Quizzes
Ten questions, with an explanation after every answer. Prefecture and province geography, regional dishes, festivals, pop culture and writing systems: a way to check what you think you know about China, Japan and Korea.
Geography
China site by site
The Mogao caves, the Shaolin temple, the Zhangjiajie pillars: ten sites, ten provinces.
10 questions
China’s provincial capitals
Chengdu, Harbin, Kunming, Lhasa: twelve provinces and autonomous regions, and the city that runs each one.
12 questions
Japan site by site
Shirakawa-gō, Itsukushima, the Tottori dunes: ten famous places, ten prefectures to find.
10 questions
Japan’s prefectural capitals
Twelve prefectures whose capital does not share their name. Sapporo, Sendai, Kanazawa: put the cities back where they belong.
12 questions
The Korean provinces
Eight South Korean provinces and their capitals, from Suwon to Changwon.
8 questions
Food
Eating in Asia
Ten questions on what goes on the plate from Beijing to Seoul: fermentation, broths, chillies and received wisdom.
10 questions
The map of Japanese specialties
Fugu, Kobe beef, sanuki noodles: every dish comes from somewhere. Twelve questions to place Japanese regional cooking.
12 questions
The map of Korean flavours
Jeonju bibimbap, Chuncheon dakgalbi, Jeju black pork: eight specialties to place on the peninsula.
8 questions