Hey! Spring of Trivia

Trivia no Izumi (Japaneseトリビアの泉, Toribia no izumi, dt " source of Trivia " ) is the most successful Japanese TV program in recent years.

Emergence and transmission

Early 2003, initially started as a nocturnal low-budget show, runs Trivia no Izumi since the fall of 2003 every Wednesday for Golden Time 21-22 clock on the Japanese television station Fuji TV.

Expiration

In the show, ten to twelve Trivia, which were sent in by viewers, presented in video clips. These are mostly unknown aspects of Japanese history, anecdotes about famous Japanese or questions about anime and other television series.

The contributions are then evaluated by five studio guests with "surprise points." The number of surprise points (maximum 100) multiplied by 100 yen is also the ( modest ) remuneration for the sender.

Trivia from the program that have to do with Germany

Even international Trivia occur. Here are some of the previous Trivia that had to do with Germany:

• The founder of the two international sports companies Adidas and Puma come from the same town and are brothers.
• Oliver Kahn even has a gate with hand made ​​( which was not given).
• The last name of Johann Sebastian Bach is called in Japanese translated Ogawa ( a very common surname, comparable to Schmidt, during the German word "Bach" for Japanese irrevocably connected with the composer ).

International dissemination

Under the title Hey! Spring of Trivia 2005 were 26 Japanese original episodes from the American cable channel Spike TV aired from November 2004 to May english synchronized. According to spectators, however, additional reports, tailored to the American audience gags were inserted here.