Animation Studios Trivia
Animation Studios trivia explores the companies that shaped the art and business of animated film, from early hand-drawn pioneers to today’s global digital powerhouses. Expect questions that range from easy and funny to genuinely challenging, covering famous studios, signature styles, and the movies that defined generations.
Easy Animation Studios Trivia
13 questions
These easy Animation Studios trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
In what year did Walt Disney and his brother Roy O. Disney co-found the Disney studio?
Answer: 1923
The Disney studio was co-founded by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney in 1923.
Question 2
Which animation studio is headquartered in Emeryville, California?
Answer: Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar Animation Studios is based in Emeryville, California.
Question 3
Which famous Japanese animation studio was founded in 1985?
- A.Studio Ghibli
- B.Pixar Animation Studios
- C.20th Television
- D.Lionsgate Television
Answer: Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985.
Question 4
Hayao Miyazaki is a co-founder of which animation studio?
- A.20th Television
- B.Studio Ghibli
- C.Sony Pictures Animation
- D.Blue Sky Studios
Answer: Studio Ghibli
Hayao Miyazaki is one of the co-founders of Studio Ghibli.
Question 5
Which co-founder of Studio Ghibli is known alongside Hayao Miyazaki?
Answer: Isao Takahata
Isao Takahata was also a co-founder of Studio Ghibli.
Question 6
Toy Story was produced by which studio?
Answer: Pixar Animation Studios
Toy Story was produced by Pixar Animation Studios.
Question 7
Ice Age was produced by which studio?
- A.Lionsgate Television
- B.Blue Sky Studios
- C.20th Television
Answer: Blue Sky Studios
Blue Sky Studios produced Ice Age.
Question 8
Which studio produced Despicable Me?
- A.Blue Sky Studios
- B.Illumination
- C.Pixar Animation Studios
- D.Studio Ghibli
Answer: Illumination
Despicable Me was produced by Illumination.
Question 9
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was made by which studio?
- A.Lionsgate Television
- B.Sony Pictures Animation
- C.20th Television
Answer: Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation produced Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
Question 10
Which studio made Chicken Run?
- A.Studio Ghibli
- B.Aardman Animations
- C.Blue Sky Studios
Answer: Aardman Animations
Chicken Run was made by Aardman Animations.
Question 11
Nick Park is a key creative figure at which animation studio?
- A.Sony Pictures Animation
- B.Aardman Animations
- C.Pixar Animation Studios
Answer: Aardman Animations
Nick Park is a key creative figure at Aardman Animations.
Question 12
Looney Tunes is associated with which studio?
- A.The Walt Disney Studios
- B.Studio Ghibli
- C.Warner Bros
Answer: Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. is the studio behind Looney Tunes.
Question 13
Which director made many classic Looney Tunes shorts?
- A.Nick Park
- B.Hayao Miyazaki
- C.Isao Takahata
- D.Chuck Jones
Answer: Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones directed many classic Looney Tunes shorts.
Animation Studios Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Animation Studios trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
Who created Adventure Time?
Answer: Pendleton Ward created Adventure Time.
Adventure Time was created by Pendleton Ward.
Question 2
Rebecca Sugar is the creator behind which animated series?
Answer: Rebecca Sugar created Steven Universe.
Steven Universe was created by Rebecca Sugar.
Question 3
For Cartoon Network Studios, who created Dexter's Laboratory?
Answer: Genndy Tartakovsky created Dexter's Laboratory for Cartoon Network Studios.
Dexter's Laboratory was created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network Studios.
Question 4
Which company produces Family Guy?
Answer: Family Guy is produced by Gracie Films.
The listed production company for Family Guy is Gracie Films.
Question 5
Who created The Simpsons?
Answer: Matt Groening created The Simpsons.
The Simpsons was created by Matt Groening.
Question 6
Cartoon Saloon is based in which country?
Answer: Cartoon Saloon is based in Ireland.
Cartoon Saloon is an animation studio based in Ireland.
Question 7
Bardel Entertainment calls which city home?
Answer: Bardel Entertainment is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Bardel Entertainment is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Question 8
Which studio produced Ghost in the Shell?
Answer: Ghost in the Shell was produced by Production I.G.
