Q 01/05

In her class introduction, Haruhi Suzumiya asks to meet aliens, time travelers, sliders and which other group?

A) Vampires

B) Espers

C) Ghosts

D) Ninjas

Answer · why

B) Espers

Espers round out the list, and Haruhi gets three of the four without knowing it: the quiet bookworm, the shy upperclassman and the smiling transfer st...

Q 02/05

Which studio, which later made K-On! and Violet Evergarden, produced the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya?

A) A-1 Pictures

B) Nippon Animation

C) Production I.G

D) Kyoto Animation

Answer · why

D) Kyoto Animation

Kyoto Animation is unusual among anime studios, because its animators are salaried employees trained in-house rather than freelancers.

Q 03/05

Which website hosted an anonymous 2011 math proof about watching all 14 Haruhi Suzumiya episodes in every order?

A) 4chan

B) Reddit

C) 2channel

D) Slashdot

Answer · why

A) 4chan

4chan's anonymous answer to "The Haruhi Problem" set a lower bound for superpermutations, a puzzle open since 1993, and mathematicians later wrote it ...

Q 04/05

Which ending theme of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya set off an online craze for copying its dance routine?

A) Super Driver

B) Lost My Music

C) Hare Hare Yukai

D) Yasashii Bokyaku

Answer · why

C) Hare Hare Yukai

Hare Hare Yukai sold out in Akihabara on its release day, and fan recreations of its dance are credited with founding the cover-dance video genre.

Q 05/05

In the Endless Eight arc of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, the last two weeks of which month keep repeating?

A) July

B) August

C) October

D) December

Answer · why

B) August

August's final fortnight plays out in eight nearly identical episodes in a row, which made the arc a famously controversial stretch of the 2009 season...