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What Are the Persona 5 Royal Teacher Questions and Answers?

What Are the Persona 5 Royal Teacher Questions Answers?
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As the months go by in Persona 5 Royal, you’ll sometimes be asked questions by your teacher in class. And if you get them right, you’ll gain a boost to your Knowledge stat. You can see what the majority chose. However, in case you’re offline or something, here is every teacher’s questions and correct answers.

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What are the correct answers to the teachers’ questions in Persona 5 Royal?

If you’ve played the original Persona 5, you may think you’ll be familiar with the teacher’s questions and answers in Persona 5 Royal. You’d be wrong, though, as many of them have been changed or tweaked, and there are even some additional ones.

I’ll list the questions and their correct answers below by month so that you can find what you’re looking for with ease.

April teacher questions and answers in Persona 5 Royal

April 12

Question: Tell me what the Devil’s Dictionary defines as the Hider factor in the progress of the human race.

Answer: Villains.

April 19

Question: Between A and B… Which line seems longer?

Answer: They’re the same.

April 23

Question: Between music, theater, and chariot racing, which sport did Nero win when he participated in the Olympics?

Answer: All of them.

April 25

Question: What’s that phrase originally meant to convey? “My country, right or wrong”?

Answer #1: You unquestioningly support it.

Question #2: But the original meaning was different? So I guess it’d be something like…

Answer #2: You have a duty to correct it.

April 27

Question: Do you know the name of the theorem named after this number?

Answer: Four color theorem.

April 30

Question #1: First off, the “wunder” part probably means…

Answer #1: Wonder.

Question #2: Next, the “kind” part. That’s probably…

Answer #2: Child.

Question #3: So a “wunderkind” would be…

Answer #3: A prodigy.

May teacher questions and answers in Persona 5 Royal

May 7

Question: So what’s the literal translation of the phrase “femme fatale?”

Answer: Fatal woman.

May 10

Question: You know the time period Yoshitsune was active in, don’t you?

Answer: The Heian period.

May 11 Exam

Question #1: What historical figure inspired “favoring the magistrate?”

Answer #1: Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

Question #2: Yoshitune had a brother, right? I think his name was…

Answer #2: Minamoto no Yoritomo.

Question #3: But they ended up coming into conflict. And in the end, when they had to oppose each other…

Answer #3: Yoritomo won.

Question #4: That’s probably because people tend to sympathize less with those in power and sympathize more with…

Answer #4: The weak.

May 12 Exam

Question #1: Which brain function is responsible for the phenomenon of seeing an illusion in this figure?

Answer #1: Cognition.

Question #2: Which of the following maps can you paint without any adjacent areas being the same color?

Answer #2: Both.

May 13 Exam

Question #1: Name the book that defined “malefactor” as the chief factor in the progress of the human race.

Answer #1: The Devil’s Dictionary.

Question #2: What character archetype refers to a mysterious and seductive woman, typically with ulterior motives?

Answer #2: Femme fatale.

May 16

Question: What do we call the phenomenon where believing in a treatment’s power is enough to improve your condition?

Answer: The placebo effect.

May 19

Question: Which famous artist of the Edo period is said to have moved residence over 100 times?

Answer: Katsushika Hokusai.

May 21

Question: The golden ratio is 1:1.618, but do you know the silver ratio?

Answer: 1:1.414.

May 23

Question #1: If we think about what these words have in common, then maybe “syn” means…

Answer #1: Together.

Question #2: And “aisthesis,” huh? That’s a little like the word aesthetics. I wonder if it means…

Answer #2: Senses.

Question #3: So that means the full word basically means…

Answer #3: Senses coming together.

May 26

Question: Do you know which author Leblanc borrowed from?

Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle.

May 31

Question: Do you know which peg-legged, parrot-toting historical figure’s appearance became visual shorthand for pirates?

Answer: John Silver.

June teacher questions and answers in Persona 5 Royal

June 4

Question: What do you think the name for the phenomenon is?

Answer: The halo effect.

June 7

Question: The red king crab is biologically related to the hermit crab. So how is it different from a crab…? Do you know?

Answer: The number of legs.

June 8

Question: Where does totalitarianism take things a step further than authoritarianism?

