...*
**[18:25] Shiki**
* No, classics mean nothing!*
* Don't let classics beat me!*
**[18:29] Shiki**
*I can't win if I don't buzz!*
**[18:30] Shiki**
*Just one more point!*
**[18:33] Guy**
Question.
**[18:34] Shiki**
*I just have to buzz in!*
**[18:35] Guy**
A miniskirt—
**[18:37] Shiki**
*I pushed down too far!*
**[18:41] Shiki**
* What about a miniskirt? What am I*
* supposed to get from that one word?*
**[18:45] Mari**
*What are you doing, Koshiyama-kun?*
**[18:47] Mari**
*Even if you don't know, just say something!*
**[18:50] Shiki**
*Minisk... Miniskirt...*
**[18:52] Shiki**
*Fukami-san... Mini...*
**[18:54] Shiki**
*It doesn't even matter!*
**[18:56] Shiki**
*Whether I answer or not, it'll end the same!*
**[18:58] Shiki**
* No, if I don't answer,*
* I don't even have a chance!*
**[19:01] Shiki**
*Zero chance!*
**[19:03] Shiki**
*Absolute territory!*
**[19:07] Miku**
Yeah, right.
**[19:11] Niina**
Correct!
**[19:12] Niina**
Koshiyama-kun of Buzou High
School passes the round!
**[19:15] Niina**
A miniskirt, worn with knee-high socks,
**[19:19] Niina**
leaves a patch of the thighs visible
in a "moe" slang term known as what?
**[19:23] Niina**
The answer is "absolute territory"!
**[19:26] Miku**
Unbelievable...
**[19:27] Gakuto**
Those happen sometimes.
**[19:29] Gakuto**
Humorous questions that would only
come up between students or insiders.
**[19:32] Mari**
You drew the question itself
toward you, Koshiyama-kun!
**[19:35] Inoue**
You're...
**[19:38] Shiki**
Quiz bowl is a lot more
stressful than I thought...
**[19:43] Inoue**
Koshiyama?!
**[19:45] Niina**
We will now take a lunch break.
***SIGN*** Ladies' Restroom for Visitors
**[19:54] Yuki**
Maririn...
**[19:59] Mari**
Do you enjoy quiz bowl, Yukicchi?
**[20:01] Yuki**
What do you mean?
**[20:04] Mari**
I mean, you got into quiz
bowl because of me, right?
**[20:11] Yuki**
I do enjoy it. Enough that
I joined the team by myself.
**[20:16] Mari**
Yukicchi...
**[20:18] Mari**
I'm so glad!
**[20:27] Mari**
You okay?
**[20:28] Mari**
You were amazing, Koshiyama-kun.
**[20:31] Mari**
There aren't many beginners
who can stay that focused.
**[20:35] Shiki**
Y-Yeah...
**[20:37] Mari**
Here. Have something sweet.
**[20:39] Mari**
When your brain is fatigued, you need sugar.
**[20:42] Shiki**
Th-Tha... Thanks.
**[20:44] Shiki**
*I got chocolate from a girl...*
**[20:48] Mari**
* I was right. You're exactly*
* what I thought you were.*
**[20:52] Mari**
* I'm sure you'll be able to show that*
* power even more in the next round.*
**[22:31] Guy**
The "determining point" is
**[22:32] Guy**
the point in a question at which
you can determine the answer,
**[22:35] Guy**
which dictates when you
should press the buzzer.
***SIGN*** Determining Point
**[22:37] Guy**
Got that?
**[22:39] Shiki**
Y-Yes!
**[22:40] Mari**
It's hard when you're not used to it,
**[22:42] Mari**
but it's an absolutely essential
technique for fast buzz-ins!
**[22:45] Guy**
Now, let's put it into practice.
**[22:47] Guy**
Question.
**[22:48] Guy**
After stripes, Fukami-kun's preferred—
***SIGN*** After stripes, Fukami-kun's preferred—
***SIGN*** Polka-dots
**[22:51] Gakuto**
Polka-dots.
**[22:52] Guy**
Correct! I knew you'd get it, Sasajima-kun!
**[22:54] Mari**
Hey! What did you even determine from that?!
**[22:58] Shiki**
*Polka-dots?*
# 3 - If You Want the Right to Answer /
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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***SIGN*** Sekigawata Middle School Sekigawata High School
***SIGN*** 4 Schools Quiz Meet Round 2 begins at 13:00
**[00:02] Niina**
Round 2 will begin at 1 p.m., after lunch.
**[00:06] Niina**
To get to the convenience store, go out of
the gate, turn right, and walk for 200 meters.
**[00:10] Shiki**
That's right... I need to go buy lunch...
**[00:15] Mari**
Want to share my lunch with me?
**[00:17] Shiki**
Huh?!
**[00:20] Mari**
I ended up with a little too much.
**[00:23] Inoue**
Koshiyama!
**[00:28] Mari**
Do you want some, too, Inoue-kun?
**[00:30] Inoue**
Thank you!
**[00:34] Inoue**
I'm so happy I get to eat your
homemade lunch, Fukami-san!
**[00:39] Mari**
Actually, my mom made it. I only packed it.
**[00:43] Inoue**
I'm so happy!
**[00:45] Shiki**
Thank you for sharing.
**[00:47] Shiki**
I'm going to buy a drink
and get some fresh air.
**[00:51] Inoue**
I hope he's not planning
on cutting and running...
**[00:54] Mari**
H-He wouldn't do that!
***SIGN*** Fastest
Finger
First
***SIGN*** Question 3: "If You Want the Right to Answer */*"
**[02:33] Shiki**
What is quiz bowl, anyway?
**[02:35] Gakuto**
Quiz bowl is a game known by
everyone around the world.
**[02:40] Shiki**
Sasajima-senpai...
**[02:43] Gakuto**
Reading a book of quiz
questions? That's good.
**[02:47] Gakuto**
Question collections like that
include a lot of classics.
**[02:50] Shiki**
If I'd known it would be like this,
I would've memorized them in advance.
**[02:54] Shiki**
If you don't know the question,
you can't buzz in, right?
**[02:58] Gakuto**
Disappointed to learn what it's all about?
**[03:01] Shiki**
Not so much disappointed... Just, well...
**[03:04] Shiki**
It's not what I expected quiz bowl to be.
**[03:07] Gakuto**
It's true that if you only look at the
classics, it seems less like quiz bowl
***SIGN*** The fall paddy shacks have rough
thatching as my sleeves are wet with dew
Emperor Tenji
**[03:11] Gakuto**
and more like the Hundred Poets game, where
you grab the second verse based on the first.
***SIGN*** as my sleeves are wet with dew
**[03:15] Gakuto**
But there is one marked difference.
**[03:18] Gakuto**
The classics aren't limited to 100.
**[03:22] Gakuto**
They're constantly being updated, and there
are different ways of asking them, too.
**[03:25] Shiki**
But...
**[03:26] Gakuto**
Thousands of questions could
potentially be regarded classics.
**[03:30] Gakuto**
No one person can memorize them all.
**[03:32] Shiki**
But everyone else was buzzing early.
**[03:35] Shiki**
I don't think I can...
**[03:37] Gakuto**
I don't know about that.
**[03:39] Gakuto**
Competitions are a matter of chance.
**[03:41] Gakuto**
They're fun because you never
know what can happen.
**[03:44] Gakuto**
There are those who can still buzz in
without knowing the classics.
**[03:50] Gakuto**
I expect a good showing in the next round.
**[03:53] Shiki**
*Easy for him to say...*
**[03:57] Niina**
The second round will see the winners of
Round 1 take part in a "fastest finger board."
**[04:02] Niina**
Only three competitors will advance
through to the final round!
**[04:06] Niina**
Here are the rules. A "fastest finger board"
**[04:08] Niina**
combines elements from the fastest finger
quiz bowl and the board-style quiz bowl.
**[04:12] Niina**
As in the "fastest finger" format, when a
contestant knows an answer, they buzz.
**[04:17] Niina**
At that point, the question
will stop being read.
**[04:21] Niina**
Then, instead of getting the contestant
who buzzed to say the answer,
**[04:25] Niina**
all six contestants write their
answers on a whiteboard.
***SIGN*** Right Answer
***SIGN*** ht Answer
***SIGN*** Wrong Answer
**[04:28] Niina**
If the person who buzzed guesses
correctly, they get three points.
***SIGN*** ight Answer
***SIGN*** Right Ans
***SIGN*** Right Answer
***SIGN*** Right A
**[04:30] Niina**
Even those who didn't buzz can earn
one point with a correct answer.
***SIGN*** t Answer
***SIGN*** Right Answer
***SIGN*** nswer
***SIGN*** wer
***SIGN*** Wrong Answer
**[04:33] Niina**
But if the one who buzzed guesses
wrong, they lose three points.
***SIGN*** Right Answer
**[04:37] Niina**
Contestants who didn't buzz are
not penalized for a wrong answer.
**[04:41] Niina**
You'll have ten seconds to consider your answers.
**[04:43] Shiki**
* So everyone has the right to*
* answer, even if they don't buzz in?*
**[04:47] Shiki**
*Maybe I can do this, after all.*
**[04:49] Niina**
There will be 15 questions.
**[04:51] Niina**
The three with the most points
at the end will advance to the final.
**[04:55] Niina**
Now, let's proceed with the buzzer test.
**[05:00] Shiki**
*Good!*
**[05:05] Shiki**
Round 2 will now begin!
**[05:08] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[05:09] Nakazawa**
Used in tying knots such as the clove hitch,
the figure eight, and the Prusik knot,
**[05:14] Nakazawa**
what mountaineering rope—
**[05:18] Shiki**
*Way to go, Fukami-san!*
**[05:20] Shiki**
I know this one now.
**[05:22] Niina**
Show your boards!
**[05:22] [SONG] Text**
Seil
**[05:24] Niina**
"Seil." All contestants are correct!
**[05:27] Inoue**
Damn Koshiyama...
He's supposed to be a newbie!
**[05:31] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[05:32] Nakazawa**
Located in South Dakota, America, the
four former presidents: Washington,
**[05:35] Nakazawa**
Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln are—
**[05:38] Shiki**
*The four former presidents listed are...*
**[05:43] Niina**
The correct answer is Mount Rushmore.
***SIGN*** Mount Rushmore
**[05:45] Niina**
Sorry, you two from Sekigawata.
**[05:48] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[05:49] Nakazawa**
The first person to reach the South Pole
was Norwegian explorer, Amundsen. But which—
**[05:56] Sasaki**
Why did he buzz before
the determining point?
**[05:58] Maruyama**
Looks like Mikuriya's getting going.
**[06:00] Shiki**
* Questions continuing from*
* a connector like "while" or "and"*
**[06:03] Shiki**
*have some kind of connection to the first part,*
**[06:05] Shiki**
* but the question's asking*
* something different, right?*
***SIGN*** Uemura Naomi
***SIGN*** Scott
***SIGN*** Peary
***SIGN*** Peary
***SIGN*** Scott
**[06:12] Niina**
The correct answer is Peary!
***SIGN*** Peary
**[06:15] Niina**
The first person to reach the South Pole
was Norwegian explorer, Amundsen.
**[06:20] Niina**
But which American explorer was
the first to reach the North Pole?
**[06:24] Niina**
That's the question in full.
**[06:26] Yuki**
Oh, it was that one...
**[06:28] Shiki**
* I thought it was asking who the second*
* person to reach the South Pole was...*
**[06:31] Shiki**
* How did he know it would*
* be about the North Pole?*
**[06:35] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[06:36] Nakazawa**
The first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate
was Minamoto no Yoritomo. But who—
**[06:41] Shiki**
Huh?
**[06:42] Sasaki**
Seriously, dude. Too soon.
**[06:43] Mikuriya**
*Nice going, question reader.*
**[06:46] Niina**
Show your boards!
***SIGN*** Hojo Masako
***SIGN*** Prince Morikumi
**[06:49] Niina**
This means...
***SIGN*** Hojo Tokimasa
**[06:50] Niina**
Mikuriya-kun's correct!
***SIGN*** Tokugawa Ieyasu
**[06:52] Niina**
The question was,
**[06:53] Niina**
"The first shogun of the
Kamakura shogunate was Minamoto no Yoritomo.
**[06:57] Niina**
But who was the first regent?"
**[07:00] Inoue**
I can't even read what Koshiyama wrote.
**[07:03] Gakuto**
He wrote "Prince Morikumi."
**[07:05] Gakuto**
He heard "first shogun," so he answered
with the ninth and last shogun.
**[07:09] Maruyama**
How did Mikuriya know that answer?
**[07:11] Ashiya**
It's all about accentuation.
**[07:13] Ashiya**
"Parallel questions" are a type of question in
which a word given as a hint in the first half
**[07:17] Ashiya**
is changed in the second half
**[07:19] Ashiya**
to ask a different, but related, question.
**[07:22] Ashiya**
But sometimes, the person
reading the question
**[07:25] Ashiya**
will actually emphasize
the keyword as a hint.
**[07:28] Ashiya**
Since he placed emphasis on "shogun,"
**[07:30] Ashiya**
Mikuriya predicted that the second
half would ask for "the first something."
***SIGN*** The first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate was Minamoto no Yoritomo.
**[07:36] Ashiya**
In parallel questions about officials
in the Kamakura Shogunate,
***SIGN*** The first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate
was Minamoto no Yoritomo.
***SIGN*** The first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate
was Minamoto no Yoritomo.
But who was the first regent?
**[07:39] Ashiya**
it's common to pair a shogun with a regent.
**[07:43] Ashiya**
He scares me, and I'm on his team.
**[07:46] Ashiya**
And the way he shows no mercy to newbies
shows his lack of maturity as a quizzer.
**[07:51] Mikuriya**
* Not even letting the others*
* hear the whole question*
**[07:54] Mikuriya**
*is just another tactic.*
**[07:57] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[07:58] Nakazawa**
Beethoven's 3rd Symphony is
titled "Eroica." Wh—
**[08:02] Mari**
*I couldn't hear the accentuation.*
**[08:04] Mari**
*Did I miss it?*
**[08:05] Shiki**
*Beethoven's 3rd Symphony...*
**[08:08] Shiki**
*A different question connected to that...*
**[08:10] Mikuriya**
*If you think all questions connected by "and" are parallel, you're dead wrong.*
**[08:14] Niina**
The correct answer is Napoleon!
***SIGN*** Napoleon
**[08:16] Shiki**
Huh?!
**[08:17] Niina**
"Who does the title refer to?"
was the question in full.
**[08:21] Niina**
Only Mikuriya-kun guessed correctly!
**[08:23] Mari**
* I get it... That time, the info*
* just prefaced the question.*
**[08:27] Mari**
* That's why he didn't emphasize*
* any particular word.*
**[08:29] Shiki**
* That wasn't the question*
* I was expecting at all.*
**[08:32] Shiki**
* I can't predict what the*
* questions are going to be...*
**[08:37] Shiki**
* It's no use! I can't make*
* sense of any of these!*
**[08:40] Mikuriya**
* Maybe I should give everyone*
* else a chance to get one right.*
**[08:42] Mikuriya**
*This kid next to me is getting even smaller.*
**[08:45] Mikuriya**
* His answers have all been*
* really close, though...*
**[08:52] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[08:53] Nakazawa**
*Absent in the Spring* is one of
many romance novels by—
**[08:58] Shiki**
*Absent in the Spring* was
written by Agatha Christie.
**[09:02] Shiki**
*Wait...*
***SIGN*** Agatha
**[09:03] Shiki**
* The question's actually given*
* the title of the novel...*
**[09:07] Shiki**
*Of course! This* must *be the answer!*
***SIGN*** Agatha Christie
***SIGN*** Agatha Christie
***SIGN*** Agatha Christie
***SIGN*** Agatha Christie
***SIGN*** Mary Westmacott
**[09:16] Niina**
The correct answer is Agatha Christie.
**[09:18] Shiki**
No way! I was so sure!
**[09:21] Mikuriya**
*He really is...*
**[09:25] Niina**
The question was, "*Absent in the
Spring* is one of many romance novels
**[09:30] Niina**
by the so-called mother of Hercule Poirot,
***SIGN*** Mary Westmacott
**[09:33] Niina**
a character created by
which English mystery writer?"
**[09:35] Mikuriya**
* For him to come up with Mary*
* Westmacott so naturally...*
**[09:39] Gakuto**
"Mary Westmacott" was the
pen name Christie used
**[09:44] Gakuto**
when she wrote romance novels, so that
readers wouldn't confuse them for mysteries.
**[09:48] Inoue**
Isn't that a correct answer too, then?
**[09:51] Gakuto**
The question asked which mystery
author created Poirot.
**[09:55] Gakuto**
It is still judged as being incorrect.
**[09:57] Shiki**
*What is this feeling?*
**[09:59] Shiki**
*I've never felt like this before.*
**[10:02] Chiaki**
What a tantalizing expression.
**[10:05] Nakazawa**
*He's thinking along the right lines...*
**[10:08] Shiki**
* If I can just predict the rest*
* of the question, I can do this!*
**[10:11] Shiki**
*I can get the right answers!*
**[10:13] Shiki**
* Guessing wrong when I know*
* the right answer is infuriating!*
**[10:17] Niina**
Four questions remain!
**[10:19] Niina**
Be careful, but be bold!
**[10:21] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[10:22] Nakazawa**
*Summer Wars* and *The Girl
Who Leapt Through Time* are—
**[10:26] Shiki**
*Summer War*?
**[10:28] Shiki**
*The Girl Who Leapt Through Time *was
written by Tsutsui Yasutaka, wasn't it?
**[10:32] Niina**
Show your boards!
***SIGN*** Sadamoto Yoshiyuki
**[10:33] Niina**
The correct answer is Hosoda Mamoru.
**[10:35] Sasaki**
What?!
**[10:37] Niina**
"*Summer Wars* and *The Girl Who
Leapt Through Time* are two movies
***SIGN*** Hosoda Mamoru
***SIGN*** Hosoda Mamoru
**[10:41] Niina**
directed by which renowned
Japanese anime director?"
***SIGN*** Tsutsui Yasutaka
***SIGN*** Sadamoto Yoshiyuki
**[10:46] Gakuto**
Ohbayashi... Good taste.
**[10:48] Nakazawa**
*He clearly knows a lot. It's a real shame.*
**[10:51] Nakazawa**
* If he had the ability to predict*
* the rest of the question...*
**[10:55] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[10:56] Nakazawa**
The 19th Century musician, Liszt, was known
as the "*magician* of the piano." But who—
**[11:03] Mikuriya**
*That was blatant.*
**[11:05] Shiki**
*That was a funny way to read the question.*
**[11:08] Shiki**
* If it's asking a separate*
* question in the second part,*
**[11:11] Shiki**
* then riffing off of "magician,"*
* maybe it'll be "poet"?*
**[11:14] Shiki**
*Or is it the "magician of the violin"?*
**[11:17] Shiki**
If only I could have heard
a "p" or "v" before he buzzed in...
**[11:22] Shiki**
*The way he read it...*
**[11:23] (Flashback) Nakazawa**
The first person to
reach the *South* Pole...
**[11:25] Shiki**
*He did it in that question, too.*
**[11:27] (Flashback) Nakazawa**
The first *shogun* of...
**[11:28] Shiki**
*And that one!*
**[11:29] Shiki**
*They were read that way, too!*
**[11:32] Gakuto**
That was an obvious one.
**[11:34] Inoue**
Huh?
**[11:35] Niina**
Show your boards!
**[11:36] Niina**
The correct answer is Chopin!
**[11:36] [SONG] Text**
Chopin
**[11:37] Shiki**
*Y-Yes!*
**[11:39] Niina**
"The 19th Century musician, Liszt, was known
as the '*magician* of the piano.'
***SIGN*** Mozart
**[11:42] [SONG] Text**
Chopin
**[11:44] Niina**
But who was known as
the 'poet of the piano'?"
**[11:48] Gakuto**
By intentionally adding specific
intonation and emphasis,
**[11:51] Gakuto**
the reader flagged up what question
would be asked in the second part.
**[11:55] Inoue**
Oh, the "magician" thing?
**[11:57] Gakuto**
Yes.
**[11:58] Shiki**
*I was right!*
**[11:59] Shiki**
* There was a hint in the*
* way he read the question!*
**[12:02] Shiki**
*Did Mikuriya-kun notice how it was read?*
**[12:05] Mikuriya**
*He's finally caught on...*
**[12:08] Ashiya**
An accentuation, huh?
**[12:09] Ashiya**
It wasn't easy to make an accurate guess
from the way he read that, though.
**[12:13] Chiaki**
Not surprising from Sekigawata,
a school famous for its quiz bowl team.
**[12:17] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[12:18] Shiki**
*Pay attention to the way he reads it, too!*
**[12:20] Nakazawa**
A lone woman in a group of men is
known as a "single bright flower."
**[12:25] Nakazawa**
In the Wang Anshi poem, said to be—
**[12:29] Shiki**
*Yes! I was able to buzz in!*
**[12:32] Shiki**
*Buzzing in really does feel good!*
***SIGN*** A Single Bright Flower in the Green
**[12:37] Shiki**
* I predicted that the question would ask for*
* the relevant verse in the Wang Anshi poem.*
**[12:41] Shiki**
*That would be "a single bright
flower in the greenery."*
***SIGN*** A Single Bright Flower in the Greenery
**[12:44] Shiki**
*The poem is about
a lone pomegranate blossom,*
**[12:46] Shiki**
*blooming in an expanse of green leaves.*
**[12:49] Shiki**
*That flower is the "single bright flower."*
***SIGN*** A Single Bright Flower in the Greenery
**[12:51] Shiki**
*This has to be right.*
**[12:53] Shiki**
* But... why does something*
* feel off about this?*
**[12:56] Shiki**
*Think hard!*
***SIGN*** Agatha Christie Mary Westmacott
**[12:57] Shiki**
* All the answers I've tried*
* to guess have been wrong.*
***SIGN*** Prince Morikumi Hojo Tokimasa
**[13:00] Shiki**
*Why?*
***SIGN*** A Single Bright Flower in the Greenery
**[13:02] Shiki**
* They're easy questions,*
* but I'm making them harder...*
**[13:05] Shiki**
*Easy?*
**[13:07] (Flashback) Gakuto**
The earlier in the meet you are,
**[13:08] (Flashback) Gakuto**
the more likely you are to get classic
questions with simple construction.
**[13:14] Shiki**
*I just have to go for it!*
***SIGN*** Hey... Have you made friends in your class? Do you eat lunch with them? You're not still asking quiz questions anywhere and anytime, are you? I'm worried about you!
***SIGN*** Nervous
***SIGN*** ...to New York!
***SIGN*** Welcome...
***SIGN*** Ba-dump Ba-dump
***SIGN*** Stretch...
**[13:23] Niina**
Show your boards!
***SIGN*** Pomegranate
**[13:26] Niina**
The correct answer is pomegranate!
***SIGN*** Green
***SIGN*** Pomegranate
***SIGN*** Pomegranate
**[13:30] Shiki**
I was right! My prediction was right!
**[13:33] Niina**
The complete question was,
**[13:35] Niina**
"A lone woman in a group of men is
known as a 'single bright flower.'
**[13:39] Niina**
In the Wang Anshi poem, said to
be the origin of this phrase,
**[13:43] Niina**
what kind of flower was the
'single bright flower'?"
**[13:45] Yuki**
*He wasn't getting anything right before...*
**[13:50] Niina**
And we've arrived at the last question!
**[13:52] Niina**
It's a close race to make
it into the top three!
**[13:55] Shiki**
*The end already?*
**[13:57] Sasaki**
*I'm in second. I'm guaranteed to advance.*
**[13:59] Sasaki**
*I just need to hold my position.*
**[14:01] Kouzuki**
* I need to avoid buzzing and*
* just go for the single point.*
**[14:04] Kouzuki**
* But if Maririn gets three*
* points, I'll drop below her!*
**[14:08] Mari**
* I need to buzz in and get three*
* points to get into third place.*
**[14:11] Mari**
*That's my only chance to win!*
**[14:12] Shiki**
*What kind of question will be next?*
**[14:14] Shiki**
*Will I get to buzz again?*
**[14:15] Mikuriya**
* What's the point in getting*
* all serious about this?*
**[14:18] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[14:20] Nakazawa**
Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" can be
found in the Sistine Chapel. But Da—
**[14:25] Shiki**
*Mikuriya-kun?!*
**[14:26] Sasaki**
* I thought he wouldn't bother*
* buzzing on this one!*
**[14:31] Shiki**
* After he said "Da," I think I heard*
* him forming the sound of a "v"...*
**[14:36] Shiki**
*The statue of David!*
**[14:37] Shiki**
* It fits with Michelangelo,*
* so it has to be right!*
**[14:40] Shiki**
*This is the answer!*
**[14:41] Shiki**
* The statue of David is in the*
* Galleria dell'Accademia!*
***SIGN*** Galleria dell'Accademia
**[14:44] Niina**
The correct answer is
Santa Maria delle Grazie!
***SIGN*** Santa Maria delle Grazie
**[14:47] Shiki**
What?!
**[14:49] Niina**
The rest of that question was,
**[14:50] Niina**
"But da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' can
be found in which church in Milan?"
**[14:56] Shiki**
*It wasn't David, but da Vinci?!*
**[14:59] Shiki**
*And they're even called "The Last
Judgment" and "The Last Supper"!*
***SIGN*** The Last Judgment
***SIGN*** The Last Supper
**[15:03] Niina**
Mikuriya-kun of Miyaura High School,
***SIGN*** Fastest Finger Board Quiz (6 -> 3)
***SIGN*** Sekigawata MS Sasaki
***SIGN*** Buzou High Koshiyama
***SIGN*** Miyaura High Mikuriya
***SIGN*** Buzou High Fukami
***SIGN*** Asagaoka Girls' Kouzuki
**[15:05] Niina**
Sasaki-kun of Sekigawata Middle School,
**[15:07] Niina**
and Kouzuki-san of Asagaoka
Girls' High School
**[15:10] Niina**
advance to the final round!
**[15:12] Inoue**
Hey, you alive?
**[15:16] Ashiya**
Learn to take a hint, would you?
**[15:19] Mikuriya**
What's the problem? I wanted to buzz in.
**[15:23] Mari**
Congratulations, Yukicchi!
You have to win now!
**[15:26] Yuki**
Yeah! Those two seem really
good, but I'll give it my best shot!
**[15:30] Shiki**
* I think I understand why people care*
* so deeply about quiz bowl now.*
**[15:36] Shiki**
*I've only taken part in a few quizzes,*
**[15:38] Shiki**
*but every time I do one,*
**[15:39] Shiki**
*I start to see a world I never knew before.*
**[15:42] Gakuto**
Koshiyama, you'll need to
start with the basics.
**[15:46] Gakuto**
There was no way David would be
the answer to that last one.
**[15:49] Gakuto**
I know *I'd* never ask
a question like that, though.
**[15:52] Shiki**
Oh...
**[15:53] Gakuto**
There's no connection between paintings
and sculptures, nor chapels and museums.
**[15:58] Gakuto**
There's no artistry in a parallel like that!
**[16:00] Shiki**
*Who cares about artistry?!*
***SIGN*** Sekigawata Middle School Sekigawata High School
**[16:03] Niina**
Welcome, young players.
**[16:06] Niina**
The moment you took that first
step into the world of quiz bowl,
**[16:10] Niina**
you became fellow members
of our quiz cluster!
**[16:14] Niina**
After knocking it out of the park
against a field of rookies,
**[16:16] Niina**
these three have advanced
through to the final round!
**[16:19] Niina**
The Four Schools Quiz Meet to decide the King
of the Newcomers has reached its final stage!
**[16:24] Niina**
The rule of this round is "five right, two wrong."
**[16:26] Shiki**
"Five right, two wrong"?
**[16:27] Niina**
The first to five correct answers wins.
**[16:30] Niina**
But answer two questions wrong
and you'll be eliminated.
**[16:34] Shiki**
Oh, so that's what it means!
**[16:36] Mari**
You wanted to keep playing?
**[16:38] Shiki**
Huh? Uh, no, I'm worn out for today...
**[16:41] Shiki**
Besides, quiz bowl is a lot
harder than I thought.
**[16:47] Mari**
That's true.
**[16:49] Mari**
It's not so easy that a newcomer
school like ours could come here and win.
***SIGN*** Final Round Five Right, Two Wrong Fastest Finger Quiz (3 -> 1)
***SIGN*** Miyaura High School Mikuriya
***SIGN*** Sekigawata Middle School Sasaki
***SIGN*** Asagaoka Girls' High School Kouzuki
**[16:54] Shiki**
Still...
**[16:55] Shiki**
It was fun.
**[16:57] Mari**
Yeah.
**[17:00] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[17:01] Nakazawa**
Known as "The Abbey,"
**[17:03] Nakazawa**
the church in London that houses
the graves of Newton and Darwin,
**[17:07] Nakazawa**
and where many British monarchs
have had their coronations—
**[17:11] Mikuriya**
Westminster Abbey.
**[17:12] Niina**
Correct!
**[17:14] Shiki**
* After hearing all that,*
* even I knew the answer.*
**[17:17] Shiki**
* That question was longer*
* than the ones in round 2.*
**[17:21] Shiki**
* I guess Mikuriya-kun waited to hear*
* most of the question before buzzing*
**[17:24] Shiki**
* because no clear hints were*
* given until the very end.*
**[17:29] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[17:30] Nakazawa**
The rule that warm-blooded animals of the
same taxonomical clade living in cold areas—
**[17:35] Yuki**
Uh... Allen's rule!
**[17:37] Niina**
Sorry!
**[17:38] [SONG] Text**
Q: The rule that warm-blooded animals
of the same taxonomical clade living in cold areas are larger than those living
in warm areas is known by what name?
***SIGN*** A. Bergmann's rule
**[17:39] Niina**
The answer is Bergmann's rule.
**[17:41] Mari**
*The latter rounds really are tough.*
**[17:45] Nakazawa**
Question.
**[17:46] Nakazawa**
Made famous as the theme of Wagner's
*The Ring of the Nibelung*,
**[17:51] Nakazawa**
what word from Norse mythology
signifies the—
**[17:54] Mikuriya**
Sieg—
**[17:56] Shiki**
**The Ring of the Nibelung *is an
epic performed over four nights.*
**[18:01] Shiki**
*The prelude is* The Rhinegold*.*
**[18:02] Shiki**
*The first night is* The Valkyrie*.*
**[18:04] Shiki**
*The second night is* Siegfried*...*
**[18:07] Mikuriya**
* Another word that originated from*
* Norse mythology is "Valkyrie"...*
**[18:11] Maruyama**
Oh? Is Mikuriya about to get his
first wrong answer of the day?
**[18:15] Shiki**
*The third night, the final
act, is* Twilight of the Gods*.*
**[18:19] Shiki**
* In the end, the final battle*
* between the gods and the giants*
**[18:21] Shiki**
*turns everything into a sea of fire,*
**[18:23] Shiki**
*and the world meets its end.*
***SIGN*** The World's End
**[18:27] Shiki**
The world's end...
***SIGN*** Twilight of the Gods
**[18:28] Shiki**
Twilight of the Gods...
***SIGN*** The day of the end...
**[18:30] Shiki**
The day of the end...
**[18:32] Shiki**
Ragnarok!
**[18:42] Niina**
Uh... That question won't be counted.
**[18:47] Gakuto**
I'm so sorry!
**[18:50] Gakuto**
We'll be more careful.
**[18:54] Gakuto**
Koshiyama, we're leaving.
**[18:57] Niina**
Oh, there's no need to go that far...
**[18:59] Gakuto**
No, that's the rule.
**[19:06] [SONG] Text**
Q: Made famous as the theme of Wagner's
*The Ring of the Nibelung*, what word from Norse
mythology signifies the end of the world
and means "Twilight of the Gods"?
**[19:07] Mikuriya**
Ragnarok was the correct answer, wasn't it?
***SIGN*** A: Ragnarok
**[19:09] Niina**
Yeah, it was.
**[19:11] Mikuriya**
*He arrived at the right answer before I did!*
**[19:15] Shiki**
Um... I'm sorry.
**[19:18] Gakuto**
It's my fault for not teaching
you the proper etiquette.
**[19:22] Shiki**
No, it's obvious to anyone that
I shouldn't have shouted the answer out.
**[19:26] Gakuto**
The only ones allowed to answer are
those who have earned the right to.
**[19:30] Gakuto**
Reacting in a way that
suggests you know the answer
**[19:33] Gakuto**
and pretending to press a buzzer
button are inappropriate.
**[19:36] Shiki**
I'm sorry.
**[19:38] Gakuto**
Do you want the right to answer?
**[19:40] Shiki**
Huh?
**[19:41] Gakuto**
If you do, improve your technique,
**[19:43] Gakuto**
store up more knowledge...
**[19:46] Gakuto**
and learn the ways of quiz bowl.
**[19:50] Gakuto**
Quiz bowl is more than just
showing off your knowledge.
**[19:53] Gakuto**
It includes many rules and strategies.
**[19:57] Gakuto**
Enjoying the game and competing to
win is what quiz bowl means to us.
**[20:02] Gakuto**
That's competitive quiz bowl.
**[20:07] Niina**
The King of the Newcomers is
Mikuriya-kun of Miyaura High School!
**[20:12] Gakuto**
Sounds like it's all over.
**[20:14] Shiki**
I wish I could've watched it to the end...
***SIGN*** Yukicchi
***SIGN*** It was such a happy surprise to see you today! I guess quiz bowl has kept us connected! We're in different high schools, but let's continue to hang out like we did in middle school! And good luck with your quiz bowl team! I'll do my best, too! Give my regards to the bookworm (lol) of Buzou High!
**[20:28] Inoue**
Well, I switch trains here.
**[20:30] Gakuto**
See you.
**[20:31] Mari**
Thanks for coming today!
**[20:33] Shiki**
* When I thought about quiz bowl,*
* what jumped into my head*
**[20:36] Shiki**
* was that it was a place where all kinds*
* of pointless trivia came in handy.*
**[20:41] Shiki**
* When I was able to predict the rest*
* of a question or buzz in first,*
**[20:46] Shiki**
*I really did feel happy. But more so...*
**[20:48] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun!
**[20:54] Shiki**
Mikuriya-kun?
**[20:55] Mari**
I guess he lives in this direction, too.
**[21:00] Mari**
You think he's in a bad mood?
**[21:04] Shiki**
* It must be because I put a*
* damper on his big competition.*
**[21:08] Mari**
Did you decide about joining our circle?
**[21:11] Mari**
After today, I realized that
I'm no good at this stuff at all.
**[21:15] Mari**
But I'll work hard. If I'm
going to play, I want to win.
**[21:19] Mari**
I want to make our circle really strong!
**[21:22] Mari**
And I think I need your help to do that.
**[21:28] Mari**
I want to do quiz bowl
with you, Koshiyama-kun.
**[21:35] Mari**
Well, I'm catching the bus now.
**[21:36] Mari**
See you at school. Bye-bye!
**[21:38] Shiki**
Bye... bye...
**[21:41] Mikuriya**
Co-ed schools must be nice.
**[21:43] Shiki**
M-Mikuriya-kun?!
**[21:50] Mikuriya**
The regular meet in June is up next.
**[21:53] Shiki**
Huh?
**[21:54] Mikuriya**
Revenge!
**[21:56] Mikuriya**
I'm telling you...
**[21:58] Mikuriya**
to do quiz bowl!
**[22:02] Mikuriya**
Do it!
**[22:10] Shiki**
*Seriously, why do all these people...*
**[22:13] Shiki**
*All these things I never had before,*
**[22:15] Shiki**
*things I never knew...*
**[22:19] Shiki**
*things like fun, happiness, frustration...*
**[22:23] Shiki**
* and being able to share*
* those things with others.*
**[22:30] Guy**
The season of high school quiz
bowl has come round again!
**[22:34] Guy**
High schoolers of Japan, start by pairing
up to enter the All Japan Championship!
***SIGN*** All Japan Championship
**[22:39] Shiki**
Pairing up?
**[22:40] Guy**
Any two students from the same school can
form a pair, even if they're in different grades.
**[22:44] Guy**
Of course, it can be a mixed pair, too.
**[22:46] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun, let's enter together!
**[22:49] Shiki**
H-Huh?! No, I'm not ready for
a real championship yet!
**[22:53] Shiki**
I'm not ready to be in a
mixed pairing, either!
**[22:56] Shiki**
There must be another step to take first...
**[22:57] Mikuriya**
I don't care how you do it.
Just do quiz bowl.
***SIGN*** Do quiz bowl!!
# 4 - A Mysterious Beauty Appears,
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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**[00:03] Mom**
Youth novels... and a how-to book?
**[00:05] Shiki**
Hey! Who said you could look at my books?
**[00:09] Mom**
Pitiful child...
**[00:12] Mom**
I can't let you read these, Shiki!
**[00:13] Mom**
If you want to debut as a new you in
high school, start with your looks!
**[00:16] Mom**
Here, untuck your shirt!
**[00:19] Shiki**
Whoa! H-Hey!
**[00:20] Mom**
Come on!
**[00:21] Shiki**
I-I'm going!
**[00:23] Mom**
Take care.
**[00:24] Mom**
If you want to get contacts,
see an eye doctor first!
**[00:27] Shiki**
*I'm not getting contacts!*
**[00:30] Shiki**
*That's not what I care about, Mom.*
**[00:33] Shiki**
*I, Koshiyama Shiki, age 15,*
**[00:35] Shiki**
*have learned of a new world.*
***SIGN*** Fastest
Finger
First
***SIGN*** Question 4: "A Mysterious Beauty Appears,"
**[02:09] Shiki**
*It started with the meet at the
welcome ceremony for new students,*
**[02:12] Shiki**
* and then there was the Four Schools*
* Quiz Meet at Sekigawata High School.*
**[02:16] Shiki**
* I'm sure I'll find yet another*
* new world at my next meet.*
**[02:19] Shiki**
*I can't help feeling that way!*
**[02:21] (Flashback) Mari**
I want to do quiz bowl
with you, Koshiyama-kun.
**[02:24] (Flashback) Mikuriya**
I'm telling you...
**[02:26] (Flashback) Mikuriya**
to do quiz bowl!
**[02:28] Shiki**
*After being asked so enthusiastically,*
**[02:30] Shiki**
*what choice do I have?*
**[02:34] Driver**
Watch it!
**[02:40] Shiki**
*H-How could I get so giddy?*
**[02:45] Shiki**
*Is that...*
**[02:46] Shiki**
*Fukami-san?*
**[02:48] [SONG] Text**
Pedestrians
and Bicycles
Only
**[02:48] Shiki**
*The friend manual, step 1:*
**[02:50] Shiki**
*Start with a greeting.*
**[02:52] Shiki**
G-Good morning!
