Georges Méliès - Quiz
Georges Méliès
  • 1. Who presented Walt Disney with the Legion of Honour in 1936?
A) Émile Cohl
B) Georges Méliès
C) The text does not specify who presented it
D) Martin Scorsese
  • 2. Which pioneer alongside Méliès was thanked by Walt Disney in 1936?
A) Gaston Méliès
B) Émile Cohl
C) Brian Selznick
D) Terry Gilliam
  • 3. Which Queen single featured portions of A Trip to the Moon?
A) Tonight, Tonight
B) The Loneliest Time
C) Heaven for Everyone
D) Hugo
  • 4. In what year was Queen's single 'Heaven for Everyone' released?
A) 1902
B) 2002
C) 1995
D) 1996
  • 5. Which music video from 1996 was heavily inspired by Méliès's films?
A) The Artemis I theme song
B) Queen's 'Heaven for Everyone'
C) Carly Rae Jepsen's 'The Loneliest Time'
D) The Smashing Pumpkins' 'Tonight, Tonight'
  • 6. Whose 2022 single 'The Loneliest Time' was inspired by Georges Méliès's films?
A) Brian Selznick
B) Carly Rae Jepsen
C) Sir Ben Kingsley
D) Walt Disney
  • 7. What title did Terry Gilliam give to Georges Méliès?
A) The father of modern animation
B) The first great film magician
C) The pioneer of artificial intelligence
D) The king of silent films
  • 8. In what year was Méliès inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame?
A) 2015
B) 2017
C) 2022
D) 2018
  • 9. In what year was Méliès inducted into the Visual Effects Society (VES) Hall of Fame?
A) 2015
B) 2018
C) 2011
D) 2017
  • 10. Which film inspired the Visual Effects Society (VES) logo?
A) The Impossible Voyage
B) A Trip to the Moon
C) Hugo
D) Heaven for Everyone
  • 11. On what date did the first ever virtual reality interactive Google doodle honour Méliès?
A) 21 November 2007
B) 12 December 2022
C) 3 May 2018
D) 19 March 1936
  • 12. What award was the Google doodle honouring Méliès nominated for?
A) Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature
B) BAFTA for Best Short Film
C) Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
D) Emmy for Outstanding Original Interactive Program
  • 13. What space mission carried a picture of Méliès that orbited the Moon in 2022?
A) Artemis I
B) Apollo 11
C) Artemis II
D) Voyager 1
  • 14. Who linked Méliès's special effects to modern uses of artificial intelligence in a 2025 interview?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Brian Selznick
C) Terry Gilliam
D) Christian Clavier
  • 15. With which media outlet did Christian Clavier conduct his 2025 interview about Méliès and AI?
A) The Library of Congress
B) duanju.news
C) Google
D) Brut
  • 16. Who wrote the 2007 novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret?
A) Christian Clavier
B) Émile Cohl
C) Brian Selznick
D) Martin Scorsese
  • 17. What is the primary subject of the 2007 novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret?
A) A fictionalization of the later life of Méliès
B) The biography of Walt Disney
C) The history of the French army
D) The creation of the VES logo
  • 18. Who directed the film Hugo, which adapted The Invention of Hugo Cabret?
A) Terry Gilliam
B) Christian Clavier
C) Martin Scorsese
D) Georges Méliès
  • 19. Who played Georges Méliès in the 2011 film Hugo?
A) Walt Disney
B) Sir Ben Kingsley
C) Christian Clavier
D) Brian Selznick
  • 20. Roughly how many Méliès films remain in existence today out of over 500?
A) 300
B) 100
C) 450
D) 200
  • 21. Who destroyed a portion of Méliès's original negatives?
A) Georges Méliès
B) Gaston Méliès
C) The U.S. Library of Congress
D) The French army
  • 22. Which military organization confiscated some of Méliès's prints?
A) The American army
B) The German army
C) The French army
D) The British army
  • 23. Where does the majority of preserved Méliès films come from?
A) The U.S. Library of Congress
B) The French National Archives
C) The Walt Disney Archives
D) The Visual Effects Society
  • 24. Who set up the American branch of Star Films in 1902?
A) Georges Méliès
B) Christian Clavier
C) Brian Selznick
D) Gaston Méliès
  • 25. How did Gaston Méliès preserve the copyright for all new Star Films in America?
A) By publishing a novel about them
B) By storing original negatives in the Library of Congress
C) By registering them with the French army
D) By submitting paper prints of each frame
  • 26. In what year was A Trip to the Moon released?
A) 1995
B) 1936
C) 1902
D) 1904
  • 27. In what year was The Impossible Voyage released?