Answer: Controlling public thought.

June 13

Question: What color do you think it turns?

Answer: Green.

June 15

Question: Between paper bills and coins, which one is issued by the government?

Answer: Coins.

June 20

Question: What do you think? One of these has minor metals in it, right?

Answer: Smartphone.

June 23

Question: Now, do you know what this woman’s position was?

Answer: A pope.

June 27

Question: Which of these animals is involved in an English idiom about the weather?

Answer: Dogs.

June 29

Question: What do you think it says on the back of this piece?

Answer: Gold.

July teacher questions and answers in Persona 5 Royal

July 1

Question: What’s the meaning of the original Chinese phrase that these dumplings’ name came from?

Answer: Barbarian’s head.

July 4

Question: Two people are responsible for July and August having 31 days. Do you know who those people are?

Answer: Julius and Augustus.

July 7

Question #1: So Tanabata’s about gods crossing a starry sky to reunite once every year. It might have something to do with…

Answer #1: The Milky Way.

Question #2: What’s the traditional food of Tanabata?

Answer #2: Soumen noodles.

July 9

Question: Do you know what shape it is?

Answer: A triangle.

July 11

Question #1: What is long-term memory, anyway?

Answer #1: Memories that last a long time.

Question #2: Maruki mentioned something about the amount of memories you could store, right? Something like…

Answer #2: Infinite.

Question #3: If you have theoretically infinite space for them… Then theoretically, you’d be able to retain them for…

Answer #3: Forever.

July 12

Question: Do you know what he did?

Answer: Thievery.

July 13 Exam

Question #1: If angle C is 28 degrees, and angles A and D are 88 degrees, what is the angle of B and E?

Answer #1: 64 degrees.

Question #2: I think this came up in class. They were invented by that famous guy from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, right?

Answer #2: Zhuge Liang.

Question #3: And they were offering something to quell the river…

Answer #3: Barbarians’ heads.

Question #4: This master strategist came up with the baozi to…

Answer #4: To offer them instead of heads.

July 14 Exam

Question #1: Write the name and genus of this organism.

Answer #1: Red King Crab (Paralithodes).

Question #2: What happened when the government issued paper and hard currencies in Japan for the first time?

Answer #2: It caused confusion in the economy.

July 15 Exam

Question #1: What is the English equivalent of the Norwegian idiom “raining witches”?

Answer #1: Raining cats and dogs.

Question #2: Which of the following is another name for the soumen noodles traditionally eaten on Tanabata?

Answer #2: Demon Guts.

September teacher questions and answers in Persona 5 Royal

September 3

Question: Each hand in this famous statue means something, but… Do you know what the right represents?

Answer: Prosperity.

September 6

Question: Do you know the name of that phenomenon where the second hand looks like it’s stopped moving?

Answer: Chronostasis.

September 14

Question: What does a pawn shop offer that a secondhand shop doesn’t?

Answer: Money loans for collateral.

September 17

Question: What’s one of the supposed origins of the phrase “cat got your tongue”?

Answer: Cats eating human tongues.

September 21

Question: Robot comes from a word in Czech… But where in Europe is the Czech Republic located?

Answer: Central Europe.

September 24

Question: How many white and black shapes are there, respectively, on a soccer ball?

Answer: 20 white, 12 black.

September 28

Question #1: So “PVS”, referring to when you mistakenly think your phone is going off… What’s the P?

Answer #1: Phantom.

Question #2: The next part is the V part. That means it’d be “phantom”… What?

Answer #2: Vibration.

Question #3: Last is the S. So if we have “phantom vibration” so far…

Answer #3: Syndrome.

September 29

Question: But the fishermen of Nagaragawa are actually civil servants as well. So, tell me which sector they belong to.

Answer: Imperial Household Agency.

October teacher questions and answers in Persona 5 Royal

October 3

Question: If we use “three watermelons in the sun” to visualize a certain matter’s size against the universe’s, what are the melons?

Answer: Stars.

October 6

Question: Now, do you know who invented this instrument?

Answer: Joseph Ignace Guillotin.

October 11

Question: Which name was most commonly ascribed to shape B?

Answer: Bouba.