**[02:55] Mari**
Oh, Koshiyama-kun.
**[02:58] Mari**
Wait!
**[03:00] Mari**
Can I ride on the back?
**[03:02] Shiki**
Huh?
**[03:03] Shiki**
*Isn't this a bit too big of a step forward?*
**[03:06] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun, go faster! We'll be late!
**[03:09] Shiki**
Eh... buh... heavy...
**[03:12] Mari**
Heavy?
**[03:18] Shiki**
*Wh-What?*
**[03:20] Mari**
You're so light, Koshiyama-kun!
**[03:23] Shiki**
*Isn't this... wrong?*
**[03:26] Mari**
Morning!
**[03:27] Girl**
Mor... Huh?
**[03:31] Shiki**
*We totally stand out!*
**[03:32] Mari**
Oh, it's Sasajima-senpai.
**[03:34] Mari**
Good morning!
**[03:35] Shiki**
M-Morning...
**[03:38] Gakuto**
Hey, morning.
**[03:47] Mari**
Did you see that?
**[03:48] Shiki**
Yeah.
**[03:49] Inoue**
Th-The quiz circle's president
is riding with a cute girl?!
**[03:55] Inoue**
And you guys, too?!
**[04:01] Abe**
Koshiyama-kun!
**[04:04] Abe**
Morning!
**[04:05] Shiki**
Uh... M-Morning...
**[04:08] Abe**
Is that what the Quiz Bowl Circle's about?
**[04:10] Abe**
Does joining it make you
a hit with the girls?
**[04:13] Abe**
And what about that quiz
meet thing? How'd it go?
**[04:16] Suzuki**
That was a pretty bold invitation
they gave you last week.
**[04:18] Shiki**
*Are they interested in quiz bowl?*
**[04:21] Abe**
The best clubs are the co-ed ones, for sure.
**[04:24] Suzuki**
Just join the quiz circle!
**[04:25] Abe**
No way. I'm not that smart.
**[04:27] Abe**
You join it.
**[04:28] Suzuki**
I'm not joining a club that
makes me use my head!
**[04:29] Shiki**
*Yeah, I guess not.*
**[04:31] Mari**
You're right. Quiz bowl isn't
something any idiot can do.
**[04:35] Both**
Huh?
**[04:36] Shiki**
F-Fukami-san?
**[04:38] Mari**
You've gotta be a *big* idiot!
***SIGN*** Big Idiot
***SIGN*** Library
**[04:44] Mari**
I just get so weird when
it comes to quiz bowl.
**[04:48] Mari**
People already think I'm some weird
girl who's into quiz bowl...
**[04:52] Shiki**
*She did realize it, then?*
**[04:54] Mari**
Does being around me make
you feel embarrassed, too?
**[04:59] Mari**
Why else would you eat lunch in here?
**[05:02] Shiki**
*Actually, I've always eaten in here...*
**[05:06] Shiki**
* In truth, I should've said*
* something back to them.*
**[05:10] Mari**
Sorry for interrupting your lunch.
**[05:15] Shiki**
* I can't think of anything*
* to say to her, even now.*
**[05:21] Shiki**
Actually, after school...
**[05:24] Shiki**
I thought I'd check out
the quiz circle, too.
**[05:28] Mari**
Okay. I'll be waiting.
**[05:31] Shiki**
*She smiled...*
**[05:35] Shiki**
*A-All right!*
***SIGN*** Small Classroom B
**[05:39] Both**
Class 1-D!
**[05:41] Shiki**
Koshiyama Shiki!
**[05:42] Inoue**
Inoue Daisuke!
**[05:43] Both**
Thanks for having us!
**[05:46] Gakuto**
So you're here.
**[05:47] Mari**
Thanks for coming!
**[05:49] Inoue**
So you're gonna join, too?
**[05:51] Shiki**
I could ask you the same.
**[05:53] Inoue**
I'm glad you asked!
**[05:55] Shiki**
Uh, I didn't...
**[05:56] Inoue**
"I want to do quiz bowl
with you, Inoue-kun."
**[05:59] Inoue**
What man could turn down
a request like that?!
**[06:03] Gakuto**
So now we have four members?
**[06:05] Mari**
One more until we're promoted to a club!
**[06:08] Gakuto**
Well, now that our new
members are with us...
**[06:11] Gakuto**
I believe the quiz meet at
Sekigawata gave you a taste,
**[06:15] Gakuto**
but do you have any questions?
**[06:17] Shiki**
*Questions...*
**[06:19] Shiki**
* What's your relationship to*
* that girl from this morning?*
**[06:22] Mari**
I do.
**[06:23] Shiki**
*You're gonna ask?!*
**[06:24] Gakuto**
Fukami-kun.
**[06:27] Mari**
How can we win in quiz bowl?
**[06:32] Inoue**
That's just like Fukami-san.
**[06:34] Gakuto**
"Win," eh?
**[06:37] Gakuto**
You can't.
**[06:39] Gakuto**
There's no need for quiz bowl
that you play only to win.
**[06:42] Mari**
What does that mean?
**[06:44] Mari**
Isn't winning by getting the right answers
what competitive quiz bowl is about?
**[06:49] Gakuto**
Yes, the nature of competition is
to determine a winner and a loser.
**[06:52] Gakuto**
Fukami-kun, do you like quiz bowl?
**[06:55] Mari**
Of course.
**[06:56] Gakuto**
Then why concern yourself
with winning or losing?
**[07:02] Shiki**
*This is kind of unexpected.*
**[07:03] Shiki**
* As passionate as Sasajima-senpai*
* is about quiz bowl,*
**[07:06] Shiki**
*I thought he'd be determined to win.*
**[07:12] Mari**
I love it. That's why I don't want to lose.
**[07:14] Gakuto**
I see. Then let me rephrase that.
**[07:18] Gakuto**
You three don't yet need quiz
bowl that's only about winning!
**[07:22] Gakuto**
Before you worry about winning and losing,
**[07:23] Gakuto**
you first need to learn the
true nature of quiz bowl!
**[07:27] Gakuto**
What sort of quiz bowl do you want to play?
**[07:29] Gakuto**
What will you strive for?
**[07:30] Gakuto**
How should you learn with all that in mind?
**[07:32] Gakuto**
It's all up to you!
**[07:35] Gakuto**
Of course, that goes for me, too.
**[07:39] Shiki**
*Me?*
**[07:41] Shiki**
*The kind of quiz bowl I want to play...*
**[07:44] Shiki**
I...
**[07:46] Shiki**
Before I worry about defeating others,
I want to defeat quiz bowl itself.
**[07:51] Mari**
Quiz bowl itself?
**[07:54] Shiki**
I'm a complete beginner who
knows nothing about quiz bowl.
**[07:58] Shiki**
Being unable to answer
when I know the question
**[08:01] Shiki**
and answering wrong make me frustrated.
**[08:03] Shiki**
I want to remember questions I answered
wrong so I can get them right next time.
**[08:07] Shiki**
It's just like you said, Fukami-san.
**[08:09] Shiki**
After I got a correct answer like that,
**[08:12] Shiki**
I want to learn more about quiz bowl,
**[08:14] Shiki**
and I want to answer more questions.
**[08:17] Shiki**
I want to give correct answers.
**[08:20] Shiki**
That's... what I think.
**[08:23] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun...
**[08:25] Inoue**
Well, it's true that we don't know
any classic questions or anything.
**[08:29] Inoue**
I couldn't do a thing when they asked those.
**[08:31] Shiki**
Y-Yeah, exactly!
**[08:33] Mari**
Classics...
**[08:34] Mari**
Senpai, do we still have these?
**[08:36] Gakuto**
Of course.
**[08:38] Gakuto**
This is a set of 300 class
questions that I chose.
**[08:41] Shiki**
The most common questions, right?
**[08:43] Mari**
I think they're just the
right level for beginners.
***SIGN*** Quiz Bowl
Circle
***SIGN*** 300 Classic Questions
**[08:46] Gakuto**
Let me be clear that simply memorizing
all these is not the answer.
**[08:50] Gakuto**
You need to understand the
structure of the questions
**[08:52] Gakuto**
and become accustomed to
how they're introduced.
**[08:54] Shiki**
Structure?
**[08:55] Inoue**
Introduced?
**[08:57] Gakuto**
You want to know?
**[08:58] Both**
Yes!
**[08:59] Gakuto**
There are several ways to
categorize quiz bowl questions.
**[09:03] Gakuto**
One of them is "straight or parallel."
**[09:08] Shiki**
Straight or parallel?
**[09:10] Gakuto**
The most standard format is
the "straight question."
**[09:13] Gakuto**
They begin with a subtle hint,
**[09:15] Gakuto**
and the range of possible answers
becomes increasingly smaller.
**[09:20] Gakuto**
Maybe that's too complicated for beginners.
**[09:22] Gakuto**
Then you will learn the basics of quiz bowl
**[09:24] Gakuto**
through a fastest finger challenge!
**[09:26] All**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** Whipping Up 300 Questions
***SIGN*** Ba-dum Ba-dum
**[09:33] Inoue**
So... what is this?
**[09:35] Gakuto**
A calculator.
**[09:36] Mari**
We can see that.
**[09:38] Gakuto**
Each of you, put a finger on
it and press at the same time.
**[09:41] Shiki**
943?
**[09:43] Inoue**
Oh, I get it.
**[09:44] Inoue**
This will tell us who "buzzed in" first.
**[09:47] Three**
Wait, don't we have buzzers?
**[09:49] Gakuto**
No.
**[09:50] Shiki**
But what about the ones
at the welcome ceremony?
**[09:52] Gakuto**
I rented those.
**[09:55] Gakuto**
I was really on edge when you pounded
on your button that one time.
**[09:59] Gakuto**
Aside from being rentals,
those things are expensive!
**[10:02] Mari**
How much would it cost to buy a set?
**[10:04] Gakuto**
There are a few different
ways to acquire them,
**[10:06] Gakuto**
but if you purchase them
through proper channels...
***SIGN*** Control Box
***SIGN*** 4 Buzzers
**[10:09] Gakuto**
A complete set would be 50,000...
No, some run as high as 100,000 yen.
**[10:14] Three**
A hundred—
**[10:15] Inoue**
Couldn't we get a used set somewhere?
**[10:17] Gakuto**
I'm looking for one now.
**[10:19] Gakuto**
Let's begin.
**[10:20] Three**
Okay.
**[10:23] Gakuto**
Question.
**[10:24] Gakuto**
The three great festivals of Kyoto are
**[10:26] Gakuto**
May's Hollyhock Festival, July's Gion Festival,
and October's Festival of what?
**[10:32] Mari**
Nine's first. That's me!
**[10:34] Mari**
Festival of Ages.
**[10:35] Gakuto**
Correct.
**[10:36] Mari**
Yes!
***SIGN*** Basic Question Structures Straight or Parallel Numerated Format
**[10:37] Gakuto**
This type of question is
known as "numerated format."
***SIGN*** Q: The three elements of music are melody, rhythm, and what? [Harmony]
***SIGN*** Q: The three great festivals of Kyoto are May's Hollyhock Festival, July's Gion Festival, and October's Festival of what? [Festival of Ages]
**[10:40] Gakuto**
The three elements of music and the three
obligations of all citizens fit this category.
**[10:45] Mari**
The first syllable of the second item in
the list is the determining point, right?
**[10:49] Inoue**
Oh...
**[10:49] Gakuto**
Next question.
**[10:52] Gakuto**
French for "flash of lightning,"
**[10:54] Gakuto**
a long, thin pastry topped with
chocolate is known by what name?
**[10:58] Mari**
Yes! It's me!
**[10:59] Mari**
Éclair!
***SIGN*** Basic Question Structures Straight or Parallel Numerated Format Foreign Language
**[11:00] Gakuto**
Correct.
**[11:01] Gakuto**
This is a "foreign language question"
in which you must give the word
**[11:04] Gakuto**
based on its original meaning.
***SIGN*** Q: Italian for "in the manner of the chapel," music with no instrumental accompaniment is known by what name? [A Capella]
***SIGN*** Q: French for "flash of lightning," a long, thin pastry topped with chocolate is known by what name? [Éclair]
**[11:06] Gakuto**
These are Fukami-kun's specialty.
**[11:08] Mari**
Yeah!
**[11:08] Gakuto**
Question.
**[11:10] Gakuto**
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one
morning out of restless dreams"
**[11:14] Gakuto**
is the opening line of which
novel by Franz Kafka?
**[11:19] Shiki**
Yes! It's me!
**[11:20] Inoue**
Damn it, Koshiyama!
You pulled the calculator to you!
**[11:22] Shiki**
No, I didn't!
**[11:24] Mari**
Don't call it a calculator!
**[11:25] Gakuto**
Koshiyama.
**[11:26] Shiki**
The answer is *The Metamorphosis*.
***SIGN*** Basic Question Structures Straight or Parallel Numerated Format Foreign Language First Line
**[11:28] Gakuto**
Correct.
**[11:29] Gakuto**
Novels with memorable first lines
unlike those of other works
**[11:33] Gakuto**
are often the subject of
"first line questions."
***SIGN*** Q: "Because of a hereditary recklessness, I have been playing always a losing game since my childhood" is the first line of which Natsume Soseki novel? [Botchan]
**[11:35] Shiki**
Like *Das Gemeine*, too?
***SIGN*** Q: "I fell in love. This was something new." is the first line of which literary work by Dazai Osamu? [Das Gemeine]
**[11:36] Gakuto**
Yes.
**[11:37] Inoue**
I don't know any of this stuff.
**[11:39] Inoue**
Aren't there any that work for me?
**[11:41] Gakuto**
And in addition to these types of
straight questions, there's this.
***SIGN*** Parallel
**[11:46] Shiki**
Parallel...
***SIGN*** The 19th century musician known as the "magician of the piano" was Liszt, while the one known as the "poet of the piano" was whom? [Chopin]
***SIGN*** The nation with the largest land area is Russia, and the nation with the smallest land area is which? [Vatican City]
**[11:47] Gakuto**
Questions in which the first and second half
**[11:49] Gakuto**
are connected by words
such as "and" or "while,"
**[11:52] Gakuto**
where the question asked is something
different from that given the first half
**[11:54] Gakuto**
are called "parallel questions."
**[11:57] Shiki**
I've struggled with those a lot...
**[11:59] Gakuto**
Question.
**[12:00] Gakuto**
In anime "CV," the abbreviation used for voice actors, "C" stands for "character,"
**[12:05] Gakuto**
and "V" stands for what?
**[12:07] Inoue**
Yes!
**[12:08] Inoue**
This is the one I got before!
**[12:10] Inoue**
Voice!
**[12:11] Gakuto**
Correct.
**[12:12] Inoue**
Score!
**[12:13] Gakuto**
Parallel questions can have
complicated structures, so be alert.
**[12:17] Inoue**
Memorizing structures using
classic questions, huh?
**[12:20] Shiki**
So even if we encounter a
question that isn't so common,
**[12:22] Shiki**
we can make use of this.
**[12:24] Gakuto**
Of course, memorizing the classics
themselves is highly worthwhile, too.
***SIGN*** Q: When asked, "Why climb the mountain?", which English mountaineer answered, "Because it's there"? A: George Mallory
**[12:28] Gakuto**
Some of them, like "why climb,"
have become fixed questions themselves.
**[12:33] Inoue**
Fixed questions?
**[12:34] Gakuto**
Even among the classics,
**[12:36] Gakuto**
questions whose wording
remains constant every time
**[12:39] Gakuto**
flow naturally, giving neither too
much nor too little information.
**[12:42] Gakuto**
You could say they are among the most
complete questions in quiz bowl.
**[12:45] Shiki**
I get it. Complete, huh?
**[12:47] Shiki**
Yeah, it does seem like a lot of classic
questions draw interest to themselves.
**[12:52] Mari**
I know what you mean!
They seem hard at first,
**[12:55] Mari**
but you've actually learned them in
school or as some bit of trivia!
**[12:59] Gakuto**
Exactly.
**[13:01] Gakuto**
Questions that can draw the
interest of those answering
**[13:04] Gakuto**
survive through the ages without
ever being weeded out.
**[13:08] Gakuto**
Since they're asked all the
time, everyone knows them.
**[13:10] Gakuto**
And since everyone knows them,
they're asked all the time.
**[13:13] Gakuto**
That repetition makes them classics.
**[13:16] Gakuto**
You could say that classic questions
carry the very history of quiz bowl!
**[13:21] Inoue**
Classic questions are awesome!
**[13:23] Shiki**
I feel like I've had a glimpse of history
along with quiz players' love for quiz bowl!
**[13:29] Mari**
Senpai, give us the next question!
**[13:31] Inoue**
Make it one about idols, my best subject!
**[13:33] Shiki**
Some history and literature, too!
**[13:35] Three**
Please!
***SIGN*** Haruki Academy High School
**[13:38] Konoe**
Buzou High School? Where's that?
**[13:41] Shibata**
It's a regular prefectural
high school in Saitama.
**[13:44] Shibata**
Apparently they have a quiz bowl team now,
**[13:46] Shibata**
and the guy who started it is...
**[13:49] Konoe**
What? Who?
***SIGN*** Applying for English Level 2 Certification Classes
**[13:50] Shibata**
Get this. It's Sasajima Gakuto!
**[13:55] Konoe**
Seriously? What's he doing at
a prefectural school, anyway?
**[13:58] Shibata**
No idea...
**[14:00] Shibata**
What? You curious?
**[14:04] Konoe**
Hey, don't ignore us, Fukami!
**[14:09] Chiaki**
All right, everyone.
**[14:10] Chiaki**
Today is our club's review meeting.
***SIGN*** Press button for service
**[14:12] Chiaki**
Have you decided what to order?
**[14:14] All**
Yes.
**[14:16] Chiaki**
Then go ahead.
**[14:18] Yuki**
Yes!
**[14:19] Kenmochi**
Lost again...
**[14:21] Kogawa**
I think the button was a little
closer to Kouzuki-san that time.
**[14:25] Chiaki**
I only wish you could buzz in so decisively
in actual meets, Kouzuki-san.
**[14:31] Chiaki**
You as well, Kenmochi-san and Kogawa-san.
**[14:33] Chiaki**
Move more lightly, using your full bodies.
**[14:35] Chiaki**
Buzzing in is a sport.
**[14:37] Both**
Right.
**[14:37] Chiaki**
Why the listless responses?
**[14:40] Chiaki**
As one of the few quiz bowl teams
from an all girls' school,
**[14:43] Chiaki**
and as students of Asagaoka,
**[14:45] Chiaki**
we should act in a way that
doesn't bring shame upon us.
**[14:46] Yuki**
*Here she goes again.*
**[14:47] Chiaki**
Last week's meet at Sekigawata
should have been very inspiring.
**[14:52] Yuki**
I guess the one to keep an eye
on is Mikuriya-kun from Miyaura.
***SIGN*** Mikuriya
**[14:56] Chiaki**
That's right.
**[14:57] Chiaki**
He possesses a great deal of talent,
**[15:00] Chiaki**
and he can't stand losing.
***SIGN*** Sasaki
**[15:02] Chiaki**
But one mustn't overlook Sasaki-kun,
**[15:04] Chiaki**
the middle school first-year from Sekigawata.
**[15:06] Kenmochi**
I thought Sekigawata's club
president was amazing.
**[15:09] Yuki**
Huh?
**[15:10] Kenmochi**
Watching him look out for his junior
was like watching two close brothers.
***SIGN*** Niina
***SIGN*** Sasaki
**[15:14] Kenmochi**
It was such a soothing sight.
**[15:15] Yuki**
Did that happen?
**[15:17] Chiaki**
How naïve of you.
**[15:19] Chiaki**
I suppose you beginners don't know it yet,
***SIGN*** Ashiya
***SIGN*** Niina
**[15:22] Chiaki**
but Niina of Sekigawata has a
partner at Miyaura named Ashiya.
**[15:26] Chiaki**
they've been buddies since
they were first-years.
**[15:29] Kenmochi**
Nii x Ashi, then?
**[15:30] Kogawa**
Really? Them?
**[15:32] Kogawa**
I think Inoue-kun from Buzou
is a well-kept secret, though!
**[15:36] Kenmochi**
There it is! You have such
strong taste, Kogawa-senpai!
**[15:39] Kogawa**
Really?
**[15:40] Kenmochi**
Better run, Inoue-kun!
**[15:42] Chiaki**
You're both naïve.
**[15:43] Yuki**
*I want to go home...*
**[15:43] Chiaki**
What makes one great is the ability to make
a tasty dish out of any ingredients.
**[15:46] Both**
Well said!
***SIGN*** Maririn
***SIGN*** There's something I want to talk to you about...
**[15:48] Chiaki**
Let's all work hard.
**[15:49] Both**
Yeah!
**[15:51] Yuki**
Maririn!
**[15:54] Mari**
Yukicchi!
**[15:56] Yuki**
You really had me worried
at that last quiz meet.
**[15:59] Yuki**
You kept glaring at me in the beginning.
**[16:01] Yuki**
I thought you saw me as an enemy.
**[16:02] Mari**
Not at all. Just as a rival.
**[16:05] Mari**
You're smarter than me, after all,
**[16:07] Mari**
and you went off to Asagaoka without me.
**[16:10] Yuki**
You failed because you focused too much
on quiz bowl and not enough on studying.
**[16:15] Yuki**
I feel better now, though.
**[16:16] Yuki**
You seem to be having a good time at Buzou.
**[16:19] Mari**
Yeah. Koshiyama-kun and Inoue-kun
both joined our quiz bowl circle.
**[16:24] Yuki**
With a quiz nut like you next to
them, anyone would be inspired.
**[16:28] Mari**
A "nut"? Come on...
**[16:31] Yuki**
I had a great time in middle
school because of that.
**[16:34] Mari**
Yukicchi...
**[16:35] Yuki**
Hey, didn't you say you
wanted to ask me something?
**[16:39] Mari**
Oh, yeah.
**[16:40] Mari**
Yukicchi, you don't have any
extra buzzer sets, do you?
**[16:45] Yuki**
A calculator?!
**[16:46] Yuki**
A calculator!
**[16:49] Mari**
You use real buzzers at Asagaoka, right?
**[16:52] Yuki**
Yeah, but we don't have enough to lend out.
**[16:55] Mari**
They cost 100,000 yen, huh?
**[16:57] Yuki**
Are they really that expensive?
**[16:59] Mari**
Maybe I'll get a part-time job.
**[17:01] Yuki**
A job? Good idea!
That could really broaden your horizons!
**[17:04] Mari**
My horizons?
**[17:05] Yuki**
Well, Asagaoka is a mission
school, you know?
**[17:09] Yuki**
So we get a lot of religious knowledge
in our day-to-day school lives.
***SIGN*** Q: A tool consisting of a string of beads with a cross on it, used by Catholics when praying, is known by what name?
Q: In Catholicism, the one who gives a newly baptized follower their "Christian name" is known by what title?
Q: In Christianity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are known by what collective name?
Q: Jesus Christ was crucified in Jerusalem, on a hill known by what name?
Q: In the New Testament, the Virgin Mary was informed that she would give birth to the Christ by an angel named what?
**[17:14] Yuki**
Knowledge you pick up in your daily
life tends to stick with you.
**[17:19] Mari**
Gaining knowledge by working, huh?
**[17:21] Mari**
That could work!
**[17:22] Yuki**
Right?
**[17:31] Shiki**
*This place really calms my mind.*
**[17:33] Shiki**
* I might have underestimated classic*
* questions a bit at first.*
**[17:38] Shiki**
*But the classics have their own appeal.*
**[17:41] Shiki**
* And even though I knew there'd be*
* questions that I know the answers to,*
**[17:45] Shiki**
* I still got really into the*
* race to hit the calculator—*
**[17:47] Shiki**
*I mean, the buzzer first.*
**[17:50] Shiki**
* When it's a genre I like,*
* I want to answer even more.*
**[17:53] (Flashback) Mikuriya**
The regular meet in June is up next.
**[17:56] (Flashback) Mikuriya**
Revenge!
**[17:58] Shiki**
What's a regular meet?
**[18:00] Shiki**
I'll ask Sasajima-senpai next
time the circle gets together.
**[18:05] Shiki**
What? What's that?
**[18:13] Jinko**
Smells... good...
**[18:22] Jinko**
You're such a nice guy,
**[18:24] Jinko**
sharin' half of your lunch with me!
**[18:27] Shiki**
Luckily, I hadn't touched that part
yet, so it should be clean...
**[18:32] Jinko**
No worries!
**[18:33] Shiki**
* First a girl trips in front of me*
* with her panties in plain sight,*
**[18:37] Shiki**
* and now a girl passes out*
* starving in front of me...*
**[18:39] Shiki**
* Isn't a library supposed to*
* be a more peaceful place?*
**[18:43] Jinko**
Really, thanks so much.
**[18:45] Jinko**
I'll repay this debt to ya someday.
**[18:48] Shiki**
That's okay. I always have
about half left over anyway.
**[18:51] Jinko**
Really? You're some light eater.
**[18:53] Jinko**
You'll never grow big an' tall that way.
**[18:56] Shiki**
* Come to think of it, she*
* looks familiar somehow...*
**[19:00] Jinko**
Anyway, why're ya eatin' your
lunch in a weird place like this?
**[19:05] Shiki**
B-Because I like books?
**[19:07] Jinko**
Huh... And what's that?
**[19:10] Shiki**
It's a collection of quiz bowl questions.
**[19:11] Jinko**
Quiz bowl?
**[19:12] Jinko**
Oh! You're the *Das Gemeine* kid
from the welcome ceremony!
**[19:17] Shiki**
*Someone I don't know knows who I am!*
**[19:21] Jinko**
Yep, it's good to have
somethin' ya like to do.
**[19:24] Jinko**
I got too wrapped up in my hobby and
spent all my lunch money on it.
***SIGN*** Sequential Control Circuits
**[19:30] Jinko**
Gettin' all the tools and
stuff costs quite a bit.
**[19:33] Shiki**
Oh, so that's why you were starv—
**[19:34] Jinko**
Gotcha!
**[19:42] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun?
**[19:45] Shiki**
F-Fukami-san!
**[19:47] Jinko**
Whozzat?
**[19:50] Inoue**
There you are. Is this all—
**[19:52] Inoue**
Koshiyama?! You're—
**[19:54] Shiki**
U-Uh, look, this is...
**[19:57] Jinko**
Water!
**[20:00] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun, you know that girl?
**[20:04] Mari**
That's the girl who was with
Sasajima-senpai, right?
**[20:07] Shiki**
Oh!
**[20:09] Mari**
Your lunch...
**[20:10] Mari**
That girl was eating your lunch?
**[20:12] Shiki**
Th-That was because she passed out
from hunger in front of me...
**[20:16] Shiki**
So I gave her half...
**[20:17] Mari**
I haven't even eaten your lunch yet!
**[20:19] Shiki**
Huh? What does that mean?
**[20:23] Mari**
Wait, what did I mean by that?
**[20:27] Inoue**
Koshiyama!
**[20:28] Inoue**
Why do you get all the girls?!
**[20:30] Shiki**
Wait, it's not like that!
**[20:34] Inoue**
This is not fair!
**[20:41] Shiki**
Huh? You're kidding!
Lunch is over already?
**[20:43] Shiki**
That girl isn't back yet...
***SIGN*** Sequential Control Circuits Practical Applications
**[20:46] Shiki**
And she left her book here...
**[20:48] Shiki**
Um...
**[20:50] Shiki**
*And Inoue won't stop crying...*
**[20:55] Shiki**
*I guess this is what youth is!*
**[22:30] Guy**
Of the quiz question
patterns we learned today,
***SIGN*** Parallel Questions
**[22:33] Guy**
parallel questions are a format
with particular strategic value.
**[22:37] Guy**
Let's give it a try right now!
**[22:39] Both**
Right!
**[22:40] Guy**
Question.
**[22:41] Guy**
A miniskirt, worn with knee-high socks,
**[22:45] Guy**
leaves a visible patch of thighs
known as "absolute territory,"
***SIGN*** Absolute Territory
**[22:49] Guy**
while the area behind Sasajima-kun's
glasses is called what?
**[22:52] Shiki**
Huh?! Um, um...
**[22:54] Gakuto**
Buzz. Time's up.
**[22:56] Gakuto**
The answer is "invisible territory."
***SIGN*** Invisible Territory
**[22:58] Inoue**
Like we'd know that!
# 5 - Buzou vs Miyaura! Ding!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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**[00:01] Teacher**
We know that Akutagawa Ryuunosuke,
**[00:03] Teacher**
who looked up to Natsume
Soseki as his mentor,
**[00:06] Teacher**
is considered the greatest short story
author in modern Japanese literature...
***SIGN*** Sequential Control
Circuits
Practical
Applications
**[00:08] Shiki**
*Just who was that girl, anyway?*
**[00:17] Shiki**
* I took the book she left behind because it*
* looked like it was hers, not a library book,*
***SIGN*** Quiz Bowl Buzzer Lamp Circuits
**[00:22] Shiki**
* but these marked pages*
* have piqued my curiosity.*
**[00:25] Shiki**
*Is she involved in quiz bowl, too?*
**[00:28] Teacher**
Koshiyama.
**[00:30] Teacher**
Koshiyama!
**[00:31] Shiki**
Uh, yes, sir!
**[00:32] Teacher**
Are you listening?
**[00:33] Shiki**
U-Uh, yes, sir.
**[00:35] Teacher**
Then, briefly explain the signature qualities
of Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's works.
**[00:39] Shiki**
R-Right...
**[00:42] Shiki**
* "Briefly explain"? How vague*
* an instruction can you get?*
**[00:46] Shiki**
* Is he talking about how most of*
* Akutagawa's works are based on classics?*
**[00:51] Shiki**
* No, they had deep roots in Western*
* literature of the time, too...*
**[00:56] Teacher**
What's the problem, Koshiyama?
**[00:58] Shiki**
* I'm just not good at organizing my*
* thoughts and putting them into words.*
**[01:03] Shiki**
* If you'd asked a more specific question,*
* I could have answered it easily...*
**[01:07] Teacher**
See? This is what happens when
you don't listen in class!
**[01:11] Shiki**
No, I do know!
**[01:13] Shiki**
*Yeah, for example...*
**[01:15] Shiki**
If you phrased it more
like a quiz bowl question...
**[01:18] Inoue**
That idiot.
**[01:21] Teacher**
Do you think this is a joke?!
**[01:22] Shiki**
I-I'm sorry!
***SIGN*** Question 5: "Buzou vs Miyaura! Ding!"
**[02:56] Jinko**
Gone!
**[02:57] Jinko**
Gone!
**[02:57] Jinko**
Gone!
**[02:58] Jinko**
Gone...
**[02:59] Jinko**
My prized book...
**[03:01] Jinko**
Did that kid who shared his
lunch with me pick it up?
**[03:05] Jinko**
Wonder if he's still at school...
**[03:07] Girl**
Marina, where are we going again?
**[03:09] Girl**
The roof for voice projection practice.
**[03:12] Kuroda**
What was that you said about quiz bowl?
**[03:14] Kuroda**
You're hilarious, man.
**[03:16] Shiki**
Er... I, uh...
**[03:18] Kuroda**
Are you so buddy-buddy with Fukami Mari
that she influences you that much?
**[03:23] Shiki**
It's no laughing matter.
**[03:25] Shiki**
Why did I say that?
**[03:26] Inoue**
Seriously, you're so embarrassing!
**[03:29] Inoue**
You're just making trouble for quiz bowl
circle members like Fukami-san and me!
**[03:33] Kuroda**
What, you're in the quiz bowl circle, too?
**[03:35] Inoue**
That's right! Just like Fukami-san!
**[03:38] Inoue**
And I'm the class librarian,
just like Fukami-san, too!
**[03:41] Inoue**
So he's not the one who's
buddy-buddy with Fukami-san—
**[03:43] Kuroda**
Anyway, I should get to practice.
**[03:45] Inoue**
He wasn't even listening...
**[03:47] Mari**
Hey, you're both still in here!
**[03:50] Mari**
Let's get to quiz bowl!
**[03:52] Mari**
Today, we have...
**[03:54] Mari**
...a joint practice with another
school's quiz team!
**[03:57] Shiki**
Joint practice?
**[03:59] Inoue**
Which school?
**[04:00] Mari**
I haven't heard which one it is,
**[04:02] Mari**
but isn't it exciting?
**[04:03] Inoue**
Maybe it's Asagaoka Girls' High School?
**[04:06] Shiki**
Um, you two go on ahead.
**[04:09] Shiki**
I'm gonna stop by the faculty office.
**[04:11] Mari**
Roger! We'll be waiting
for you, Koshiyama-kun!
**[04:15] Shiki**
* Fukami-san really perks up when*
* there's any mention of quiz bowl.*
**[04:20] Shiki**
*Though, I guess I can't talk...*
**[04:23] Shiki**
* Am I going to think of everything*
* in terms of quiz bowl soon, too?*
**[04:28] Shiki**
*Quiz bowl is scary...*
**[04:31] Shiki**
* Joint practice, huh? I wonder*
* which school they're coming from.*
**[04:36] Guy**
"Small Classroom B"?
**[04:38] Guy**
Where's B?
**[04:40] Guy**
Dunno.
**[04:40] Mikuriya**
It's the room your quiz team uses.
**[04:43] Guy**
"Quiz team"? Does he mean
the quiz bowl circle?
**[04:45] Guy**
That's actually active?
**[04:48] Mikuriya**
Uh, never mind. Thanks.
**[04:51] Mikuriya**
I guess quiz teams aren't that
well-known at any school.
**[04:54] Mikuriya**
* Ours is a little more*
* recognized than that, though.*
**[04:57] Mikuriya**
* I should've told them to wait for me*
* when I went to the bathroom.*
**[05:00] Shiki**
Pardon me.
***SIGN*** There he is!
**[05:03] Mikuriya**
R-Ragnarok!
**[05:05] Shiki**
M-Mikuriya-kun! Why are you here?
**[05:07] Shiki**
Oh... The joint practice?
**[05:09] Mikuriya**
Yes! Hurry up and show me
where "Small Classroom B" is!
**[05:13] Shiki**
S-Sure...
**[05:14] Mikuriya**
What's going on with your
school's quiz team, anyway?
**[05:18] Mikuriya**
No one even knows about it.
**[05:22] Shiki**
*So the school was Miyaura?*
**[05:24] Shiki**
* Well, I guess they're only*
* in the next town over.*
**[05:26] Shiki**
* Does this mean I'll get to see*
* Mikuriya-kun's super fast buzzing again?*
**[05:31] Shiki**
*I can't wait!*
**[05:32] Shiki**
* Wait, we use a calculator!*
* What're we gonna do?!*
**[05:35] Mikuriya**
*What's with this guy?*
***SIGN*** Small Classroom B
**[05:39] Mikuriya**
Yo. Sorry I'm late.
**[05:42] Ashiya**
Hey, Mikuriya. That was
a long bathroom break.
**[05:44] Mikuriya**
I got lost!
**[05:47] Gakuto**
It appears everyone's here now.
**[05:49] Ashiya**
As requested, these are our new members.
**[05:52] Ashiya**
Maruyama.
**[05:53] Ashiya**
Mukai.
**[05:54] Ashiya**
Kiyosumi.
**[05:55] Ashiya**
Mikuriya.
**[05:56] Ashiya**
Also...
**[05:58] All**
Wow!
**[05:59] Mari**
Look! Real buzzers!
**[06:00] Inoue**
It's not a calculator!
**[06:02] Shiki**
It's so cool to see real buzzers!
**[06:03] Ashiya**
Uh, *that's* what grabs you?
**[06:06] Gakuto**
I will now announce today's quiz rules.
**[06:11] Gakuto**
No one's listening...
**[06:13] Ashiya**
Well, buzzer systems are of primary
concern to every new quiz team.
**[06:17] Ashiya**
They're not sold just anywhere,
**[06:19] Ashiya**
and not every school has a set that's
been passed down through years like ours.
**[06:23] Gakuto**
That's true.
**[06:25] Gakuto**
All I have is...
**[06:27] Gakuto**
this single button.
**[06:30] Mari**
Huh? Why do you have just that one?
**[06:32] Shiki**
Wow, a white button...
**[06:35] Gakuto**
Someone gave me this a long time ago...
**[06:38] Gakuto**
But it's missing its cord. It's broken.
**[06:41] Gakuto**
I only keep it, out of sight like this,
***SIGN*** Click
Click
**[06:44] Gakuto**
to keep myself familiar with the
feel of the button on a daily basis.
***SIGN*** Click
Click
**[06:47] Inoue**
*Yikes...*
**[06:47] Shiki**
*Scary...*
**[06:49] Mari**
That's so cool!
**[06:50] Both**
*That's cool?!*
**[06:52] Mikuriya**
Anyway, aren't we gonna some quizzing?
**[06:55] Mikuriya**
It'll be dark soon.
**[06:57] Gakuto**
All right, let's move the desks.
**[07:01] Gakuto**
Today, we'll have a team match
between the two schools.
**[07:06] Gakuto**
Though, we could have played free, as well...
**[07:09] Shiki**
"Free"?
**[07:10] Mari**
"Free batting."
**[07:11] Mari**
It's a buzz-in match
**[07:13] Mari**
where you don't set any rules,
or if you do, they're simple ones.
**[07:17] Ashiya**
Since we're all here for
a joint practice session,
**[07:19] Ashiya**
why not have a team match pitting the
schools against each other for the fun of it?
**[07:24] Inoue**
Just like those TV quiz bowl shows.
**[07:26] Shiki**
A team match, huh?
**[07:28] Shiki**
Wait, what about Mikuriya-kun?
**[07:31] Mikuriya**
I'm not playing.
**[07:32] Mikuriya**
The gulf in skill is too big, I guess?
Wouldn't want to mess up your game.
**[07:36] Mukai**
He's so full of himself.
**[07:38] Maruyama**
Why did he even tag along?
**[07:40] Shiki**
Oh... That's too bad.
**[07:41] Inoue**
Are you nuts? He'd pulverize us!
**[07:45] Mikuriya**
* This isn't the place for*
* my match against you.*
**[07:48] Gakuto**
As I was saying, I will
now explain the rules.
**[07:52] Gakuto**
This will be a "fastest finger" contest.
You'll have five seconds to deliberate.
**[07:56] Gakuto**
For every correct answer,
you earn one point.
**[08:01] Gakuto**
For every incorrect answer,
you lose one point.
***SIGN*** Miyaura
***SIGN*** Buzou
**[08:04] Gakuto**
The first team to ten points wins.
**[08:08] Mari**
Those rules are meant to
test our team's cohesion.
**[08:11] Gakuto**
You'll each have a buzzer,
**[08:12] Gakuto**
but the whole team will
have the right to answer.
