Kaikitsune Makoto 209 Posted January 31, 2003 OK. According to Kintamayama, these questions are very hard. He claims few if any will know the correct answers to these. Would you believe it?? I can't believe it! Sumotalk.com guys asked for tough trivia questions without statistical details so these were the ones I came up with. Lets see if sumoforum members know the correct answers... Trivia questions! "I am known for my scrutinity in analysing my foes' bouts and one of my stable mates is/was peaking at mature age of way over 30. I see nightmares of Takanonami's tachi-ai as I have had more than my share of the oddities and annoying nature of his prolonged antics. I enjoy doing intense keiko with Naruto-guys. Who am I?" "I jump, I hop, I bunnyhop, I do weird moves with my wrist at the tachi-ai, I dive, I circulate, I entertain. Arnpits are my bread and butter in sumo. I attack them and make crowd sigh in appreciation for my armpit-based victories. Who am I?" "I retired few years ago from active sumo. While still active I went to Canada for koen. There I spend time with Kyokushuzan and Asahiyutaka and I rode a horse. I was a colleague of Mika H Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manekineko 200 Posted January 31, 2003 Hmm, I have a feeling I should know asnwers to these... That's why I'll embarrass myself royally and try to guess. :p 1. Mickey? 2. Tokitsuumi? Edit: No, not him... Oh, I don't know 3. Kotonishiki? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoshifransu 0 Posted January 31, 2003 Well, well, well, for his scrutinity in analysing his foes' bouts, I think about Mickey too, but for both others ... (Going nuts...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amanogawa 79 Posted January 31, 2003 Well... (Feeling wacko...) My guesses are - Kotoryu? Takamisakari? ( but a bit too obvious.. ) Kotonishiki? ...and for the "extra", Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoshifransu 0 Posted January 31, 2003 BTW, for the extra one, Robert De Niro-nohana ? (Baaa...) (Baaa...) (Baaa...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 45,333 Posted January 31, 2003 ...and for the "extra", I have no idea. (Nodding yes...) Hint: Shusshin.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 45,333 Posted January 31, 2003 Hmm, I have a feeling I should know asnwers to these...That's why I'll embarrass myself royally and try to guess. :p 1. Mickey? 2. Tokitsuumi? Edit: No, not him... Oh, I don't know 3. Kotonishiki? 2 out of 3 right.. Aaah, but which ones?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaikitsune Makoto 209 Posted January 31, 2003 Nice tries and correct answers! Kotoryu was a good try for the first one as he belongs to right heya and is very smart rikishi who analyzes his foes too. However Kotomitsuki is the main Naruto-beya de-geiko visitor and his tachi-ais with Nami are very often multiple and frustration shines from Kotomitsuki's gestures. The peaking veteran is naturally Kotokanyu who is still very close to his career's highest rank which he obtained at 35 or so if I am not mistaken. Kotomitsuki underwent an elbow cartilage surgery two days ago. It is not very invasive procedure and evidently a loose cartilage chip was removed. However his elbows seem to follow the path similar of Kotonishiki's... 3rd one is indeed Kotonishiki whose elbow cartilage wore down and who rode horse in Canada (no causality between these two events). His sumo was called "F1-sumo" or "Formula 1-sumo" and as Mika H Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubiquitoyama 4 Posted January 31, 2003 The 2nd one isn't Tokitsuumi who doesn't move that much on the dohyo actually that it would justify all those hopping, bunnyhopping, circulating etc. although Tsuumi does dive in and likes to press his head to foe's armpit area. Neither is he Takamisakari whose counter attack against Nami is based on armpit pressure. Maybe a hint helps: He is small and armpit is kaina in Japanese. Well, I thought about him at first, but now it seems even more likely. Furuichi? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony 16 Posted January 31, 2003 The second, maybe Kaiho! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoavoshimaru 0 Posted January 31, 2003 BTW, for the extra one, Robert De Niro-nohana ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaikitsune Makoto 209 Posted January 31, 2003 Well, I thought about him at first, but now it seems even more likely. Furuichi? Furuichi yes. Kainahineri-expert who does very strange movements with his wrist before tachi-ai. Admittedly Kaiho has some wrist moves too there though. Perceptive! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naifuzan 1 Posted January 31, 2003 What if the sumotalk.com guys are reading this (Nodding yes...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoshifransu 0 Posted February 1, 2003 No, I don't think they know that site ... for the moment. Personally, I jus' wrote to them about the sumogames.com planet ! :-Q If they had known this forum, they would have participated, certainly. But it's a question of time. When they will hear about the big number of fans here and around of sumogames.com, they will come here too and very soon, certainly ! But at the moment, Kaikitsune-zeki, you've got to stump them !!! :-9 Good luck ! (Hehe...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manekineko 200 Posted February 2, 2003 Inquiring minds want to know: who's the taxi driver? (you know, cats, curiosity...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoshifransu 0 Posted February 2, 2003 Cats are good drivers too ! (Laughing...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heitaikai 0 Posted February 2, 2003 Which rikishi drives a white taxi? Akinoshima? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoshifransu 0 Posted February 2, 2003 N.S. Kyokai disallow them to drive a car, so a taxi ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoavoshimaru 0 Posted February 2, 2003 N.S. Kyokai disallow them to drive a car, so a taxi ??? Why are they not allowed to drive a car? (Huh?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 45,333 Posted February 2, 2003 Ok. White taxi. Under the belt there, for it is essential to know a bit of Japanese. When you watch the feed, try to listen to the announcer when he talks about this rikishi. After the yobidashi calls them out in his sing-song fashion, and the gyooji echoes in his own style, there is an announcer who says the name and the origin of the rikishi in a normal, announcer's voice. "Aomoriken , Shirotaku-shi shusshin" Shirotakushi can be misheard as a "white taxi-shiro=white, takushee=taxi. Wakanosato is from there. Me, it drives me off the wall and I ROTFLMAO everytime I hear it- almost as funny as the final day- Show-joe-joe thing, which is a completely different story.. OK, lame-o, but funny if and when you get it.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