Production I.G produced Ghost in the Shell.
Question 9
Who founded Mushi Production?
Answer: Osamu Tezuka founded Mushi Production.
Mushi Production was founded by Osamu Tezuka.
Question 10
Studio Trigger is headquartered in which city?
Answer: Studio Trigger is headquartered in Tokyo.
The studio headquarters listed for Studio Trigger is Tokyo.
Question 11
True or false: Sunrise is an animation studio founded in Japan.?
Answer: True
Sunrise is an animation studio founded in Japan.
Question 12
Which animator co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios?
Answer: Don Bluth co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios.
Sullivan Bluth Studios was co-founded by Don Bluth.
Fun Animation Studios Trivia
13 questions
These fun Animation Studios trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
Which Aardman Animations release popped out in 1989 with Wallace and Gromit’s very first outing?
Answer: A Grand Day Out
Aardman Animations released A Grand Day Out in 1989.
Question 2
True or false: A Grand Day Out was released by Aardman Animations in 1989.?
Answer: True
Aardman Animations released A Grand Day Out in 1989.
Question 3
If you set your time machine to 1989 for an Aardman premiere, which title should be on your ticket?
Answer: A Grand Day Out
The 1989 Aardman release listed here is A Grand Day Out.
Question 4
Who directed Kubo and the Two Strings?
Answer: Travis Knight
Kubo and the Two Strings was directed by Travis Knight.
Question 5
The director’s chair for Kubo and the Two Strings belonged to which person?
Answer: Travis Knight
Travis Knight directed Kubo and the Two Strings.
Question 6
Which honor did Kubo and the Two Strings score a nomination for: the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the Palme d'Or, or the Tony Award for Best Musical?
- A.New York
- B.The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- C.The Palme d'Or
- D.The Tony Award for Best Musical
Answer: The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Question 7
In animation, what do you call the timed audiovisual version of a storyboard?
Answer: An animatic
An animatic is a timed audiovisual version of a storyboard.
Question 8
When a storyboard gets a stopwatch and some sound, what is that upgraded version called?
Answer: An animatic
The timed audiovisual form of a storyboard is called an animatic.
Question 9
What animation task fills in the drawings or poses between key frames?
Answer: Inbetweening
Inbetweening fills the drawings or poses between key frames.
Question 10
Which term names the job of connecting the big poses by filling in what happens between key frames?
Answer: Inbetweening
The process of filling drawings or poses between key frames is called inbetweening.
Question 11
If an artist needs a character shown from multiple angles and expressions, what guide are they looking for?
Answer: A model sheet
A model sheet shows how a character should look from multiple angles and expressions.
Question 12
What document helps keep a character on-model by showing multiple angles and expressions?
Answer: A model sheet
A model sheet is the reference showing multiple angles and expressions.
Question 13
Which part of animation helps define camera staging and scene composition?
Answer: Layout work
Layout work in animation helps define camera staging and scene composition.
Funny Animation Studios Trivia
13 questions
These funny Animation Studios trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
Which feathery chaos agent first flapped onto screens in a 1937 Warner Bros. cartoon?
- A.Daffy Duck
- B.Porky Pig
- C.Road Runner
- D.Shaun the Sheep
Answer: Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck's first appearance was in a 1937 Warner Bros. cartoon.
Question 2
What cartoon bird can trace his first appearance back to a 1937 Warner Bros. short?
Answer: Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck first appeared in a 1937 Warner Bros. cartoon.
Question 3
Before many cartoon egos got bigger than their heads, which Warner Bros. character became the studio's first breakout cartoon star?
Answer: Porky Pig
Porky Pig became Warner Bros.' first breakout cartoon star.
Question 4
Which character earned the bragging rights of being Warner Bros.' first breakout cartoon star?
Answer: Porky Pig
The listed fact identifies Porky Pig is Warner Bros.' first breakout cartoon star.
Question 5
Shaun the Sheep didn't just wander in from nowhere. From which studio did the spin-off originate?
Answer: Aardman Animations
Shaun the Sheep spun off from Wallace and Gromit, which is associated here with Aardman Animations.
Question 6
Which company released The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004, proving a sea sponge could absolutely carry a feature film?