A) 2007
B) 2011
C) 1904
D) 1902
  • 28. What type of prints were submitted to the U.S. Library of Congress to preserve Star Films copyright?
A) Original glass negatives
B) Canvas paintings
C) Paper prints of each frame
D) Digital video files
  • 29. Which website or platform echoed Christian Clavier's ideas about Méliès and AI?
A) Google
B) Library of Congress
C) duanju.news
D) Brut
  • 30. What general factor contributed to the loss of many silent-era films including Méliès's work?
A) Accidental erasure on magnetic tape
B) Intentional burning by the U.S. Library of Congress
C) The typical deterioration of the majority of films made in the silent era
D) Destruction by the American branch of Star Films
  • 31. In what year was Georges Méliès's film Joan of Arc released?
A) 1902
B) 1900
C) 1901
D) 1903
  • 32. How long was the film Joan of Arc?
A) 13 minutes
B) 7 minutes
C) 10 minutes
D) 24 minutes
  • 33. In which film did Méliès play seven instruments simultaneously by multiplying himself on camera?
A) The One-Man Band
B) The Brahmin and the Butterfly
C) The Melomaniac
D) The Christmas Dream
  • 34. Which film merged cinematic effects with traditional Christmas pantomime scenes?
A) The Christmas Dream
B) Red Riding Hood
C) Rip's Dream
D) Joan of Arc
  • 35. Which two féeries made by Méliès in 1901 were based on stories by Charles Perrault?
A) Jack and the Beanstalk and Rip's Dream
B) Cinderella and Robinson Crusoe
C) Red Riding Hood and Blue Beard
D) Gulliver's Travels and The Christmas Dream
  • 36. In the film Blue Beard, which actors co-starred with Georges Méliès?
A) Edwin S. Porter and Charles Urban
B) Louise de Mirmont and Victor de Cottens
C) Phoebe and Mabouloff
D) Jeanne d'Alcy and Bleuette Bernon
  • 37. Which 1902 film directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Company was considered a less successful American version of several Méliès films?
A) A Trip to the Moon
B) Jack and the Beanstalk
C) The Coronation of Edward VII
D) The Impossible Voyage
  • 38. What mechanism did Méliès use to create the illusion of a character changing size starting in 1902?
A) Electric studio lights
B) Parallel cross-cutting
C) A pulley-drawn chair system
D) A superimposed fish tank
  • 39. In the film The Devil and the Statue, who comes to the rescue of Juliet?
A) The Virgin Mary
B) Engineer Mabouloff
C) The Moon goddess Phoebe
D) Professor Barbenfouillis
  • 40. What is the name of the character played by Méliès in A Trip to the Moon?
A) Engineer Mabouloff
B) Professor Barbenfouillis
C) Edward VII
D) The Brahmin
  • 41. Who played the Moon goddess Phoebe in A Trip to the Moon?
A) Bleuette Bernon
B) Louise de Mirmont
C) Acrobats from the Folies Bergère
D) Jeanne d'Alcy
  • 42. Who played the Moon aliens in A Trip to the Moon?
A) Acrobats from the Folies Bergère
B) Gaston Méliès and Lucien Reulos
C) Charles Urban and Thomas Edison
D) Actors from the Théâtre Robert-Houdin
  • 43. What was used to create the illusion of the deep ocean when the spaceship landed back on Earth in A Trip to the Moon?
A) A pulley-drawn chair system
B) Hand-coloured film prints
C) Electric stage lighting
D) A superimposed fish tank
  • 44. Who assisted Gaston Méliès in the United States?
A) Thomas Edison
B) Lucien Reulos
C) Jean Mitry
D) Victor de Cottens
  • 45. Who commissioned The Coronation of Edward VII?
A) Thomas Edison
B) Victor de Cottens
C) Charles Urban
D) Siegmund Lubin
  • 46. Which film critic called The Kingdom of the Fairies undoubtedly Méliès's best film?
A) Edwin S. Porter
B) Jean Mitry
C) Charles Musser
D) Lewis Jacobs
  • 47. How many superimpositions did Méliès use in The Melomaniac?
A) Twenty-four
B) Thirteen
C) Four
D) Seven
  • 48. What was the name of the engineer played by Méliès in The Impossible Voyage?
A) Engineer Mabouloff
B) The Brahmin
C) Professor Barbenfouillis
D) Le Cyclone
  • 49. What were the vehicles used for travel in The Impossible Voyage called?
A) L'Omnibus des toqués
B) Automobouloffs
C) Submarines
D) Artillery shells
  • 50. How long was the film The Impossible Voyage?