**[08:15] Gakuto**
In other words, after buzzing,
anyone on your team can answer.
**[08:19] Mukai**
Can we confer?
**[08:20] Gakuto**
No. No conferring.
**[08:23] Ashiya**
Also...
**[08:24] Ashiya**
If two players give the same
answer simultaneously,
**[08:27] Ashiya**
it will automatically be treated as
an incorrect answer, so be careful.
**[08:31] Ashiya**
In general, it's best if the person who
buzzes in is also responsible for answering.
**[08:36] Gakuto**
Ashiya-san and I came up with the questions,
based on those used in past quizzes.
**[08:40] Maruyama**
Hey, this might be our chance!
**[08:42] Shiki**
*I just need to buzz if I know it, right?*
**[08:44] Shiki**
* But if I guess wrong,*
* the team loses a point...*
**[08:48] Shiki**
*I need to be careful.*
**[08:51] Gakuto**
We'll start with the buzzer test.
**[08:54] Mari**
* Sasajima-senpai said not to*
* focus on winning and losing,*
**[08:58] Mari**
* but in a match like this, the team that*
* doesn't focus on being victorious can't win.*
**[09:03] Mari**
*That's exactly it! Quiz bowl is...*
***SIGN*** Miyaura
vs
Buzou
**[09:06] Mari**
*a competitive world!*
***SIGN*** It's not a calculator!
***SIGN*** It's not a calculator!
***SIGN*** It's not a calculator!
***SIGN*** A calculator?
**[09:16] Gakuto**
Question.
**[09:17] Gakuto**
Lincoln said, "Government of
the people, by the people—
**[09:20] Mari**
Gettysburg!
***SIGN*** Q: Lincoln said, "Government of the people, by the people, for the
people" in a famous speech delivered in which Pennsylvanian city?
A: Gettysburg
**[09:21] Ashiya**
Correct.
**[09:22] Shiki**
* The name of the city where*
* the speech was given?*
***SIGN*** Buzou
***SIGN*** Miyaura
**[09:26] Gakuto**
Question.
**[09:27] Gakuto**
Italian for "small goose"—
**[09:30] Mari**
Ocarina!
**[09:31] Ashiya**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: Italian for "small goose," the instrument invented in the
19th century by Giuseppe Donati is known by what name?
A: Ocarina
**[09:33] Mari**
Yes!
**[09:34] Inoue**
Awesome!
**[09:35] Shiki**
* I think Fukami-san may win*
* this for us all by herself...*
***SIGN*** Buzou
***SIGN*** Miyaura
***SIGN*** What's wrong
with you guys?
**[09:39] Mikuriya**
What's wrong with you guys?
**[09:41] Mukai**
*Buzou isn't gonna...*
**[09:43] All**
*...beat us!*
***SIGN*** College Prep
School Pride
***SIGN*** No. 1 in the
Prefecture
**[09:45] Gakuto**
Question.
**[09:46] Gakuto**
The method of frying eggs in which only
one side is fried is known as "sunny—
**[09:51] Maruyama**
Turned over!
**[09:52] Ashiya**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: The method of frying eggs in which only one side is cooked
is known as "sunny side up," and the method in which both sides
are cooked is called what? A: Turned over
**[09:54] Gakuto**
Question.
**[09:55] Gakuto**
Fingerprints, voice prints, and other unique
physical characteristics are used to—
**[10:01] Kiyosumi**
Biometrics!
**[10:02] Ashiya**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: Fingerprints, voice prints, and other unique physical
characteristics are used to verify individual identity in what
authentication technique? A: Biometrics
**[10:03] Gakuto**
Question.
**[10:05] Gakuto**
What technique, based on an Indonesian
folk dance, is seen at idol—
**[10:09] Mukai**
Kecak!
**[10:10] Ashiya**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: What technique, based on an Indonesian folk dance, is seen
at idol concerts in the form of "otagei" performances? A: Kecak
**[10:11] Inoue**
That's supposed to be my specialty!
***SIGN*** Buzou
***SIGN*** Miyaura
**[10:17] Shiki**
*It's the same pattern again.*
**[10:19] Shiki**
*I can't even buzz in.*
**[10:20] Shiki**
*Does this "pushing in" thing really work?*
**[10:24] Gakuto**
Question.
**[10:25] Gakuto**
In the Gospel According to
Matthew in the New Testament,
**[10:28] Gakuto**
which recounts Jesus Christ's
"Sermon on the Mount,"
**[10:31] Gakuto**
mankind is likened to
"the *what* of the earth"?
**[10:38] Shiki**
*It's not a phrase people use often, but...*
**[10:43] Shiki**
The salt of the earth.
**[10:44] Ashiya**
Correct.
**[10:45] Inoue**
Whoa, nice!
**[10:46] Ashiya**
In the Gospel According to Matthew in the New Testament,
which recounts Jesus Christ's "Sermon on the Mount,
"mankind is likened to "the *what* of the earth"? A: The salt of the earth
**[10:47] Ashiya**
* He got a question that was*
* about to go unanswered, huh?*
**[10:49] Ashiya**
* I guess it's not bad having*
* someone like that on a team.*
**[10:52] Mikuriya**
*Not good enough.*
**[10:54] Mikuriya**
* If you can't buzz in faster*
* on the easy questions,*
**[10:56] Mikuriya**
*you won't make it past the early rounds.*
**[10:58] Mikuriya**
* And you'll never make it*
* into the same ring as me.*
**[11:01] Gakuto**
Question.
**[11:03] Gakuto**
The 17th Century Dutch artist known
for *Girl with a Pearl Earring*—
**[11:08] Kiyosumi**
Vermeer.
**[11:09] Ashiya**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: The 17th Century Dutch artist known for *Girl with a Pearl
Earring* and *The Milkmaid* was whom? A: Vermeer
**[11:13] Mari**
*We'll get nowhere if we can't buzz in first.*
**[11:15] Mari**
*He said these were Miyaura's new members,*
**[11:18] Mari**
* but I guess they have*
* the edge in cohesiveness?*
**[11:21] Mari**
*It's up to me to try my hardest now.*
**[11:24] Gakuto**
Question.
***SIGN*** Buzou
***SIGN*** Miyaura
**[11:25] Gakuto**
The faces of a die add up to t—
**[11:28] Mari**
*"T"?*
**[11:29] Mari**
*A parallel?!*
**[11:31] Ashiya**
Five seconds.
**[11:33] Inoue**
*They add up to twenty-one.*
**[11:35] Shiki**
*If Fukami-san is hesitating, then...*
**[11:37] Shiki**
*They add up to "t"...*
**[11:39] Shiki**
*The "twenty-one" is already in the question?*
**[11:42] Shiki**
* Which means subtracting or dividing would*
* be unnatural, so maybe multiplying?*
**[11:47] Mukai**
* You've gotta memorize*
* questions about dice.*
**[11:50] Mukai**
*It takes too long to do the math.*
**[11:52] Mari**
*Six... twenty-four...*
**[11:54] Mari**
*I can't work it out in time!*
**[11:56] Inoue**
720!
**[11:58] Ashiya**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: All the faces of a die add up to twenty-one, and multiplying
them results in what number? A: 720
**[12:00] Inoue**
Leave the math questions to me!
**[12:02] Mari**
Inoue-kun!
**[12:04] Inoue**
Yay!
**[12:05] Mari**
That was great!
**[12:08] Maruyama**
Die in a fire, normie!
**[12:11] Gakuto**
*Yes. For the time being, this is fine.*
**[12:14] Gakuto**
*Enjoy quiz bowl to your hearts' content.*
**[12:17] Gakuto**
* One day, you'll take part*
* in a real competition.*
**[12:20] Gakuto**
*When that time comes...*
**[12:22] Gakuto**
*what you feel now will be your sustenance.*
**[12:25] Inoue**
Let's keep it up!
**[12:27] Both**
Yeah!
**[12:31] Gakuto**
Question.
**[12:32] Gakuto**
Wind blowing from the land toward the sea
is said to be favorable for ships—
**[12:36] Maruyama**
*They won't take this one!*
**[12:37] Maruyama**
Tailwind!
**[12:38] Mukai**
That one?
**[12:39] Shiki**
*Not forewind?*
***SIGN*** Q: Wind blowing from the land toward the sea is said to be favorable
for ships leaving port, earning it what name? X Tailwind A: Forewind
**[12:41] Ashiya**
The correct answer is forewind.
**[12:42] Maruyama**
Huh?!
**[12:43] Shiki**
*I thought so...*
**[12:44] Mukai**
Don't get all trigger-happy!
***SIGN*** Miyaura
**[12:46] Mukai**
Did you forget that
wrong answers lose points?!
**[12:48] Gakuto**
Question.
**[12:50] Gakuto**
Which Japanese term, meaning
"bustling activity," originated—
**[12:53] Maruyama**
"Tenteko"—
**[12:54] Mukai**
"Touhon seisou!"
***SIGN*** Q: Which Japanese term, meaning "bustling activity," originated
from Japanese drum performances? X Touhon seisou A: Tentekomai
**[12:56] Ashiya**
The correct answer is "tentekomai."
**[12:58] Mukai**
Are you serious?!
**[12:59] Shiki**
*So "originated" didn't refer to a* place *of origin,
but a* point *of origin in Japanese music.*
**[13:00] [SONG] Text**
Originated (place)
**[13:01] [SONG] Text**
Originated (point)
**[13:04] Maruyama**
Mukai, you idiot! I buzzed in!
**[13:06] Mukai**
Well, you keep getting them wrong!
**[13:08] Ashiya**
No conferring.
**[13:12] Mari**
*Now's our chance!*
**[13:14] Gakuto**
Question.
**[13:16] Gakuto**
The Four Great Classical Novels
of Chinese literature...
**[13:18] Mari**
*Numerated format and literature!*
**[13:20] Gakuto**
...are *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*...
**[13:21] Mari**
*I don't know all three of the classics.*
**[13:23] Mari**
*What I do know is the determining point:*
**[13:25] Mari**
*The first syllable of the second title!*
**[13:27] Gakuto**
...*Wa—*
**[13:29] Ashiya**
* The determining point*
* is on the third title.*
**[13:31] Ashiya**
*That was a mistake.*
**[13:33] Mari**
* It's not the "Three Great Classical*
* Novels"! There are four of them!*
**[13:36] Mari**
* I was going to pass this*
* one off to Koshiyama-kun,*
**[13:39] Mari**
*but I got the determining point wrong!*
**[13:42] Shiki**
*Of course! This question's for me!*
**[13:46] Shiki**
*The hints given were* Romance of the
Three Kingdoms *and* Water Margin.**
***SIGN*** Romance of the Three Kingdoms
***SIGN*** Water Margin
**[13:49] Shiki**
*That leaves* Journey to the West *
and* The Plum in the Golden Vase.**
***SIGN*** Journey to the West
***SIGN*** The Plum in the Golden Vase
**[13:53] Shiki**
*So which one's the right answer?*
**[13:56] Ashiya**
Three, two, one...
**[13:59] Shiki**
*The Plum in the Golden Vase*!
***SIGN*** Q: The Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature are
*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*, *Water Margin,* *Journey to the
West*, and what? A: *The Plum in the Golden Vase*
**[14:01] Ashiya**
Correct.
**[14:04] Mari**
How did you decide which one it was?
**[14:07] Shiki**
Most people think of them as the
"Three Great Classical Novels,"
**[14:09] Shiki**
which are *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*,
*Water Margin,* and *Journey to the West*.
**[14:13] Shiki**
But this question specified four novels,
so I figured it had to be that one.
**[14:16] Mari**
* They saved me on both the*
* numerated and parallel formats!*
**[14:21] Shiki**
Pushing in is making my hand cramp up.
**[14:24] Inoue**
You've been doing that?
**[14:26] Mari**
*And they both only just got into quiz bowl.*
**[14:29] Mari**
*They're both amazing!*
**[14:32] Ashiya**
*This is a surprise.*
**[14:38] Gakuto**
Question.
**[14:39] Gakuto**
French for "new wave"—
**[14:42] All**
*All three of them at once?!*
**[14:44] Shiki**
*Language questions are Fukami-san's thing!*
**[14:46] Mari**
La Nouvelle Vague!
**[14:48] Ashiya**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: French for "new wave," what term refers to a 1950s trend
in French film-making? A: La Nouvelle Vague
**[14:50] All**
Yes!
***SIGN*** Buzou
***SIGN*** Miyaura
**[14:52] Shiki**
*Just three more points...*
**[14:56] Maruyama**
Dammit! We're supposed to
be better on the buzzer!
**[15:00] Mukai**
It's because you keep
getting trigger-happy!
**[15:02] Maruyama**
If you hadn't shouted over
me for that answer...
**[15:04] Mukai**
What?!
**[15:05] Kiyosumi**
Hey, cool it.
**[15:07] Kiyosumi**
If we get too flustered, we'll lose.
**[15:09] Kiyosumi**
So far, all the questions have been
ones we've seen in collections, right?
**[15:14] Mukai**
Y-Yeah.
**[15:15] Maruyama**
That's true.
**[15:19] Maruyama**
* We have mountains of past question*
* collections left by older students and alumni.*
**[15:23] Mukai**
* I'm buried in them every day,*
* but I've still only read a fraction.*
**[15:28] Kiyosumi**
* We should have the advantage*
* on questions used in past quizzes!*
**[15:32] Gakuto**
Question.
**[15:33] Gakuto**
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a—
**[15:36] Kiyosumi**
Muhammad Ali.
**[15:37] Ashiya**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" was said to describe the
style of which former heavyweight world champion boxer?
A: Muhammad Ali
**[15:40] Mukai**
All right!
**[15:41] Maruyama**
Nice!
**[15:42] Kiyosumi**
Thanks.
***SIGN*** Buzou
***SIGN*** Miyaura
**[15:45] Kiyosumi**
* We can't lose to a rookie quiz team*
* that doesn't even have buzzers!*
**[15:49] Shiki**
*Miyaura's attitude has changed...*
**[15:55] Mari**
It's okay.
**[15:57] Mari**
Just three more points.
**[15:59] Mari**
Let's get them together!
**[16:02] Both**
Yeah!
**[16:06] Mukai**
Time to catch up!
**[16:07] Both**
Yeah!
**[16:10] Gakuto**
Question.
**[16:11] Gakuto**
Locally known as "Uluru"—
**[16:14] Mari**
Ayers Rock!
**[16:16] Ashiya**
Correct.
**[16:17] Shiki**
*In an instant,*
**[16:18] Shiki**
* it felt like everyone was*
* suddenly on the same page.*
**[16:22] Shiki**
*Everyone participating becomes one*
**[16:25] Shiki**
*in pursuit of the questions...*
***SIGN*** Miyaura
**[16:27] Shiki**
* That's all there is in this*
* world we build together.*
**[16:37] Shiki**
*Just one more point.*
**[16:39] Gakuto**
Question.
**[16:44] Gakuto**
Meaning "there is no longer friend or f—
**[16:49] Mukai**
No side!
**[16:51] Ashiya**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Buzou
***SIGN*** Miyaura
**[16:56] All**
All right!
***SIGN*** Q: Meaning "there is no longer friend or foe," what is called to
signal the end of a rugby match? A: No side
**[17:01] Gakuto**
Miyaura High School wins, 10-9.
**[17:08] Mari**
We lost.
**[17:09] Shiki**
Still...
**[17:11] Shiki**
Thanks to you buzzing in,
I was able to answer.
**[17:14] Inoue**
Me, too!
**[17:19] Inoue**
I answered a math question!
Was that awesome or what?
**[17:22] Shiki**
Yeah. I wonder if that was a classic.
**[17:24] Shiki**
I'll remember it.
**[17:26] Mari**
* There's no need for quiz bowl*
* that you play only to win.*
**[17:29] Mari**
* When I was reminded of*
* my own ability and panicking...*
**[17:33] Mari**
*I nearly forgot what's really important.*
**[17:38] Shiki**
Fukami-san?
**[17:40] Mari**
That was a fun quiz, wasn't it?
**[17:45] Mukai**
We won, and yet...
**[17:47] Maruyama**
Why does it feel like we lost?
**[17:52] Ashiya**
Want to go one more round?
**[17:54] Gakuto**
Sounds good.
**[17:56] Mikuriya**
Move!
**[17:57] Mikuriya**
You call yourselves members
of the Miyaura quiz team?!
**[17:59] Mikuriya**
And who even cares if you guys win or lose?!
**[18:03] Maruyama**
M-Mikuriya's snapped!
**[18:05] Kiyosumi**
And I don't even get why!
**[18:07] Mikuriya**
Let me play, too!
**[18:10] Mikuriya**
Hey, Buzou! You're up against me next!
**[18:12] Mikuriya**
I'll take all three of you on by myself!
**[18:14] Ashiya**
Sorry.
**[18:15] Mikuriya**
Of course, I won't even let
any of you push the—
**[18:21] Jinko**
Oh, s'pretty simplistic inside.
**[18:24] Jinko**
Ain't it?
**[18:27] Ashiya**
What have you done?!
**[18:29] All**
*The cute girl from before!*
**[18:31] Jinko**
Oh, and this one's got a lot packed into it!
**[18:40] Gakuto**
Honestly... You can't just take
apart other people's things!
**[18:44] Jinko**
I only opened 'em up a little.
**[18:46] Jinko**
See? Nothin' wrong with 'em, is there?
**[18:48] Jinko**
Besides, you're the one who said
you'd show me a real set, Gakuto!
**[18:53] Shiki**
*She called him by his first name?!*
**[18:55] Inoue**
U-Um... What's your relationship
to Sasajima-senpai?
**[18:59] Jinko**
Huh? You don't know?
**[19:01] Jinko**
Gakuto's my...
**[19:03] All**
Your...
**[19:05] Jinko**
...big brother!
**[19:08] Jinko**
Oh? No reaction?
**[19:10] Mukai**
But you're obviously a Kansai girl!
**[19:11] Maruyama**
You look nothing alike!
**[19:12] Kiyosumi**
You're a totally different genre!
**[19:14] Gakuto**
Assuming the family register is true,
she is my honest-to-goodness
**[19:19] Gakuto**
little sister, y'all. I think.
**[19:22] Jinko**
Whaddaya mean "Ya think"?!
**[19:24] Jinko**
Well, anyhow, about those buzzers...
**[19:26] Jinko**
Now I've seen the real deal,
**[19:30] Jinko**
I bet I can make a set.
**[19:32] Mari**
Make a set?
**[19:33] Shiki**
Of buzzers?
**[19:34] Mikuriya**
Th-That's impossible!
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
**[19:36] Mikuriya**
Making a button would be one thing,
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
**[19:38] Mikuriya**
but the control box infrastructure
is really complicated!
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
**[19:41] Mikuriya**
It's not enough for it to just light
up when you push the button!
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
**[19:43] Mikuriya**
Do you even know how
interlocking circuits work?
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
**[19:46] Mikuriya**
Do you understand sequencing?!
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
**[19:48] Mikuriya**
A beginner doesn't have a hope in hell!
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
***SIGN*** Nag
***SIGN*** Gripe
**[19:49] Shiki**
O-Oh, right...
**[19:52] Shiki**
You forgot this in the library at lunch.
**[19:55] Jinko**
Oh! I knew it!
***SIGN*** Sequential Control
Circuits
Practical Applications
**[19:57] Jinko**
Thank goodness! I only just bought it!
**[20:01] Shiki**
I saw instructions on how to make
a buzzer system in that book.
**[20:05] Shiki**
It looks really difficult, don't you think?
**[20:08] Mari**
C-Can you really do it, Sasajima-san?
**[20:12] Jinko**
Call me Jinko.
**[20:14] Jinko**
Well, rather than makin' it
with a sequencer,
**[20:17] Jinko**
it's better to use one-chip microcomputers,
like they use in the control boxes.
**[20:20] Jinko**
S'easier to do, and cheaper, too.
**[20:23] Jinko**
Is it okay if it's just one-way? If so...
**[20:26] Gakuto**
Yeah, go with that.
**[20:29] Jinko**
Why do y'all look so bewildered?
**[20:35] Jinko**
Just so ya know, you can trust Sasajima Jinko,
the human low-current electronic device,
**[20:39] Jinko**
with all your homemade buzzer needs!
**[20:41] Mari**
"L-Low-current"?
**[20:44] Inoue**
Y-You're the type of girl
that's into electrical craft?!
**[20:46] Inoue**
One of the gap moe "low-current girls"
you very rarely see in Akiba?!
**[20:50] Mikuriya**
A-A "low-current" otaku...
**[20:53] Shiki**
*I guess fanaticism comes in many forms...*
**[22:30] Guy**
One thing you can't have quiz bowl without
**[22:32] Guy**
is a set of buzzers.
**[22:34] Guy**
It's something all high
school quiz teams want.
**[22:37] Jinko**
I'll make one for y'all! Leave it to me!
**[22:40] Inoue**
There it is! The low-current girl!
***SIGN*** Low-Current Girl
**[22:43] Jinko**
Since I'm doin' this, it'd be cool if ya could
tell at a glance who each buzzer is for.
**[22:47] Inoue**
Maybe by drawing things they like on them?
**[22:50] Jinko**
Good idea! And Gakuto
likes quiz bowl, right?
**[22:53] Jinko**
And Marippe likes quiz bowl,
and Shiki-kun likes quiz bowl, too.
**[22:57] Inoue**
Sounds like they'll all end
up looking the same...
# 6 - A. Maid B. Lieutenant Colonel C. Little Devil
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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**[00:02] Mari**
We want to play a quiz
game with you, meow!
**[00:04] Yuki**
If you win, you'll get something nice, meow!
**[00:06] Guys**
Okay!
**[00:07] Mari**
All right, Master, this is a quiz on
the noises animals make, meow!
**[00:10] Yuki**
Ta-da!
**[00:11] Guy**
The noises animals make?
**[00:13] Mari**
Dogs go "bow-wow." Monkeys go "ook-ook."
**[00:16] Mari**
Flying squirrels go "chik-chik."
**[00:17] Mari**
Giraffes go "moo."
**[00:20] Yuki**
So what noise does a koala make?
**[00:23] Guy**
Koa-koa?
**[00:24] Both**
Bzzt! Wrong!
**[00:26] Yuki**
The answer is...
***SIGN*** Question 6: "A. Maid B. Lieutenant Colonel C. Little Devil"
**[02:01] Girl**
No way!
**[02:02] Girl**
It's true.
**[02:03] Shiki**
Look, Inoue! Absolute territory!
**[02:07] Inoue**
What? Is this your first time in Akiba?
**[02:09] Shiki**
Yeah. I've been interested
in coming here for a while,
***SIGN*** Akihabara
**[02:12] Shiki**
but I've never had a chance to visit.
***SIGN*** Akihabara
**[02:14] Shiki**
Also, well... I-It's my first time
going somewhere with a friend.
**[02:18] Inoue**
Cut that out!
**[02:19] Shiki**
Also, um...
**[02:20] Inoue**
What now?
**[02:22] Shiki**
Well, you see, my parents bought me this.
**[02:24] Inoue**
A smartphone?
**[02:25] Shiki**
Um... If it's okay with you...
**[02:28] Shiki**
Can we exchange contact info?
**[02:30] Inoue**
Can't you just ask normally?!
***SIGN*** Easy
Manual
**[02:33] Shiki**
Huh? But that's not in here.
**[02:35] Inoue**
Why would it?! And don't read the manual!
**[02:39] Mari**
Please come inside!
**[02:41] Yuki**
We're holding an event!
**[02:43] Mari**
Hey, Yukicchi...
**[02:45] Yuki**
What's up, Maririn?
**[02:46] Mari**
Why did the job you said would broaden
my horizons have to be a maid café?
**[02:50] Mari**
Why am I wearing cat ears?!
**[02:51] Yuki**
Well, if you're going to work, don't
you want to look cute doing it?
**[02:54] Yuki**
They look great on you, anyway!
**[02:56] Yuki**
Remember, this is to raise
funds for a set of buzzers.
**[02:59] Mari**
If anyone I know sees me,
I'll die of embarrassment!
**[03:02] Yuki**
That'd be a pretty unlikely coincidence.
**[03:04] Mari**
I know, but...
**[03:07] Mari**
Lend me your glasses!
**[03:09] Mari**
Sasajima-senpai and Jinko-san...
**[03:11] Mari**
Isn't that the corner of Akiba that's famous
for all of its electronics wholesale stores?
**[03:16] Jinko**
Oh, man! Seein' all this tech
gets my heart racin'!
**[03:19] Gakuto**
We're only here to get an estimate today.
**[03:21] Jinko**
Yep, this is the stuff.
**[03:23] Jinko**
How many buttons do we need?
**[03:25] Gakuto**
I'd like to have at least six.
**[03:27] Gakuto**
We could use this as our light.
**[03:29] Jinko**
Aw, but this one's totes cuter!
**[03:31] Gakuto**
Think about our budget.
**[03:33] Jinko**
Stingy!
**[03:34] Gakuto**
What goes inside the control box is more
important than the buzzers themselves.
**[03:38] Jinko**
Buildin' it the normal way is no fun!
**[03:41] Jinko**
Let's give it some pizzazz!
**[03:44] Gakuto**
Please just make a normal set.
**[03:49] Shiki**
I haven't been to many arcades before.
**[03:52] Shiki**
I'm kinda nervous...
**[03:53] Inoue**
We're not here to play around.
**[03:55] Inoue**
This is secret training.
**[03:57] (Flashback) Gakuto**
After the break, we'll have a
showdown between our members.
**[04:00] (Flashback) Gakuto**
It won't be any fun if
Fukami-kun wins everything.
**[04:02] Shiki**
There's actually a quiz bowl game?
**[04:05] Shiki**
I'm surprised you knew about it.
**[04:06] Inoue**
Well, when you go to arcades,
you see this kinda stuff.
**[04:09] Inoue**
This is a game that lets you compete
with other players over a network.
***SIGN*** Please touch the screen to begin
***SIGN*** Network Competition Quiz Bowl Game
***SIGN*** Quiz
Empire
III
***SIGN*** Please touch the screen to begin
**[04:12] Inoue**
It's apparently really popular.
**[04:13] Shiki**
Ooh...
**[04:14] Inoue**
They say people who compete in
quiz bowl play it in video game form
**[04:18] Inoue**
more than they actually compete in meets.
**[04:20] Shiki**
You know a lot about this.
**[04:21] Inoue**
I saw it online.
***SIGN*** Quiz
Empire
III
**[04:23] Inoue**
"First, create your avatar
and give it a name."
***SIGN*** Body | Hair | Eyes | Mouth | Outfit 1 | Outfit 2 | Accessories
**[04:27] Inoue**
"The more points you win,
the higher your rank," huh?
**[04:28] Voice**
*Let's do this!*
***SIGN*** Confirm
***SIGN*** Back
***SIGN*** Confirm
**[04:33] Shiki**
Why "Boss"?
**[04:35] Shiki**
Oh, you're Boss Inoue!
***SIGN*** Boss Inoue
***SIGN*** Inoue Daisuke
**[04:38] Inoue**
It says "Daisuke," not Boss.
***SIGN*** Clearing the First Hurdle
***SIGN*** Arcade Only Match
***SIGN*** Battle for the Province
***SIGN*** Nationwide Match
***SIGN*** Conquer the Nation
***SIGN*** Select Mode
**[04:40] Shiki**
Three play modes...
***SIGN*** Arcade Only Match
***SIGN*** Battle for the Province
***SIGN*** Clearing the First Hurdle
***SIGN*** Arcade Only Match
***SIGN*** Battle for the Province
***SIGN*** Nationwide Match
***SIGN*** Conquer the Nation
**[04:41] Inoue**
Let's start with the arcade only match.
***SIGN*** Arcade Only Match
***SIGN*** Battle for the Province
***SIGN*** Nationwide Match
***SIGN*** Conquer the Nation
***SIGN*** Arcade Only
Match
***SIGN*** Battle for
the Province
**[04:46] Inoue**
I'll be counting on your massive
stockpile of knowledge.
**[04:50] Shiki**
Right!
**[04:51] Voice**
*Matching you with other players.*
**[04:52] Voice**
*Your opponent has been selected.*
**[04:52] [SONG] Title**
Your Opponent Has Been Selected
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Colonel Chisato Pts: 325,404 Tokyo Major Land Akihabara
***SIGN*** Private TAISHO Pts: 0 Tokyo Major Land Akihabara
**[04:55] Inoue**
A lieutenant colonel right off the bat?!
**[04:58] Inoue**
And 325,404 points?
**[05:00] Inoue**
Incredible! I mean, the boobs, mainly!
**[05:02] Voice**
*First stage, begin!*
**[05:03] Voice**
* Association Panel Fastest*
* Finger First Quiz!*
***SIGN*** Association Panel Quiz
***SIGN*** Fastest Finger First
***SIGN*** Sports
Use the following hints
to figure out the answer
**[05:07] Inoue**
I get it.
**[05:09] Inoue**
Use the hints to figure out the answer, huh?
***SIGN*** Modern Pentathlon
**[05:12] Shiki**
"Modern pentathlon..."
***SIGN*** Touché
**[05:13] Inoue**
"Touché?"
***SIGN*** First Strike
***SIGN*** Fe
***SIGN*** Fen
***SIGN*** Fenc
***SIGN*** Fenci
***SIGN*** Fencin
***SIGN*** Fencing
**[05:19] Shiki**
I knew it...
**[05:20] Inoue**
If you know it, buzz in!
***SIGN*** First Strike
**[05:24] Shiki**
Again?!
**[05:25] Inoue**
Impressive quizzing,
Lieutenant Colonel Chisato.
**[05:28] Shiki**
*Association panels...*
**[05:30] Shiki**
This is basically the same as the
"fastest finger first" quiz bowl.
**[05:34] Shiki**
"Fastest finger first" questions are
also comprised of several hints,
***SIGN*** Fastest Finger Questions
***SIGN*** The of
that is what?
**[05:38] Shiki**
and you work out the answer from them.
***SIGN*** Association Questions
Use the following hints to figure out the answer.
***SIGN*** Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3
**[05:40] Shiki**
Association panels are the same.
**[05:41] Shiki**
The hints lead you to the correct
answer as they're revealed.
**[05:44] Shiki**
The setup is the same.
**[05:46] Shiki**
Association...
**[05:48] Shiki**
Let's improve our association skills!
**[05:50] Inoue**
How about improving
our fantasizing skills?
**[05:51] Voice**
* Now for the final question*
* of the first round.*
***SIGN*** Use the following hints
to figure out the answer
***SIGN*** Cards
**[05:54] Shiki**
*Cards?*
**[05:56] Shiki**
*Colors, shapes, numbers, origins...*
**[05:58] Shiki**
*Or something that uses cards as a motif?*
**[06:00] Shiki**
* I guess there's no way to get*
* the answer from just one clue.*
**[06:02] Shiki**
*The second hint...*
***SIGN*** Literature
**[06:07] Inoue**
Huh?! On the first hint?!
***SIGN*** A
***SIGN*** Al
***SIGN*** Ali
***SIGN*** Alic
***SIGN*** Alice
***SIGN*** Alice in
***SIGN*** Alice in W
***SIGN*** Alice in Won
***SIGN*** Alice in Wond
***SIGN*** Alice in Wonder
***SIGN*** Alice in Wonderla
***SIGN*** Alice in Wonderland
**[06:11] Shiki**
Sweet!
**[06:13] Inoue**
How'd you know that?
**[06:15] Shiki**
I was caught between *Alice in
Wonderland* and *The Queen of Spades*,
**[06:20] Shiki**
but I figured if it was *The Queen of Spades*,
**[06:22] Shiki**
the obvious "cards" hint would have come later.
**[06:24] Inoue**
But how did you get those two
choices from just "cards"?
***SIGN*** Literature
**[06:28] Shiki**
From this.
**[06:29] Inoue**
Oh, the category?
**[06:30] Shiki**
Yeah. The category is limited to start
with, so that narrows down the answers.
**[06:35] Shiki**
The category itself works just like a hint.
**[06:38] Inoue**
Wow, that seems like it'd be really obvious.
**[06:41] Shiki**
Yeah, I guess so...
**[06:43] Inoue**
But what's amazing is that you
actually notice stuff like that.
**[06:49] Shiki**
*Inoue praised me...*
**[06:52] Voice**
* Second round: Multiple*
* Answers Tower Quiz!*
**[06:55] Voice**
* Your points will stack up*
* for every correct answer you get.*
**[06:59] Voice**
*Banzai!*
**[06:59] Voice**
* But if you choose even one wrong answer,*
* you get zero points for that question.*
**[07:01] Voice**
*Oh, no!*
**[07:04] Shiki**
So there are multiple answers
to these questions?
***SIGN*** Arabic
Japanese
Turkish
Chinese
Spanish
Portuguese
***SIGN*** Russian
Japanese
French
Italian
English
Korean
**[07:08] Inoue**
Whoa... Do you know?
***SIGN*** Social Studies
Which of the following
are official languages of
the United Nations?
**[07:10] Shiki**
I'm pretty sure there are six languages...
***SIGN*** English
***SIGN*** English
***SIGN*** Chinese Spanish
***SIGN*** Chinese
Spanish
***SIGN*** Chinese
Spanish
***SIGN*** French
***SIGN*** French
***SIGN*** Arabic
***SIGN*** Arabic
***SIGN*** Russian
***SIGN*** Russian
***SIGN*** Russian
Arabic
French
Chinese
Spanish
English
***SIGN*** Russian
French
Spanish
Arabic
Chinese
English
**[07:17] Inoue**
All right! Perfect!
We get three bonus points!
**[07:21] Voice**
*Great job!*
***SIGN*** Which of the following
are Impressionist or
Post-impressionist painters?
Renoir | Michelangelo
Munch |Degas
Camille Pissarro | Picasso
Van Gogh | Cezanne
El Greco | Monet
Morisot | Rembrandt
**[07:22] Shiki**
The next one is "Arts and Music..."
**[07:25] Inoue**
You should know this one, right?
**[07:27] Shiki**
Unlike the last question, I don't know
how many correct answers there are.
***SIGN*** Degas
***SIGN*** Degas
**[07:31] Shiki**
I'd better be careful.
***SIGN*** Cezanne Monet
***SIGN*** Cezanne
Monet
***SIGN*** Cezanne
Monet
***SIGN*** Renoir
**[07:34] Shiki**
And then there's...
***SIGN*** Camille Pissarro
**[07:35] Inoue**
Hurry! Time's running out!
***SIGN*** Van Gogh
***SIGN*** Morisot
***SIGN*** Morisot
***SIGN*** Camille Pissarro
Cezanne
Renoir
Monet
Degas
***SIGN*** Morisot Van Gogh Camille Pissarro Renoir Monet Cezanne Degas
**[07:38] Inoue**
Awesome! Perfect!
**[07:40] Inoue**
You beat Lieutenant Colonel Chisato!
**[07:41] Voice**
*Great!*
**[07:44] Shiki**
Multiple answers...
**[07:46] Shiki**
Does competitive quiz bowl have them, too?
**[07:48] Inoue**
I'm not sure. He did say
there are lots of formats...
**[07:52] Shiki**
This is great.
**[07:53] Shiki**
I get to put my useless
knowledge to good use,
**[07:56] Shiki**
and I don't need buzzing techniques.
**[07:58] Shiki**
I might be a little more
confident about winning this!
***SIGN*** Manga, Anime, and Video Games
Which of the following are
computer game genres?
**[08:02] Shiki**
"RPG" is one, right?
**[08:04] Inoue**
It is.
**[08:08] Inoue**
Are you serious?! We blew it!
**[08:12] Shiki**
Don't worry.
**[08:13] Inoue**
If we don't score some points on
the next round, it's game over!
**[08:17] Shiki**
L-Let's go for it!
***SIGN*** What is this?
**[08:18] Shiki**
A blurred image?!
**[08:20] Inoue**
Visual questions?!
**[08:22] Inoue**
W-With these, it's best to
lean back a bit and squint...
**[08:26] Ashiya**
It's awfully noisy over there.
**[08:27] Mikuriya**
Probably just some newbies.
**[08:30] Ashiya**
Those voices sound familiar...
**[08:34] Ashiya**
Ah, thought so.
**[08:36] Ashiya**
The first-years from Buzou, right?
**[08:38] Inoue**
Oh! You're the president of Miyaura's team...
**[08:41] Shiki**
Ashiya-san!
**[08:43] Shiki**
What a coincidence.
**[08:44] Ashiya**
Sure is. Speaking of coincidences,
**[08:47] Ashiya**
the opponent you guys
are facing right now...
**[08:50] Ashiya**
...is this guy.
**[08:51] Mikuriya**
Why did you tell them?!
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Colonel Chisato Pts: 325,875 Tokyo Major Land Akihabara
**[08:54] Both**
Lieutenant Colonel Chisato?!
**[08:56] Mikuriya**
Never would've guessed
I was facing you guys.
**[08:59] Inoue**
What is "Chisato"? Your username?
**[09:02] Inoue**
And your avatar has massive boobs!
Are you secretly an otaku?!
**[09:04] Mikuriya**
Shut up!
**[09:06] Ashiya**
Um, the game's continuing without you.
**[09:10] Ashiya**
In the final round, you
can choose your category.
**[09:12] Ashiya**
Pick the one you're best at.
**[09:14] Shiki**
Wow, you're giving us advice?
**[09:17] Ashiya**
It's a free service for new players.
**[09:18] Inoue**
Thanks!
**[09:20] Shiki**
Do you play this game often?
**[09:22] Ashiya**
Yeah. I always keep an eye out for
good questions, as well as new ones.
**[09:27] Ashiya**
As long as I remember the
answer and some keywords,
**[09:30] Ashiya**
I can compose lots of questions later.
**[09:32] Inoue**
You go to all that trouble?
**[09:34] Ashiya**
Sure do. I'm instantly on top
of anything related to quiz bowl.
**[09:38] Ashiya**
You've gotta be starved of
questions at all times.
**[09:40] Shiki**
*He said that so casually...*
**[09:42] Inoue**
* That line would sound suffocating*
* if Sasajima-senpai said it!*
**[09:48] Akira**
Aw, they're all taken?
***SIGN*** Please select two categories:
Natural Science
Social Studies
Literature
Arts and Music
Sports
Manga, Anime, and Video Games
Lifestyle
History
**[09:52] Voice**
*Category selection complete.*
**[09:54] Mikuriya**
Why did I have to end up facing
off against them in this game?
**[09:58] Shiki**
Mikuriya-kun's picked
"Natural Science" and "Lifestyle"?
**[10:01] Ashiya**
He's the very definition of a science nerd.
**[10:03] Ashiya**
He must have picked "Lifestyle" because
he thought you two would be bad at it.