- A.Warner Bros.
- B.Nickelodeon Movies
- C.Sony Pictures Animation
Answer: Nickelodeon Movies
Nickelodeon Movies released The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004.
Question 7
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie hit theaters in 2004 under the banner of which company?
Answer: Nickelodeon Movies
Nickelodeon Movies released The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004.
Question 8
In what year did Nickelodeon Movies release The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie?
Answer: 2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released by Nickelodeon Movies in 2004.
Question 9
Which studio also produced Hotel Transylvania, a place where even the check-in desk probably has fangs?
- A.Nickelodeon Movies
- B.Aardman Animations
- C.New York
- D.Sony Pictures Animation
Answer: Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation also produced Hotel Transylvania.
Question 10
Which movie was released by 20th Century Fox in 2007, bringing Springfield's couch-energy to theaters?
- A.Family Guy
- B.The Simpsons Movie
- C.The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
- D.Hotel Transylvania
Answer: The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie was released by 20th Century Fox in 2007.
Question 11
Name the film that 20th Century Fox released in 2007 from the world of Springfield.?
Answer: The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie was released by 20th Century Fox in 2007.
Question 12
Which animated TV series premiered on Fox in 1999, arriving with maximum cutaway confidence?
- A.The Simpsons Movie
- B.Daffy Duck
- C.Shaun the Sheep
- D.Family Guy
Answer: Family Guy
Family Guy premiered on Fox in 1999.
Question 13
What show made its Fox debut in 1999?
Answer: Family Guy
Family Guy is premiering on Fox in 1999.
Hard Animation Studios Trivia
14 questions
These hard Animation Studios trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
Before the Disney studio used the name fans know today, what was its original studio name?
Answer: Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio
The studio's original name was Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.
Question 2
Which earlier company name belongs in the blank: Pixar first existed as the Graphics Group at ____ before becoming independent.?
Answer: Lucasfilm
Pixar began is the Graphics Group at Lucasfilm before becoming an independent company.
Question 3
Who purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm in 1986?
Answer: Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs bought Pixar from Lucasfilm in 1986.
Question 4
What was Pixar's first short film?
Answer: The Adventures of André & Wally B.
Pixar's first short film was The Adventures of André & Wally B.
Question 5
Akira was produced by what credited entity?
Answer: Akira Committee
Akira was produced by the Akira Committee.
Question 6
Name the studio that was formed in 1987: Production I.G., Mushi Production, or Pixar?
- A.Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio
- B.20th Television
- C.Production I.G.
- D.Mushi Production
Answer: Production I.G.
Production I.G. was formed in 1987.
Question 7
True or false: Pixar started out as an independent company and only later became part of Lucasfilm.?
Answer: False
Pixar began is the Graphics Group at Lucasfilm before becoming independent.
Question 8
Which came first in Pixar history: Steve Jobs buying the company from Lucasfilm, or the company existing as Lucasfilm's Graphics Group?
Answer: The company existed first as Lucasfilm's Graphics Group.
Pixar began is the Graphics Group at Lucasfilm before Steve Jobs bought it later.
Question 9
What exact original studio name would you need if you were mailing a letter to Disney at the very beginning?
Answer: Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio
The original name was Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.
Question 10
Which title holds the distinction of being Pixar's first short: The Adventures of André & Wally B. or Luxo Jr.?
- A.Luxo Jr.
- B.Both debuted simultaneously
- C.Neither
- D.The Adventures of André & Wally
Answer: The Adventures of André & Wally B.
Pixar's first short film was The Adventures of André & Wally B.
Question 11
If you land on 1961 in a studio-history timeline, which company's founding are you looking at?
- A.20th Television
- B.Mushi Production
- C.Production I.G.
- D.Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio
Answer: Mushi Production
Mushi Production was founded in 1961.
Question 12
What was the name of the committee credited with producing Akira?
Answer: Akira Committee
Akira was produced by the Akira Committee.
Question 13
Production I.G. entered the world in what year?
Answer: 1987
Production I.G. was formed in 1987.
Question 14
Who was the buyer on the Pixar deal in 1986?
Answer: Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs bought Pixar from Lucasfilm in 1986.
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