Question 1

What object does Genya bring to Chiyoko's home that reignites her memories?

Accepted Answer

A key.

Question 2

What kind of shop did Chiyoko's father leave behind, which supported the family afterward?

Accepted Answer

A sweet shop.

Question 3

Who first scouts Chiyoko to appear in a government-sponsored film meant to inspire troops fighting in China?

Accepted Answer

Ginei Studios' general manager.

Question 4

What does Chiyoko's mother want for her instead of an acting career?

Accepted Answer

To marry and settle down.

Question 5

Where does Chiyoko first encounter the fleeing man who becomes the object of her lifelong search?

Accepted Answer

In the street near her home.

Question 6

Where does Chiyoko hide the fleeing man from the police?

Accepted Answer

In a storage barn/warehouse.

Question 7

Besides being a political fugitive, what is the fleeing man's occupation?

Accepted Answer

A painter.

Question 8

What does the man leave behind for Chiyoko before he flees?

Accepted Answer

A key.

Question 9

What happens when Chiyoko rushes to the train station after the man is forced to flee a second time?

Accepted Answer

She chases his departing train but slips and doesn't make it.

Question 10

What is Chiyoko's real motivation for becoming an actress?

Accepted Answer

The hope that the man will see her films and find her.

Question 11

What is the name of the film studio where Chiyoko becomes a star?

Accepted Answer

Ginei Studios.

Question 12

Who is Chiyoko's chief rival actress at the studio?

Accepted Answer

Eiko Shimao.

Question 13

Who is the general manager's nephew, a budding director who falls for Chiyoko?

Accepted Answer

Junichi Otaki.

Question 14

Where does Chiyoko travel with the film crew for her first movie, hoping to find the painter?

Accepted Answer

Manchuria.

Question 15

Who tells Chiyoko a fortune claiming the man she seeks is in Northern Manchuria?

Accepted Answer

A fortune teller bribed by Eiko.

Question 16

What interrupts Chiyoko's train journey toward Northern Manchuria?

Accepted Answer

A bandit attack.

Question 17

In the swordfight sequence where Chiyoko attacks a prisoner transport believing it holds the painter, who is actually inside?

Accepted Answer

Eiko Shimao.

Question 18

During a samurai-era sequence, who takes the blade/shot meant for Chiyoko?

Accepted Answer

Genya.

Question 19

In the Edo-period courtesan sequence, what does Eiko punish Chiyoko for?

Accepted Answer

Leaving the pleasure quarter to visit a prisoner about to be executed.

Question 20

The recurring "Man with the Scar" who pursues Chiyoko and the painter across her memories is best described as what?

Accepted Answer

A secret police officer.

Question 21

Why does Eiko conspire to steal Chiyoko's key?

Accepted Answer

To help Junichi Otaki win Chiyoko as his wife.

Question 22

What natural disaster struck on the day Chiyoko was born, killing her father?

Accepted Answer

The Great Kanto earthquake.

Question 23

After losing the key and feeling her memories of the painter start to fade, what does Chiyoko agree to do?

Accepted Answer

Marry Junichi Otaki.

Question 24

What ultimately becomes of Chiyoko's marriage to Junichi Otaki?

Accepted Answer

It ends in divorce.

Question 25

Chiyoko's on-screen film roles span time periods ranging from which era to which?

Accepted Answer

The Sengoku period through a futuristic space age.

Question 26

What role does Genya repeatedly find himself playing within Chiyoko's remembered film scenes?

Accepted Answer

A heroic protector/rescuer.

Question 27

What does the scarred policeman eventually confess to Genya, a secret he keeps from Chiyoko?

Accepted Answer

He tortured the painter to death.

Question 28

What causes the on-set accident during production of Chiyoko's final film, a science-fiction story about a space voyage?

Accepted Answer

An earthquake that collapses the set.

Question 29

Who rescues Chiyoko during the collapse on the set of her final film?

Accepted Answer

A young Genya, then working as a production assistant.

Question 30

What does Chiyoko see that causes her to flee the set and retire from acting for good?

Accepted Answer

A wraith-like figure in her reflection or prop helmet.

The Ultimate Millennium Actress Trivia Quiz

2) What kind of shop did Chiyoko's father leave behind, which supported the family afterward?

3) Who first scouts Chiyoko to appear in a government-sponsored film meant to inspire troops fighting in China?

4) What does Chiyoko's mother want for her instead of an acting career?

5) Where does Chiyoko first encounter the fleeing man who becomes the object of her lifelong search?

6) Where does Chiyoko hide the fleeing man from the police?

7) Besides being a political fugitive, what is the fleeing man's occupation?

8) What does the man leave behind for Chiyoko before he flees?

9) What happens when Chiyoko rushes to the train station after the man is forced to flee a second time?

10) What is Chiyoko's real motivation for becoming an actress?

11) What is the name of the film studio where Chiyoko becomes a star?

12) Who is Chiyoko's chief rival actress at the studio?

13) Who is the general manager's nephew, a budding director who falls for Chiyoko?

14) Where does Chiyoko travel with the film crew for her first movie, hoping to find the painter?

15) Who tells Chiyoko a fortune claiming the man she seeks is in Northern Manchuria?

16) What interrupts Chiyoko's train journey toward Northern Manchuria?

17) In the swordfight sequence where Chiyoko attacks a prisoner transport believing it holds the painter, who is actually inside?

18) During a samurai-era sequence, who takes the blade/shot meant for Chiyoko?

19) In the Edo-period courtesan sequence, what does Eiko punish Chiyoko for?

20) The recurring "Man with the Scar" who pursues Chiyoko and the painter across her memories is best described as what?

21) Why does Eiko conspire to steal Chiyoko's key?

22) What natural disaster struck on the day Chiyoko was born, killing her father?

23) After losing the key and feeling her memories of the painter start to fade, what does Chiyoko agree to do?

24) What ultimately becomes of Chiyoko's marriage to Junichi Otaki?

25) Chiyoko's on-screen film roles span time periods ranging from which era to which?

26) What role does Genya repeatedly find himself playing within Chiyoko's remembered film scenes?

27) What does the scarred policeman eventually confess to Genya, a secret he keeps from Chiyoko?

28) What causes the on-set accident during production of Chiyoko's final film, a science-fiction story about a space voyage?

29) Who rescues Chiyoko during the collapse on the set of her final film?

30) What does Chiyoko see that causes her to flee the set and retire from acting for good?