**[10:07] Mikuriya**
*"Literature" is the obvious choice,*
**[10:09] Mikuriya**
* but will the other be "Manga,*
* Anime, and Video Games"?*
**[10:11] Mikuriya**
* Won't Koshiyama try to*
* make this challenging?*
**[10:14] Mikuriya**
* He did win some points off of me,*
* even if only on a few questions.*
**[10:18] Mikuriya**
* I'd rather not have to*
* reveal my hand here...*
**[10:21] Mikuriya**
* But as long as I'm in this*
* showdown, I'll show no mercy!*
***SIGN*** Huh?
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[10:26] [Messenger] Text**
Smartphone!
**[10:26] [Messenger] Text**
Smartphone!
***SIGN*** Uh?
***SIGN*** Huh?
***SIGN*** Card Sniping Quiz
**[10:29] Voice**
*Card Sniping Quiz!*
***SIGN*** Question
**[10:31] Voice**
* The fastest on the draw wins this battle to*
* find the correct answer out of several cards!*
***SIGN*** Incorrect
***SIGN*** Incorrect
***SIGN*** Correct
***SIGN*** Incorrect
**[10:40] Voice**
* If you make two incorrect*
* guesses, you're out!*
**[10:45] Shiki**
"Card Sniping"?
**[10:47] Ashiya**
There's no fixed number of
cards or correct answers,
**[10:50] Ashiya**
so even if you get one right,
stay focused right to the end.
**[10:53] Both**
Right!
**[10:54] Mikuriya**
You're blabbing too much.
***SIGN*** Card Sniping Quiz Natural Science Question 1
***SIGN*** Which of the following
numbers is divisible by 3?
**[10:57] Shiki**
A math question?!
**[10:59] Shiki**
N-Not that one, right?
**[11:01] Shiki**
What's with all those digits?!
**[11:03] Inoue**
I don't know... I don't think that one is!
**[11:04] Mikuriya**
* The trick to this one is that the sum*
* of all the digits is a multiple of three.*
**[11:09] Mikuriya**
* Once you know that, it's*
* easy to do it in your head.*
**[11:13] Inoue**
Damn! He got that one!
**[11:15] Shiki**
Huh? You knew it?
**[11:16] Inoue**
Yes! Got it!
**[11:18] Shiki**
Wow!
**[11:19] Shiki**
Are you good at mental arithmetic?
***SIGN*** Doesn't know
the trick, but
worked it out
in his head
**[11:21] Inoue**
I'm a rank 2 with an abacus!
**[11:22] Inoue**
Okay! Leave the "Manga, Anime,
and Video Games" one to me!
**[11:25] Shiki**
It's all yours!
***SIGN*** Which of the following were game consoles
released by Sega for home use?
***SIGN*** Manga, Anime, and Video Games
***SIGN*** SegaStation
**[11:31] Inoue**
Heh, no such thing.
**[11:33] Shiki**
Huh?
**[11:34] Inoue**
Dreamcast! Yes!
***SIGN*** Dreamcast
**[11:38] Inoue**
Are you kidding me?!
**[11:40] Shiki**
He got it first!
**[11:41] Inoue**
Ashiya-san, he's a total otaku, isn't he?!
**[11:44] Ashiya**
Well, he's on the quiz team,
so he's not exactly inexperienced...
***SIGN*** Lifestyle
**[11:49] Shiki**
*"Lifestyle..."*
**[11:51] Shiki**
*What kind of question will it be?*
**[11:53] Shiki**
*I realize now, after seeing the last question,*
**[11:55] Shiki**
* that if you guess after seeing the whole*
* word on the card, it'll be too late.*
**[11:58] Shiki**
Inoue, think of some possible
answers before the cards come up.
**[12:03] Shiki**
Why don't we try to collate the answers in
our heads and match them to the cards?
**[12:07] Shiki**
If we're right, we can buzz in reflexively.
**[12:09] Inoue**
Oh... We might be able
to buzz in faster that way.
**[12:12] Ashiya**
* I thought he was just*
* a fountain of knowledge,*
**[12:14] Ashiya**
*but he's theoretically analyzed the rules, too.*
***SIGN*** Lifestyle
***SIGN*** Which of the 12 months are "long months" with 31 days?
**[12:20] Inoue**
"Long months"?
**[12:21] Shiki**
January, March, May, July,
August, October, December...
**[12:25] Inoue**
This should be easy, right?
**[12:27] Inoue**
Wait, they're in English?!
**[12:28] Shiki**
So that's it!
**[12:30] Shiki**
March... That's one!
**[12:32] Shiki**
Got it!
**[12:34] Inoue**
He's fast!
**[12:36] Shiki**
*I guess that would've been too easy, huh?*
**[12:39] Shiki**
* Just because we came up with that plan*
* doesn't mean speed will be enough.*
**[12:43] Shiki**
*But...*
**[12:43] Shiki**
*What if I try that?*
**[12:49] Inoue**
Another one to Mikuriya?!
**[12:56] Shiki**
*It's not over yet!*
**[13:01] Inoue**
No letters are even showing yet!
**[13:03] Inoue**
May? It's May!
**[13:05] Shiki**
The plan worked!
**[13:07] Inoue**
"Plan"?! That wasn't a guess?!
***SIGN*** The End
**[13:09] Shiki**
Nope. I'd decided that if it took a while
for any letters to show, I'd buzz in.
**[13:14] Mikuriya**
I see now! The number of letters!
**[13:16] Shiki**
May's the only month with only
three letters in its name.
**[13:20] Shiki**
The fact that it has the fewest letters
**[13:22] Shiki**
means the part of the card where
the hint isn't visible is much larger.
**[13:26] Inoue**
Oh!
**[13:27] Inoue**
So not seeing the hint
is a hint in itself?
**[13:29] Shiki**
Right!
**[13:30] Mikuriya**
* How did he notice that*
* loophole in the rules so quickly?*
**[13:34] Ashiya**
It's pretty amazing to actually
guess correctly like that.
**[13:39] Mikuriya**
Interesting.
**[13:41] Inoue**
Okay! That just leaves "Literature"!
**[13:43] Shiki**
Yeah!
**[13:48] Akira**
Very interesting.
***SIGN*** Literature
***SIGN*** Which of the following Shakespeare plays is counted among the "Four Great Tragedies"?
**[13:53] Shiki**
All right! This is easy to narrow down!
**[13:55] Mikuriya**
I won't lose this one!
**[13:56] Guy**
Oh, I'm good at these.
***SIGN*** A Midsummer Night's Dream
Romeo and Juliet
**[14:03] Mikuriya**
He got it wrong?
**[14:04] Guy**
Sorry. See, all the machines
for this game are taken.
**[14:08] Guy**
Should middle school kids
even be in an arcade?
**[14:11] Ashiya**
Mikuriya, stop.
**[14:15] Ashiya**
Excuse me, but those two are with us.
Could you see your way to leaving them alone?
**[14:19] Ashiya**
We'll give you our machine.
**[14:21] Ashiya**
Come on over here, you two.
**[14:22] Both**
Ashiya-san!
**[14:25] Guy**
Oh, cool. One's open now.
**[14:26] Guy**
Thanks, man.
**[14:29] Ashiya**
Let it go. If you start trouble and
get reported, we'll have a real problem.
**[14:35] Guy**
What the h—
**[14:37] Guy**
Huh?
**[14:39] Akira**
I was next in line.
**[14:42] Akira**
I don't think you two understand etiquette,
**[14:44] Akira**
you sad old men.
**[14:47] Guy**
What did ya call us, you cosplaying bitch?!
**[14:48] Guy**
You wanna fight us?!
**[14:50] Akira**
Sure. If we're going to have
a match, let's do it for real.
**[14:54] Guy**
A match?
**[14:55] Akira**
If you guys win, I'll give
you anything you want.
**[15:01] Akira**
*If* you win, that is.
**[15:04] Guy**
All right!
**[15:04] Guy**
Don't forget you said that!
**[15:06] Guy**
Which game do you wanna play?!
**[15:08] Akira**
Pick whichever one you're best at.
**[15:11] Guy**
Say what?
**[15:12] Ashiya**
This is probably a good
time to get out of here.
**[15:15] Shiki**
But we haven't thanked that
person for helping us...
**[15:19] Mikuriya**
I wouldn't call that "helping us."
**[15:22] Ashiya**
It doesn't look like that
was the intention, anyway.
**[15:25] Inoue**
A fighting game?
**[15:34] Akira**
Instakill!
**[15:36] Guy**
Seriously?
**[15:37] Guy**
Aw crap!
**[15:40] Akira**
Aw man, they ran away.
**[15:43] Akira**
They were all talk, after all.
Whatever, I'll let them go this time.
**[15:50] Shiki**
U-Um, thank you for helping—
**[15:52] Akira**
I watched you guys playing.
**[15:54] Shiki**
Huh?
**[15:55] Akira**
It was exciting! You're good at quizzing!
**[15:59] Akira**
I'd love to play with you guys, too.
**[16:01] Akira**
You're welcome to play,
too, Lieutenant Colonel.
**[16:03] Akira**
You seem to have a bit
more of an edge at this.
**[16:07] Ashiya**
Sorry, but we have to get going.
**[16:10] Ashiya**
Let's go, Koshiyama-kun.
**[16:11] Shiki**
R-Right!
**[16:12] Akira**
Whoa, wait a sec!
**[16:15] Akira**
Hey...
**[16:16] Akira**
Are you guys...
**[16:20] Akira**
actual quiz freaks?
**[16:22] Akira**
You take quiz bowl seriously, right?
**[16:26] Akira**
Like, keeping an eye out for
questions and stuff like that?
**[16:28] Akira**
You're really going all out!
**[16:30] Akira**
I bet you spend every day cramming
just for quiz bowl, right?
**[16:34] Akira**
Are you honor students at school, too?
**[16:38] Shiki**
Are you making fun of us?
**[16:41] Akira**
Huh?
**[16:42] Shiki**
I don't care what you say about me.
**[16:48] Shiki**
I'm used to it.
**[16:50] Shiki**
But...
**[16:52] Shiki**
Is it wrong to go all out
for something you enjoy?
**[16:54] Shiki**
Is it something you should
get laughed at for?
**[16:57] Shiki**
It just means you like it, that's all!
**[17:00] Shiki**
Is there something wrong
with being quiz freaks?!
**[17:12] Inoue**
Let's go, Koshiyama!
**[17:14] Shiki**
Oh... right.
**[17:22] Akira**
Koshiyama...
**[17:26] Shiki**
I-I'm sorry! I said too much...
**[17:29] Ashiya**
Nah, it actually brought a smile to my face.
**[17:32] Ashiya**
It means you're really
into quiz bowl, right?
**[17:36] Ashiya**
I'm glad to have new kindred spirits.
**[17:42] Shiki**
Yeah.
**[17:47] Inoue**
What the heck was with that chick, though?
**[17:50] Shiki**
Were those wings I saw?
**[17:52] Inoue**
Yeah! I know this is Akiba,
but that's just insane, right?
**[17:56] Yuki**
We're holding a quiz event!
**[17:59] [SONG] Text**
Open: 11:00 AM ~
Today's Event: "Janken Chance"
Accepting applicants
until 5:00 PM
***SIGN*** Meow Meow
**[17:59] Mari**
What's our store's special attraction today?
**[18:03] Inoue**
"Janken"?
**[18:04] Both**
Ding-ding! You're corre—
**[18:12] Shiki**
F-Fukami-san?!
**[18:17] Inoue**
Maids?! Animal ears?!
**[18:19] Yuki**
M-Maririn...
**[18:21] Jinko**
Oh?
**[18:23] Shiki**
Sasajima-senpai!
**[18:25] Ashiya**
Hey.
**[18:26] Gakuto**
Hello.
**[18:27] Inoue**
A-All right! As we're here, let's go
check out Fukami-san's maid café!
**[18:32] Jinko**
Hey, that sounds like heaps of fun!
**[18:34] Mari**
Please don't!
**[18:36] Yuki**
Come on, Maririn. Back to work, okay?
**[18:40] Yuki**
Okay, we'll show you the way!
**[18:44] Shiki**
M-Mikuriya-kun, you're going home?
Why don't you come with us?
**[18:48] Mikuriya**
Like hell I will.
**[18:49] Shiki**
U-Um...
**[18:51] Mikuriya**
What?
**[18:52] Shiki**
Well, um...
**[18:55] Shiki**
If it's okay with you,
can we exchange contact info?
**[19:00] Mikuriya**
Huh?
**[19:01] Mikuriya**
Why?
**[19:02] Shiki**
Why? Because...
**[19:04] Shiki**
Um, I had a lot of fun today,
s-so I was hoping we could be friends.
**[19:08] Mikuriya**
What kind of idiot are you?
**[19:10] Mikuriya**
And I'm not your friend.
**[19:15] Mikuriya**
More importantly, don't forget
about the regular meet.
**[19:25] Shiki**
"Regular meet"?
**[19:27] Mari**
It's a regularly scheduled competition where
**[19:29] Mari**
quiz teams from several
schools come together.
**[19:33] Mari**
It's basically a joint quiz meet.
**[19:36] Shiki**
A quiz meet?
**[19:38] Mari**
What's so important about
the regular meet?
**[19:41] Shiki**
Mikuriya-kun said he'd
get his revenge there.
**[19:44] Mari**
A declaration of war, huh? Sounds good.
**[19:49] Mari**
Well, that means you have
a rival, doesn't it?
**[19:53] Shiki**
A... rival?
**[19:56] Mari**
Yep.
**[20:03] Shiki**
S-Sorry!
**[20:05] Shiki**
I'm going home!
**[20:06] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun?
**[20:13] Ashiya**
Chisato-kun!
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Colonel Chisato Mikuriya Chisato Mikuriya Prefectural High School, First-year
**[20:15] Mikuriya**
What?
**[20:16] Ashiya**
Why did you go and say something like that?
**[20:20] Ashiya**
Don't you feel bad for Koshiyama-kun?
**[20:22] Mikuriya**
If he got serious, he could
become a lot better.
**[20:25] Mikuriya**
That's why I don't want to get
chummy. I won't show any mercy.
**[20:29] Ashiya**
Well, I look forward to next
month's regular meet, then.
**[20:33] Ashiya**
But Koshiyama won't be your only opponent.
**[20:36] Ashiya**
In fact, there'll be plenty of
others who are much tougher.
**[20:39] Ashiya**
I'll be competing, too.
**[20:43] Mikuriya**
No matter who I face, I'll show no
mercy when I'm laying the smack down.
**[22:31] Guy**
We saw a new quiz format today: the
single question with multiple answers.
***SIGN*** Single Question with Multiple Answers
**[22:34] Guy**
They demand broader knowledge
than questions with only one answer.
**[22:37] Inoue**
Those were hard...
**[22:39] Shiki**
But if we get lots of them right,
we can get lots of points!
**[22:43] Guy**
Now, here's a question
with multiple answers!
**[22:45] Guy**
Which of these vegetables
does Mikuriya-kun hate?
**[22:50] Ashiya**
Bell peppers.
**[22:51] Ashiya**
Carrots.
**[22:52] Ashiya**
Celery.
**[22:53] Ashiya**
Spinach.
**[22:55] Ashiya**
You're surprisingly childish, after all.
**[22:58] Mikuriya**
Shut up!
# 7 - ...Their Past Quiz Questions
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**[00:00] Mikuriya**
More importantly, don't forget
about the regular meet.
**[00:10] Shiki**
"Regular meet"?
**[00:12] Mari**
It's a regularly scheduled
competition where quiz teams
**[00:14] Mari**
from several schools come together.
**[00:17] Mari**
Well, that means you have
a rival, doesn't it?
**[00:22] Shiki**
A... rival?
**[00:24] Mari**
Yep.
**[00:26] Shiki**
S-Sorry!
**[00:28] Shiki**
I'm going home!
**[00:29] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun?
**[00:35] Shiki**
*"Rival"...*
**[00:36] Shiki**
* That's a title you only give to one*
* whose skills you acknowledge,*
**[00:39] Shiki**
* evoking more passion*
* than anyone else's name.*
**[00:42] Shiki**
* I always thought it'd never be more*
* than a dream for me to have one.*
***SIGN*** Imperial University
Quiz Bowl Studies
No. 1 in Japanese
Quiz Bowl
**[00:55] Shiki**
Yeah!
**[00:57] Shiki**
It's no dream!
***SIGN*** Question 7: "...Their Past Quiz Questions"
***SIGN*** Club Competition
***SIGN*** Paper
**[02:33] Gakuto**
The regular meet?
**[02:34] Shiki**
Mikuriya-kun told me about it.
**[02:37] Mari**
We figured you'd know the schedule,
**[02:39] Mari**
and how the tournament works, and so on.
**[02:42] Gakuto**
Jinko, work more quietly.
**[02:46] Jinko**
Sure.
**[02:48] Gakuto**
I was just thinking I should
tell you all about it.
**[02:51] Gakuto**
The full schedule is still
to be confirmed,
**[02:53] Gakuto**
but the regular meet will take place in
June at Asagaoka Girls' High School.
**[02:57] Inoue**
Asagaoka?
**[02:59] Mari**
That's Yukicchi's school!
**[03:01] Chiaki**
The "regular meet"
**[03:03] Chiaki**
is, in fact, a normal activity
for every quiz bowl team.
**[03:09] Chiaki**
But the "regular meet" for
student quiz bowl teams
**[03:12] Chiaki**
is basically a meet held
out of school hours.
**[03:15] Chiaki**
Schools take turns
hosting a quiz tournament.
**[03:19] Chiaki**
You could call it a larger version
of the last meet at Sekigawata.
**[03:23] Yuki**
A larger version...
**[03:24] Chiaki**
All the strongest schools in Kanto and
the surrounding prefectures participate.
**[03:29] Chiaki**
Kaijou Academy will most
likely be there, as well.
**[03:32] Kenmochi**
Kaijou's that elite high school!
**[03:35] Kogawa**
Oh, gosh! All those smart
boys will be coming *here*!
**[03:39] Chiaki**
As Asagaoka is the host school,
**[03:42] Chiaki**
we must make preparations to welcome
these competitive schools.
**[03:45] Kenmochi**
So we'll get to make boys from competitive
schools really apply themselves!
**[03:49] Kujou**
And we get to put anguished looks on
their faces with our tough questions!
**[03:53] Kogawa**
It'll be a white-hot drama of
boys in a garden of girls!
**[03:56] Yuki**
Uh, I think there'll be
girls participating, too...
**[04:01] Chiaki**
I've already come up with a special plan.
**[04:06] Shiki**
Sekigawata, Miyaura... and Kaijou, too?
**[04:12] Mari**
Kaijou's quiz team is the
toughest of the tough.
**[04:16] Mari**
They're a top national level team.
**[04:18] Inoue**
Seriously?
**[04:19] Gakuto**
Participation is optional.
**[04:22] Shiki**
I'm in!
**[04:23] Mari**
Me, too!
**[04:25] Inoue**
M-Me, too!
**[04:27] Shiki**
*I'm going up against Mikuriya-kun.*
**[04:30] Gakuto**
Good. In competitive quiz bowl, you
can't get better without experience.
**[04:35] Gakuto**
It'll be good for you to get some practice
with veteran schools at the regular meet.
**[04:39] Jinko**
C'mon, Gakuto. Sounds like y'all are
expectin' to lose right from the get-go.
**[04:45] Jinko**
Competitions're all a matter of chance.
They're fun 'cause no one knows what'll happen.
**[04:49] Jinko**
Ain't that what you're always sayin'?
**[04:51] Mari**
That's right, Senpai!
**[04:52] Mari**
I think, in terms of knowledge, Koshiyama-kun
can hold his own against those tough schools!
**[04:57] Shiki**
I-I'll do my best to win!
**[05:00] Gakuto**
I see.
**[05:02] Gakuto**
In that case, in preparation for the meet,
**[05:05] Gakuto**
you should compete among
yourselves, starting today.
**[05:08] Gakuto**
We'll start with a quiz paper.
**[05:10] Gakuto**
You have ten minutes.
**[05:13] Gakuto**
It's typical for quiz papers to be issued
during the early rounds of the meet.
**[05:18] Gakuto**
It's a quiz format that
simply tests knowledge.
**[05:24] Gakuto**
Begin.
**[05:25] Shiki**
* So written quizzes are part*
* of competitions, too?*
**[05:27] Shiki**
*This might play to my strengths.*
**[05:31] Shiki**
*Or maybe it won't be so easy...*
***SIGN*** Shoudo Island
***SIGN*** Trench coat
**[05:31] [SONG] Text**
Tumbleweed
**[05:34] Shiki**
* Fifty questions in ten minutes...*
* So I need to answer one every twelve seconds.*
**[05:38] Shiki**
*Time limits put you under pressure,*
**[05:40] Shiki**
* and answers don't always*
* spring to mind immediately.*
***SIGN*** 42. The fish known as the "harbinger of spring" is the Pacific herring...
43. Meaning "long shirt," the Vietnamese outfit...
44. One of the world's three rarest delicacies, caviar, refers to the eggs of...
45. Often seen in logo designs of fashion brands, a sketched pattern...
46. In 1935, the novel *Sobo* won the Akutagawa Prize for which...
**[05:43] Shiki**
* Plus, I have trouble with*
* categories I'm less familiar with.*
**[05:48] Shiki**
*The last question is...*
**[05:50] Shiki**
* "How much does Sasajima Jinko*
* currently weigh, in kilos?"*
**[05:58] Gakuto**
A question requiring
approximation is often added
**[06:01] Gakuto**
at the end of quizzes to determine
a winner in the event of a tie.
***SIGN*** Approximation Question
How much does Sasajima Jinko currently weigh, in kilos?
**[06:03] Inoue**
*The issue is those boobs...*
**[06:05] Mari**
*They're definitely heavier than mine.*
**[06:08] Shiki**
*She's taller than me...*
**[06:10] Jinko**
What? What's up with y'all? Stop starin' at me!
**[06:14] Gakuto**
That's ten minutes. Time's up.
**[06:16] Gakuto**
Get on.
**[06:19] Jinko**
Why the heck?!
**[06:20] Gakuto**
47.5 kilograms.
**[06:22] Inoue**
Yeah!
**[06:23] Jinko**
Gakuto, you idiot!
**[06:25] Gakuto**
In last place with 16 points,
**[06:27] Gakuto**
Inoue Daisuke.
**[06:31] Inoue**
And I guessed her precise weight and all...
**[06:33] Gakuto**
You have a long way to go.
**[06:35] Inoue**
I-I know that!
**[06:37] Inoue**
In second place with 39 points,
**[06:39] Gakuto**
Fukami Mari.
**[06:42] Gakuto**
Aren't classic questions your strong suit?
You'd lose in the opening round with that.
**[06:46] Mari**
I'm sorry.
**[06:47] Gakuto**
In first place with 44 points,
**[06:49] Gakuto**
Koshiyama Shiki.
**[06:50] Shiki**
Y-Yes, sir.
**[06:52] Mari**
I figured it'd be Koshiyama-kun.
**[06:54] Gakuto**
Koshiyama, how do you feel about your score?
**[06:58] Shiki**
I-I did fairly well, I guess...
**[07:02] Gakuto**
You're naïve.
**[07:03] Gakuto**
Every single one of the veteran school's
players would ace a quiz of classics like this.
**[07:09] Gakuto**
You'd lose in the opening round, too.
**[07:11] Gakuto**
You wouldn't even get to
the buzzer rounds.
**[07:14] Inoue**
Whoa, harsh...
**[07:17] Gakuto**
Paper quizzes screen out a
large number of participants.
**[07:20] Gakuto**
One point can separate winners from losers.
**[07:23] Gakuto**
Your knowledge base extends
no further than literature.
**[07:27] Gakuto**
You won't be causing any upsets
against the veteran schools.
**[07:31] Mari**
Senpai, you didn't need to go that far...
**[07:34] Shiki**
I know that!
**[07:35] Shiki**
* If I go to the regular meet like this,*
* I'll only disappoint Mikuriya-kun.*
**[07:40] Shiki**
I'll gain lots more knowledge!
**[07:43] Shiki**
I'll improve my technique
and learn about quiz bowl!
**[07:47] Mari**
Gaudí!
**[07:47] Gakuto**
Correct.
**[07:49] Mari**
Foyer!
**[07:51] Mari**
Joseki!
**[07:53] Shiki**
Next time...
**[07:54] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun!
**[07:56] Mari**
Focus more on the determining points.
**[07:58] Mari**
It's too late if you wait to know
the answer before buzzing!
**[08:01] Mari**
Buzz in as soon as you think you can guess it.
**[08:03] Mari**
Otherwise, you won't even
get the right to answer!
**[08:06] Shiki**
*Fukami-san...*
**[08:14] Gakuto**
Question.
**[08:15] Gakuto**
The shrine where you would find the
god of protection against fire is—
**[08:19] Shiki**
Akihabara!
**[08:23] Gakuto**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q. The shrine where you would find the god of protection against fire is
the namesake of which town, famous for its "Electric Town"? A. Akihabara
***SIGN*** Koshiyama
**[08:29] Inoue**
Should've known Fukami-san would kick
our butts in the fastest finger round.
**[08:33] Shiki**
Yeah, I only managed to
get the last question.
**[08:38] Jinko**
Still...
**[08:39] Jinko**
I never knew there were so many
quiz nuts like Gakuto out there.
**[08:43] Mari**
Didn't your brother's involvement
in quiz bowl rub off on you at all?
**[08:47] Jinko**
I'm more interested in makin' things
than answerin' questions, that's all.
**[08:53] Mari**
Oh...
**[08:55] Jinko**
The buzzers'll be done soon, too.
**[08:57] Jinko**
Look forward to 'em.
**[09:00] Jinko**
Gakuto! Wait up! Give me a ride!
**[09:03] Mari**
Those two sure are close.
**[09:09] Shiki**
Hey, Fukami-san...
**[09:11] Shiki**
Thanks for your advice on buzzing in.
**[09:13] Mari**
Not at all.
**[09:14] Mari**
Seeing you trying so hard
motivated me, too.
**[09:20] Shiki**
By the way, what made
you get into quiz bowl?
**[09:24] Inoue**
I wanna know, too!
**[09:27] Mari**
Well...
**[09:29] Mari**
I guess it was my brother's influence.
**[09:33] Shiki**
You have a brother?
**[09:34] Mari**
Yeah. He's a year older than me,
**[09:38] Mari**
and he's been doing quiz
bowl since middle school.
**[09:42] Mari**
I always used to read quiz books like he did,
**[09:45] Mari**
and got him to teach me about quiz bowl.
**[09:48] (Flashback) Seiji**
Question.
**[09:50] (Flashback) Seiji**
French for "flash of lightning,"
**[09:53] (Flashback) Seiji**
a long, thin pastry topped with
chocolate is known by what name?
**[10:00] (Flashback) Seiji**
The answer is...
**[10:02] (Flashback) Seiji**
...éclair.
**[10:05] Mari**
Every year at my brother's school festival,
**[10:08] Mari**
the quiz team hosts a quiz bowl tournament.
***SIGN*** Kaijou Festival
**[10:12] Mari**
I eventually started taking part in it.
***SIGN*** Quiz Meet Applications
***SIGN*** As the number of participants is limited, entrants will be selected by lottery.
**[10:20] Mari**
My brother's school quiz
team has a long history,
**[10:24] Mari**
so the school festival's annual quiz meet
**[10:26] Mari**
was so popular that it was
always standing-room only.
**[10:29] Mari**
And other than me, all the
participants were adults.
**[10:38] (Flashback) Guy**
Donkey!
**[10:38] (Flashback) Host**
Correct.
**[10:39] (Flashback) Guy**
Ringside seats.
**[10:41] (Flashback) Host**
Correct.
**[10:42] (Flashback) Lady**
Siphon.
**[10:43] (Flashback) Host**
Correct.
**[10:44] Mari**
Back then, I seriously regretted entering.
**[10:48] Mari**
I managed to get into the meet, but
couldn't answer a single question.
**[10:53] Mari**
But in the middle of all that...
**[10:56] (Flashback) Guy**
Question.
**[10:57] (Flashback) Guy**
French for "flash of lightning,"
**[11:00] (Flashback) Guy**
a long, thin pastry topped with—
**[11:09] Mari**
Eclair.
**[11:11] (Flashback) Host**
Correct.
**[11:23] Mari**
I think it's because of that one question
**[11:25] Mari**
that I'm in quiz bowl right now.
**[11:30] Mari**
I was only able to answer one question,
**[11:32] Mari**
but I still can't forget that moment.
**[11:36] Shiki**
*I see... Just like me and* Das Gemeine.*
**[11:41] Mari**
And the other reason was the way
my brother looked that day.
**[11:48] (Flashback) Seiji**
Middle school first-year, Fukami Seiji.
**[11:52] (Flashback) Seiji**
I won't lose to the older students.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Host**
The timed fastest finger round
will last five minutes.
**[11:57] (Flashback) Host**
Now, begin.
**[12:00] (Flashback) Guy**
Question.
**[12:01] (Flashback) Guy**
When an airplane exceeds the speed
of sound, the shock waves—
**[12:05] (Flashback) Seiji**
Sonic boom.
***SIGN*** Q. When an airplane exceeds the speed of sound, the shock waves
produce a sound known by what name? A. Sonic boom
**[12:07] (Flashback) Host**
Correct.
**[12:11] (Flashback) Seiji**
The César Award.
**[12:13] (Flashback) Seiji**
Nue.
**[12:14] (Flashback) Seiji**
Space chorus.
**[12:15] (Flashback) Host**
Correct.
**[12:24] Mari**
It was amazing.
**[12:27] Inoue**
From what you just said, that school's
quiz team must be pretty awesome, too.
**[12:31] Shiki**
What school does your brother go to?
**[12:33] Mari**
Well, my brother is...
**[12:36] Mari**
a second-year at Kaijou High School.
**[12:39] Shiki**
Kaijou?!
**[12:40] Inoue**
That elite high school?
**[12:42] Inoue**
Maybe you two will face each other
in competition at the regional meet!
**[12:47] Mari**
Unfortunately, he won't be
participating in the regular meet.
**[12:51] Inoue**
Huh? Why not?
**[12:54] Mari**
He quit quiz bowl.
**[12:57] Mari**
He said he wants to focus
on his entrance exams.
**[13:01] Mari**
Can't help that, right?
**[13:04] Seiji**
Mari?
**[13:05] Seiji**
It *is* you, Mari.
**[13:07] Seiji**
Are you heading home?
**[13:09] Seiji**
Who are these two?
**[13:10] Mari**
Um...
**[13:12] Mari**
This is Koshiyama-kun and
Inoue-kun, from my class.
**[13:15] Mari**
Our club ran late,
so they're walking with me.
**[13:17] Seiji**
I see. Thank you for that.
**[13:20] Inoue**
N-No problem.
**[13:22] Shiki**
You're, um...
**[13:23] Seiji**
It's nice to meet you.
**[13:25] Seiji**
I'm Mari's older brother, Seiji.
**[13:28] Both**
N-Nice to meet you!
***SIGN*** Handsome
Big Brother
**[13:30] Inoue**
*What a handsome big brother!*
**[13:31] Shiki**
* Only Fukami-san could*
* have a brother like that!*
**[13:34] Seiji**
Let's go home, Mari.
**[13:38] Mari**
See you, Koshiyama-kun, Inoue-kun.
**[13:42] Shiki**
S-Sure...
**[13:43] Inoue**
L-Later, then.
**[13:52] Mari**
You're back pretty early today.
**[13:55] Seiji**
We only had one lesson at cram school.
**[13:58] Seiji**
Are you always this late getting home?
**[14:01] Seiji**
Can't say I like it.
**[14:03] Mari**
Um... I sort of got to
talking with my friends...
**[14:07] Seiji**
I didn't realize...
**[14:09] Seiji**
you'd joined a club.
**[14:11] Seiji**
Which club?
**[14:14] Seiji**
You're not going to tell me you joined
that quiz bowl circle, I hope.
**[14:23] Seiji**
What did I tell you?
**[14:25] Seiji**
Competing in quiz bowl is pointless.
***SIGN*** Tweeeeet
***SIGN*** Toooot
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***SIGN*** Asagaoka Regular Meet Details — Asagaoka, Sonohara
***SIGN*** The details for the regular meet at Asagaoka have been confirmed.
***SIGN*** Date: June 3 (Sun.) 10:00 doors open 10:30 start Location: Asagaoka Girls' High School Campus, B Building (see URL below)
**[14:40] Gakuto**
So it's set.
**[14:43] Niina**
I'm glad it's after our midterms.
**[14:46] Ashiya**
That'll be tough...
**[14:48] Maruyama**
Why did they pick that date?!
**[14:50] Maruyama**
That's two days before our midterms!
**[14:52] Mukai**
Why does only our school have exams then?!
**[14:55] Ashiya**
Well, we can't do anything about it now.
**[14:57] Ashiya**
Everyone who'd like to
enter, raise your hands.
**[15:04] Maruyama**
Mikuriya? Won't you need to study?
**[15:07] Mikuriya**
Nah.
**[15:09] Mikuriya**
Midterms are no big deal if
you've been listening in class.
**[15:13] Ashiya**
You're the only participant, as of right now.
**[15:16] Maruyama**
Relax, Mikuriya. We won't
let you do it all alone.
**[15:21] Mukai**
Maruyama, you're gonna participate, too?
**[15:23] Maruyama**
Just think about it. This kind of
chance doesn't come along often.
**[15:27] Maruyama**
It's at an all-girls school, you
know! A garden of sweet fruit!
**[15:30] Mukai**
That's right! It's gonna
smell amazing, for sure!
***SIGN*** Small Classroom B
**[15:38] Gakuto**
The regular meet will take place
on the first Sunday of next month.
**[15:42] Gakuto**
Read all of these by then.
**[15:44] Inoue**
All of these in half a month?
**[15:49] (Flashback) Seiji**
Competing in quiz bowl is pointless.
**[15:54] Mari**
*How can he call it pointless?*
**[15:57] Inoue**
Well, I did completely
screw up the paper quiz.
**[16:01] Inoue**
I guess I should read up a little.
**[16:04] Gakuto**
This is only a fraction of what I have.
**[16:07] Gakuto**
I regularly collect past
questions from other schools
**[16:09] Gakuto**
as well as question collections
from adult quiz circles.
**[16:16] Inoue**
Whoa, they're all packed
with nothing but words!
**[16:18] Inoue**
This looks right up your alley, Koshiyama...
**[16:23] Inoue**
You have way too many
of those strewn about.
**[16:26] Shiki**
Huh? Ah... I was looking for
something, and this just happened...
**[16:31] Gakuto**
What were you reading?
**[16:33] Shiki**
Well...
***SIGN*** Kyoto
**[16:34] Mari**
A Kyoto guide?
**[16:36] Inoue**
Are you going on a trip or something?
**[16:38] Shiki**
No, but these often have a lot of
information on local history and landmarks.
**[16:46] Shiki**
I thought it might be useful
for quiz bowl, too.
***SIGN*** Nara
**[16:51] Gakuto**
So you've been reading guides from all
the regions of Kansai for that reason?
***SIGN*** Kobe
***SIGN*** Osaka
**[16:55] Shiki**
Yeah. It's hard to stop once you start.
**[16:58] Shiki**
I get sidetracked sometimes...
**[17:01] Gakuto**
That's a good reading method.
**[17:03] Gakuto**
It's easier to recall knowledge you took in
**[17:05] Gakuto**
by reading related sources than by
just reading anything at random.
**[17:09] Shiki**
Will that be useful for quiz bowl?
**[17:12] Gakuto**
Famous locations and local specialties
are often used for questions.
**[17:14] Inoue**
Huh?
**[17:16] Gakuto**
Question.
**[17:17] Inoue**
Huh?!
**[17:29] Gakuto**
Something's come up.
**[17:34] Mari**
Senpai, why did you get
involved in quiz bowl?
**[17:39] Gakuto**
Why am I in quiz bowl?
That's a silly question.
**[17:43] Gakuto**
Do you need a reason for
doing what you love?
**[18:00] Mari**
Sasajima-senpai is so amazing...
**[18:04] Shiki**
Huh?!
**[18:05] Inoue**
What kind of flag just triggered?!
**[18:06] Mari**
That's right! The reason
doesn't even matter!
**[18:10] Gakuto**
Sorry about that.
***SIGN*** I love what I love, and I'll say it with pride!
**[18:16] Mari**
I...
**[18:19] Mari**
...love quiz bowl!
**[18:21] Both**
Huh?!
**[18:23] Jinko**
I dunno what's goin' on, but well said!
**[18:27] Mari**
Jinko-san...
**[18:29] Jinko**
In response to all of y'all's enthusiasm,
**[18:32] Jinko**
I'd like to present my handmade buzzer set!
**[18:36] Shiki**
They're done?
**[18:37] Inoue**
When did that happen?
**[18:38] Gakuto**
Just a moment ago.
**[18:43] Jinko**
There!
**[18:47] Inoue**
Huh?
**[18:49] Mari**
Lunch boxes?
**[18:51] Shiki**
Th-They're very cute buzzer buttons.
**[18:55] Gakuto**
Well, let's start with a buzzer test.
**[18:57] Buzzer**
Meow!
**[18:58] Buzzer**
Oink!
**[19:00] Buzzer**
Baa!
**[19:01] Buzzer**
Ribbit!
**[19:02] Inoue**
I don't think so!
**[19:03] Mari**
They're cute, but...
**[19:05] Shiki**
This'll make me forget any
answers I come up with...
**[19:08] Gakuto**
Fix this by tomorrow.
**[19:10] Jinko**
Aw, y'all are no fun.
**[19:13] Jinko**
Oh, yeah! Question!
**[19:15] Jinko**
What's a cute girl like me
called in the Kyoto dialect?
**[19:19] Buzzer**
Meow!
**[19:22] Shiki**
B-Belle.
**[19:24] Buzzer**
Dummy!
**[19:25] Jinko**
Correct!
**[19:26] Shiki**
It was the right answer, but
I still got called a dummy...
**[19:34] Shiki**
*We finally got our own buzzers.*
**[19:37] Shiki**
* Our preparations for the regular*
* meet are finally underway.*
**[19:51] Chiaki**
Looks like just about all
of the entries are in.
**[19:55] Akira**
Hey, Onee-tama! Look at me!
**[19:58] Chiaki**
Huh?
**[19:59] Akira**
What do you think?
**[20:00] Chiaki**
Hey, that's—
**[20:02] Akira**
See? It's a perfect fit!
**[20:05] Akira**
It's almost time for our
summer uniforms, right?
**[20:07] Akira**
Lend me this outfit when
summer comes around!
**[20:09] Chiaki**
What would you even do with it?
**[20:11] Chiaki**
Take it off!
**[20:13] Akira**
I guess it won't work,
since we go to different schools.
**[20:16] Chiaki**
You think *that's* the reason?
