Exams and correct answers in Persona 5

Date

Question

The correct answer

4/12

A soul is composed of appetite, spirit, and what else?

Logic

4/19

Is the line extending from A connected to B or C? Which is it?

Line C

4/23

What event did Emperor Nero add to the Olympics so he could participate?

Singing

4/25

What's the common usage of kakushinhan again, regarding an action you take? Knowing your actions are wrong.

Conviction that you're right.

4/27

How many colors does it take to paint every region without any two adjacent ones being the same color?

Four

4/30

Question about Wunder, Kind, wunderkind

Wonder, Child, A Prodigy

5/7

What do people generally call a woman who has a charm that sometimes leads men to their doom?

Femme Fatale

5/10

Who do you think is the origin of the term "magistrate's patronage"?

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Date

Question

The correct answer

5/11

Although the line connects A to C it looks like it leads to B instead. What is this phenomenon called?

An optical illusion

If how they're seeing things is different, it probably has to do with this sort of information...

Visual information

What takes the visual information from your eyes and processes it?

The brain

The brain processes visual information. So, the reason why people see things differently is...

they have different cognitions.

5/12

Which of the following expressions came from the name of the position that Minamoto no Yoshitsune held?

magistrate's patronage

What is the origin of the English word "talent"?

the name of a sum of currency.

5/13

What did the Greek philosopher Socrates say that evil is born from?

ignorance

What's the least number of colors needed to paint Japan so no two adjacent areas are the same color?

Four

Date

Question

The correct answer

5/16

Do you know who created the piece which sold for the highest price back in the 20th century?

Van Gogh

5/21

What is the name of this ratio that Japanese architects and artists have liked using?

the silver ratio

5/23

The root words of synesthesia are "syn" and "aisthesis". What do they mean?

"together" and senses"

5/26

What was the name of the other famous novel that Sherlock Holmes appeared in?

"Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar."

5/30

Who was the pirate who said that he hid his treasure in a certain place just before he was executed?

William Kidd

6/4

The original blazers were named that thanks to a certain quality they had. Any idea what it was?

they were brightly colored.

6/7

What are red king crabs most biologically related to?

hermit crabs

6/8

With the advent of the color TV, something else started to appear in color. Do you know what it is?

dreams

6/11

Can you imagine how much gold has been excavated by humanity over the course of history?

Three Olympic-sized pools

6/13

Paper money is issued by the Bank of Japan, but who issues the coins?

the government

6/15

What would happen if you kept washing your hair with water that was contaminated with metal?

it'll change color

6/23

Who is this woman, drawn as the High Priestess in most tarot decks?

Pope Joan

6/27

In English, what does the term "cat-and-dog" weather refer to?

heavy rain

6/29

This character is the cursive form of a specific Kanji. Do you know which one it is?

gold

7/1

But do you know what Chinese dish Zhuge Liang is credited for inventing?

baozi

7/4

Do you know the reason why July and August both have thirty-one days?

Someone pretentious said so

7/7

What is the traditional food of Tanabata?

Soumen

7/8

What's a common trait of almost all shaved-ice syrups on the market?

They all have the same flavor

7/9

What is the sum of angles A through E?

180 degrees

7/11

What is the name of the light-producing substance in fireflies?

Luciferin

7/12

What was the name of the gentleman thief whose family was boiled alive during the Sengoku period?

Ishikawa Goemon

Date

Question

The correct answer

7/13

Which of these phrases has its origins in this shogi piece?

nouveau riche

Goemon was popular because he wasn't just a thief, he was a...

gentleman thief

And the person in power who had it in for Goemon was...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

And, Goemon's death after he got captured by Hideyoshi is famous too...

he was boiled alive

7/14

Which of the following statements are true of this organism?

it's not related to crabs

What is said to be the reason why people began dreaming in color?

television

7/15

Which one of these was made using the silver ratio?

B4-size paper

Define "syn" and "aisthesis", the Greek root words of "synesthesia.

"together"

Date

Question

The correct answer

9/3

In this famous statue, he's holding a spear in his left hand, but what in his right hand?

nothing

9/6

What is the name of this phenomenon where the second hand looks like it stops moving?

chronostasis

9/7

We have a saying in Japanese: a skilled hawk hides its talons. What hides its claws in English?

A cat

9/21

The word "robot" didn't come from English. So, what country did it come from?

Czechoslovakia

9/24

Do you know why they chose black and white?

so it shows up well on TV

9/28

So "PVS" refers to when you mistakenly think your phone is going off. What's the 'P'?

That means it'd be "phantom..." what?

o if we have "phantom vibration" so far...

Phantom, vibration, syndrome

9/29

Not all civil servants work in government offices. Which one of these occupations is a civil one?

fishermen of Nagaragawa

10/6

This device made mass executions possible. You know what it's called, yes?

a guillotine

10/11

Which do you think most people chose to name 'Kiki'?

A

Date

Question

The correct answer

10/17

What is the origin of the word "guillotine"?

name of the one who proposed it

First of all, who proposed the idea of a guillotine?

a doctor

So, from his perspective, what was the advantage of the guillotine?

it could execute people quickly

10/18

Which of the following statements about this ball is true?

it has thirty two faces

What is the meaning of the word "robota", that is the Czech word that is the root word or "robot"?

slave labor

10/19

What is the English name for the phenomenon where it feels like your cell phone is vibrating?

phantom vibration syndrome

Which of the following government organizations do the cormorant fisher of Nagaragawa belong to?

the Imperial Household Agency

Date

Question

The correct answer

10/22

What number should be in the middle of this square to make it a magic square?

five

10/24

Can you tell me what the S in 'SOS' means?

it's meaningless

11/2

The word "whack" was also used in a coded language from history. What was that language?

thieves' can't

11/4

Clubs is a club, diamonds is a gem, spades is a sword... So, what is hearts?

the Holy Grail

11/8

Do you know what age you have to be to listen in on a trial?

zero

11/10

Do you know what the line that's in "bird" but not in "crow" represents?

An eye

11/12

Do you know why hearing someone's voice over the phone sounds different than their real voice?

it's heavily processed

11/15

When he was executed, something was done to his appearance. Do you know what it was?

they put makeup on him

11/17

Which of these is called a cochleold, after its resemblance to a snail?

B

11/18

At which of these locations can you see the sunrise the earliest?

the summit of Mount Fuji.

Date

Question

The correct answer

12/20

Which one of the following is called the Devil's Curve?

D

I think they said the voice you hear through the phone is...

not their real voice

But why does the listener think the synthetic voice is the real person?

they speak the same.

Even if the voice is different, as long as they talk the same, the listener will subconsciously...

supplement the voice

12/21

Which suit of cards represents the Holy Grail?

hearts

Which one of the following is not true about the kanji for "crow"?

it includes a number

12/22

Which country refers to a person who controls politics behind the scenes as a "prime minister in black"?

Japan

What English word did the initial "do" in the Japanese "dokyuu", or massive, originate from?

dreadnought