Trivia Quiz: Anime Quiz

Question 1: What was the first (and so far only) anime film to win an Academy Award?

 A: Princess Mononoke
 B: Spirited Away
 C: Ghost in the Shell
 D: Akira

Question 2: Which of the following anime doesn't have a trading card game based on it?

 A: Pokemon
 B: Yu-Gi-Oh!
 C: Naruto
 D: Zatch Bell

Question 3: Which of the following is not an anime?

 A: Speed Racer
 B: Astro Boy
 C: Kimba the White Lion
 D: Johnny Quest

Question 4: What show features (in the American version) a blonde teen named Serena and a talking cat named Luna?

 A: Sailor Moon
 B: Pokemon
 C: Digimon
 D: One Piece

Question 5: What live-action movie has a series of anime shorts created to fill in extra plot points?

 A: Lord of the Rings
 B: Spiderman
 C: X-Men
 D: The Matrix

Question 6: What comedian had a role in the English-language version of the recent film 'Howl's Moving Castle'?

 A: Billy Crystal
 B: Robin Williams
 C: Jim Carrey
 D: Steve Martin

Question 7: Where do 'big eyes' in anime come from?

 A: A desire to make the characters look more American.
 B: An attempt at copying the old American style of animation.
 C: To make the characters look cuter.
 D: To take up more of the face so animating expressions is easier.

Question 8: Which of the following is NOT a reason for odd-colored hair in anime?

 A: It was used on comic book covers to get a buyer's attention.
 B: It was originally used to indicate 'weird' or 'alien' characters.
 C: It's a statement on Japanese kids wanting to dye their hair.
 D: It helps distinguish similar-looking characters.

Question 9: What cable channel shows a large block of anime programs in the evening?

 A: Comedy Central
 B: Cartoon Network
 C: Nickelodeon
 D: Disney

Question 10: The word for an anime fan - 'otaku' - comes from the Japanese word for:

 A: A fanatic
 B: A childish person
 C: An artistic person
 D: A person who never leaves the house