October 17 Exam

Question #1: Counting both black and white surfaces, how many surfaces are there in total on a soccer ball?

Answer #1: 32 surfaces.

Question #2: Didn’t the teacher say that the number of colors used to be different? Do you remember?

Answer #2: It used to be one color.

Question #3: Oh yeah, I remember. I think she said that, unlike now, soccer games were broadcasted with…

Answer #3: Black and white picture.

October 18 Exam

Question #1: Who conducted executions using this device?

Answer #1: Charles Henri Sanson.

Question #2: What is the reason that most people cannot become a cormorant fisherman of Nagarasawa?

Answer #2: It’s a hereditary profession.

October 19 Exam

Question #1: What is the meaning of “robota”, the etymological root of “robot”?

Answer #1: Slave labor.

Question #2: Which of the following describes the density of stars in outer space?

Answer #2: 3 bees in all of Europe.

October 22

Question: Now, tell me the total count for each column in this magic square.

Answer: 15.

October 24

Question: From a psychological standpoint, what is a key reason our memories can differ from reality?

Answer: Memory bias.

November teacher questions and answers in Persona 5 Royal

November 2

Question: Can you tell me the meaning of the word “wack” in Thieves’ Cant?

Answer: A share of stolen goods.

November 4

Question: Club is a club, diamond is a gem… So, what does a spade represent?

Answer: A sword.

November 8

Question: Tell me how old you have to be to listen in on a trial.

Answer: Any age.

November 10

Question: Do you know why it’s missing in the character for “crow”?

Answer: Crow eyes are hard to see.

November 12

Question: I wonder. Do you know why voices sound so different over the phone?

Answer: Because the voice is synthetic.

November 14

Question: Tell me why that is.

Answer: Because of high altitude

November 15

Question: He was to be paraded through the city, and punished in a very particular way. How was he punished?

Answer: His head was put on display.

November 17

Question: Do you know the name of this graph? Your hint is “snails”…

Answer: Cochleoid.

December teacher questions and answers in Persona 5 Royal

December 20 Exam

Question #1: Choose the graph which is named after the Chinese yoyo known as a diabolo.

Answer #1: D.

Question #2: He was a really famous thief in the Edo period, right? How much money did he steal in the end?

Answer #2: Over one billion yen.

Question #3: As a result, he was sentenced to…

Answer #3: Having his head displayed.

Question #4: Criminals, especially famous criminals, were mostly paraded around for…

Answer #4: A performance.

December 21 Exam

Question #1: Which suit of cards represents the Holy Grail?

Answer #1: Hearts.

Question #2: According to Japanese judicial law, what is possible for even an infant to do in court?

Answer #2: Attend.

December 22 Exam

Question #1: What country refers to a person who controls politics behind the scenes as a “prime minister in black?”

Answer #1: Japan.

Question #2: The Japanese word “dokyuu” translates to “massive.” What English word inspired the initial “do” in “dokyuu”?

Answer #2: Dreadnought.

January teacher questions and answers in Persona 5 Royal

January 11

Question #1: What’s this phrase supposed to illustrate about the gods of Shinto?

Answer #1: How numerous they are.

Question #2: What’s the phrase again? The one about how many gods there are in Shinto?

Answer #2: The eight million gods.

January 14

Question: Where do you think the fictional land of “Ihatov” is modeled after?

Answer: Iwate.

January 18

Question: What did the word “awful” originally mean?

Answer: Impressive.

January 20

Question: Do you know what she’s stepping on?

Answer: A snake.

January 24

Question #1: What does that mean when describing a person?

Answer #1: Kind-hearted.

Question #2: So what kind of connotation would “salty” have in that context?

Answer #2: Negative.

Question #3: So with all of that in mind, “salty” probably means…

Answer #3: Resentful.

January 27

Question: How far did this study suggest personal happiness can spread?

Answer: To friends of friends of friends.

Persona 5 Royal is available now on the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. If you want the True Ending, here’s what you need to do.

Brent Koepp
About The Author
Based in California, Brent is an Editor at Siliconera and has been a journalist since 2010. When he's not playing JRPGs or catching 'em all in Pokémon, you can find him spending time with his wife and two dogs.

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