**[20:18] Akira**
By the way, Nee-chan,
**[20:19] Akira**
is doing quiz bowl with
all the other kids fun?
**[20:23] Chiaki**
Your school has a perfectly
fine quiz bowl team.
**[20:27] Chiaki**
Why don't you give it a try?
**[20:29] Akira**
But clubs are such a hassle.
**[20:33] Akira**
I've found someone interesting, though.
**[20:36] Akira**
His name's "Koshiyama."
**[20:38] Chiaki**
Koshiyama? I've heard that name somewhere...
**[20:42] Akira**
He does quiz bowl, too.
**[20:45] Chiaki**
Is he that literary nut from Buzou?
***SIGN*** Tani Kazuyoshi Sasajima Gakuto Fukami Mari Koshiyama Shiki Inoue Daisuke Ashiya Yousuke Maruyama Wataru
**[20:48] Chiaki**
He's put his name down for the regular
meet. But how do *you* know him?
**[22:30] Gakuto**
Our usual quiz master has made
his way to a certain location.
**[22:34] Gakuto**
Now, live from the scene: Quiz Master!
**[22:36] Master**
Yes! I'm currently in the place all high
school students dream of visiting: New York!
**[22:41] Master**
And the venue for this year's high
school quiz meet is, of course, right here...
**[22:44] Master**
In front of the Statue of Liberty!
**[22:48] Shiki**
I'd love to go there!
**[22:49] Master**
Yes, I look forward to seeing you
here one day, Koshiyama-kun.
**[22:54] Master**
Let's all do it together! The password is...
**[22:56] Master**
Victory!
**[22:58] All**
Victory!
# 8 - \Greetings/ Asagaoka Regular Meet!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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**[00:03] Mom**
Shiki?
**[00:06] Shiki**
S-Sorry I woke you.
**[00:08] Mom**
Wearing your school uniform on a Sunday?
**[00:10] Mom**
Are you going to school?
**[00:11] Shiki**
Yeah. My club has a quiz meet today.
**[00:14] Mom**
Club? A meet?!
**[00:16] Shiki**
Y-Yeah.
**[00:17] Mom**
I had no idea!
**[00:18] Mom**
What about lunch?
I'll pack you one right away!
**[00:22] Shiki**
* My memories of my dad reading*
* books to me when I was little*
**[00:26] Shiki**
*seem so far away in my memory now.*
**[00:29] Shiki**
* For me, reading was a way for me*
* to have fun in my own little world.*
**[00:35] Shiki**
I'm borrowing this book today.
**[00:39] Shiki**
* I learned a lot of things in*
* my world spun from letters.*
**[00:43] Shiki**
* It's my own secret world,*
* which I've kept warm all this time.*
**[00:46] Shiki**
* And now, it's starting to connect me*
* with the world everyone else inhabits...*
**[00:50] Shiki**
*The quiz bowl world.*
**[00:54] Shiki**
*Okay!*
***SIGN*** Question 8: "\Greetings/ Asagaoka Regular Meet!"
**[02:26] Chiaki**
Thank you all for participating in
today's regular meet here at Asagaoka.
**[02:31] Chiaki**
Once you've signed in,
please sit wherever you like.
**[02:35] Shiki**
We're having a quiz meet
in a place like this?
**[02:39] Jinko**
Looks fun!
**[02:40] Gakuto**
Keep it down, Jinko.
**[02:42] Gakuto**
The rule is that spectators can't
interfere with participants.
**[02:46] Mari**
Yukicchi! It's been half
a month since I saw you!
**[02:48] Yuki**
There, there. We can hang
out again starting from today.
**[02:50] Inoue**
What's that about?
**[02:52] Kenmochi**
A gag order.
**[02:54] Kenmochi**
We were told not to associate with
students from other schools until the meet.
**[02:59] Gakuto**
The host school is in charge of
managing the questions and rules.
***SIGN*** Present
**[03:02] Gakuto**
To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings,
***SIGN*** Inoue Daisuke
Koshiyama Shiki
Sasajima Gakuto
Fukami Mari
**[03:04] Gakuto**
they must take care when
associating with participating schools.
**[03:07] Inoue**
Huh?
**[03:08] Shiki**
They're doing it by the book, huh?
**[03:10] Niina**
So Ashiya-kun, your tests
are in two days, aren't they?
**[03:13] Ashiya**
Niina...
**[03:14] Ashiya**
There's no way I could miss this meet when
kids from my school are participating.
**[03:18] Maruyama**
Mikuriya, what are you doing?
**[03:21] Mikuriya**
What are you—
**[03:21] Voice**
* Question: Kyoto's Golden Pavilion*
* and Silver Pavilion are—*
**[03:24] Mikuriya**
Give that back!
**[03:24] Maruyama**
He's listening to questions!
**[03:28] Mukai**
Seriously?!
**[03:30] Shiki**
*Mikuriya-kun...*
**[03:31] Mikuriya**
*So you came, Koshiyama.*
**[03:33] Mikuriya**
*I hope you've been brushing up.*
**[03:35] Shiki**
*A quiz competition with Mikuriya-kun...*
**[03:38] Shiki**
*I can't wait!*
**[03:42] Niina**
It's Kaijou Academy.
**[03:44] Ashiya**
The veteran quiz team and
champions of the east.
**[03:47] Niina**
So Kaijou's club president
this year is Ohkura, huh?
**[03:50] Ashiya**
He ranked first on the national
mock exams in literature.
***SIGN*** Kaijou High School 2nd Year
Ohkura Kunimitsu
**[03:52] Ashiya**
No one can match him on the paper quiz.
**[03:55] Mari**
* Kaijou Academy's quiz team...*
* That's where my brother used to play!*
**[04:01] Gakuto**
Kaijou, eh? They look tough again this year.
**[04:04] Shiki**
They all look really impressive.
**[04:07] Gakuto**
Kaijou isn't the only tough school here.
**[04:09] Gakuto**
Sekigawata, whose club
president is Niina-san...
**[04:12] Gakuto**
Miyaura, whose president is Ashiya-san...
**[04:15] Gakuto**
And then there's Yokohama
Kannami University High School...
**[04:17] Gakuto**
and Chiba's Leoneil.
**[04:20] Gakuto**
They're all equally prestigious schools.
**[04:23] Jinko**
Whoa! Whazzat?
**[04:29] Chiaki**
Welcome to the Asagaoka Regular Meet.
**[04:33] Chiaki**
As the Bible teaches, "Those who
think they know something
**[04:38] Chiaki**
do not yet know as they ought to know."
**[04:43] Chiaki**
It also says, "As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another."
**[04:49] Chiaki**
Young ones, apply yourselves to the fullest!
**[04:52] Chiaki**
May God bless you and keep you.
**[04:55] All**
Amen.
**[05:01] Chiaki**
*Nailed it.*
**[05:04] Yuki**
Today's events will proceed in the order
outlined in the programs you received at sign-in.
**[05:08] Shiki**
*So this is today's program...*
**[05:11] Yuki**
We are now distributing paper quizzes.
***SIGN*** In the Beginning, There Was The Word
**[05:16] Yuki**
Round 1 will now begin.
**[05:18] Yuki**
You have ten minutes.
**[05:22] Shiki**
*The paper quiz is fifty questions,*
**[05:24] Shiki**
*including one that calls for approximation.*
**[05:26] Mikuriya**
*Religious stuff right off the bat...*
**[05:28] Mikuriya**
* Looks like this is going to*
* follow us around all day.*
**[05:35] Yuki**
You have one minute left.
**[05:37] Yuki**
Thirty seconds.
**[05:39] Yuki**
Stop.
**[05:41] Yuki**
We will now take a break.
**[05:43] Yuki**
The answers will be announced at 12:00,
and rankings will be announced at 12:10.
**[05:43] Inoue**
Koshiyama, let's go see what an
all-girls school looks like!
**[05:45] Shiki**
Sorry, I'll pass.
**[05:48] Inoue**
Oh, fine...
**[05:49] Mari**
Inoue-kun, let's go get some drinks.
**[05:52] Inoue**
Sure!
**[05:57] Akira**
Man, what a drag.
**[06:02] Inoue**
Don't stand there and drink it! Move!
**[06:10] Akira**
Sorry.
**[06:13] Inoue**
Huh? Where have I...
**[06:16] Akira**
Bullseye.
**[06:18] Ohkura**
Sasajima.
**[06:20] Gakuto**
Ohkura.
**[06:22] Shiki**
* Wh-What does Kaijou's club president*
* have to say to Sasajima-senpai?!*
**[06:29] Ohkura**
You finally showed up, Sasajima?!
**[06:31] Gakuto**
Uh, well, looks that way, yeah...
**[06:33] Ohkura**
I've waited for you this whole time!
**[06:35] Ohkura**
I heard rumors that you started
a quiz team at Buzou,
**[06:39] Ohkura**
and I thought to myself, "Now's the time!"
**[06:40] Gakuto**
Okay, I get it. Now, get off
me. You're in my face.
**[06:44] Chiaki**
Quickly, accurately, and efficiently!
**[06:47] All**
Yes!
**[06:48] Kogawa**
I've finished scoring the first one!
**[06:50] Yuki**
Um, President...
**[06:51] Yuki**
This person got most of the answers right,
**[06:54] Yuki**
but somehow, all the answers from
Question 4 onward are a space off.
**[06:58] Chiaki**
Huh? Who did that?
**[07:00] Yuki**
Does that mean...
**[07:02] Chiaki**
Naturally. Mark them all as incorrect.
**[07:04] Yuki**
What a waste...
**[07:06] Chiaki**
* The high-ranking players with the*
* real skills are a cut above the others.*
**[07:09] Chiaki**
* They're even getting the toughest*
* questions we could throw at them.*
**[07:13] Chiaki**
*I look forward to the remaining rounds.*
***SIGN*** Question 2
***SIGN*** June Bride
**[07:16] Kujou**
The answer to Question 2 was "June bride."
**[07:19] Ohkura**
You haven't been to a meet
since last summer, have you?
**[07:22] Gakuto**
Guess not.
**[07:23] Ohkura**
Does this mean you're back
on the quiz bowl scene?
**[07:25] Gakuto**
I don't believe I ever left.
**[07:28] Ohkura**
But Senpai mourned the loss of
his most promising rookie, his ace.
**[07:35] Gakuto**
Losing one or two members doesn't
diminish Kaijou's strength one bit.
**[07:40] Gakuto**
Besides, no matter where I go,
I can still do quiz bowl.
**[07:44] Mari**
They're announcing the answers.
**[07:45] Inoue**
Huh? We don't get our answer sheets back?
**[07:49] Mari**
I guess not. Just like with entrance exams,
**[07:52] Mari**
people who want to know how they
did can grade their own work.
**[07:54] Shiki**
I guess this was a step too far, after all.
**[07:56] Shiki**
Current affairs, anime,
show business, fashion...
**[07:59] Shiki**
I can't keep up with all
this new information.
**[08:02] Jinko**
Probably 'cause you're always
readin' stuffy old books.
**[08:05] Shiki**
I tend to lean more toward the
classics, because I like them best.
**[08:09] Shiki**
My mom always tells me I got
my taste in books from my dad.
**[08:14] Shiki**
He died, though.
**[08:19] Shiki**
Even now, I still binge-read
his books all the time.
**[08:22] Shiki**
And they're all masterpieces
from way back when.
**[08:26] Shiki**
But I think I might need to start
reading different kinds of books.
**[08:32] Inoue**
You can take it slow, can't you?
**[08:34] Mari**
It's awesome that your knowledge
came from reading your dad's books.
**[08:37] Mari**
That's a fine weapon to have.
**[08:39] Gakuto**
Mastering your best subject, or
conquering categories you don't excel in...
**[08:43] Gakuto**
All of you have only just begun
on your quiz bowl journey.
**[08:46] Gakuto**
There's no need to rush.
**[08:48] Chiaki**
Next, the announcement you've all been
waiting for: your rankings on the paper quiz.
**[08:52] Yuki**
The top ten will advance to Round 3,
**[08:55] Yuki**
and everyone else will
participate in Round 2.
**[08:57] Chiaki**
Taking first place...
***SIGN*** st
***SIGN*** points
**[09:01] Chiaki**
With 47 points,
***SIGN*** Buzou High School, 2nd Year
***SIGN*** Sasajima Gakuto
**[09:03] Chiaki**
Sasajima Gakuto-kun, second-year,
from Buzou High School.
**[09:08] All**
Seriously?!
**[09:11] Niina**
*He's on Buzou's rookie team now,*
**[09:13] Niina**
* but he's the real deal.*
* It's clear he came from Kaijou.*
**[09:17] Yuki**
Congratulations.
**[09:18] Yuki**
Buzou High School is participating
for the first time this year.
**[09:21] Yuki**
How do you feel about today?
**[09:22] Gakuto**
I hope the younger members of my club
will gain a lot from today's meet.
**[09:28] Yuki**
And for you, personally?
**[09:30] Gakuto**
I intend to enjoy myself.
**[09:32] Mari**
*Sasajima-senpai's so cool!*
**[09:36] Chiaki**
Next, in second place...
***SIGN*** nd
**[09:37] Chiaki**
With the same score as the top finisher...
***SIGN*** Kaijou High School 2nd Year
***SIGN*** Ohkura Kunimitsu
**[09:40] Chiaki**
Ohkura Kunimitsu-kun, second-year,
from Kaijou High School.
**[09:42] Ohara**
Ah, so close.
**[09:44] Ohara**
The same score means you only missed
out on first by the approximation question.
***SIGN*** Schoolyard
***SIGN*** East
Building
***SIGN*** Audito-
rium
***SIGN*** Hall A
***SIGN*** Court-
yard
***SIGN*** Chapel
***SIGN*** West
Building
***SIGN*** Front
Yard
***SIGN*** School
Building
***SIGN*** Hall B
**[09:48] Ohkura**
It asked for an approximation of the
total area of the Asagaoka campus.
**[09:51] Ohkura**
When the exact number is unknown,
**[09:53] Ohkura**
you make a rough, theoretical
estimate based on a few assumptions.
**[09:58] Ohkura**
The Fermi estimate.
**[09:59] Ohkura**
That's probably how Sasajima calculated it.
**[10:01] Gakuto**
I looked it up on Asagaoka's
homepage beforehand.
**[10:06] Gakuto**
I knew it might turn up on the quiz.
**[10:09] Ohkura**
His intuition is often right.
***SIGN*** Miyaura High School 3rd Year
***SIGN*** Ashiya Yousuke
**[10:13] Chiaki**
Next, in third place with 39 points,
**[10:16] Chiaki**
Ashiya Yousuke-kun, third-year,
from Miyaura High School.
**[10:18] Ashiya**
All right!
**[10:20] Chiaki**
In fourth place with 38 points,
**[10:22] Chiaki**
Konoe Haruomi-kun, second-year,
from Kaijou High School.
***SIGN*** Kaijou High School 2nd Year
Konoe Haruomi
**[10:25] Konoe**
Yes!
**[10:26] Chiaki**
In fifth place with 38 points,
**[10:28] Chiaki**
Tozuka Koutarou-kun, third-year,
from Leoneil High School.
***SIGN*** Leoneil High School 3rd Year
Tozuka Koutarou
**[10:31] Chiaki**
In sixth place with 37 points,
**[10:33] Chiaki**
Shibuya Hiroki-kun, third-year,
from Kannami University High School.
***SIGN*** Kannami University
High School 3rd Year
Shibuya Hiroki
**[10:37] Chiaki**
In seventh place with 36 points,
**[10:38] Chiaki**
Shibata Masaru-kun, second-year,
from Kaijou High School.
***SIGN*** Kaijou High School 2nd Year
Shibata Masaru
**[10:42] Chiaki**
In eighth place with 35 points,
**[10:44] Chiaki**
Hanabusa Minoru-kun, third-year,
from Kannami University High School.
***SIGN*** Kannami University
High School Third-Year
Hanabusa Minoru
**[10:47] Minoru**
Yay!
**[10:48] Chiaki**
In ninth place with 35 points,
**[10:50] Chiaki**
Hosokawa Atsuyoshi-kun, first-year,
from Kaijou High School.
***SIGN*** Kaijou High School 1st Year
Hosokawa Atsuyoshi
**[10:54] Chiaki**
And last but not least,
in tenth place, with 33 points...
***SIGN*** Miyaura High School 1st Year
***SIGN*** Mikuriya Chisato
**[10:58] Chiaki**
Mikuriya Chisato-kun, first-year,
from Miyaura High School.
**[11:08] Inoue**
Look at Mikuriya's name!
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Colonel
Chisato
Pts: 325,875
Tokyo Major
Land Akihabara
**[11:13] Niina**
No way...
**[11:14] Niina**
I scored my own quiz, and I
should've made the top ten!
**[11:19] Yuki**
* Ah, he's the one whose*
* answers were off by one space.*
***SIGN*** Miyaura High School 1st Year
***SIGN*** Mikuriya Chisato
**[11:21] Chiaki**
These ten will advance to
the third round as seeds.
**[11:25] Chiaki**
Everyone else will proceed to
Round 2, the fastest finger round.
***SIGN*** You'll be in it?!
Can I come watch?!
***SIGN*** I-I'll be in it,
but I don't think
you can watch
***SIGN*** I thought you
were just
obsessed with
quiz bowl
**[11:31] Text**
*So you really
*can* do quiz
bowl, Senpai...*
***SIGN*** What do you guys
take me for?
**[11:33] Chiaki**
We will now continue on to Round 2.
**[11:36] Chiaki**
The two of us will be your commentators...
**[11:39] Chiaki**
Asagaoka third-year, Sonohara Chiaki.
**[11:42] Yuki**
First-year, Kouzuki Yuki.
**[11:45] Chiaki**
If there's anything you don't
understand, just ask me, Yuki-san.
**[11:48] Yuki**
Y-Yes, O-Onee-sama!
**[11:51] Chiaki**
Round 2: The "Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself"
**[11:54] Chiaki**
five right, two wrong fastest finger quiz!
***SIGN*** Round 2
***SIGN*** "Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself"
***SIGN*** 5 O 2 X Fastest Finger Quiz
**[11:56] Chiaki**
I will now explain the rules.
**[12:00] Chiaki**
Participants in Round 2 will
draw cards to form pairs.
**[12:04] Chiaki**
Each participant will have a buzzer,
**[12:06] Chiaki**
but they will be scored as a pair.
***SIGN*** Up to 25 Questions
**[12:09] Yuki**
It will be a five right, two wrong fastest
finger quiz with up to 25 questions.
***SIGN*** Fastest Finger Quiz
**[12:12] Yuki**
A correct answer earns a "Right" mark, and
an incorrect answer earns a "Wrong" mark.
***SIGN*** Marks Win!
**[12:16] Yuki**
Five "Right" marks mean you win the round,
***SIGN*** Marks Disqualify
**[12:18] Yuki**
and two "Wrong" marks mean disqualification.
***SIGN*** Each Question Has Two Answers
**[12:20] Chiaki**
However, each question in this
quiz will have two answers.
**[12:26] Yuki**
The buzzer of the participant
who buzzes in first will blink,
**[12:29] Yuki**
and their partner's will glow.
**[12:31] Yuki**
The question will continue to be
read until two people have buzzed in.
***SIGN*** Quiz Quiz / Quiz /
***SIGN*** Up to Two Can Answer Each Question
**[12:35] Yuki**
Up to two participants can earn the
right to answer each question.
**[12:38] Yuki**
If both members of
a pairing answer correctly,
**[12:41] Yuki**
it counts as three "Right" marks,
**[12:43] Yuki**
but they must answer in the
order that they buzzed.
**[12:45] Yuki**
There will be no conferring.
**[12:47] Gakuto**
Pairs? Two correct answers per
question? Two can buzz in?
**[12:50] Gakuto**
You've really thought this out, Asagaoka!
**[12:52] Shiki**
Are these rules uncommon?
**[12:54] Gakuto**
They're certainly unorthodox.
**[12:56] Gakuto**
Quiz questions and formats
have infinite possibilities,
**[12:58] Gakuto**
depending on what the creator comes up with.
**[13:01] Gakuto**
This should be a good competition.
**[13:06] Mari**
A sun?
**[13:07] Yagi**
A sun? That's me.
**[13:10] Yagi**
I'm Yagi, and I'm a first-year at
Kannami University High School.
**[13:13] Yagi**
I'm no good at quiz bowl yet, though.
**[13:15] Mari**
I'm Fukami, a first-year at Buzou.
**[13:17] Mari**
I'm not that confident, either.
Let's just try our hardest, okay?
**[13:21] Yuki**
The first group of pairs in
Round 2 has been determined.
**[13:25] Chiaki**
Only one pair from each
group can win the round.
**[13:29] Chiaki**
This will test the love
between each partner!
**[13:31] Niina**
*Time to make up for botching the paper quiz!*
**[13:46] Shiki**
*This is as great as I thought it'd be!*
**[13:49] Chiki**
Group A in this two-answers-
per-question quiz will now begin!
**[13:53] Kujou**
Question.
**[13:54] Kujou**
The three largest religions
in the world are Christ—
**[13:58] Niina**
Buddhism!
**[13:59] Gotou**
Islam!
**[14:00] Chiaki**
Correct.
**[14:03] Mari**
*Numerated format...*
***SIGN*** Q: The three largest religions in the world are
Christianity, what, and what? A: Buddhism, Islam
**[14:04] Shiki**
I get it!
**[14:05] Shiki**
Since there are two answers, the
determining points are different!
**[14:08] Jinko**
What do ya mean by that?
**[14:10] Inoue**
If you buzz in where you would if the question
had only one answer, you'll be too late.
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Yamada x Gotou
***SIGN*** Fukami x Yagi
***SIGN*** Niina x Takahashi
***SIGN*** Ohki x Miyazaki
**[14:14] Kujou**
Question.
**[14:15] Kujou**
Of all the prefectural capitals, the kanji
meaning "capital" is used in which—
**[14:21] Shiki**
* All of their reactions*
* slowed for an instant.*
**[14:23] Shiki**
*So even if the question's easy,*
**[14:25] Shiki**
* the answer doesn't come to mind easily*
* when there are a lot of possible answers?*
**[14:29] Miyazaki**
Uh... Kyoto!
**[14:31] Niina**
No way! I was gonna say Kyoto!
**[14:34] Chiaki**
Please give the other answer.
**[14:36] Niina**
*It's not Tokyo...*
**[14:38] Niina**
Utsunomiya... That's it! Utsunomiya!
***SIGN*** Q: Of all the prefectural capitals, the kanji meaning
"capital" is used in which two names? A: Kyoto, Utsunomiya
**[14:42] Shiki**
*So you have to come up with both answers...*
**[14:44] Shiki**
* That makes it much harder*
* if you're the second to guess.*
***SIGN*** Fukami x Yagi
***SIGN*** Niina x Takahashi
**[14:48] Yagi**
Sorry, Fukami-san. I can't even buzz in.
**[14:51] Mari**
It's okay. I can't, either.
**[14:53] Mari**
But it's still early.
**[14:56] Mari**
* In questions with two answers, the harder*
* answer tends to be left till last.*
**[15:00] Mari**
* But that doesn't always mean the*
* second one will be hard to guess.*
**[15:03] Kujou**
Question.
**[15:04] Kujou**
Napoleon's invasion of Russia is
the backdrop for Tolstoy's—
**[15:08] Shiki**
*Fukami-san buzzed in!*
**[15:10] Chiaki**
Please give the first answer.
**[15:12] Niina**
War and—
**[15:13] Niina**
*Crap! I added the "and"!*
**[15:15] Mari**
* Sometimes the first answer gives*
* a hint that leads to the second.*
**[15:20] (Flashback) Mari**
War and...
**[15:22] Mari**
Peace.
**[15:22] Chiaki**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: Napoleon's invasion of Russia is the backdrop for
Tolstoy's literary masterpiece titled "What" and "What"? A: War, Peace
**[15:25] Mari**
Yes!
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Yamada x Gotou
***SIGN*** Fukami x Yagi
***SIGN*** Niina x Takahashi
***SIGN*** Ohki x Miyazaki
***SIGN*** Takamura x Satou
**[15:26] Chiaki**
The Niina x Takahashi pairing has three
"Right" marks and one "Wrong" mark.
**[15:29] Chiaki**
Each of the other pairs
has one "Right" mark.
**[15:32] Mari**
Yagi-san, let's buzz in on the next one.
**[15:34] Yagi**
Huh? But I might get it wrong!
**[15:36] Mari**
The questions haven't
been that difficult so far.
**[15:39] Mari**
And in fastest finger, if you
don't earn the right to answer,
**[15:42] Mari**
you get nowhere.
**[15:45] Yagi**
Okay!
**[15:46] Kujou**
Question.
**[15:47] Kujou**
The countries whose official
names include "United States"—
**[15:51] Chiaki**
That was impressive!
**[15:52] Chiaki**
The Fukami x Yagi pair has the
exclusive right to answer!
**[15:55] Chiaki**
The first answer, please, Fukami-san.
**[15:57] Yagi**
* Um... The first one that comes to mind*
* is America, but the other one...*
**[16:03] Mari**
The United Mexican States.
**[16:06] Chiaki**
Correct. The second answer, please.
**[16:08] Yagi**
America!
***SIGN*** Q: The countries whose official names include "United States" are
what and what? A: United States of America, United Mexican States
**[16:09] Chiaki**
Correct.
**[16:12] Mari**
We did it!
**[16:13] Yagi**
*She got the harder answer for me...*
**[16:16] Yagi**
*She's so reliable and nice!*
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Yamada x Gotou
***SIGN*** Fukami x Yagi
***SIGN*** Niina x Takahashi
***SIGN*** Ohki x Miyazaki
***SIGN*** Takamura x Satou
**[16:18] Chiaki**
The Fukami x Mari pairing
earn three "Right" marks.
**[16:21] Chiaki**
That gives them four in
total. One more to win!
**[16:23] Inoue**
All right!
**[16:24] Jinko**
They just need one more!
**[16:25] Chiaki**
Only one pair from each
group will win the round.
**[16:28] Chiaki**
What's going to happen?
**[16:30] Niina**
*I won't lose this!*
**[16:30] Mari**
*I've got to push on through!*
**[16:32] Kujou**
Question.
**[16:33] Kujou**
Mesopotamian civilization was cultivated—
**[16:37] Both**
Yes!
**[16:40] Mari**
The Tigris River!
**[16:41] Chiaki**
Correct!
**[16:43] Chiaki**
The Fukami x Yagi pairing has won the round!
**[16:45] Yuki**
Congratulations!
**[16:51] Shiki**
Fukami-san made it to Round 3!
**[16:54] Gakuto**
Yes. Her understanding of the rules and
teamwork with her partner led her to victory.
**[16:59] Yuki**
Participants in the next group,
please take to the stage.
**[17:02] Inoue**
I guess I'm up now...
**[17:04] Jinko**
Have fun!
**[17:06] Inoue**
O-Okay!
**[17:08] Inoue**
*I just hope I get a strong partner...*
**[17:13] Mari**
He's with Maruyama-kun from Miyaura!
**[17:15] Shiki**
It's nice to get someone we know.
**[17:17] Maruyama**
Well, we did have a joint practice together.
**[17:20] Maruyama**
Let's do this thing.
**[17:21] Inoue**
What are your best categories?
**[17:23] Maruyama**
Classics. Omnivores.
**[17:25] Inoue**
Is that even a category?
**[17:27] Chiaki**
We will now begin.
**[17:29] Kujou**
Question.
**[17:30] Kujou**
Leading out from the human
heart are two major arteries—
**[17:33] Chiaki**
Kumada-kun from Kaijou buzzed in first.
**[17:35] Kumada**
Aorta.
**[17:37] Chiaki**
Nakamura-kun from Kannami
buzzed in second.
**[17:39] Nakamura**
Pulmonary artery.
***SIGN*** Q: Leading out from the human heart are two major
arteries known as what and what? A: Aorta, pulmonary artery
**[17:41] Maruyama**
Damn, that was fast!
**[17:43] Inoue**
Hey, aren't you good at classics?!
**[17:45] Inoue**
That sounded like a classic!
You should've buzzed!
**[17:47] Maruyama**
I did!
**[17:48] Jinko**
They're arguin'. Think they'll be okay?
***SIGN*** Kumada x Hirosue
***SIGN*** Maruyama x Inoue
***SIGN*** Nakamura x Nakazawa
**[17:52] Maruyama**
*This is hopeless.*
**[17:54] Inoue**
*I can't buzz in time.*
**[17:55] Shiki**
You buzz in when you think you can get
it, then use your thinking time wisely.
**[18:00] Shiki**
We've gone over that a ton in practice.
**[18:02] Shiki**
You can do it!
**[18:03] Mari**
It's not that Inoue-kun and his
partner don't know the answer.
**[18:06] Mari**
They just need to buzz faster.
**[18:08] Jinko**
Really?
**[18:09] Gakuto**
The question is whether they can answer
within five seconds after buzzing.
**[18:12] Gakuto**
Making that judgment within a mere 0.01 seconds...
**[18:15] Gakuto**
If you hesitate, you'll be beaten.
**[18:17] Gakuto**
When you have to weigh up the risk
of getting a wrong answer,
**[18:22] Gakuto**
you might have no choice
but to be a little reckless.
**[18:25] Jinko**
Just don't let 'em beat ya
in spirit, no matter what!
**[18:28] Kujou**
Question.
***SIGN*** Kumada x Hirosue
***SIGN*** Maruyama x Inoue
***SIGN*** Nakamura x Nakazawa
**[18:29] Kujou**
Japan is home to two types of wildcats—
**[18:32] Inoue**
Oh, you're second!
**[18:34] Maruyama**
Yeah, but... Sorry, I only
know one of the answers.
**[18:38] Kumada**
Iriomote cat.
**[18:40] Chiaki**
Maruyama-kun, the second answer, please.
**[18:42] Maruyama**
As if I know! Uraomote cat!
***SIGN*** Q: Japan is home to two types of wildcats, the
what and the what? A: Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat
**[18:46] Chiaki**
The other answer was the Tsushima cat.
**[18:49] Shiki**
* The scary part about this format is*
* when you lose the race to buzz in first*
**[18:53] Shiki**
* and end up unwillingly being*
* the second to buzz in.*
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Tani x Suwa
***SIGN*** Kumada x Hirosue
***SIGN*** Maruyama x Inoue
***SIGN*** Nakamura x Nakazawa
***SIGN*** Inamori x Namiki
**[18:56] Chiaki**
That's one "Wrong" mark for
the Maruyama x Inoue pairing.
**[18:58] Chiaki**
They can't get any more questions wrong.
**[19:00] Chiaki**
One pair has four "Right" marks.
The next question could decide the round!
**[19:04] Maruyama**
*Is this the end?*
**[19:05] Inoue**
*I wanted to answer at least one...*
**[19:08] Kujou**
Question.
**[19:10] Kujou**
The "Three Views of Japan"—
**[19:12] Jinko**
He buzzed!
**[19:13] Shiki**
There?!
**[19:14] Mari**
Too soon!
**[19:15] Chiaki**
The Maruyama x Inoue pair has
the exclusive right to answer!
**[19:18] Shiki**
* For the "Three Views of Japan,"*
* do they want the locations?*
**[19:21] Mikuriya**
* Judging from how the questions*
* have been up to this point,*
**[19:23] Mikuriya**
* it's probably just the standard*
* Three Views of Japan.*
**[19:26] Niina**
* The crucial part is which two of the*
* three answers they're looking for.*
**[19:30] Inoue**
* I buzzed in just because I*
* heard a term I knew, but...*
***SIGN*** Three Views of Japan
**[19:34] Inoue**
* The Three Views of Japan*
* I learned in middle school*
**[19:35] Inoue**
* are Matsushima, Miyajima,*
* and Amanohashidate.*
***SIGN*** Matsushima
***SIGN*** Miyajima
***SIGN*** Amanohashidate
**[19:39] Chiaki**
The first answer, please, Inoue-kun.
**[19:41] Inoue**
*Well, I know two of those are the answers.*
**[19:44] Inoue**
*N-No problem! I just need to say one!*
**[19:50] Inoue**
* I have to bet it all on a*
* two-out-of-three chance!*
**[19:54] Inoue**
Amanohashidate!
**[19:57] Chiaki**
Inoue-kun, that's incorrect.
**[19:59] Chiaki**
Unfortunately, the Maruyama x
Inoue pairing has two "Wrong" marks,
**[20:03] Chiaki**
and has been disqualified.
**[20:05] Inoue**
Man, I lost.
**[20:08] Inoue**
But I guess them's the breaks.
**[20:10] Shiki**
Inoue...
**[20:12] Mari**
You tried really hard, though!
**[20:14] Mari**
It takes guts to buzz in that early!
**[20:17] Inoue**
It blew up in my face, though.
**[20:19] Gakuto**
If there had been one correct answer,
**[20:21] Gakuto**
Amanohashidate might have
been the right guess.
***SIGN*** Matsushima
Miyajima
Amanohashidate
***SIGN*** The Three Views of Japan
**[20:25] Gakuto**
In numerated format questions,
one of the possible answers
**[20:29] Gakuto**
is usually radically different,
**[20:32] Gakuto**
while the other two have
something in common.
***SIGN*** Matsushima
Miyajima
Amanohashidate
**[20:35] Gakuto**
And when there's only one answer,
the one that's different is usually correct.
***SIGN*** Matsushima
Miyajima
Amanohashidate
**[20:42] Gakuto**
But when questions in the numerated
format have two answers...
**[20:46] Shiki**
I get it! It works the opposite way,
***SIGN*** Matsushima
Miyajima
Amanohashidate
***SIGN*** The Three Views of Japan
**[20:48] Shiki**
so the two that are similar are the answers!
***SIGN*** Matsushima
Miyajima
Amanohashidate
**[20:50] Gakuto**
But there's no guarantee that the question's
composition will follow any sort of rule.
**[20:57] Gakuto**
And that's why determining
points are crucial.
**[21:01] Shiki**
That's really interesting...
**[21:03] Shiki**
It's not just the people answering that
have to think about the questions.
**[21:11] Yuki**
Participants in the next
group, please get ready.
**[21:16] Shiki**
Here I go.
**[21:19] Inoue**
That kid...
**[21:20] Inoue**
Every time he learns something
new, he calls it "interesting."
**[21:24] Inoue**
I just feel more and more
like I can't keep up.
**[21:29] Jinko**
If ya ask me, I think you're pretty
amazin' yourself, Taishou.
**[21:33] Inoue**
Huh?
**[21:34] Jinko**
Mari, you were sayin' the
same thing, weren't ya?
**[21:36] Jinko**
About how it takes guts to buzz in.
**[21:39] Jinko**
Competitions are a game of chance.
Today's loss will lead to tomorrow's win!
**[21:43] Jinko**
Ya did just great!
**[21:45] Inoue**
Jinko-san... Thank ya kindly!
**[21:48] Jinko**
What's with that Kansai dialect?
Your pronunciation's all wrong.
**[21:50] Inoue**
Huh?
**[21:53] Shiki**
* It's not just the people answering*
* that think about the questions.*
**[21:57] Shiki**
* The people who write the*
* questions think hard about them,*
**[22:01] Shiki**
* and a lot of detailed planning*
* goes into coming up with them.*
**[22:06] Shiki**
*If I can read into that and understand it...*
**[22:09] Yuki**
Well, it's time for the next
group to start, Onee-sama.
**[22:14] Chiaki**
Which pairing will advance to Round 3?
**[22:30] Guy**
The regular meet at Asagaoka
has finally begun!
**[22:33] Guy**
Now, take this mic and tell me
how you feel about this meet!
**[22:36] Chiaki**
All right, I'll go first.
**[22:38] Chiaki**
I will have you all at my
mercy with my quiz questions!
**[22:42] Ashiya**
I'll show you the pride of a public school!
**[22:45] Gakuto**
For the Buzou quiz circle...
**[22:46] Gakuto**
Victory!
**[22:48] Niina**
The long-established Sekigawata
will win for sure!
**[22:52] Ohkura**
I'm so glad you're back, Sasajima!
**[22:56] Guy**
Yes, yes! How wonderful it is to be young!
# 9 - High Road x Low Road
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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**[00:01] Inoue**
Daisuke!
**[00:02] Jinko**
Jinko!
***SIGN*** The Regular Meet Thus Far
**[00:04] Both**
The regular meet thus far!
**[00:06] Jinko**
The regular meet's finally underway!
**[00:10] Jinko**
It's bein' held at the secret flower garden
known as Asagaoka Girls' High School.
**[00:14] Inoue**
Round 1 was a paper quiz!
***SIGN*** 1st Buzou High School
Sasajima Gakuto
**[00:16] Inoue**
Sasajima-senpai from Buzou
High School placed first.
***SIGN*** 1st Buzou High School
Sasajima Gakuto
***SIGN*** 2nd Kaijou High School
Ohkura Kunimitsu
**[00:19] Inoue**
Kaijou High School's President
Ohkura placed second.
**[00:22] Inoue**
And those who ranked third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth,
***SIGN*** 3rd Miyaura High School
Ashiya Yousuke
***SIGN*** 4th Kaijou High School Konoe Haruomi
***SIGN*** 5th Leoneil High School Tozuka Koutarou
***SIGN*** 6th Kannami University High School Shibuya Hiroki
***SIGN*** 7th Kaijou High School Shibata Masaru
***SIGN*** 8th Kannami University High School Hanabusa Minoru
***SIGN*** 9th Kaijou High School Hosokawa Atsuyoshi
**[00:27] Inoue**
and tenth advanced to
the third round as seeds.
***SIGN*** 10th Miyaura High School
Mikuriya Chisato
**[00:27] [SONG] Text**
Seeded for Round 3
**[00:31] Jinko**
Round 2 was a "fastest finger" showdown.
**[00:33] Jinko**
The Fukami x Yagi pairin'
won their group easy.
**[00:36] Jinko**
In the followin' group, the
Maruyama x Inoue pairin'...
**[00:39] Jinko**
failed.
**[00:42] Jinko**
The Kumada x Hirosue pairin'
went through instead.
**[00:45] Inoue**
Sure, I lost, but I have no regrets!
**[00:48] Jinko**
Yep, yep. You did jus' great, pardner!
**[00:51] Jinko**
And now, it's finally Shiki-kun's turn!
**[00:55] Shiki**
* It's not just the people answering*
* that think about the questions.*
**[00:59] Shiki**
* The people who write the*
* questions think hard about them,*
**[01:03] Shiki**
* and a lot of detailed planning*
* goes into coming up with them.*
**[01:08] Shiki**
*If I can read into that and understand it...*
**[01:12] Yuki**
Well, it's time for the next
group to start, Onee-sama.
**[01:16] Chiaki**
Which pairing will advance to Round 3?