A) 100 years
B) 24 minutes
C) Six weeks
D) 13 minutes
  • 51. Which film critic described The Impossible Voyage as a masterpiece for its day?
A) Jean Mitry
B) Charles Musser
C) Lewis Jacobs
D) Edwin S. Porter
  • 52. Who invited Méliès to create a special effects film for a theatre revue at the Folies Bergère in 1904?
A) Charles Urban
B) Gaston Méliès
C) Victor de Cottens
D) Thomas Edison
  • 53. In late 1904, which American inventor sued Star Films along with Paley & Steiner, Pathé Frères, and Eberhard Schneider?
A) Thomas Edison
B) William Selig
C) Edwin S. Porter
D) Siegmund Lubin
  • 54. What was the name of Méliès's first new stage trick in several years, created for the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in 1905?
A) Le Voyage dans l'espace
B) Le Cyclone
C) Les Phénomènes du Spiritisme
D) Rip's Dream
  • 55. What improvements did Méliès make to his studio at Montreuil in 1905?
A) Added a pulley-drawn chair system and a fish tank
B) Installed electric lights, added a second stage, and bought costumes from other sources
C) Converted to blackface burlesque
D) Opened an office in New York City
  • 56. Which 1905 film was based on the Rip Van Winkle legend and the opera by Robert Planquette?
A) Rip's Dream
B) The Palace of the Arabian Nights
C) The Witch
D) The Merry Deeds of Satan
  • 57. By the end of 1905, by what percentage did Gaston Méliès cut the prices of all films in the Star Films catalog to improve sales?
A) 20%
B) 5%
C) 50%
D) 10%
  • 58. When was Georges Méliès born?
A) 21 January 1938
B) 15 June 1855
C) 10 November 1865
D) 8 December 1861
  • 59. In which city was Georges Méliès born?
A) London
B) Amsterdam
C) Paris
D) Berlin
  • 60. What was the profession of Méliès's father before he moved to Paris?
A) Painter
B) Filmmaker
C) Shoemaker
D) Magician
  • 61. Which school did Méliès attend until it was bombed during the Franco-Prussian War?
A) Lycée Louis-le-Grand
B) University of Paris
C) Lycée Michelet
D) École des Beaux-Arts
  • 62. At what age did young Georges begin building cardboard puppet theatres?
A) 14
B) 10
C) 7
D) 18
  • 63. What degree did Méliès graduate with from the Lycée in 1880?
A) Diplôme d'Ingénieur
B) Baccalauréat
C) Doctorate
D) Master of Arts
  • 64. Which city was Méliès sent to by his father to work as a clerk and improve his English?
A) New York
B) Geneva
C) London
D) Brussels
  • 65. Whose illusion shows at the Egyptian Hall inspired Méliès's lifelong passion for stage magic?
A) Robert W. Paul
B) John Nevil Maskelyne
C) Emile Voisin
D) Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin
  • 66. Which magician gave Méliès magic lessons and the opportunity to perform his first public shows?
A) Emile Voisin
B) John Nevil Maskelyne
C) Eugène Calmels
D) Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin
  • 67. What was one of Méliès's best-known stage illusions where a professor's severed head continues talking?
A) The Vanishing Lady
B) The One-Man Band
C) The Four Troublesome Heads
D) The Recalcitrant Decapitated Man
  • 68. For which liberal newspaper did Méliès work as a political cartoonist?
A) Le Monde
B) La Griffe
C) La Presse
D) Le Figaro
  • 69. When did Méliès attend the Lumière brothers' special private demonstration of the cinematograph?
A) 8 December 1861
B) 1 September 1896
C) 27 December 1895
D) 15 April 1896
  • 70. Whose film projector did Méliès purchase in London after the Lumières refused to sell him one?
A) Gaumont
B) Robert W. Paul
C) Pathé
D) Thomas Edison
  • 71. Approximately how many films did Méliès direct from 1896 to 1913?
A) Over 2000
B) Exactly 100
C) Over 500
D) Under 50
  • 72. What was the title of Méliès's first film, which was similar to an early Lumière film?
A) A Trip to the Moon
B) Cinderella
C) The Vanishing Lady
D) Playing Cards
  • 73. Which substitution trick accident inspired Méliès to discover stop-trick special effects?
A) A bus changing into a hearse
B) A house catching on fire
C) A horse turning into a dog
D) A train crashing into a station
  • 74. What was the title of the film where Méliès first used the substitution trick to turn a person into a skeleton?
A) The One-Man Band
B) The Vanishing Lady
C) The Cave of the Demons
D) A Terrible Night
  • 75. In which town just outside Paris did Méliès build his glass-walled film studio?
