Q 01/05

Which colour did the robot cat Doraemon leave the factory painted, before a crying fit washed it off?

A) Green

B) White

C) Yellow

D) Red

Answer · why

C) Yellow

Yellow was Doraemon's factory coat; in his 1974 backstory mice chewed off his ears and he wept until the paint came away, leaving the blue base coat a...

Q 02/05

Doraemon flies into a rage whenever his missing ears get him mistaken for which animal?

A) A raccoon dog

B) A harbour seal

C) A blue whale

D) A koala bear

Answer · why

A) A raccoon dog

A raccoon dog, or tanuki, is what strangers take the earless Doraemon for, and the mix-up is one of the series' longest-running gags, alongside his pa...

Q 03/05

Where does Doraemon keep the future gadgets he pulls out each time Nobita lands in trouble?

A) A hollow belly hatch

B) A four-dimensional pocket

C) A bottomless backpack

D) A hidden wall safe

Answer · why

B) A four-dimensional pocket

A four-dimensional pocket on his belly holds every tool Doraemon brings from the future, and the stories use those gadgets to paint a hopeful picture ...

Q 04/05

Which Japanese sweet, two small pancakes around red bean paste, is Doraemon's favourite food?

A) Taiyaki

B) Mochi

C) Daifuku

D) Dorayaki

Answer · why

D) Dorayaki

Dorayaki means roughly 'gong cake', after the gong a legendary samurai supposedly cooked on, and the first English manga renamed it 'fudgy pudgy pie'.

Q 05/05

Which pink Doraemon gadget lets you step straight to wherever the person turning its knob is thinking of?

A) Anywhere Door

B) Time Kerchief

C) Small Light

D) Designer Camera

Answer · why

A) Anywhere Door

The Anywhere Door opens onto any place its user pictures, and alongside the Take-copter and the Time Machine it is one of the gadgets that recur most ...