***SIGN*** Question 9: "High Road x Low Road"
**[03:06] Shiki**
* This regular meet holds*
* special meaning for me.*
**[03:11] (Flashback) Mikuriya**
The regular meet in June is up next.
**[03:13] (Flashback) Shiki**
Huh?
**[03:14] (Flashback) Mikuriya**
Revenge!
**[03:16] (Flashback) Mikuriya**
I'm telling you...
**[03:18] (Flashback) Mikuriya**
to do quiz bowl!
**[03:21] Shiki**
*To get revenge on Mikuriya-kun,*
**[03:24] Shiki**
*I have to win this round*
**[03:26] Shiki**
*and face Mikuriya-kun in Round 3.*
**[03:31] Chiaki**
Have you all drawn your cards?
**[03:34] Shiki**
*So, who am I paired with?*
**[03:36] Akira**
Oh, we have the same card!
**[03:38] Akira**
Hi there, partner.
**[03:40] Shiki**
Oh... I'm Koshiyama,
first-year at Buzou High School.
**[03:43] Akira**
I know.
**[03:45] Mari**
Hey, isn't that...
**[03:47] Inoue**
It's the kid we ran into by
the vending machine at lunch.
**[03:50] Akira**
I'm Sonohara. I'm a third-year
at Sekigawata Middle School.
**[03:53] Akira**
I'm new to our club.
**[03:56] Shiki**
Wait, are you...
**[03:59] Akira**
*Man, he figured it out already?*
**[04:01] Shiki**
...the Asagaoka club president's
younger brother? Sonohara, right?
**[04:05] Akira**
*Oh, that's what he meant?*
**[04:07] Akira**
That's right. I'm her brother, Akira.
**[04:10] Kenmochi**
He's adorable!
**[04:12] Kogawa**
President Sonohara's
younger brother, he said!
**[04:15] Mikuriya**
* I've seen Koshiyama's partner*
* somewhere before...*
**[04:19] Chiaki**
The last group has been decided.
**[04:21] Yuki**
Coincidentally, all the middle
schoolers are in this one!
**[04:24] Chiaki**
We will now begin.
**[04:30] Kujou**
Question.
**[04:31] Kujou**
In America, major league
baseball is comprised of—
**[04:36] Mukai**
*The little squirts are fast!*
**[04:38] Chiaki**
The winners of the right to answer are
Ohara-kun, Kaijou Middle School first-year,
**[04:41] Chiaki**
and Sekigawata Middle School
first-year, Sasaki-kun.
**[04:44] Ohara**
American League.
**[04:45] Chiaki**
Correct.
**[04:46] Sasaki**
National League.
**[04:48] Chiaki**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: In America, major league baseball is comprised of
two leagues: what and what? A. American, National
**[04:49] Mouri**
* They were in elementary school*
* until just a few months ago!*
**[04:52] Shiki**
*I know how fast Sasaki-kun is on the buzzer.*
**[04:54] Shiki**
* And a middle schooler from*
* Kaijou beat him to the punch...*
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Mouri x Ohara
***SIGN*** Sonohara x Koshiyama
***SIGN*** Sasaki x Ima
***SIGN*** Mukai x Yasuura
**[04:57] Shiki**
*Good thing those two aren't a pair.*
**[05:00] Akira**
So...
**[05:01] Akira**
The first pair to get five
"Right" marks wins, right?
**[05:04] Shiki**
Right. And if we answer correctly
as a pair, we get three "Rights."
**[05:08] Shiki**
But we can only answer
wrong once, so be careful.
**[05:11] Mukai**
*It's too early to take risks, isn't it?*
**[05:14] Shiki**
*What to do? What should I do?*
**[05:18] Shiki**
*If I try to buzz at the determining point,*
**[05:20] Shiki**
*I think it'll be too late.*
**[05:23] Shiki**
*I need to be...*
**[05:25] Shiki**
*faster!*
**[05:27] Kujou**
Question.
**[05:28] Kujou**
A classic string quartet uses four inst—
**[05:33] Chiaki**
Koshiyama-kun of Buzou has
won the right to answer first.
**[05:36] Shiki**
*The category is music...*
**[05:37] Chiaki**
Second is Mukai-kun of Miyaura.
**[05:40] Mukai**
* I buzzed reflexively*
* because Koshiyama did!*
**[05:43] Shiki**
* The string instruments used*
* in a string quartet...*
**[05:47] Mari**
Four to choose from...
**[05:49] Shiki**
* If the question is really*
* that straightforward...*
**[05:52] Mikuriya**
*Which two are the answers?*
**[05:54] Shiki**
*There are four, but the question is easy.*
**[05:58] Shiki**
*The instruments in a string quartet*
**[06:00] Shiki**
* are the first violin, second*
* violin, cello, and viola.*
**[06:04] Shiki**
* What sticks out is that two of*
* them are the same instrument.*
**[06:07] Shiki**
* No matter how I look at it,*
* the question has to be,*
**[06:11] Shiki**
* "a classic string quartet uses four*
* instruments: two violins plus what and what?"*
**[06:16] Shiki**
*Mukai-kun buzzed second.*
**[06:20] Chiaki**
Three, two...
**[06:22] Shiki**
*Which means the answer I should give...*
**[06:25] Shiki**
*is this one!*
**[06:27] Shiki**
Cello.
**[06:27] Mikuriya**
*Just listen to that confidence.*
**[06:32] Chiaki**
Correct.
**[06:34] Chiaki**
Mukai-kun, the other answer, please.
**[06:37] Mukai**
O-Okay... Violin!
**[06:40] Mukai**
*That was all I could think of!*
***SIGN*** Q: A classic string quartet uses four instruments:
first violin, second violin, what, and what? A: Cello, viola
**[06:42] Chiaki**
Sorry. The second answer was "viola."
**[06:45] Shiki**
*Sorry, I left the harder answer for you.*
**[06:49] Chiaki**
The Koshiyama x Sonohara pairing
earns one "Right" mark,
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Mouri x Ohara
***SIGN*** Sonohara x
Koshiyama
***SIGN*** Sasaki x Ima
***SIGN*** Mukai x Yasuura
**[06:52] Chiaki**
and the Yasuura x Mukai pairing
now has one "Wrong" mark.
**[06:55] Shibata**
That first-year from Buzou is pretty good.
**[06:57] Ohkura**
Sasajima must be training him well.
**[07:00] Konoe**
Nah, I bet that answer
was just a wild guess.
**[07:02] Akira**
Wow! I can't believe you
figured it out from just that!
**[07:06] Shiki**
Yeah...
**[07:07] Shiki**
But there was really no way to be absolutely
sure until the two violins were read.
**[07:12] Shiki**
I wanted the right to answer,
**[07:13] Shiki**
so I got a bit hasty and buzzed
before the determining point,
**[07:16] Shiki**
but I'm glad I still got it right.
**[07:18] Akira**
Hm... Determining point, huh?
**[07:22] Akira**
Okay, then, next time...
**[07:24] Akira**
I'll buzz in.
**[07:26] Shiki**
Huh?
**[07:27] Kujou**
Question.
**[07:29] Kujou**
In th—
**[07:36] Akira**
It lit up!
**[07:39] Mikuriya**
*Finger slipped? No...*
**[07:41] Ashiya**
*He took a dive on purpose.*
**[07:45] Shiki**
* Hey, that's right! She'll keep*
* reading the question!*
**[07:48] Kujou**
In the name of the wireless LAN
technology, "Wi-Fi," the "Wi" and—
**[07:51] Chiaki**
Th-The right to answer first goes
to Sonohara-kun of Sekigawata.
**[07:54] Yuki**
Second is Sasaki-kun of Sekigawata.
**[07:57] Shiki**
* Everyone was so distracted*
* by Akira-kun's buzz,*
**[07:59] Shiki**
* it slowed down our reactions*
* to buzz in second.*
**[08:01] Akira**
Let's see... What was the question again?
**[08:04] Akira**
Oh, Wi-Fi, right?
**[08:06] Shiki**
*Why is he waiting until now to think?*
**[08:06] Akira**
The "Wi" is...
**[08:08] Akira**
Wireless.
**[08:09] Chiaki**
Correct.
**[08:10] Shiki**
*O-Of course!*
**[08:11] Chiaki**
The second answer, Sasaki-kun, please.
**[08:14] Sasaki**
Fidelity.
***SIGN*** Q: In the name of the wireless LAN technology, "Wi-Fi," the
"Wi" and "Fi" stand for what and what? A: Wireless, Fidelity
**[08:15] Chiaki**
Correct.
**[08:16] Jinko**
Can people really answer questions
just by hearin' one word?
**[08:21] Inoue**
I don't think one word is enough for
anyone to determine the answer.
**[08:24] Inoue**
Is it like Mikuriya with "Why climb"?
**[08:26] Mari**
I don't think so.
**[08:28] Gakuto**
He buzzed in early,
**[08:30] Gakuto**
but he was still able to hear the question
until it reached a determining point.
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Mouri x Ohara
***SIGN*** Sonohara x Koshiyama
***SIGN*** Sasaki x Kon
***SIGN*** Mukai x Yasuura
**[08:34] Gakuto**
He found the flaw in the
rule set of this round.
**[08:37] Shiki**
* But even if you know the answers, it's*
* not easy to do something that risky.*
**[08:41] Shiki**
Akira-kun...
**[08:43] Shiki**
You knew you'd hear more of the
question until the second buzz.
**[08:45] Shiki**
That's why you buzzed, right?
**[08:47] Shiki**
Because you knew no one would
buzz before that point.
**[08:49] Mukai**
S-Seriously?
**[08:51] Mouri**
That little brat!
**[08:53] Akira**
That's right.
**[08:55] Akira**
I never could've guessed it
from just that one word.
**[08:58] Akira**
No one else is going to buzz before
that "point" thing comes along, right?
**[09:02] Akira**
So it'll work out the same way
whenever the first person buzzes in.
**[09:06] Akira**
We get to hear more of the question until
someone else buzzes in second, anyway.
**[09:11] Akiri**
Besides, there haven't been any questions yet
in this round where both answers were hard.
**[09:16] Shiki**
*He's right.*
**[09:17] Shiki**
* Since we only have to*
* get one of two answers,*
**[09:19] Shiki**
* all the questions so far*
* have been relatively easy.*
**[09:23] Shiki**
*He calculated all this?*
**[09:25] Akira**
Super successful, wouldn't you say?
**[09:28] Maruyama**
So no matter when the first person
buzzes, it ends up the same?
**[09:31] Maruyama**
I didn't realize the
rules had that loophole.
**[09:33] Mikuriya**
Don't be fooled, idiot.
**[09:35] Maruyama**
What?
**[09:35] Mikuriya**
It was a dick move that
only works the first time.
**[09:39] Ashiya**
You and Inoue-kun took a
dive and guessed wrong.
**[09:42] Ashiya**
Mukai's finger slipped when Koshiyama-kun
buzzed early, and he guessed wrong, too.
**[09:46] Ashiya**
They all tried to estimate when the others
would be more cautious about buzzing,
**[09:50] Ashiya**
taking advantage of a
psychological weakness.
**[09:52] Maruyama**
Yuck...
**[09:52] Mikuriya**
That won't work a second time.
**[09:56] Kujou**
Question.
**[09:57] Kujou**
A—
**[09:59] Yuki**
Did the Ohara x Mouri pairing
buzz in accidentally?
**[10:02] Mouri**
Why'd you buzz in?!
**[10:03] Ohara**
Why did *you*?!
**[10:04] Chiaki**
Since both are unable to answer, they get
two "Wrong" marks and are disqualified.
**[10:08] Akira**
Yes, I love it! What a blast!
**[10:10] Shiki**
Uh, Akira-kun...
**[10:12] Akira**
You've gotta be adventurous
or it's no fun, right?
**[10:15] Akira**
It's a game, after all.
**[10:19] Guy**
*What's with that kid?*
**[10:20] Guy**
*He's creeping me out.*
**[10:23] Yuki**
President Sonohara?
**[10:24] Chiaki**
Please do not talk among yourselves.
**[10:26] Chiaki**
Continuing to do so will lead
to instant disqualification.
**[10:29] Akira**
Aw...
**[10:32] Akira**
Okay. Sorry.
**[10:34] Yuki**
Um, as for the current scores...
**[10:37] Yuki**
The remaining Sonohara x Koshiyama
pairing and Sasaki x Kon pairing are tied.
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Mouri x Ohara | Sonohara x Koshiyama | Sasaki x Kon | Mukai x Yasuura
**[10:42] Yuki**
The Yasuura x Mukai pair has one "Wrong"
mark, putting them in a tight spot.
**[10:46] Jinko**
So if they answer right as a pair...
**[10:48] Inoue**
They get three "Right" marks.
**[10:49] Jinko**
So if Shiki-kun and his partner answer
right as a pair, they can win?
**[10:53] Inoue**
Right, but I have a bad feeling
about where this is going...
**[11:00] Sasaki**
* Get it together! Just do*
* this like I always do!*
**[11:03] Sasaki**
* I won't lose to a senior who*
* treats this like a joke!*
**[11:06] Mukai**
*I have to focus!*
**[11:09] Kujou**
Question.
**[11:10] Kujou**
The Roman god of erotic
love, Cupid, had two—
**[11:13] Sasaki**
*Yes!*
**[11:13] Mukai**
*That's a classic!*
**[11:14] Shiki**
*I was too slow!*
**[11:16] Sasaki**
Golden arrows!
**[11:17] Chiaki**
Correct.
**[11:18] Mukai**
Lead arrows!
***SIGN*** Q: The Roman god of erotic love, Cupid, had two types
of arrows: what and what? A: Golden arrows, lead arrows
**[11:19] Chiaki**
Correct.
**[11:21] Kujou**
Question.
**[11:22] Kujou**
The Russian author Turgenev said
humanity could be divided into two—
**[11:26] Shiki**
*I'm first!*
**[11:27] Sasaki**
*Don't rush.*
**[11:28] Shiki**
Hamlet types!
**[11:30] Chiaki**
Correct.
**[11:31] Sasaki**
Don Quixote types!
***SIGN*** Q: The Russian author Turgenev said humanity could be divided into two
types: the "what" type and the "what" type? A: Hamlet type, Don Quixote type
**[11:32] Chiaki**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Mouri x Ohara
***SIGN*** Sonohara x Koshiyama
***SIGN*** Sasaki x Kon
***SIGN*** Mukai x Yasuura
**[11:33] Chiaki**
The Sasaki x Kon pairing needs one more to win!
**[11:35] Chiaki**
Will the next question decide the contest?
**[11:37] Sasaki**
*I got this!*
**[11:39] Shiki**
*Even if I win the right to answer,*
***SIGN*** Sonohara x
Koshiyama
***SIGN*** Sasaki x Kon
**[11:41] Shiki**
* Sasaki-kun will most likely*
* be the other one to buzz in.*
**[11:45] Shiki**
*I can't stop him by myself.*
**[11:47] Shiki**
* Mukai-kun's pairing has one "Wrong"*
* mark, so they'll play it safe.*
**[11:51] Shiki**
*They can't beat Sasaki-kun for speed.*
**[11:55] Akira**
I sure would like to answer
one more question.
**[11:58] Shiki**
*I shouldn't expect much help from him...*
**[12:01] Akira**
Hey, Koshiyama-kun.
**[12:04] Akira**
Push my button, too.
**[12:07] Shiki**
Wh-What?! I can't do that!
**[12:11] Akira**
Sure you can.
**[12:12] Akira**
See?
**[12:15] Akira**
Like this.
***SIGN*** Sasajima
**[12:29] Akira**
You can push both like this, right?
**[12:32] Jinko**
Oh, boy.
**[12:33] Inoue**
What's he doing?
**[12:34] Inoue**
Is that allowed?!
**[12:37] Kogawa**
Now that's what I call a BL buzz-in!
**[12:39] Kenmochi**
Senpai.
**[12:40] Akira**
I don't know which one will light up first,
**[12:43] Akira**
but if it works, you can
be both first and second!
**[12:46] Shiki**
N-No... I want to do this properly...
**[12:50] Akira**
Yeah, but if he buzzes in, we lose, right?
**[12:54] Akira**
Let's get the next one right
as a pair so we can win!
**[12:59] Yuki**
Are they allowed to buzz that way?
**[13:02] Akira**
What? Were there any rules in
the program about how you can
**[13:07] Akira**
and can't push the button?
**[13:10] Akira**
I'm still holding my own buzzer, too.
**[13:13] Akira**
It's not against any rules, is it?
**[13:14] Akira**
* Do you really think you'll win the*
* right to answer by buzzing that way?*
**[13:19] Ashiya**
Niina, who is that kid?
**[13:22] Ashiya**
Since when was he on the quiz team?
**[13:25] Niina**
He suddenly showed up about two weeks ago.
***SIGN*** Sekigawata Middle School
Sekigawata High School
**[13:30] (Flashback) Akira**
I'm Sonohara, and I'm a
third-year in middle school.
**[13:34] (Flashback) Akira**
I want to try quiz bowl, too.
**[13:37] (Flashback) Niina**
Everyone's welcome to join this club.
**[13:40] (Flashback) Niina**
Want to try it out?
**[13:41] (Flashback) Akira**
All right! Thank you!
**[13:45] Niina**
But exams started right after
that, and the club took a break,
**[13:50] Niina**
so I honestly didn't have time
to figure out what he was like.
**[13:55] Kenmochi**
Are President Sonohara and
her brother on bad terms?
**[13:58] Kogawa**
He's being really provocative.
**[14:00] Chiaki**
*It's not as if we don't get along.*
**[14:03] Chiaki**
*To Akira, this is just a game.*
**[14:06] Chiaki**
* A mean-spirited game he plays only*
* to rile others up and toy with them.*
**[14:11] Akira**
If you don't do it, we'll
lose. That okay with you?
**[14:14] Shiki**
But...
**[14:15] Akira**
If anyone can do it, it's you.
**[14:18] Chiaki**
I thought getting into quiz bowl and
making friends might change him a bit,
**[14:22] Chiaki**
but I guess that'd be too easy.
**[14:24] Yuki**
What should we do?
**[14:26] Chiaki**
Very well. Continue with the question.
**[14:29] Kujou**
R-Right...
**[14:31] Shiki**
*I-I don't want to do it like this, but...*
**[14:34] Shiki**
*I don't want to lose at this point, either!*
**[14:39] Shiki**
I have to win and face
Mikuriya-kun in Round 3!
**[14:43] Akira**
Mikuriya? A-ha...
**[14:46] Kujou**
Question.
**[14:49] Kujou**
The commonly used kanji with
a stroke count of o—
**[14:54] Mukai**
*The first and second buzzed in together!*
**[14:57] Sasaki**
*Whose buzzers were they?!*
**[14:58] Yuki**
Th-This is...
**[15:04] Yuki**
...a success!
**[15:06] Yuki**
The Koshiyama x Sonohara pair has
the exclusive right to answer!
**[15:10] Jinko**
They really lit up both of 'em!
**[15:12] Inoue**
By doing it that way?!
**[15:14] Gakuto**
What'll be important is whether his
first answer is correct or not.
**[15:19] Chiaki**
First, Sonohara-kun.
**[15:21] Akira**
Let's see... Kanji with a stroke count of...
**[15:24] Akira**
One?
**[15:26] Chiaki**
Correct.
**[15:27] Akira**
Oh, that was right?
**[15:28] Shiki**
* Wasn't he just reciting*
* the rest of the question?*
**[15:32] Chiaki**
The second answer, Koshiyama-kun, please.
**[15:36] Shiki**
Commonly used kanji with only one stroke...
**[15:39] Shiki**
*The one-stroke kanji are "ichi" and...*
**[15:43] Shiki**
*"Otsu."*
**[15:44] Chiaki**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: The commonly used kanji with a stroke
count of one are what and what? A: Ichi, otsu
**[15:47] Yuki**
Answering correctly as a pairing
gives them three "Right" marks.
***SIGN*** Group
***SIGN*** Mouri x Ohara
***SIGN*** Sonohara x Koshiyama
***SIGN*** Sasaki x Kon
***SIGN*** Mukai x Yasuura
**[15:49] Yuki**
The Koshiyama x Sonohara pair
will advance to round 3.
**[15:53] Akira**
Yay!
**[15:55] Akira**
Isn't quiz bowl fun, Koshiyama?
***SIGN*** No honorific...
**[15:58] Shiki**
*"Koshiyama?" I'm older than you...*
**[16:02] Shiki**
Yeah...
**[16:06] Akira**
What's with that expression? They lost
because they weren't good enough.
**[16:09] Mukai**
Hey! It's not like your
pair won because of you!
**[16:12] Mukai**
It was Koshiyama—
**[16:13] Akira**
What are you talking about?
It was my strategy that won it.
**[16:17] Shiki**
*He's right. If it wasn't for that idea...*
**[16:20] (Flashback) Akira**
I'll buzz in.
**[16:22] (Flashback) Kujou**
Question.
**[16:24] (Flashback) Kujou**
In th—
**[16:26] (Flashback) Akira**
See? Like this.
**[16:30] (Flashback) Akira**
I'm new to our club.
**[16:33] Shiki**
* Thinking of him as a beginner in quiz*
* bowl, just like me, was careless.*
**[16:39] Shiki**
* He looks like he's joking around,*
* but his speed of thought...*
**[16:46] Yuki**
We will now take a twenty-minute break.
**[16:49] Inoue**
That cringe-worthy behavior
reminds me of someone...
**[16:52] Mikuriya**
Why are you right there?!
**[16:54] Inoue**
Something about the way it seems
like he's mocking people...
**[16:56] Ashiya**
I thought he looked familiar, too.
**[16:59] Mikuriya**
Actually... I do, too.
**[17:02] Mikuriya**
*Could he be...*
**[17:06] Akira**
I'm so excited for Round 3.
**[17:09] Akira**
Aren't you, Lieutenant Colonel Chisato?
**[17:19] Jinko**
Nice goin', Shiki-kun!
**[17:20] Mari**
Congratulations, Koshiyama-kun!
**[17:22] Shiki**
Thanks.
**[17:23] Gakuto**
You ended up being saved by your partner,
**[17:26] Gakuto**
but you did well to advance to Round 3.
**[17:28] Gakuto**
Let's go over the Round 3 rules
during the twenty-minute break.
**[17:33] Shiki**
Okay.
**[17:34] Niina**
Sonohara.
**[17:36] Akira**
I did it, President Niina!
**[17:38] Akira**
I'm the only one from Sekigawata
to advance to Round 3!
**[17:43] Akira**
I'll do my best!
**[17:45] Niina**
There's something I need to say to you,
as Sekigawata's quiz club president.
**[17:50] Akira**
What is it?
**[17:53] Niina**
Even if it wasn't against the rules,
**[17:55] Niina**
I can't let someone who rode roughshod
over etiquette participate in Round 3.
**[18:03] Niina**
You can go home now.
**[18:16] Akira**
Go home? That's harsh.
**[18:19] Akira**
I didn't know anything
about quiz bowl etiquette.
**[18:22] Niina**
This concerns more than just quiz bowl.
**[18:24] Niina**
What gives you the right to take that
attitude toward the other participants?
**[18:27] Niina**
If you're just in it for
kicks, take it elsewhere.
**[18:30] Niina**
You're ruining it for everyone else.
**[18:31] Nakazawa**
Hey, Niina...
**[18:32] Sasaki**
I've never seen President Niina like this.
**[18:35] Kon**
Despite appearances, he fits
the role of club president.
**[18:45] Akira**
I'm sorry... I wasn't in it just for kicks.
**[18:51] Akira**
When I'm having fun,
I just get so wound up...
**[19:01] Nakazawa**
Oh, now he's crying...
**[19:02] Kon**
You made him cry.
**[19:03] Niina**
Huh? Who... me?
**[19:05] Akira**
I just wanted to be in quiz
bowl with everyone...
**[19:08] Niina**
Hey, come on... You're a middle
school third-year! Quit crying!
**[19:12] Akira**
I just wanted to do quiz bowl...
**[19:14] Niina**
Well, then, can you show
some manners next time?
**[19:17] Akira**
I can!
**[19:20] Niina**
You'd better promise.
**[19:23] Ashiya**
Niina...
**[19:27] Akira**
Tee-hee.
**[19:31] Sasaki**
Y-You can't let him trick you like that!
**[19:39] Shiki**
*This is a circus!*
**[19:43] Inoue**
Koshiyama! Koshiyama!
**[19:45] Inoue**
Over here.
**[19:47] Shiki**
Huh? Inoue, why're you over there?
**[19:49] Inoue**
We figured out who that kid is!
**[19:52] Shiki**
Who he is?
**[19:54] Shiki**
What?! Akira-kun's the girl who
interrupted us in the arcade in Akiba?!
**[20:02] Inoue**
It's definitely him!
**[20:04] Inoue**
He actually called Mikuriya
"Lieutenant Colonel Chisato"!
**[20:06] Mikuriya**
I'll crush him.
**[20:08] Shiki**
H-Huh?
**[20:12] Maruyama**
What's this about Akiba and an arcade?
**[20:14] Mukai**
And what's "Lieutenant
Colonel Chisato" about?
**[20:16] Shiki**
Does that mean...
**[20:18] Shiki**
Akira-kun's a girl?!
**[20:21] Ashiya**
Uh, no. Calm down, Koshiyama-kun.
**[20:24] Ashiya**
Still, between the provocative
attitude and the tricky tactics,
**[20:29] Ashiya**
she—I mean, he definitely
sees this as just a game.
**[20:39] (Flashback) Akira**
Hey...
**[20:40] (Flashback) Akira**
Are you guys...
**[20:44] (Flashback) Akira**
actual quiz freaks?
**[20:46] (Flashback) Akira**
You take quiz bowl seriously, right?
**[20:50] Shiki**
Then...
**[20:54] Shiki**
All the more reason we can't lose to him!
**[22:30] Master**
It's time for the high school
quiz bowl championships!
**[22:33] Master**
All the veterans from around Japan who won
the preliminary rounds will face off!
**[22:38] Inoue**
I bet they're all crazy good.
**[22:41] Shiki**
I'm sure there'll be some questions
that even we can answer!
**[22:46] Gakuto**
Indeed. Let's watch it together for study!
**[22:50] Mari**
I can't wait!
***SIGN*** High School Quiz Bowl Championships
***SIGN*** Sept. 1 (Fri.)
***SIGN*** Starting at 9:00 PM
**[22:53] Master**
The championships air on Friday,
September 1st at 9:00 PM!
**[22:58] Master**
Victory!
# 10 - The Unparalleled Super Ace
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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**[00:01] Inoue**
Daisuke!
**[00:02] Jinko**
Jinko!
***SIGN*** The Regular Meet Thus Far
**[00:03] Both**
The regular meet thus far!
**[00:05] Inoue**
The second round was on fire!
**[00:07] Jinko**
Shiki-kun got paired up with Sonohara
Akira-kun from Sekigawata Middle School,
**[00:10] Jinko**
and they stormed through to Round 3!
**[00:13] Inoue**
Not bad, considering he's Koshiyama!
**[00:15] Jinko**
But his partner, Akira-kun, seemed
a handful in so many ways...
**[00:20] Inoue**
Plus, we realized he was the guy
we saw in Akiba dressed as a girl!
***SIGN*** Round 3
**[00:25] Jinko**
We don't wanna miss Round 3, no way!
***SIGN*** Question 10: "The Unparalleled Super Ace"
**[01:58] Niina**
I'm sorry for the way he behaved in Round 2.
**[02:01] Chiaki**
No, I should apologize for the trouble
my foolish brother has caused.
**[02:04] Tozuka**
We'd like you to refrain from such
combative behavior from now on.
**[02:08] Akira**
Is that a challenge?
**[02:09] Niina**
Sonohara!
**[02:11] Hanabusa**
He's one energetic middle
schooler, isn't he?
**[02:13] Hanabusa**
What's the problem, anyway?
He didn't break any rules.
**[02:17] Hanabusa**
I kinda like that play style.
**[02:20] Mari**
It's true that he didn't
break any rules, but...
**[02:22] Shiki**
Yeah.
**[02:23] Gakuto**
This is Kannami's club president,
Hanabusa-san, a third-year,
**[02:26] Gakuto**
and Shibuya-san, who's also a third-year.
**[02:28] Gakuto**
They're Kannami's top two students and
place high in the meet every year.
**[02:32] Tozuka**
My club's members are *very*
particular about etiquette.
**[02:35] Tozuka**
The next time he takes things
too far, we will make a complaint.
**[02:39] Hanabusa**
I see you Leoneil guys
are as uptight as ever!
**[02:42] Tozuka**
We just want to take this contest seriously.
**[02:44] Gakuto**
Yokohama's Kannami and Chiba's Leoneil
have always shared an intense rivalry.
**[02:50] Shiki**
Oh...
**[02:51] Ohkura**
All of you lack discipline.
**[02:54] Ohkura**
Whether that novice participates or not,
**[02:56] Ohkura**
he's no match for Kaijou.
**[02:59] Shiki**
* The guys from Kaijou somehow*
* seem really intimidating...*
**[03:03] Hanabusa**
Boy, you guys have a presence
like no other team here.
**[03:06] Tozuka**
Of the 18 players in Round 3,
**[03:08] Tozuka**
six are from Kaijou.
**[03:10] Akira**
Hmph. You reek of old man stench.
***SIGN*** Are you really
second-years?
**[03:11] Akira**
Are you really second-years?
**[03:13] Niina**
Come on, not again!
**[03:15] Chiaki**
That's enough baiting one another.
**[03:17] Chiaki**
Settle this fair and square
through quiz bowl.
**[03:21] Chiaki**
We will now announce the groups for Round 3.
***SIGN*** Winner
***SIGN*** Final
***SIGN*** Asagaoka Regular Meet
***SIGN*** Stage Progression
**[03:30] Chiaki**
The 18 participants in
Round 3 have been divided
**[03:33] Chiaki**
impartially into groups based
on your paper quiz results.
***SIGN*** Semifinal
***SIGN*** Konoe | Tozuka | Hanabusa | Hosokawa | Kumada | Kawabata | Fukami | Yagi
Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
***SIGN*** 3R Quarterfinal
**[03:37] Chiaki**
We'll start with the first group,
**[03:39] Chiaki**
so if you're in the second group, you
can sit in the audience for now.
**[03:43] Hanabusa**
It may be impartial, but those are
both pretty brutal groupings...
**[03:47] Ohkura**
Sasajima.
**[03:49] Ohkura**
Obviously, we'll be in separate groups,
since we placed first and second.
**[03:52] Ohkura**
I'll be waiting for you in the semifinal.
**[03:54] Konoe**
You're in the second group, aren't you?
**[03:56] Konoe**
So he'll be the one waiting.
**[03:59] Gakuto**
Yeah. I look forward to it.
**[04:02] Akira**
Wow...
**[04:04] Akira**
This should be fun, huh?
**[04:09] Mikuriya**
You won't be able to do a thing.
**[04:12] Mikuriya**
You're not a quiz freak, after all.
**[04:18] Shiki**
Good luck in the first group!
**[04:21] Gakuto**
Koshiyama.
**[04:23] Shiki**
Yes?
**[04:24] Gakuto**
Watch closely.
**[04:29] Chiaki**
The time has come.
**[04:31] Chiaki**
Round 3, "All Who Draw the Sword Will
Die by the Sword," will now begin.
***SIGN*** Round 3
***SIGN*** "All Who Draw the Sword Will
Die by the Sword" Multiple Answers
Quiz and Fastest Finger Board Quiz
**[04:36] Chiaki**
Participants in the first
group, please step up here.
**[04:44] Chiaki**
From left to right, we have:
**[04:45] Chiaki**
Buzou High School
second-year, Sasajima-kun.
**[04:48] Chiaki**
He beat out the prestigious Kaijou Academy
with the top score on the paper quiz.
**[04:52] Ohkura**
* Sasajima, I still remember the day*
* you joined our club very clearly.*
**[04:59] Ohkura**
* Last spring, when Kaijou's quiz team was*
* lauded as the champions of the east,*
**[05:03] Ohkura**
*and the club's morale was starting to slip,*
**[05:07] Ohkura**
*you blew in like the wind.*
**[05:10] (Flashback) Gakuto**
Perfect numbers.
**[05:11] (Flashback) Guy**
Correct.
**[05:12] (Flashback) Guy**
Question.
**[05:13] (Flashback) Guy**
Japan's only desert, the Ura-sabaku, is—
**[05:18] (Flashback) Gakuto**
Tokyo.
***SIGN*** Q: Japan's only desert, the Ura-sabaku,
is in which prefecture? A: Tokyo
**[05:19] (Flashback) Guy**
Correct.
**[05:20] (Flashback) Konoe**
*Ohkura's being totally
out-buzzed by the rookie...*
**[05:24] (Flashback) Hoshina**
Don't you guys want to join in?
**[05:26] (Flashback) Konoe**
Ah, no, we'll pass.
**[05:28] (Flashback) Shibata**
President, I brought him.
**[05:30] (Flashback) Seiji**
Please don't waste my time.
**[05:32] (Flashback) Seiji**
I still have student council work to do.
**[05:35] (Flashback) Hoshina**
Hey, don't be like that.
**[05:36] (Flashback) Hoshina**
You can find time to meet
our newest member, can't you?
**[05:39] (Flashback) Guy**
Question.
**[05:41] (Flashback) Guy**
With the atomic number 107, and sym—
**[05:44] (Flashback) Gakuto**
Bohrium.
**[05:45] (Flashback) Guy**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Q: With the atomic number 107, and symbol Bh, which transuranium element is named after Danish physicist
Niels Bohr, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922? A: Bohrium
**[05:46] (Flashback) Seiji**
Who's he?
**[05:47] (Flashback) Hoshina**
Sasajima Gakuto, a first-year.
**[05:49] (Flashback) Hoshina**
He only started here in high school,
**[05:51] (Flashback) Hoshina**
after coming in from a
different middle school.
**[05:53] (Flashback) Hoshina**
He obviously has some
experience of quizzing.
**[05:57] (Flashback) Guy**
Question.
**[05:58] (Flashback) Guy**
"With great power comes great
responsibility" is the lesson—
**[06:03] (Flashback) Seiji**
Sword of Damocles.
***SIGN*** Q: "With great power comes great responsibility" is the lesson
King Dionysus of Syracuse taught his retainer, Damocles, in what
famous parable? A: Sword of Damocles
**[06:05] (Flashback) Guy**
Correct.
**[06:06] (Flashback) Konoe**
Hey, Fukami joined in!
**[06:08] (Flashback) Shibata**
I haven't seen him press a buzzer in ages!
**[06:12] Ohkura**
*The two of you were perfectly matched.*
**[06:15] Ohkura**
* From then on, you demonstrated*
* your true abilities,*
**[06:18] Ohkura**
* and produced stellar results*
* in a number of meets.*
**[06:22] Chiaki**
And from Group A in Round
2, we have this duo:
**[06:25] Chiaki**
Buzou High School first-year Fukami-san...
**[06:26] Mari**
Good luck!
**[06:27] Yagi**
Yeah, you too!
**[06:28] Chiaki**
...and Kannami High School
first-year Yagi-san.
**[06:30] Jinko**
So after workin' together as a
pair, now they're facin' off...
**[06:34] Inoue**
They're still so friendly, though.
**[06:36] Inoue**
These are the nine participants
in the first group of Round 3.
**[06:40] Chiaki**
I will now explain the rules.
**[06:44] Chiaki**
Round 3 will combine the total scores
**[06:47] Chiaki**
of a multiple answers quiz and a fastest
finger board quiz with 20 questions.
**[06:52] Yuki**
You'll earn points toward your initial
score for each correct answer
**[06:56] Yuki**
in the multiple answers portion, but if
even one of your answers is incorrect,
**[06:59] Yuki**
you get zero points.
**[07:00] Jinko**
Man, that's strict!
**[07:02] Inoue**
So it's a bad idea to go all out.
**[07:04] Chiaki**
We'll begin Round 3 with the multiple
answers quiz to determine your initial scores.
**[07:09] Chiaki**
You'll have 60 seconds to
think about your answers.
**[07:11] Kujou**
Question.
**[07:12] Kujou**
Leonardo da Vinci's famous
painting is *The Last Supper*.
**[07:15] Kujou**
List the names of the twelve apostles
depicted in this painting.
***SIGN*** Apostles.......?
**[07:19] Yagi**
"Apostles?"
**[07:22] Mikuriya**
* Should've known they'd*
* use a question like this.*
**[07:25] Jinko**
You know this one?
**[07:26] Shiki**
It's a famous painting,
**[07:28] Shiki**
and those twelve people
are fairly well-known.
**[07:30] Inoue**
I don't understand by what standards
you consider that "well-known."
**[07:34] Shiki**
The painting illustrates
the moment that Christ
**[07:38] Shiki**
tells his twelve apostles that
one of them will betray him.
**[07:42] Mari**
* The first one that springs to*
* mind is the traitor, Judas.*
**[07:45] Mari**
* The twelve apostles showed up in the*
* Christianity-related questions*
**[07:48] Mari**
* Sasajima-senpai came up with*
* to prepare us for this meet.*
**[07:53] Chiaki**
Time's up.
**[07:54] Chiaki**
Let's see your answers.
Reveal your boards!
***SIGN*** Michael
Gabriel
Raphael
Uriel
**[07:58] Yuki**
Oh, too bad!
**[08:00] Chiaki**
Those are angels, not apostles.
**[08:03] Yagi**
Aw, I should've known...
**[08:05] Chiaki**
Next: Fukami-san.
***SIGN*** Judas
Peter
James
**[08:07] Yuki**
Five points!
**[08:09] Mari**
*I did it, Sasajima-senpai!*
***SIGN*** Judas
**[08:12] Chiaki**
Kawabata-kun gets one point.
***SIGN*** Judas
James
**[08:14] Chiaki**
Kumada-kun, two points.
**[08:16] Chiaki**
Hosokawa-kun, unfortunately, has two
wrong answers, so that's zero points.
***SIGN*** Judas
Matthew
***SIGN*** Mark
John
Luke
**[08:20] Hosokawa**
You're kidding!
**[08:21] Chiaki**
Hanabusa-kun, painfully,
also earns zero points!
***SIGN*** Judas Luke Mark James
***SIGN*** Matthew John Peter Paul
**[08:24] Hanabusa**
Don't say "painfully"!
***SIGN*** Judas Matthew John Simon
***SIGN*** James (Son of Alphaeus) James (Son of Zebedee) Peter Philip
**[08:25] Chiaki**
Tozuka-kun, well done! Eight points!
***SIGN*** Judas Iscariot Thaddeus Matthew
**[08:29] Chiaki**
Konoe-kun earns six points,
and Sasajima-kun...