A) Saint-Denis
B) Versailles
C) Boulogne-Billancourt
D) Montreuil
  • 76. Which singer commissioned Méliès in 1897 to make films of his performances, requiring studio arc and mercury lamps?
A) Charles Perrault
B) Paulus
C) John Nevil Maskelyne
D) Alfred Dreyfus
  • 77. What is the title of the surviving 'stag film' by Star Films that stars Jeanne d'Alcy stripping down to a flesh-coloured leotard?
A) After the Ball
B) A Hypnotist at Work
C) A Dinner Under Difficulties
D) Peeping Tom at the Seaside
  • 78. What is the title of the film in which Méliès removes his own head three times to create a musical chorus?
A) The One-Man Band
B) The Four Troublesome Heads
C) The Recalcitrant Decapitated Man
D) A Trip to the Moon
  • 79. In what year was Méliès's previously lost early horror film Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb rediscovered in Paris?
A) 1938
B) 1899
C) 2005
D) 1902
  • 80. Which historical political scandal was the basis for Méliès's ambitious historical reconstruction film in 1899?
A) The French Revolution
B) The Franco-Prussian War
C) The Dreyfus Affair
D) The Napoleonic Wars
  • 81. What term is used for Méliès's films that featured multiple scenes?
A) Tableaux
B) Tablets
C) Féeries
D) Tableches
  • 82. What trade union did Méliès and other filmmakers establish in 1900 to defend themselves in foreign markets?
A) French Filmmakers Guild
B) Star Film Protection League
C) Chambre Syndicale des Editeurs Cinématographiques
D) International Cinematograph Union
  • 83. Méliès was one of the first filmmakers to use which pre-production tool in his work?
A) Script doctors
B) Teleprompters
C) Storyboards
D) Megaphones
  • 84. Where did Gaston Méliès establish his first studio, the Méliès Manufacturing Company?
A) Chicago
B) Paris
C) San Antonio
D) New York City
  • 85. Where did Gaston Méliès move his manufacturing company after Chicago?
A) San Antonio, Texas
B) Southern California
C) Fort Lee, New Jersey
D) Tahiti
  • 86. What type of films did Gaston Méliès produce at his Star Film Ranch in San Antonio?
A) Documentaries
B) Westerns
C) Stage magic revues
D) Féeries
  • 87. What name did Gaston give to his branch of Star Films by 1911?
A) Vitagraph Studios
B) Méliès Manufacturing Company
C) American Wildwest Productions
D) Star Film Ranch
  • 88. Which company signed an agreement with Star Films in 1910 to distribute all of its films?
A) Gaumont
B) Biograph
C) Vitagraph
D) Pathé Frères
  • 89. Who did Pathé hire to trim Cinderella or the Glass Slipper down to 33 minutes?
A) Jean Mitry
B) Miriam Rosen
C) Ferdinand Zecca
D) Gaston Méliès
  • 90. Where did Gaston Méliès travel with a film crew in the summer of 1912?
A) San Antonio, Texas
B) Tahiti
C) Montreuil, France
D) Fort Lee, New Jersey
  • 91. To whom did Gaston Méliès have to sell the American branch of Star Films after losing $50,000?
A) Vitagraph Studios
B) Charles Pathé
C) Thomas Edison
D) Gaumont
  • 92. When did Gaston Méliès die?
A) 1913
B) 1923
C) 1910
D) 1915
  • 93. What was the name of Georges Méliès's son who was left motherless in 1913?
A) Charles
B) André
C) Gaston
D) Ferdinand
  • 94. What was the occupation of Jehanne d'Alcy before their marriage?
A) Journalist
B) Film director
C) Nurse
D) Actress
  • 95. Who was the first film historian to demonstrate Méliès's importance to the industry?
A) Georges-Michel Coissac
B) Henri Langlois
C) Louis Lumière
D) Eugène Lauste
  • 96. In what year did Georges-Michel Coissac interview Méliès for a book on cinema history?
A) 1926
B) 1925
C) 1924
D) 1929
  • 97. In what year did Ciné-Journal locate Méliès and commission his memoir?
A) 1926
B) 1931
C) 1938
D) 1924
  • 98. Where was the gala retrospective of Méliès's work held in December 1929?
A) Père Lachaise Cemetery
B) Orly Retirement Home
C) Salle Pleyel
D) Gare Montparnasse
  • 99. How many hours a day did Méliès report working in his letter to Eugène Lauste?
A) 16 hours
B) 14 hours
C) 10 hours
D) 8 hours
  • 100. Which organization arranged a place for Méliès at the film industry's retirement home in 1932?
A) The Cinema Society
B) Léopold Bellan Hospital
C) Cinémathèque française
D) Ciné-Journal
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