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I think that the point of these quizzes is the process, not the results, so I shall divulge into mine.

Don’t read this part until you take the quizzes!

One thing you realize when you go away from your country is how much you don’t know about your own country, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that I got most of the Japanese ones right(except the faces). Having lived in Japan and visited Korea once, my process was based on a method of elimination. I also cheated by looking at people and signs in the background.

Faces: 5/18

It is probably more challenging to describe the process of taking this quiz than any other ones. This quiz seems to frustrate everyone because these faces never fit your notion of a Chinese-face, Japanese-style, Korean-look, etc. What’s with the expressions? Crazy died hair=Japanese? Worker look hat=Chinese? What's the Koran face I can't explain.

Modern Art: 12/18

I so want to find out about the Chinese construction worker hiphop artist, so any information about this ghetto ass rapper will be greatly appreciated. Tattoos originate in China yet I had no doubt on choosing Japanese for the tattooed body. For some reason I thought 2 people with goth-ish makeup standing in the ruined building was totally Japanese. It sort of looked like a magazine cover you would see in Japan, but I've never seeb a Chinese or Korean magazine so that should explain my wrong answer. What goes through on everyone’s mind with the old ladies doing aerobics? What sort of stereotype would one be applying?

Traditional Architecture: 8/18

I had no idea what Korean shrines/temples looked like except that I imagined them to be somehow more colorful than the others, deducing from their traditional clothes, which is in high-resolution 256 colors. The chinese and Japanese are similar I think but obviously quite different a the same time, hmmmm.

Travel photography by Matt McCoy: 15/18

My first "You are definitely talented!", aka you are from one of these places you cheater, comment! Yamanote Line may be a hint if you have been to Tokyo. How does one guess on the picture of a bicycle with gloves attached the handles? Do people do that in Korea or China? What the hell with the two ladies holding umbrellas? What do umbrellas in China look like? Notice I didn't say Chinese umbrellas since probably most umbrellas in the world are made in China, therefore Chinese, well in that sense what isn't really.

Travel photography by Moon Lee: 13/18

Ok so the message here is that Japanese are glued to cell phones and they sleep on the train, Chinese people are doing kung fu in temples. I cannot believe that the rice farm was Korean! That is such a Japanese scenery. I feel betrayed from my mother land.

Urban Scenery: 13/18

The Olympic sign is too easy I think. The picture of the green pay phones tells us that this is not a recent picture. It’s impossible to find a pay phone in Japan now because everyone has mobile phones. If you got that one right, the second one would be one of the 2 choices but how does one figure out which one?

Food: 14/18

It's I made a dumb mistake on Q1, which means that Asian stereotypes exist even among the Asians. Sushi=Japanese! What was that white ball thingy? I knew it wasn't Japanese because I'd never seen them. The curry rice with salad is a really Japanese plate but it should say (Indian really but now Japanese). Meat on sticks was not Japanese but Korean or Chinese, how would you guess? I thought the shrimps one was a bit too difficult and unfair. I mean doesn't everyone eat shrimps? and the last one, I couldn't even tell what it was.

Architectural Details: 9/18

The red symbol of the bridge looked like a Korean letter but I was wrong? I am so ignorant in architecture I couldn't even stereotype them. The really all-look-same to me.

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