***SIGN*** Bartholomew
James (Son of Alphaeus)
James (Son of Zebedee)
Andrew
Judas Iscariot
Peter
***SIGN*** John
Thomas
Philip
Matthew
Thaddeus
Simon
**[08:34] Chiaki**
Excellent! A perfect answer!
**[08:37] Chiaki**
He earns twelve points!
**[08:40] Mari**
Sasajima-senpai!
**[08:41] Yagi**
Your team president's amazing.
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple
Answers
**[08:43] Chiaki**
Now, you will enter the fastest finger
board quiz with these initial scores.
***SIGN*** Sasajima | Konoe | Tozuka | Hanabusa | Hosokawa | Kumada | Kawabata | Fukami | Yagi
**[08:48] Chiaki**
The crucial bit of the fastest
finger board quiz is that...
**[08:52] Chiaki**
...buzzing in with a correct
answer earns you three points.
**[08:56] Chiaki**
Answer incorrectly, and
you lose three points.
**[08:59] Chiaki**
Answering correctly without
buzzing earns you one point.
**[09:03] Chiaki**
An incorrect answer will
not change your score.
**[09:06] Yuki**
Also, being the only player to answer
correctly is worth a bonus point, right?
**[09:11] Chiaki**
Yes. And the following is at
the core of this round's rules:
**[09:15] Chiaki**
If you buzz in and answer correctly,
**[09:16] Chiaki**
you earn the right to alter the
points earned by the other players.
**[09:21] Jinko**
Alter their points?
**[09:23] Chiaki**
All three, or even four, of the points
you earn for a correct answer
**[09:26] Chiaki**
can be added to your own score or subtracted
from another player's score at your discretion.
**[09:31] Yuki**
So you can add them all to
your own score if you want?
**[09:33] Chiaki**
Of course.
**[09:36] Chiaki**
You can also keep two points for yourself
and subtract one from another player.
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple
Answers
**[09:42] Chiaki**
The first player to 20 points wins.
***SIGN*** Sasajima | Konoe | Tozuka | Hanabusa | Hosokawa | Kumada | Kawabata | Fukami | Yagi
**[09:44] Chiaki**
If your score enters negative
numbers, you are disqualified.
**[09:48] Chiaki**
Three players from each group
will advance to the semifinal.
**[09:52] Yuki**
What happens if we don't have three
winners at the end of 20 questions?
**[09:57] Chiaki**
The players with the highest scores
will be declared the winners.
**[10:00] Chiaki**
If there's a tie, we'll enter sudden death.
**[10:03] Mikuriya**
* How they choose to distribute their*
* own points will be crucial, for sure.*
**[10:07] Chiaki**
The fastest finger board
quiz will now begin.
**[10:10] Kujou**
Question.
**[10:11] Kujou**
On this day, June 3, in 1950, Herzog—
**[10:16] Chiaki**
The first to buzz was...
**[10:19] Gakuto**
Oh, it was me?
**[10:21] Mari**
*Sasajima-senpai* did *say he always
keeps a buzzer in his pocket,*
**[10:24] Mari**
*but he buzzes from the hip during meets, too?*
**[10:27] Chiaki**
Players, please write down your answer.
**[10:29] Chiaki**
You'll have 15 seconds to think.
**[10:32] Mari**
* Another date-based question...*
* I'm glad I didn't buzz in.*
**[10:36] Chiaki**
Show your boards.
**[10:38] Chiaki**
The correct answer is Annapurna.
***SIGN*** Annapurna
***SIGN*** Q: On this day, June 3, in 1950, Herzog led a French mountaineering
expedition to reach the peak of which 8,000-meter-tall mountain? A. Annapurna
**[10:41] Chiaki**
Sasajima-kun, since you buzzed
in and answered correctly,
**[10:43] Chiaki**
you can distribute your
three points as you like.
**[10:46] Gakuto**
I'll keep them all.
***SIGN*** Sasajima
***SIGN*** Total
**[10:50] Akira**
Wow, he didn't subtract any from anyone.
**[10:53] Akira**
He could've plunged some of those guys into
negative figures and got them disqualified.
**[10:56] Sasaki**
You just don't get it, do you?
**[10:58] Sasaki**
Competitors with scores that far below
his aren't even worth worrying about.
**[11:01] Sasaki**
Rather than taking others out,
he chose to win it quickly.
**[11:05] Jinko**
If he buzzes in and answers
right two more times, he wins!
**[11:09] Chiaki**
Once again, the first to
buzz was Sasajima-kun.
***SIGN*** Ice cream headache
**[11:13] Chiaki**
The correct answer gives him three points.
**[11:16] Gakuto**
I'll keep them all.
***SIGN*** Sasajima
***SIGN*** Total
**[11:20] Chiaki**
Sasajima-kun buzzes in for
the third time in a row!
***SIGN*** Church of the
Holy Cross
**[11:24] Chiaki**
Correct! He earns three points!
**[11:26] Inoue**
That was fast!
**[11:27] Jinko**
That gives him 20 points!
**[11:29] Ohara**
Konoe-senpai's usually more
aggressive on the buzzer.
**[11:33] Ohkura**
Trying specifically to beat Sasajima
to the buzzer would be the same
**[11:36] Ohkura**
as buzzing reflexively, and likely
to result in a wrong answer.
**[11:40] Ohkura**
When up against someone you know
is at a higher level than you,
**[11:44] Ohkura**
sometimes, it's wisest to let them win first.
**[11:48] Shiki**
* What's important is to*
* end up in the top three.*
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple
Answers
**[11:51] Chiaki**
Sasajima-kun, how will you
distribute your points?
***SIGN*** Sasajima | Konoe | Tozuka | Hanabusa | Hosokawa | Kumada | Kawabata | Fukami | Yagi
**[11:55] Inoue**
With three points, couldn't he just keep
them, smash the 20-point barrier, and win?
**[12:00] Jinko**
He sure could.
**[12:04] Shiki**
He has one point left over.
**[12:07] Gakuto**
I see.
**[12:08] Gakuto**
So the person who buzzes in and
answers correctly has the right
**[12:10] Gakuto**
to use his points effectively,
to the very last one, yes?
**[12:14] Chiaki**
Exactly.
**[12:16] Mari**
Does that mean he's forced to
subtract a point from someone?
**[12:19] Jinko**
That's brutal...
**[12:21] Inoue**
He's already won.
**[12:23] Inoue**
What do the other guys' scores matter?
**[12:26] Shiki**
No, he said "to use them effectively."
**[12:30] Shiki**
The way he chooses to subtract
a point will be significant.
**[12:33] Ohkura**
* Getting a point taken away*
* by Sasajima now means...*
**[12:37] Hanabusa**
* ...he could stop a specific*
* person from going through!*
**[12:39] Tozuka**
* It'll be someone he doesn't want*
* to face in the next round.*
**[12:42] Konoe**
* In other words, someone he*
* acknowledges as being a threat.*
**[12:47] Gakuto**
Then, I'll take a point from
Tozuka-san of Leoneil.
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple Answers
***SIGN*** Sasajima | Konoe | Tozuka | Hanabusa
**[12:53] Tozuka**
Well, I can't fault you for that.
***SIGN*** Sasajima
***SIGN*** Total
**[12:56] Chiaki**
Sasajima-kun has reached 20 points,
**[12:58] Chiaki**
finishing in first place!
**[12:59] Chiaki**
Congratulations!
**[13:01] Hanabusa**
Way to go, ex-Kaijou kid!
***SIGN*** I can't see...
**[13:17] Tozuka**
So it's true, then?
**[13:19] Tozuka**
I wasn't certain before, but now...
**[13:21] Konoe**
Yep. He's the Sasajima Gakuto who
was in our club up until last year.
**[13:23] GirlBG**
He used to go to Kaijou?
**[13:24] GuyBG**
He's the Sasajima that went to Kaijou?
**[13:25] Konoe**
The unparalleled super ace.
**[13:28] Mari**
*"Super ace"?*
**[13:30] Jinko**
Did he really have to say that?
**[13:33] Hanabusa**
Huh? Did I say something I shouldn't have?
**[13:35] Chiaki**
Silence, please. The
competition is still ongoing.
**[13:38] Gakuto**
I am now Sasajima of Buzou.
**[13:46] Kujou**
I'll continue with the questions.
**[13:49] Mari**
*Sasajima-senpai went to Kaijou?*
**[13:52] Mari**
*The super ace of the quiz team?*
**[13:55] (Flashback) Seiji**
Quiz bowl is pointless.
**[14:00] Yuki**
Fukami-san...
**[14:01] Chiaki**
Please show your board.
**[14:03] Mari**
Oh... Sorry.
**[14:07] Mari**
*I didn't even hear the question.*
**[14:09] Shiki**
Sasajima-senpai, is it true?
**[14:13] Shiki**
That you were on Kaijou's quiz team?
**[14:16] Gakuto**
Yes, I was. But only for six months.
**[14:19] Ohkura**
But you still left your mark
on the Kaijou quiz bowl team.
**[14:23] Ohkura**
You hadn't told the members of your new club?
**[14:26] Gakuto**
There was no opportunity,
nor any need, to bring it up.
**[14:29] Shiki**
*There wasn't?*
**[14:31] Shiki**
*The topic of Kaijou did come up a few times.*
**[14:34] Shiki**
* It wouldn't have seemed*
* out of place to tell us then.*
**[14:37] Mari**
*What now? I can't concentrate...*
**[14:41] Ohkura**
That Fukami girl... Is she Fukami Seiji's...
**[14:44] Gakuto**
It seems so.
**[14:45] Shiki**
So you do know Fukami-san's brother?
**[14:49] Ohkura**
Fukami and Sasajima
were the best of rivals.
**[14:52] Both**
Huh?!
**[14:53] Ohkura**
They competed against each other every day
**[14:55] Ohkura**
to polish their skills in a battle
to be Kaijou's star player.
**[14:58] Ohkura**
The atmosphere when they faced
each other was always volatile.
**[15:03] Gakuto**
Stop making it sound so dramatic, Ohkura.
**[15:06] Ohkura**
No, let me say it, Sasajima!
**[15:08] Ohkura**
The day you joined our club
**[15:10] Ohkura**
and you two faced off
on the buzzers, I knew.
**[15:14] Ohkura**
I knew you two would carry
Kaijou's quiz team...
**[15:16] Ohkura**
No, the entire world of
high school quiz bowl.
**[15:20] Ohkura**
But six months later,
**[15:23] Ohkura**
something happened between you
that only the two of you know about.
**[15:27] Ohkura**
Then, you left Kaijou, and Fukami
quit quiz bowl altogether.
**[15:33] Inoue**
What the heck happened?
**[15:38] Gakuto**
Nothing, really.
**[15:39] Hanabusa**
All right! 20 points on the nose!
***SIGN*** Human
Beatbox
**[15:42] Chiaki**
Hanabusa-kun of Kannami University
High School goes through.
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple
Answers
**[15:46] Chiaki**
Only one more player can join the winners.
***SIGN*** Sasajima | Konoe | Tozuka | Hanabusa | Hosokawa | Kumada | Kawabata | Fukami | Yagi
**[15:52] Mari**
* Do those two know the real reason*
* my brother quit quiz bowl?*
**[15:59] Mari**
* Being a part of quiz bowl has*
* never felt like such a burden...*
**[16:04] Shiki**
Fukami-san, look up!
**[16:06] Inoue**
Focus on the match!
**[16:08] Shiki**
Listen to the questions!
**[16:09] Jinko**
Damn straight! You're just gettin' started!
**[16:20] Kujou**
Question.
**[16:21] Kujou**
Hebrew for "God heal—
**[16:25] Mari**
*It lit up!*
**[16:26] Mikuriya**
Can she get it from just that?
**[16:30] Shiki**
Yeah. We know this one.
**[16:32] Mari**
*I buzzed almost reflexively, but...*
**[16:35] Shiki**
The questions Sasajima-senpai
put together to prepare us
**[16:38] Shiki**
for this meet involved a
lot of Christian topics.
**[16:42] Chiaki**
Show your boards.
***SIGN*** Messiah
***SIGN*** Messiah
**[16:44] Chiaki**
The correct answer is Raphael.
***SIGN*** Gabriel
***SIGN*** Gabriel
***SIGN*** Raphael
***SIGN*** Manna
**[16:46] Yuki**
Fukami-san is the only
one to answer correctly!
***SIGN*** Q: Hebrew for "God heals," the Christian patron of travelers
and the ailing, one of three Archangels along with Michael and Gabriel,
was known by what name? A: Raphael
**[16:50] Chiaki**
That gives you a bonus point,
for a total of four points.
**[16:54] Mari**
*I did it!*
**[16:55] Three**
She did it!
**[17:00] Mari**
*I'm curious about my brother's past,*
**[17:03] Mari**
* but that has nothing to do*
* with my own quiz bowl career!*
**[17:07] Mari**
*This is my first regular meet,*
**[17:09] Mari**
*and I'm up against so many players.*
**[17:12] Mari**
*A lot of them are really good.*
**[17:15] Mari**
* There have been questions*
* I've never heard before, too.*
**[17:20] Chiaki**
Fukami-san, how will you
distribute your points?
**[17:22] Mari**
*This is all a waste if I don't enjoy it.*
**[17:26] Mari**
I'll keep two for myself,
**[17:29] Mari**
and subtract one each from
Konoe-san and Tozuka-san.
**[17:33] Both**
What?!
**[17:34] Both**
She subtracted points!
**[17:35] Gakuto**
She took points from the
two who were on the verge
**[17:38] Gakuto**
of making it to the next round if they
scored three points on the next question.
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple
Answers
***SIGN*** Sasajima | Konoe | Tozuka | Hanabusa | Hosokawa | Kumada | Kawabata | Fukami | Yagi
**[17:42] Shiki**
Fukami-san hasn't given up yet!
**[17:46] Yuki**
*Maririn...*
**[17:48] Kujou**
Question.
**[17:49] Kujou**
Of the 88 constellations in the night sky,
**[17:52] Kujou**
the one that covers the
*largest* area is Hydra, and—
**[17:55] Mari**
*He beat me to it...*
**[17:57] Mari**
*This one's a parallel question,*
**[17:59] Mari**
*and "largest" was emphasized in the reading.*
***SIGN*** Crux
**[18:02] Chiaki**
Show your boards.
***SIGN*** Scorpio
***SIGN*** Virgo
***SIGN*** Crux
**[18:04] Chiaki**
The correct answer is Crux.
***SIGN*** Q: The one that covers the largest area is Hydra, and
the one that covers the smallest area is what? A: Crux
**[18:07] Shiki**
Well done!
***SIGN*** Fukami
**[18:09] Kujou**
Question.
**[18:10] Kujou**
Continents of the world:
The "cradle of humankind"—
**[18:16] Mari**
*"The cradle of humankind..."*
**[18:18] Mari**
*Humanity's roots...*
**[18:20] Mari**
*I don't know the answer,*
**[18:22] Mari**
*but if it's one of the seven continents...*
**[18:24] Chiaki**
Show your boards.
***SIGN*** Africa
**[18:26] Chiaki**
The correct answer is Africa.
***SIGN*** Q: Continents of the world: The "cradle of humankind"
is a nickname for which continent? A: Africa
**[18:31] Akira**
A nickname, huh?
***SIGN*** Fukami
**[18:34] Kujou**
Question.
**[18:35] Kujou**
When an umpire has difficulty making a call,
**[18:38] Kujou**
he covers his eyes with both hands—
**[18:40] Three**
Yes!
**[18:41] Konoe**
*Why is she suddenly...*
**[18:45] Chiaki**
Show your boards.
***SIGN*** Badminton
**[18:47] Chiaki**
Correct. Fukami-san earns three points.
***SIGN*** Q: When an umpire has difficulty making a call, he covers his eyes with both
hands in a signal meaning "I couldn't see what happened," a trademark
of what sport in which players hit a shuttlecock to each other? A: Badminton
***SIGN*** Fukami
**[18:59] Chiaki**
The final player to win from
the first group in Round 3 is...
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple Answers
***SIGN*** Sasajima | Konoe | Tozuka | Hanabusa | Hosokawa | Kumada
**[19:04] Chiaki**
Konoe-kun!
**[19:06] Chiaki**
With those three points, he reclaims the
lead from Tozuka-kun and goes through!
**[19:10] Konoe**
Yes!
**[19:21] Ohkura**
Come to think of it, there was a time
**[19:23] Ohkura**
when a girl took part in the
Kaijou Festival quiz meet.
**[19:28] Ohkura**
She said she started quiz bowl
because of her older brother.
**[19:32] Ohkura**
That was before you came to Kaijou.
**[19:36] Jinko**
Congrats, Marippe! You did great!
**[19:39] Inoue**
That rally toward the end was incredible!
**[19:41] Shiki**
You almost had it.
**[19:43] Mari**
Yeah.
**[19:45] Mari**
I lost, though.
**[19:46] Four**
Ba-dum!
**[19:49] Two**
You damn normies!
**[19:55] Chiaki**
We will now move on to the
second group in Round 3.
**[19:59] Chiaki**
Participants, please take to the stage.
**[20:02] Mikuriya**
Finally...
**[20:05] Mikuriya**
I was getting sick of waiting.
**[20:07] Shiki**
*It's time.*
**[20:08] Inoue**
Good luck, Koshiyama!
**[20:10] Jinko**
Go get 'em!
**[20:11] Shiki**
Yeah.
**[20:14] Mari**
*It's finally time, huh, Koshiyama-kun?*
**[20:18] Mari**
*If we weren't at Asagaoka,*
**[20:20] Mari**
*I would've been up against Yukicchi.*
**[20:24] Mari**
* I wonder if Sasajima-senpai*
* has anyone like that.*
**[20:30] Mari**
*I wonder if my brother did...*
**[20:33] Sasaki**
President, bad news!
**[20:35] Sasaki**
Sonohara-kun is missing!
**[20:37] Niina**
What?!
**[20:38] Sasaki**
His stuff's gone, too!
**[20:43] Akira**
There.
**[20:46] Chiaki**
I apologize for the wait.
**[20:48] Chiaki**
We're still missing a contestant,
but let's get started anyway.
**[20:52] Chiaki**
The second group is now entering the fray.
**[22:30] Master**
Welcome, students of Mrs.
Green Apple High School!
**[22:33] Motoki**
Hi!
**[22:34] Motoki**
We're here today to present a
question to the quiz master!
**[22:38] Master**
Oh, really? Let's hear it!
**[22:41] Hiroto**
Here we go! Question!
**[22:43] Ryouka**
The "apple" included in the
name of our high school...
**[22:47] Kiyokazu**
...is from which family of fruit?
**[22:49] Master**
Rosaceae!
**[22:50] Ayaka**
Ding ding ding! That's a quiz master for you!
**[22:52] Master**
Yes! I got it right!
**[22:54] Master**
Try asking your friends that
question tomorrow, everyone!
**[22:57] Motoki**
And check out "On My Mind"!
# 11 - Q: Why Do You Answer?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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**[00:01] Yuki**
The first group in Round 3
got very heated, didn't it?
**[00:04] Yuki**
And now, it's time for the
second group to start.
**[00:07] Girl**
Please line up in the order of
your placement on the paper quiz.
**[00:11] Shiki**
*Mikuriya-kun is in front of me...*
**[00:13] Shiki**
What if I can't answer anything?
**[00:16] Shiki**
All these other people ranked
really high on the paper quiz!
**[00:19] Mikuriya**
So what?
**[00:21] Mikuriya**
There are four in front of me, too.
**[00:25] Shiki**
*He's right. I can't get overwhelmed now.*
**[00:29] Shiki**
*I'm finally about to face Mikuriya-kun!*
**[00:35] Chiaki**
The second group will now enter.
**[00:43] Akira**
Hold it!
**[00:47] Akira**
I'm playing, too!
***SIGN*** Question 11: "Q: Why Do You Answer?"
**[02:33] Chiaki**
Akira!
**[02:37] All**
Huh?!
**[02:42] Yuki**
U-Um... Sekigawata Middle School
third-year, Sonohara Akira-kun...
**[02:47] Yuki**
has, for some reason, just come in
wearing an Asagaoka Girls' uniform!
**[02:52] Gakuto**
He's certainly unique.
**[02:54] Inoue**
Senpai, you're actually enjoying
the spectacle, aren't you?
**[02:57] Mari**
Wow, he looks really cute.
**[03:00] Jinko**
This is no time to admire him.
**[03:01] Jinko**
Look at the participants.
**[03:03] Jinko**
They're totally distracted from the game.
**[03:05] Jinko**
This was his plan!
**[03:07] Mikuriya**
Excuse me. Can we start the quiz now?
**[03:10] Yuki**
President Sonohara?
**[03:12] Chiaki**
P-Prepare your boards
**[03:13] Chiaki**
for the multiple answer question
to determine your initial scores!
**[03:16] Chiaki**
The question!
**[03:16] Kujou**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[03:17] Chiaki**
Too slow!
***SIGN*** My blood is boiling right now
**[03:19] Chiaki**
Name the zang-fu organs.
**[03:24] Shiki**
The zang-fu organs, huh?
***SIGN*** Zang-fu
Organs
**[03:27] Kujou**
The full question is...
**[03:28] Kujou**
In traditional Chinese medicine,
**[03:30] Kujou**
the body and organs are described
in terms of the "zang-fu organs."
**[03:34] Kujou**
State the names of the
eleven zang-fu organs.
**[03:39] Shiki**
* The number of correct answers I get*
* here will be the score I start off with.*
**[03:42] Shiki**
* I need to at least get*
* close to Mikuriya-kun.*
**[03:47] Mari**
Even I know a little about this.
**[03:49] Gakuto**
Yes, most people know the names
of at least some organs.
**[03:54] Gakuto**
But the challenge is knowing
which ones are zang-fu organs.
**[03:57] Gakuto**
It seems like an easy question that gives
everyone a chance to get some points,
**[04:01] Gakuto**
but relying on common knowledge
could backfire on you.
**[04:05] Chiaki**
All players, show your boards!
***SIGN*** Heart Spleen Lung Kidney
***SIGN*** Liver Stomach Large Intestine Gall Bladder
***SIGN*** Urinary Bladder San Jiao
***SIGN*** Heart Spleen San Jiao Kidney
***SIGN*** Liver Lung Large Intestine Stomach Small Intestine
***SIGN*** Heart
Liver
Large Intestine
Spleen
Kidney
Lung
Pancreas
***SIGN*** Stomach
Appendix
Small Intestine
Gall Bladder
Urinary Bladder{
***SIGN*** Duodenum
Colon
Ileum
**[04:08] Yuki**
Now, please look at the screen.
***SIGN*** San Jiao Large Intestine Small Intestine Heart
***SIGN*** Liver Kidney Stomach
***SIGN*** Heart Liver Spleen Pancreas
***SIGN*** San Jiao Stomach Large Intestine Small Intestine
***SIGN*** Heart Kidney Pancreas
***SIGN*** Liver Stomach Spleen
***SIGN*** Heart Spleen Large Intestine Urinary Bladder
***SIGN*** Liver Kidney Small Intestine Stomach
***SIGN*** Lung Gall Bladder San Jiao
***SIGN*** Heart Lung Kidney
***SIGN*** Liver Stomach
**[04:11] Yuki**
Here are the results of that question!
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple
Answers
***SIGN*** Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
***SIGN*** Koshiyama
**[04:17] Shiki**
* I'm starting off in first*
* place alongside Ohkura-san!*
**[04:21] Chiaki**
The correct answers are:
**[04:22] Chiaki**
the liver, the heart, the spleen, the lung,
the kidney, the stomach, the large intestine,
**[04:27] Chiaki**
the small intestine, the gall bladder,
the urinary bladder, and the san jiao.
**[04:32] Inoue**
What's "the san jiao"?
**[04:33] Jinko**
Never heard of it.
**[04:34] Gakuto**
"Of the zang-fu organs, which is the
only one that isn't actually an organ?"
**[04:40] Gakuto**
"The answer is the san jiao."
It's a well-known question.
**[04:43] Chiaki**
It's easy to get the zang-fu organs wrong,
**[04:46] Chiaki**
because there are so many
organs to choose from.
**[04:52] Yuki**
If even one wrong answer is given in the
quiz to determine your initial score,
**[04:55] Yuki**
you get zero points.
***SIGN*** Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara
**[04:59] Shiki**
*Mikuriya-kun got zero points?*
**[05:02] Akira**
Zero points!
**[05:04] Akira**
And you're supposed to be a quiz freak!
**[05:07] Shiki**
Akira-kun...
**[05:09] Shiki**
It's not nice to laugh at
other people's mistakes.
**[05:12] Akira**
What's this, Koshiyama?
**[05:14] Akira**
Feeling confident because
you've got an early lead?
**[05:18] Mikuriya**
Starting with zero points? Fine by me.
**[05:21] Mikuriya**
I'll show all of you.
**[05:23] Chiaki**
We will now start the fastest finger
board quiz from these initial scores.
**[05:29] Kujou**
Question.
**[05:31] Kujou**
The first manned space flight
was completed by Gaga—
**[05:34] Shiki**
*That was fast!*
**[05:35] Yuki**
The person who buzzed was Mikuriya-kun!
**[05:37] Shiki**
* A wrong answer after buzzing*
* means a loss of three points.*
**[05:40] Shiki**
* He could be disqualified!*
* How could he buzz in so soon?*
**[05:44] Yuki**
If you answer correctly after buzzing in,
**[05:46] Yuki**
you can add your points to your own score
**[05:48] Yuki**
or subtract them from another player.
**[05:50] Yuki**
The choice is yours.
**[05:52] Yuki**
What will Mikuriya-kun do?
**[05:54] Yuki**
Now, everyone, show your boards!
***SIGN*** McCandless
***SIGN*** Leonov
**[05:57] Chiaki**
They're all rather divided on the answer.
***SIGN*** Tereshkova
***SIGN*** Akiyama Toyohiro
***SIGN*** Moon
**[05:59] Chiaki**
And Mikuriya-kun, the one
who buzzed in, said...
***SIGN*** Alan Shepard
**[06:03] Yuki**
Alan Shepard.
**[06:04] Yuki**
He was the only player to answer correctly!
**[06:06] Kujou**
The first manned space flight
was completed by Gagarin.
**[06:10] Kujou**
The second was completed by
which American astronaut?
**[06:13] Chiaki**
The correct answer is Alan Shepard.
**[06:16] Shiki**
The emphasis was on "first"?
**[06:19] Mikuriya**
It was barely noticeable.
**[06:21] Mikuriya**
That's the perfect difficulty
level for this round.
**[06:23] Shiki**
And you buzzed in based on that?
**[06:25] Mikuriya**
If someone else beat me to it and subtracted
points from me, I'd be out anyway.
**[06:29] Mikuriya**
And if I'm going to get
knocked out regardless,
**[06:32] Mikuriya**
I'd rather be the one responsible for it.
**[06:35] Chiaki**
Now, Mikuriya-kun,
**[06:37] Chiaki**
please decide how to distribute your four
points, including your extra bonus point.
**[06:41] Mikuriya**
I'll keep them all.
***SIGN*** Mikuriya
**[06:43] Guy**
Dude, that first-year
from Miyaura is amazing.
**[06:46] Guy**
He's already over ten points.
**[06:48] Shiki**
*What am I doing?*
**[06:50] Shiki**
* What made me think for a second that I could*
* beat players who are leagues ahead of me*
**[06:54] Shiki**
*in both knowledge and technique?*
**[06:58] Shiki**
*I have to calm down.*
**[07:01] Shiki**
* Don't force anything, and listen*
* closely to the questions.*
**[07:04] Shiki**
*I have to get some answers right!*
**[07:09] Kujou**
Question.
**[07:14] Chiaki**
O, Romeo, Romeo—
**[07:17] Akira**
That was me!
**[07:21] Shiki**
*What was that?!*
**[07:22] Gakuto**
Well, that scene recreation was a total flop.
**[07:24] Jinko**
Yikes...
**[07:25] Mari**
What was Yukicchi doing?
**[07:27] Chiaki**
I wanted to do more of *Romeo and Juliet*!
**[07:30] Chiaki**
Curse you, Akira!
**[07:32] Chiaki**
All right, show your boards!
***SIGN*** Romeo and Juliet
**[07:35] Kujou**
"O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"
***SIGN*** Verona
***SIGN*** Romeo and Juliet
**[07:38] Kujou**
is a famous line that appears
in which Shakespeare tragedy?
***SIGN*** Romeo and Juliet
***SIGN*** Capulet
***SIGN*** Romeo and Juliet
***SIGN*** Romeo and Juliet
***SIGN*** Romeo and Juliet
**[07:43] Chiaki**
The answer is *Romeo and Juliet*.
**[07:46] Yuki**
Sonohara-kun, please distribute
your three points.
**[07:49] Akira**
Okay, then...
**[07:51] Akira**
Subtract two points from the squinting guy!
**[07:54] Koizumi**
What?!
**[07:55] Akira**
Ka-boom!
***SIGN*** Ka-boom!
***SIGN*** Koizumi
**[07:56] Yuki**
K-Koizumi kun has a negative
score, which means he's disqualified.
**[08:00] Koizumi**
You demon...
**[08:02] Akira**
Who should I subtract the other point from?
**[08:08] Akira**
I know! Boss Gorilla!
**[08:10] Akira**
You cocky little punk!
**[08:13] Akira**
Well, those are the rules.
**[08:16] Yuki**
President Sonohara!
**[08:19] Akira**
I'll make this game
interesting for all of you.
**[08:22] Yuki**
W-Well, I'll take over from here.
**[08:24] Yuki**
With Sonohara-kun's subtraction of points,
**[08:27] Yuki**
Koizumi-kun is out,
**[08:29] Yuki**
and Ohkura-kun's score is
reduced to fifteen points.
**[08:32] Yuki**
He's no longer one question
away from a possible win.
**[08:34] Guy**
What was Asagaoka thinking when
they made up these rules?
**[08:39] Guy**
I guess siblings do think alike.
**[08:41] Chiaki**
* I only wanted to make things exciting*
* by adding an element of negotiation...*
**[08:47] Ohkura**
Everybody, shut up!
**[08:49] Ohkura**
Rules about subtracting points
aren't that uncommon.
**[08:52] Ohkura**
Players can play however they
want if it's within the rules!
**[08:57] Ohkura**
The only thing that bothers
me is this kid's attitude.
**[09:00] Ohkura**
Who are you calling a gorilla?!
**[09:01] Akira**
Oops. Sorry.
**[09:03] Akira**
I take back the gorilla thing.
**[09:04] Ohkura**
Good.
**[09:06] Ashiya**
And that's okay with you, Ohkura?
**[09:08] Ohkura**
I don't want the regular meet to be
sullied by this kind of quibbling.
**[09:12] Ashiya**
Yeah... I guess you're right.
**[09:14] Niina**
Ohkura's so grown-up.
**[09:17] Niina**
And he's younger than me...
**[09:19] Niina**
I hope I grow up to be that mature.
**[09:22] Kujou**
Question.
**[09:23] Kujou**
In the Catholic Church—
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple
Answers
***SIGN*** Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
**[09:26] Yuki**
Everyone answered wrong.
**[09:28] Yuki**
Sonohara-kun loses three points.
**[09:30] Niina**
Why is Sonohara like that?
**[09:34] Sasaki**
He said he'd make the game interesting,
**[09:35] Sasaki**
but he's just messing it
up for everyone else!
**[09:38] Niina**
But he's down to two points.
**[09:40] Niina**
I hope he'll settle down now.
**[09:44] Yuki**
The correct answer is *Utakata no Ki*.
**[09:46] Yuki**
Ohkura-kun and Koshiyama-kun
both answered correctly.
**[09:49] Shiki**
Yes! That's from Ougai's German trilogy!
**[09:52] Akira**
Woohoo! Way to go, boss!
**[09:54] Ohkura**
Don't call me "boss," either!
**[09:55] Yuki**
Ohkura-kun, please distribute
your three points.
**[09:58] Ohkura**
Yes... You want to be
disqualified, don't you, kid?
**[10:02] Akira**
Huh?
**[10:03] Shiki**
*If he loses three points, Akira-kun is out.*
**[10:09] Ohkura**
Making that face at me... won't help.
**[10:13] Ohkura**
I'll keep them all for myself.
**[10:17] Yuki**
Ohkura-kun gets three points,
taking him to eighteen.
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Ohkura
**[10:20] Yuki**
He needs two more points to win.
**[10:23] Shiki**
*I'm still two points behind Mikuriya-kun.*
**[10:25] Shiki**
*I can't lose!*
**[10:28] Kujou**
Question.
**[10:29] Kujou**
American entertainment
industry awards include
**[10:31] Kujou**
the Emmy Award, Grammy
Award, Academy Award—
**[10:34] Shiki**
*I buzzed too late!*
**[10:35] Yuki**
Shibuya-kun buzzed in!
**[10:37] Hanabusa**
You finally got one, Shibuya!
**[10:40] Shiki**
* If there are four awards, I should've*
* buzzed on the "A" of "Academy," but...*
**[10:46] Gakuto**
This is a curious question.
**[10:48] Jinko**
Why's that, Gakuto?
**[10:50] Mari**
Isn't it just a regular numerated question?
**[10:52] Gakuto**
No, probably not.
**[10:55] Gakuto**
Will Koshiyama notice the difference?
**[10:58] Yuki**
Now, show your boards.
**[11:01] Yuki**
Here's the rest of the question:
**[11:02] Yuki**
What's the term used when
someone who wins an Emmy,
**[11:05] Yuki**
a Grammy, an Academy Award, and a Tony?
**[11:08] Yuki**
The answer is "Showbiz Grand Slam."
**[11:11] Shiki**
I knew it!
***SIGN*** Showbiz Grand Slam
**[11:12] Yuki**
"EGOT" means Emmy, Grammy, Oscar,
and Tony: the four initials.
**[11:18] Yuki**
That's also correct!
**[11:20] Akira**
Lucky me! I saw that on TV!
**[11:22] Inoue**
What was that all about?
**[11:24] Gakuto**
If it had been a numerical question,
**[11:26] Gakuto**
the award names would have
been intonated separately.
***SIGN*** Numerical Straight
***SIGN*** Q: American entertainment industry awards include the Emmy Award,
Grammy Award, Academy Award, and what, when won along with
the other three, constitutes a "Showbiz Grand Slam"? A: Tony Award
***SIGN*** Straight
***SIGN*** Q: American entertainment industry awards include
the Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and
Tony Award, and winning all four of these awards
is known as what? A: Showbiz Grand Slam/EGOT
**[11:30] Gakuto**
But the way she read out "Emmy Award" and
"Grammy Award" made them flow together.
**[11:34] Mari**
So that's why he was slow to buzz in.
**[11:38] Shiki**
* Whew, good! I was able to discern*
* the difference in the reading!*
**[11:41] Mikuriya**
* He had such a hard time*
* at the Sekigawata meet,*
**[11:46] Mikuriya**
*but now, he's...*
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple
Answers
***SIGN*** Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
**[11:49] Akira**
So now, I have three points, huh?
***SIGN*** Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
**[11:52] Kujou**
Question.
**[11:54] Kujou**
In the Old Testament—
**[11:57] Yuki**
U-Um... No one answered correctly.
**[12:01] Niina**
Not again!
**[12:02] Niina**
He's deliberately blocking the questions
that everyone came prepared for!
**[12:06] Ohkura**
He's treating this like a joke...
**[12:08] Ohkura**
But you won't be killing any more questions.
***SIGN*** Sonohara
**[12:11] Shiki**
Huh? "Killing questions"?
**[12:14] Akira**
That's not what I'm doing.
Don't make it sound so awful.
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple Answers
***SIGN*** Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
**[12:22] Chiaki**
They're sounding bloodthirsty again...
**[12:24] Yuki**
D-Don't worry. The next
question will calm the air.
**[12:29] Kujou**
Question.
**[12:30] Kujou**
In photography, placing one or
both hands on one's own cheeks—
**[12:35] Shiki**
*He buzzed again?!*
**[12:37] Yuki**
Please demonstrate the pose
as you give your answer.
**[12:40] Yuki**
Now, everyone... pose!
**[12:45] Girl**
There it is! Embarrassing them by making
them act out the answer worked!
**[12:49] Mikuriya**
Y-You people...
**[12:50] Ashiya**
You just wanted to make us
do this pose, didn't you?
**[12:53] Kujou**
The rest of the question was:
**[12:54] Kujou**
"...results in a pose that looks like your
tooth hurts, resulting in what name?"
**[12:57] Yuki**
The answer is the "toothache pose."
***SIGN*** "Dazai" Pose
***SIGN*** Toothache Pose
**[13:00] Akira**
Koshiyama, what's that you wrote?
Putting your chin in your hands?
**[13:04] Shiki**
This isn't the pose named after Dazai Osamu?!
**[13:05] Ohkura**
It's not this, either?!
**[13:07] Yuki**
S-See? They're all much happier now!
**[13:10] Chiaki**
Y-Yes!
**[13:12] Akira**
The gori—
**[13:13] Akira**
I mean, the boss loses three points!
***SIGN*** Shock
**[13:16] Ohkura**
What?!
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple Answers
***SIGN*** Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
**[13:18] Mikuriya**
* We probably won't get any more*
* demonstrative questions for a while.*
**[13:20] Mikuriya**
*He should settle down.*
**[13:23] Mikuriya**
*And...*
**[13:27] Chiaki**
The correct answer is
"Delight at Johor Bahru."
**[13:29] Chiaki**
Ashiya-kun has added three
points to his own score.
***SIGN*** Delight at Johor Bahru
***SIGN*** Delight at Johor Bahru
***SIGN*** Malaysia
**[13:32] Chiaki**
Ohkura-kun has surpassed 20 points,
making him the first to win!
**[13:37] Shiki**
*Ohkura-san really is amazing.*
**[13:41] Akira**
Let's play again sometime, boss!
**[13:44] Ohkura**
I don't think so!
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple Answers
***SIGN*** Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
**[13:45] Yuki**
Only two more can advance to the next round.
**[13:47] Yuki**
Currently, Ashiya-kun has eighteen points,
**[13:50] Yuki**
Koshiyama-kun has sixteen points,
**[13:52] Yuki**
and Mikuriya-kun is close
behind with fifteen points.
**[13:55] Kujou**
Question.
**[13:56] Kujou**
Facing backwards to throw a coin—
**[13:58] Ashiya**
Yes!
**[13:59] Mikuriya**
*Damn, he's fast!*
***SIGN*** Trevi Fountain
***SIGN*** Trevi Fountain
**[14:01] Yuki**
The correct answer is the
Trevi Fountain. Well done!
***SIGN*** Q: Facing backwards to throw a coin into the water is said
to make one's wish come true at which fountain in Rome
designed by Nicola Salvi? A: The Trevi Fountain
**[14:04] Yuki**
Ashiya-kun has reached 20 points!
**[14:06] Yuki**
Who will you subtract the
remaining point from?
**[14:09] Ashiya**
I'm forced to subtract a point, huh?
**[14:11] Ashiya**
Let's see...
**[14:13] Ashiya**
* The one I should subtract from*
* is the one I see as a threat.*
**[14:17] Ashiya**
Mikuriya.
**[14:19] Ashiya**
You're the one who said we
should show no mercy, right?
**[14:23] Mikuriya**
That's right.
**[14:24] Yuki**
Ashiya-kun takes a point from
his own teammate, Mikuriya-kun!
**[14:28] Shiki**
* So it doesn't even matter if you're from*
* the same school, or what year you're in.*
**[14:33] Shiki**
*They both recognize each other as rivals.*
**[14:36] Shiki**
* He took that point because*
* he recognized his talent.*
**[14:39] Shiki**
* I wonder if that feels more*
* satisfying or frustrating...*
**[14:43] Shiki**
*What must it feel like?*
**[14:45] Shiki**
* You told me to do quiz bowl, and*
* said you'd take revenge on me.*
**[14:49] Shiki**
* I want the kind of heated battle with*
* you that'll make my heart thump.*
**[14:53] Shiki**
Mikuriya-kun!
**[14:56] Shiki**
I'm going to get revenge for
losing to Sekigawata now!
***SIGN*** Gakuto-senpai
**[15:07] [SONG] Text**
Touched
***SIGN*** Ohkura
***SIGN*** Happy
birthday,
Sasajima!!
***SIGN*** Congrats
**[15:09] Inoue**
Wow, he's declared war!
**[15:12] Mari**
You can do it, Koshiyama-kun!
**[15:14] Mikuriya**
Too late for that.
**[15:15] Mikuriya**
Our revenge match has already started.
**[15:18] Shiki**
Y-Yeah!
**[15:20] Yuki**
Koshiyama-kun, with seventeen points, can
advance if he buzzes and answers correctly here.
**[15:24] Yuki**
Who will buzz in first?
**[15:26] Yuki**
Will we see a comeback
from one of the others?
**[15:29] Kujou**
Question.
**[15:30] Kujou**
Meaning "governing the nation and saving
its people," the word for "economy—
**[15:34] Shibata**
Yes!
***SIGN*** Keisei Saimin
***SIGN*** Keisei Saimin
***SIGN*** Keisei Saimin
**[15:36] Yuki**
"Keisei saimin" is correct!
***SIGN*** Q: Meaning "governing the nation and saving its people," the word for "economy"
in Japanese originated from what four-syllable idiom? A: Keisei saimin
**[15:38] Yuki**
Shibata-kun of Kaijou is making a comeback!
**[15:41] Kujou**
Question.
**[15:42] Kujou**
In the process of scientific experiments,
the escape of harmful organisms—
**[15:47] Yuki**
Mikuriya-kun buzzed in!
***SIGN*** Total
***SIGN*** Multiple Answers
***SIGN*** Ohkura | Ashiya | Shibuya | Shibata | Mikuriya | Koizumi | Koshiyama | Sonohara | Hirosue
**[15:50] Yuki**
The answer is "biohazard." He's correct!
***SIGN*** Q: In the process of scientific experiments, the escape of harmful
organisms that threaten to endanger the local ecosystem is known
by what name? A: Biohazard
**[15:52] Chiaki**
Mikuriya-kun, please
distribute your three points.
**[15:56] Mikuriya**
* If I take enough points off Koshiyama*
* to block him from advancing,*
**[16:00] Mikuriya**
*I'll still only have sixteen points.*
**[16:02] Mikuriya**
* That would be the same as helping*
* Shibata, now that he's catching up.*
**[16:05] Mikuriya**
* I need to get within touching*
* distance of the win first.*
**[16:08] Mikuriya**
* If I'm confident in my speed on the*
* buzzer, seventeen points is all I need.*
**[16:12] Mikuriya**
*But nothing is absolute.*
**[16:13] Mikuriya**
* If it was just me and Koshiyama,*
* that'd be one thing,*
**[16:15] Mikuriya**
*but Shibata and Shibuya are here, too.*
**[16:17] Mikuriya**
* And I've already been too slow*
* to buzz in several times.*
**[16:20] Maruyama**
You don't often see Mikuriya
thinking that hard.
**[16:23] Ashiya**
Distributing his points here
must be a pretty tough call.
**[16:27] Mikuriya**
* There are no correct answers*
* in probability theory.*
**[16:29] Mikuriya**
*So I should...*
**[16:31] Mikuriya**
This is too damn annoying.
**[16:33] Mikuriya**
I'm keeping all three points.
**[16:35] Mari**
That gives Mikuriya-kun nineteen points.
**[16:37] Jinko**
And Shiki-kun still has eighteen points.
**[16:40] Inoue**
If they both get to 20
points at the same time,
**[16:43] Inoue**
the one with the higher
total score advances, right?
**[16:46] Shiki**
* Even if Mikuriya-kun only gets*
* one point for a correct answer,*
**[16:49] Shiki**
* if I buzz in and answer correctly for*
* three points, I'll take the lead.*
**[16:55] Mikuriya**
Koshiyama.
**[16:57] Mikuriya**
The next question will decide it.
**[16:59] Shiki**
Yeah!
**[17:00] Yuki**
For better or for worse, only
one more player can advance!
**[17:04] Yuki**
The next question, please!
**[17:06] Shiki**
*If I don't buzz this time, I could lose.*
**[17:08] Shiki**
*I have to be careful... but fast!*
**[17:13] Kujou**
Question.
**[17:14] Kujou**
April 5, 1722; January 22, 1905;
**[17:20] Kujou**
and May 15, 1932...
**[17:23] Shiki**
*Three dates?*
**[17:24] Mikuriya**
*They have something historical in common!*
**[17:26] Shibata**
* Economic booms, crashes...*
* Something economical?*
**[17:28] Shibuya**
*Celestial events... Annular solar eclipses?*
**[17:31] Shiki**
*What's next?*
**[17:32] Kujou**
All of these were, specifically, what da—
**[17:38] Shiki**
*No!*
**[17:39] Mikuriya**
*That little...*
**[17:43] Akira**
Specifically...
**[17:46] Niina**
Not again!
**[17:48] Gakuto**
No, it looked intentional that time.
**[17:52] Gakuto**
Specifically, it was... the fourteenth
question in the first group, I believe?
**[17:56] Mari**
Oh!
**[17:57] (Flashback) Kujou**
Continents of the world:
The "cradle of humankind"...
**[18:00] Gakuto**
"Specifically," as the word suggests,
**[18:03] Gakuto**
is a signal that what comes next
is the core of the question.
**[18:05] Gakuto**
It's often used in probability questions,
like the one about the continents.
**[18:10] Jinko**
The question just now was "All of these
were what day of the week," right?
**[18:14] Inoue**
Which means it also has
seven possible answers!
**[18:17] Gakuto**
Sonohara's brother predicted that
the inclusion of "specifically"
**[18:21] Gakuto**
meant that, however difficult,
it would be a probability question
**[18:24] Gakuto**
with possible answers that
everyone is familiar with.
**[18:27] Chiaki**
* Everyone has a one-in-seven*
* chance to answer correctly,*
**[18:29] Chiaki**
*even if they don't know the answer.*
**[18:31] Chiaki**
*In a way, it's a free question.*
**[18:33] Chiaki**
*He plans to rely on intuition, doesn't he?*
**[18:36] Niina**
*A one-in-seven possibility...*
**[18:38] Niina**
* It's hard to believe he'd bet*
* everything on that, but...*
**[18:44] Shiki**
*April 5th, January 22nd...*
**[18:47] Shiki**
* The one that's most familiar*
* as a date is May 15th.*
**[18:50] Both**
* Showa 7! That has to be it.*
* The May 15th Incident!*
**[18:54] Mikuriya**
* Is there a hint within the incident*
* as to what day it took place?*
**[18:57] Mikuriya**
* No, even if I know what the incident*
* was, I don't know that kind of detail!*
**[19:04] Mikuriya**
* Thinking too long about something*
* I don't know is just a waste of time!*
**[19:07] Mikuriya**
*So I'll use math to solve it!*
**[19:10] Mukai**
Mikuriya's writing something.
**[19:13] Ashiya**
*Zeller's congruence, huh?*
**[19:15] Ashiya**
*And what will Koshiyama-kun do?*
**[19:18] Ashiya**
*He seems to be good with history.*
**[19:19] Ashiya**
*Can he get it right?*
**[19:21] Yuki**
Ten seconds.
**[19:23] Shiki**
*Oh, no!*
**[19:24] Shiki**
*Stop! Calm down! Remember!*
**[19:27] Shiki**
*No...*
**[19:28] Shiki**
*Think!*
**[19:30] Inoue**
Come on, Koshiyama, what are you doing?!
**[19:32] Jinko**
Time's runnin' out!
**[19:33] Mari**
Koshiyama-kun...
**[19:38] Shiki**
* I know about the May 15th*
* Incident. I read about it.*
**[19:42] Shiki**
* It was one of the many books*
* I read during my time spent alone.*
**[19:45] Shiki**
* I'm sure the answer is buried*
* in my memory somewhere.*
**[19:49] Shiki**
*I have to open up to that page!*
**[19:55] Shiki**
*On May 15th, Showa year 7, at about 5:30 PM,*
**[19:58] Shiki**
* several young naval officers*
* split up into four groups*
**[20:00] Shiki**
* with the goal of overthrowing the*
* corrupt political party system.*
**[20:02] Shiki**
* One of those groups infiltrated the*
* residence of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi.*
**[20:07] Shiki**
* Even surrounded by naval*
* officers in uniform,*
**[20:09] Shiki**
*Prime Minister Inukai didn't panic,*
**[20:12] Shiki**
* but calmly attempted to reason*
* with them until his final moments.*
**[20:15] Shiki**
* But he couldn't stop history's*
* trigger from being pulled.*
**[20:20] Shiki**
* Wait, that doesn't tell me*
* what day of the week it was!*
**[20:23] Shiki**
*What else is there?*
**[20:25] Shiki**
* After hearing the news,*
* the Prime Minister's wife*
**[20:27] Shiki**
* rushed to his residence with the*
* Minister for Foreign Affairs.*
**[20:30] Shiki**
* Oh, right... His wife escaped*
* disaster because she'd been away.*
**[20:34] Shiki**
*Away?*
**[20:36] Shiki**
* Where were his wife and*
* son-in-law, Minister Yoshizawa?*
***SIGN*** ...were at the Imperial Hotel to celebrate...
**[20:41] Shiki**
* Wow... The Imperial Hotel*
* was around back then, too?*
**[20:50] Shiki**
* I'm out of time! I'm still*
* not certain, but...*
**[20:54] Shiki**
*I have to go with this!*
**[22:30] Master**
The regular meet arc is nearing its end.
**[22:32] Master**
I bet you're all feeling the tension!
**[22:36] Shiki**
Yes!
**[22:37] Akira**
Wow! What's this place? It's so cute!
**[22:40] Akira**
Hey, Koshiyama, let's take a picture!
**[22:42] Shiki**
A picture?
**[22:44] Akira**
It should be a selfie.
**[22:46] Akira**
Maybe from this angle?
**[22:47] Shiki**
S-Selfie?
**[22:49] Akira**
Here we go! Strike a pose!
**[22:52] Akira**
Come on, make a cuter pose than that.
**[22:56] Shiki**
This is harder than quiz bowl!
# 12 - A: Because the Question Is There!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRQ4Z4XQY/fastest-finger-first)
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***SIGN*** Question 12: "A: Because the Question Is There!"
**[00:08] Mikuriya**
* Looks like you've figured*
* something out, Koshiyama.*
**[00:11] Mikuriya**
*But I'm confident in my answer.*
**[00:14] Mikuriya**
*The bigger question is...*
**[00:19] Yuki**
Now, all players, show your—
**[00:20] Chiaki**
Just a moment.
**[00:23] Chiaki**
Let's see their answers one at a time.
**[00:26] Chiaki**
I'd like to hear how they arrived at them.
**[00:28] Yuki**
Then, we'll start with Shibata-san.
***SIGN*** Friday
**[00:32] Yuki**
Why did you think it was Friday?
**[00:35] Shibata**
Uh... It's not the 13th, but
they all sounded ominous...
**[00:39] Shibata**
After all, there's a "Black Friday," isn't there?
**[00:42] Chiaki**
Next, Mikuriya-kun.
**[00:44] Chiaki**
If his answer is correct,
he'll hit 20 points.
***SIGN*** Sun
**[00:47] Mikuriya**
Sunday.
**[00:50] Yuki**
Why do you say Sunday?
**[00:52] Mikuriya**
Basic arithmetic based
on Zeller's congruence.
**[00:56] Yuki**
H-H-How about that?
**[00:58] Yuki**
Mikuriya-kun made his guess of "Sunday"
**[01:00] Yuki**
using not history, but math!
***SIGN*** Sun
**[01:01] Mikuriya**
It's not a guess. It's a fixed answer.
**[01:05] Yuki**
Next is Koshiyama-kun.
**[01:08] Shiki**
*I arrived at my answer in my own way, too.*
**[01:12] Shiki**
Yes.
**[01:13] Shiki**
I found my answer based on the
third date given: May 15th, 1932.
**[01:19] Shiki**
That was the date of the coup d'état
**[01:21] Shiki**
known as the May 15th Incident,
**[01:24] Shiki**
when Prime Minister Inukai
Tsuyoshi was assassinated...
**[01:27] Mikuriya**
*So he went with the May 15th Incident?*
**[01:29] Shiki**
But I didn't know which
day of the week that was.
**[01:33] Shiki**
I recalled all the details I'd read about,
**[01:35] Shiki**
but there was nothing that pointed
to a specific day of the week.
**[01:39] Shiki**
But then, I remembered.
**[01:41] Shiki**
One book about the
May 15th Incident said that
**[01:43] Shiki**
the Prime Minister's wife,
when she learned of the incident,
**[01:47] Shiki**
rushed to his residence from the
hotel where she'd been staying.
**[01:50] Shiki**
I read the book when I was in middle school,
**[01:54] Shiki**
and I remember being surprised that
the Imperial Hotel was around then.
**[02:00] Shiki**
According to the information in the book,
**[02:03] Shiki**
his wife was attending a wedding
ceremony being held at the hotel,
**[02:07] Shiki**
when she rushed back home.
**[02:09] Gakuto**
Oh-ho?
**[02:12] Shiki**
In other words...
***SIGN*** Sun
**[02:15] Shiki**
Because of the wedding,
**[02:17] Shiki**
that would make it a Sunday, right?
**[02:19] Shiki**
People didn't have
Saturdays off work back then,
**[02:22] Shiki**
so most weddings would have taken
place on Sundays or in the holidays.
**[02:25] Mikuriya**
* He got that not from the incident itself,*
* but from the involvement of a third party?*
**[02:29] Mari**
That's incredible, Koshiyama-kun!
Great deduction!
**[02:31] Ashiya**
Koshiyama-kun really is interesting.
**[02:34] Niina**
If he keeps gaining more experience
and getting used to things,
**[02:37] Niina**
he could be great at quiz bowl.
**[02:41] Yuki**
Next, Sonohara-kun.
**[02:43] Yuki**
You were the one who buzzed in.
**[02:45] Yuki**
Are you feeling confident?
**[02:47] Akira**
Oh, I just trust my intuition!
**[02:50] Chiaki**
Intuition, huh?
**[02:52] Chiki**
If you're wrong, you lose
three points, and you're out.
**[02:56] Akira**
Oh, that's right!
**[03:00] Akira**
I don't have any particular
reasoning behind it, but...
**[03:03] Akira**
*Not.*
**[03:04] Akira**
*They both said Sunday, didn't they?*
**[03:07] Akira**
*In that case...*
**[03:10] Akira**
*I've won this little game.*
***SIGN*** Sunday
**[03:13] Akira**
I also said Sunday.
**[03:17] Yuki**
Okay, we will now reveal the correct answer.
**[03:20] Chiaki**
The question was, "April 5th, 1722;
**[03:23] Chiaki**
January 22nd, 1905;
**[03:26] Chiaki**
and May 15th, 1932.
**[03:29] Chiaki**
All of these were, specifically,
what day of the week?"
**[03:32] Chiaki**
The correct answer is Sunday.
**[03:37] Ohkura**
The first date, April 5th, 1722,
**[03:40] Ohkura**
was when Easter Island was discovered.
**[03:42] Ohkura**
It was so named because it was
discovered on Easter Sunday.
**[03:47] Gakuto**
Oh-ho...
**[03:48] Gakuto**
And the second date was the Bloody Sunday
massacre during the Russian Revolution.
**[03:52] Gakuto**
Common knowledge, of course.
**[03:55] Yuki**
Now, Sonohara-kun, since you
answered correctly after buzzing,
**[03:58] Yuki**
please distribute your three points.
**[04:04] Shiki**
Akira-kun?
**[04:06] Akira**
Isn't this a riot? Everything
I've done to set this game up
**[04:10] Akira**
has finally led to deciding
who wins and who loses!
**[04:13] Akira**
Is this game over? Or is there still a chance?
**[04:18] Akira**
I don't really care whether I win or lose,
**[04:21] Akira**
but all of you guys want a chance, right?
**[04:24] Akira**
Just look! They all want me to subtract
points from the guy at the top!
**[04:29] Mikuriya**
Get on with it. You're wasting our time.
**[04:35] Akira**
You know, when I'm provoked,
I just can't help responding.
**[04:39] Akira**
Mikuriya Chisato, I'm subtracting...
**[04:42] Akira**
three points from you!
**[04:45] Yuki**
Mikuriya-kun drops from
nineteen to sixteen points!
***SIGN*** Mikuriya
**[04:48] Yuki**
But he gets one point
for his correct answer.
**[04:54] Akira**
Way to go, Koshiyama! You took the lead!
**[04:58] Shiki**
Not using my own ability.
**[05:03] Shiki**
We've all been taking this seriously!
**[05:05] Shiki**
Why do you keep doing these
mean-spirited things to interfere?!
**[05:09] Akira**
What are you saying?
**[05:10] Akira**
If I hadn't taken points
from him, you would've lost.
**[05:13] Akira**
Now, you have a chance! Isn't that good?
**[05:19] Mukai**
He thinks this is a joke!
**[05:20] Maruyama**
Throw him out of here!
**[05:22] Ashiya**
Cut it out. Subtracting
points is part of the rules.
**[05:26] Ashiya**
A true winner can win,
no matter what the rules are.
**[05:31] Mikuriya**
Koshiyama!
**[05:34] Mikuriya**
If you let this chance slip by,
I'll sneer at your failure.
**[05:39] Ashiya**
There's his competitive spirit.
**[05:42] Shiki**
Nothing gets Mikuriya-kun down, does it?
**[05:46] Shiki**
I guess that's why he's so strong.
**[05:56] Yuki**
Sonohara-kun, where are—
**[05:58] Akira**
I'm done with this. I'm bored.
**[06:01] Akira**
I withdraw.
**[06:03] Niina**
What?!
**[06:07] Niina**
Hey! Sonohara!
**[06:10] Akira**
It's just no fun.
**[06:13] Chiaki**
Akira!
**[06:14] Yuki**
You can't, President!
**[06:16] Yuki**
I know you're worried about your brother,
**[06:18] Yuki**
but you should leave this to
Sekigawata's club president.
**[06:26] Chiaki**
Yes, you're right.
**[06:28] Chiaki**
I have to assume the responsibility of
hosting the regular meet until it ends.
**[06:33] Chiaki**
With Sonohara-kun's withdrawal, the meet
will resume with the remaining five players.
***SIGN*** Squee
***SIGN*** Uh...
**[06:50] Akira**
What do you want?
**[06:51] Niina**
It's upsetting to hear you say you're bored
**[06:54] Niina**
when you weren't even playing for real.
**[06:56] Niina**
Why can't you take the
competition seriously?
**[07:01] Akira**
In any game, everyone's entitled
to their own playing style, right?
**[07:04] Niina**
And quitting before the match
is over is your "style"?
**[07:08] Akira**
No, it's not.
**[07:10] Akira**
You know, I'll gladly use infinite combos,
bug exploits, or secret commands anytime,
**[07:14] Akira**
but I'll never use hack
codes or no-disc patches.
**[07:18] Niina**
What are you talking about?
**[07:20] Akira**
In that last question, though...
**[07:22] Niina**
The day of the week? What about it?
**[07:26] Akira**
I made the one-in-seven chance
a two-in-seven chance.
**[07:30] Akira**
The kanji for "Sunday" and "Monday"
look really similar, don't they?
**[07:35] Akira**
I wrote it sloppily enough that it could
be read as either Sunday or Monday.
**[07:40] Akira**
If the guys most likely to get
it right said Sunday or Monday,
**[07:43] Akira**
I could jump on board with them.
**[07:47] Akira**
In other games, you'd call it
a forbidden move, right?
**[07:48] Akira**
So I'm done. I fouled out.
**[07:53] Niina**
Sunday and Monday, huh?
The kanji do look similar.
**[07:56] Niina**
You really are cunning.
**[07:59] Akira**
I get that a l—
**[08:05] Niina**
Never do that again.
**[08:07] Akira**
I-I won't! Are you nuts?
**[08:10] Akira**
It's just quiz bowl...
Just a stupid game!
**[08:12] Akira**
You guys get way too worked up over it!
**[08:14] Niina**
Oh, is that right?
**[08:15] Niina**
It looked to me like *you* were desperate
to stir everyone up in there!
**[08:19] Niina**
You don't have any friends, do you?!
**[08:21] Akira**
Sh-Shut up!
**[08:22] Niina**
In any case, maybe you can indirectly mess
with people who take this seriously,
**[08:27] Niina**
but you don't have the guts to
face them head-on, do you?!
**[08:29] Akira**
You're wrong! There's no one who'll
face *me* head-on, that's all!
**[08:36] Akira**
Hey! Let go!
**[08:39] Akira**
What's your problem?! Let go of me!
**[08:41] Niina**
Just get in here.
**[08:43] Niina**
It's about to get even more interesting.
**[08:44] Niina**
If you miss it, you'll regret it!
**[08:46] Akira**
Huh?!
**[08:48] Kogawa**
First, a wall slam, and now
they're holding hands?
**[08:50] Kenmochi**
Oh, my God! Is this a new development?!
**[08:53] Kogawa**
The president of Sekigawata's club...
**[08:55] Kenmochi**
...and President Sonohara's
little brother are...
**[09:02] Shiki**
* If Mikuriya-kun buzzes in*
* and answers correctly,*
**[09:05] Shiki**
*we'll both reach 20 points.*
**[09:07] Shiki**
* I have to avoid getting into a sudden*
* death fastest finger round with him.*
**[09:13] Chiaki**
Three questions remain.
**[09:15] Mikuriya**
*Koshiyama only needs one more point.*
**[09:18] Mikuriya**
* All he has to do is answer*
* correctly, and he wins...*
**[09:20] Kujou**
Question.
**[09:21] Kujou**
Occurring in times of technological
innovation roughly—
**[09:24] Shibata**
Yes!
**[09:25] Shiki**
*Innovation? Moore's law?*
**[09:28] Shiki**
* I don't know! I didn't hear*
* enough of the question!*
***SIGN*** Kondratiev Waves
**[09:31] Chiaki**
The correct answer is Kondratiev waves.
***SIGN*** Q: Occurring in times of technological innovation roughly once
every fifty years, the business cycle named for a Russian economist
is known as "what" waves? A: Kondratiev waves
**[09:33] Chiaki**
Shibata-kun, Shibuya-kun, and
Mikuriya-kun answered correctly.
***SIGN*** Kondratiev Waves
**[09:37] Chiaki**
With points added to each of their scores,
the battle is growing quite chaotic.
***SIGN*** Kondratiev Waves
**[09:41] Shiki**
* I need to get better at straight questions*
* with early determining points.*
**[09:46] Chiaki**
Now, Shibata-kun, how will you
distribute your three points?
**[09:50] Shibata**
Uh...
**[09:51] Shibata**
I'll subtract one point from
Koshiyama-kun of Buzou.
**[09:54] Shiki**
Huh?!
**[09:56] Shibata**
Well, you seem like you could answer
correctly without buzzing in.
**[10:00] Shibata**
Don't be upset.
**[10:01] Shiki**
Oh... I'm not...
**[10:03] Shiki**
Thank you.
**[10:05] Mikuriya**
Don't thank him for taking
a point away from you.
**[10:08] Shiki**
Huh? Oh, y-you're right...
**[10:11] Mikuriya**
I kinda get it, though.
**[10:12] Kujou**
Question.
**[10:13] Kujou**
Used in dishes such as curry, its rich
aroma earned the title "the spice—
**[10:18] Chiaki**
Once again, Shibata-kun has buzzed in!
**[10:21] Niina**
Where does everyone stand now?
**[10:23] Akira**
Shibata has 17, Mikuriya
has 18, Koshiyama has 18.
**[10:27] Niina**
Oh, it's a close race.
***SIGN*** Turmeric
***SIGN*** Garam Masala
**[10:29] Chiaki**
Too bad! Shibata-kun is incorrect!
***SIGN*** Q: Used in dishes such as curry, its rich aroma earned
the title "the spice queen" for which spice? A: Cardamom
**[10:31] Shibata**
Ah, dammit!
**[10:34] Chiaki**
That's a painful three-point
loss for Shibata-kun!
**[10:39] Niina**
Looks like it has come down to
Mikuriya-kun and Koshiyama-kun, after all.
**[10:42] Yuki**
We've finally come to the
last question, Onee-sama!
**[10:45] Chiaki**
So we have, Yuki-san.
**[10:48] Yuki**
Will we put an end to what has
become a free-for-all battle,
**[10:51] Yuki**
or will we go to sudden death?
I can't wait to see what happens!
**[10:54] Chiaki**
And now for the final question
that will decide their fate!
**[10:57] Shiki**
* To finish this, I need to buzz in*
* first and win the three points.*
**[11:02] Shiki**
*If I answer wrong, I lose.*
**[11:04] Mikuriya**
*We're dead level.*
**[11:05] Mikuriya**
*It's now a head-to-head!*
**[11:07] Kujou**
Question.
**[11:08] Kujou**
Now a destination for Christian pilgrimages,
**[11:11] Kujou**
Jesus Christ's crucif—
**[11:18] Both**
He got it!
**[11:19] Mikuriya**
* He's rushing! She didn't get*
* to the determining point yet!*
**[11:22] Shiki**
*I buzzed too soon!*
**[11:24] Shiki**
* But I had a feeling Mikuriya-kun*
* would beat me to it.*
**[11:27] Shiki**
*I'll just have to work it out now!*
***SIGN*** That's incorrect!
***SIGN*** Incorrect
***SIGN*** It's over...
**[11:35] Chiaki**
Buzou's Koshiyama-kun buzzed in!
**[11:39] Shiki**
*Christian pilgrimage sites...*
**[11:41] Shiki**
*Christ and the crucifix...*
**[11:42] Shiki**
* What answer can I come up*
* with out of those things?*
**[11:44] Niina**
It's the last question,
and your sister's smart.
**[11:49] Niina**
There must be more to
this than meets the eye.
**[11:52] Shiki**
* If it's a Christian pilgrimage site, then*
* it must be one of their holy places.*
**[11:56] Shiki**
* How do I narrow it down*
* from the various possibilities?*
**[11:59] Shiki**
This was one of the classics
***SIGN*** The Hill of Golgotha
**[12:00] Shiki**
that Sasajima-senpai gave us
to prepare for the meet, but...
**[12:03] (Flashback) Mikuriya**
That's the perfect difficulty
level for this round.
**[12:06] Shiki**
* It has to be a difficulty level that*
* warrants its place in the third round.*
**[12:10] Shiki**
* Maybe it's the place where Christ prayed*
* the night before he was crucified?*
***SIGN*** The Hill of Golgotha The Garden of Gethsemane
**[12:15] Shiki**
* Wait. Do I even know how to*
* distinguish quiz bowl difficulty levels?*
**[12:20] Shiki**
* There have been several questions*
* that were pretty obscure,*
**[12:23] Shiki**
*but common in quiz bowl terms.*
**[12:25] Shiki**
* As for other pilgrimage sites, could it*
* be the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?*
**[12:29] Shiki**
*What others were there?*
**[12:31] Shiki**
*How should I answer the question?*
**[12:33] Shiki**
*What did Asagaoka have in mind?*
**[12:34] Chiaki**
Ten seconds.
**[12:36] Mikuriya**
*Koshiyama looks like he's really struggling.*
**[12:39] Mikuriya**
*I've already settled on my answer.*
**[12:41] Shiki**
*The last... That's it!*
**[12:44] Shiki**
* Maybe it's not about difficulty, but about*
* being an appropriate final question for Round 3?*
**[12:49] Shiki**
* The genre is Asagaoka's*
* specialty: Christianity.*
**[12:53] Shiki**
* A Christian pilgrimage site,*
* and Jesus Christ's crucifixion...*
**[12:55] Shiki**
* His crucifixion? His crucifix?*
* His cruci... what?*
**[13:00] Shiki**
*Crucifixion... crucifix...*
**[13:03] Shiki**
*Appropriate for the last question...*
**[13:06] Shiki**
*The last... That's it! The "last"!*
***SIGN*** World Travel Guide
**[13:12] Shiki**
*The last street Christ walked down...*
**[13:14] Shiki**
* The path walked as he carried the*
* crucifix to the hill of Golgotha...*
**[13:17] Shiki**
*The "Way of Suffering," the Via Dolorosa!*
**[13:20] Shiki**
* That's it! The perfect answer to the*
* last question of the quarterfinal!*
**[13:31] Chiaki**
Now, all players, show your boards!
***SIGN*** The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
**[13:34] Chiaki**
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
***SIGN*** Pilate
**[13:36] Chiaki**
Pilate.
***SIGN*** The Garden of Gethsemane
**[13:37] Chiaki**
The Garden of Gethsemane.
***SIGN*** Via Dolorosa
**[13:39] Chiaki**
Via Dolorosa.
***SIGN*** Amen
**[13:41] Chiaki**
Amen.
**[13:42] Chiaki**
Everyone has given a different answer!
**[13:46] Shiki**
*This answer...*
**[13:47] Mikuriya**
*...will decide the winner!*
**[13:49] Chiaki**
Now, let's hear the complete question.
**[13:52] Chiaki**
Now a destination for Christian pilgrimages,
**[13:54] Chiaki**
Jesus Christ's crucifixion was carried
out the day after he prayed in a garden,
***SIGN*** Via Dolorosa
**[13:59] Chiaki**
where he said, "All who draw the sword
will die by the sword." Where was this?
**[14:06] Mari**
That's...
**[14:07] Chiaki**
Round 3, "All Who Draw the Sword Will
Die by the Sword," will now begin.
***SIGN*** Round 3
***SIGN*** "All Who Draw the Sword Will
Die by the Sword" Multiple Answers
Quiz and Fastest Finger Board Quiz
***SIGN*** The Garden of Gethsemane
**[14:14] Chiaki**
The correct answer is the
Garden of Gethsemane.
**[14:17] Chiaki**
Since Mikuriya-kun was the
only one to answer correctly,
**[14:19] Chiaki**
he earns two points!
**[14:22] Chiaki**
The last to advance from
the quarterfinal round
**[14:24] Chiaki**
is Miyaura High School
first-year, Mikuriya-kun!
***SIGN*** The Garden of Gethsemane
**[14:27] Chiaki**
Congratulations on advancing
to the semifinal!
**[14:30] Shiki**
* The last question was one that*
* would only work in this round,*
**[14:34] Shiki**
*based on the title of the round itself.*
***SIGN*** Mikuriya
**[14:37] Shiki**
* This is the difference between*
* Mikuriya-kun's skill and mine.*
***SIGN*** Koizumi
***SIGN*** Koshiyama
**[14:41] Shiki**
*It's a huge difference.*
**[14:43] Yuki**
That concludes Round 3.
**[14:46] Yuki**
A round of applause
for all the competitors!
**[14:52] Shiki**
Mikuriya-kun... I was
still no match for you.
**[14:56] Shiki**
I should've known.
**[14:58] Shiki**
S-Sorry. I thought I was...
**[15:09] Mikuriya**
Koshiyama!
**[15:12] Mikuriya**
What's the Via Dolorosa?
**[15:16] Shiki**
It's the last road that Christ walked down.
**[15:20] Mikuriya**
It was? I'll remember that.
**[15:24] Shiki**
You didn't know?
**[15:30] Mikuriya**
Revenge!
**[15:32] Mikuriya**
I'll take you on as many times as it takes!
**[15:36] Mikuriya**
Of course, I'm always going to win.
**[15:41] Niina**
The joys of youth...
**[15:43] Niina**
Right, Sonohara?
**[15:45] Akira**
Is this what you wanted me to see?
**[15:48] Akira**
If we're done here, I'm leaving.
**[15:57] Niina**
Wait!
**[15:58] Chiaki**
Akira!
**[16:00] Chiaki**
You're getting punished when we get home!
**[16:04] Akira**
Like I care!
**[16:06] Niina**
Sonohara!
**[16:09] Niina**
We'll still be meeting
after school every day.
**[16:13] Niina**
If you feel like it,
**[16:15] Niina**
come try quiz bowl again.
**[16:23] Niina**
Play quiz bowl with us!
**[16:42] Niina**
I'm sorry, everyone!
**[16:48] Niina**
I'm sure some of you were upset by
our youngest member's behavior.
**[16:52] Niina**
As our club's president, I will assume
the responsibility of guiding him.
**[16:57] Chiaki**
I'm responsible, as well.
**[16:59] Chiaki**
My brother has caused a
great deal of trouble.
**[17:03] Chiaki**
I'm truly sorry.
**[17:04] Maruyama**
Mikuriya, don't you have anything to say?
**[17:07] Maruyama**
You have the right to complain.
**[17:08] Mikuriya**
His insolent attitude annoys me,
**[17:10] Mikuriya**
but I have to acknowledge his
creativity and sheer guts.
**[17:14] Mikuriya**
I'll beat him next time.
**[17:16] Inoue**
Koshiyama, he messed with
you more than anyone else.
**[17:20] Shiki**
Huh? No, I...
**[17:25] Shiki**
Seeing what you two are doing
sort of made me feel relieved.
**[17:29] Shiki**
I have an upperclassman who apologized
for me when I messed up, too.
**[17:33] Shiki**
I have friends who want
to do quiz bowl with me.
**[17:37] Shiki**
And I have people supporting me.
**[17:40] Shiki**
That hits me really hard,
and it makes me happy.
**[17:46] Shiki**
So I'm sure he'll understand it, too.
***SIGN*** We can't
clean up
with you
people
there!!
***SIGN*** Yeah!
***SIGN*** You can
entrust
your
brother
to me!!
***SIGN*** And also, um... If you don't mind...
***SIGN*** He isn't worth
much, but please
take care of him!
***SIGN*** The older
sister approves?!
**[17:55] Yuki**
We will now begin to clear the room.
**[17:59] Yuki**
Thank you all for participating in
the Asagaoka Regular Meet today.
**[18:06] Hayabusa**
Good work today.
**[18:08] Ohkura**
It was a good meet.
**[18:09] Tozuka**
Our club will have a review
meeting after this.
**[18:11] Maruyama**
Better luck next time.
**[18:13] Mukai**
You did the best you could.
**[18:17] Inoue**
Today was intense, huh, Koshiyama?
**[18:19] Shiki**
Oh... Yeah.
**[18:21] Shiki**
* The regular meet ended with Sasajima-senpai*
* winning by a wide margin.*
**[18:27] (Flashback) Chiaki**
That's correct!
***SIGN*** Winner
***SIGN*** Buzou High School Second-Year
Sasajima Gakuto-kun
**[18:34] (Flashback) Chiaki**
Congratulations, Sasajima-kun.
**[18:36] (Flashback) Chiaki**
Your thoughts on today?
**[18:38] (Flashback) Gakuto**
This was my first meet in a long time,
**[18:41] (Flashback) Gakuto**
and it was incredibly fun!
**[18:43] (Flashback) Gakuto**
I believe every school here discovered some
new challenges and goals in this meet.
**[18:50] (Flashback) Gakuto**
I look forward to seeing how everyone
here performs in the future.
**[18:54] (Flashback) Chiaki**
Now that you've won this meet,
**[18:56] (Flashback) Chiaki**
you'll become a target for
many other players again.
**[18:59] (Flashback) Gakuto**
A target? Not at all.
**[19:02] (Flashback) Gakuto**
Once a meet ends, we're all equals.
**[19:04] (Flashback) Gakuto**
And the next meet will
be upon us in no time.
**[19:07] (Flashback) Ashiya**
Looks like it's going to be a hot summer.
**[19:10] (Flashback) Tozuka**
It's the last year for us third-years.
**[19:13] (Flashback) Hanabusa**
I want to live without regrets.
**[19:17] (Flashback) Gakuto**
Next time, just like today, we'll all
start from the same starting line.
**[19:21] (Flashback) Gakuto**
I look forward to competing
with you all again.
**[19:26] Shiki**
I wanted to keep going...
**[19:29] Jinko**
Ya just gotta try your hardest next time!
**[19:32] Mari**
Players from all over the country
will be at the next meet.
**[19:35] Mari**
They'll all be aiming for victory.
**[19:38] Inoue**
The High School Quiz Bowl Championship, huh?
**[19:41] Shiki**
From all over the country?
**[19:43] Shiki**
Even more veteran players we
haven't met will be there!
**[19:46] Shiki**
This really feels like being
in a club, doesn't it?!
**[19:49] Shiki**
I've never felt this before!
**[19:51] Inoue**
Y-Yeah!
**[19:53] Shiki**
Fukami-san, thanks for inviting
me to the quiz circle.
**[19:58] Mari**
Let's all take on more challenges together.
**[21:37] Shiki**
Mikuriya-kun!
**[21:41] Shiki**
Thanks for today!
**[21:43] Shiki**
I'll be looking forward to next time!
**[21:45] Shiki**
Then, I'll—
**[21:45] Mikuriya**
Will beating me satisfy you?
**[21:49] Mikuriya**
There's always someone better.
**[21:51] Mikuriya**
If you drag your feet,
you'll never catch up.
**[21:53] Mikuriya**
I won't wait for you.
**[22:01] Mikuriya**
I only acknowledge people
who are aiming higher!
**[22:05] Shiki**
*I've found an incredible rival.*
**[22:15] Shiki**
*You really are ruthless.*
**[22:19] Shiki**
* And what lies ahead of where my*
* incredible rival is trying to go...*
**[22:22] Shiki**
*I want to see what's there, too!*
**[22:36] Shiki**
I will aim higher.
**[22:42] Shiki**
It's a contest to see which
of us can make it higher!