Ponyo - Quiz
  • 1. What was Ponyo's opening weekend box office earnings in the United States and Canada?
A) $187,461,411
B) $15,743,471
C) $203,204,882
D) $3,585,852
  • 2. How many screens did Ponyo open on in the United States and Canada?
A) 750 screens
B) 1000 screens
C) 927 screens
D) 500 screens
  • 3. What was the per screen average for Ponyo's opening weekend in the United States and Canada?
A) $5,000
B) $3,868
C) $2,500
D) $4,000
  • 4. At what position did Ponyo open at the United States and Canada box office?
A) Number five
B) Number one
C) Number ten
D) Number nine
  • 5. What was Ponyo's total box office earnings in the United States and Canada?
A) $203,204,882
B) $15,743,471
C) $187,461,411
D) $3,585,852
  • 6. What was Ponyo's total worldwide box office earnings?
A) $187,461,411
B) $15,743,471
C) $203,204,882
D) $3,585,852
  • 7. On which date was Ponyo released on DVD and Blu-ray?
A) April 1, 2010
B) March 2, 2010
C) June 15, 2010
D) December 25, 2009
  • 8. What percentage of reviews were positive on Rotten Tomatoes for Ponyo?
A) 85%
B) 75%
C) 91%
D) 95%
  • 9. What average score did Ponyo receive on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 8.5/10
B) 7.6/10
C) 9.0/10
D) 6.5/10
  • 10. What was Ponyo's weighted average score on Metacritic?
A) 65 out of 100
B) 86 out of 100
C) 95 out of 100
D) 75 out of 100
  • 11. How many stars did The Japan Times give Ponyo?
A) Five out of five stars
B) Two out of five stars
C) Three out of five stars
D) Four out of five stars
  • 12. Which film did The Japan Times compare Ponyo to?
A) Princess Mononoke
B) Spirited Away
C) Howl's Moving Castle
D) My Neighbor Totoro
  • 13. How many stars did Wendy Ide of The Times give Ponyo?
A) 2 stars out of 5
B) 4 stars out of 5
C) 3 stars out of 5
D) 5 stars out of 5
  • 14. What rating did Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times give Ponyo?
A) Four out of four stars
B) One out of four stars
C) Two out of four stars
D) Three out of four stars
  • 15. What word did Roger Ebert use to describe Ponyo?
A) Simplistic
B) Chaotic
C) Ordinary
D) Magical
  • 16. What position did Ponyo hold on Dentsu's list of '2008 Hit Products in Japan'?
A) #4
B) #3
C) #1
D) #2
  • 17. Which film festival was Ponyo an entrant in?
A) Toronto International Film Festival
B) Cannes Film Festival
C) 65th Venice International Film Festival
D) Berlin International Film Festival
  • 18. What award did Ponyo receive at the Bologna Future Film Festival?
A) Special mention
B) Best Director
C) Best Animation
D) Best Screenplay
  • 19. How many awards did Ponyo win at the 8th annual Tokyo Anime Awards?
A) Five awards
B) Seven awards
C) Three awards
D) Ten awards
  • 20. Which award did Miyazaki receive at the 8th annual Tokyo Anime Awards?
A) Best editing and best sound
B) Best animation and best music
C) Best director and best original story
D) Best art direction and best screenplay
  • 21. Who received the award for best art direction at the 8th annual Tokyo Anime Awards?
A) Hayao Miyazaki
B) John Lasseter
C) Noboru Yoshida
D) Isao Takahata
  • 22. What awards did Ponyo win at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize?
A) Best Animation and Best Music
B) Best Director and Best Screenplay
C) Best Picture and Best Sound
D) Animation of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Music
  • 23. What position did 'Gake no Ue no Ponyo' reach on the Oricon Weekly Charts after the film's release?
A) 14th
B) 24th
C) 6th
D) 3rd
  • 24. Who composed the film score for Ponyo?
A) Takaaki Fujioka
B) Joe Hisaishi
C) Naoya Fujimaki
D) Miyazaki
  • 25. Which label published the score album of Ponyo in Europe?
A) Pony Canyon Korea
B) Colosseum
C) Oricon
D) Tokuma Japan Communications
  • 26. Which event did Nozomi Ōhashi participate in as the youngest participant at age 8?
A) 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
B) Pony Canyon Korea release
C) Oricon Weekly Charts
D) Tokuma Japan Communications release
  • 27. What type of design is used in the typography of Ponyo's promotional materials?
A) Serif typeface
B) Sans-serif typeface
C) Script typeface
D) Monospaced typeface
  • 28. Who was involved in the promotional planning for Ponyo?
A) Nozomi Ōhashi
B) Fujioka Fujimaki
C) Joe Hisaishi
D) Toshio Suzuki
  • 29. What is a characteristic of the promotional images' composition for Ponyo?
A) Complex composition with crowded elements
B) Symmetrical composition
C) Minimal composition with open space
D) Abstract composition
  • 30. What was the rank of 'Gake no Ue no Ponyo' on the Oricon Yearly Charts by the end of 2008?
A) 24th
B) 14th
C) 3rd
D) 6th
  • 31. Which traditional animation technique is reflected in the promotional typography for Ponyo?
A) Hand drawn aspects
B) Digital animation
C) Stop-motion animation
D) 3D animation
  • 32. Who directed the film 'Ponyo'?
A) John Lasseter
B) Satoshi Kon
C) Isao Takahata
D) Hayao Miyazaki
  • 33. In what year was 'Ponyo' originally released in Japan?
A) 2009
B) 2007
C) 2008
D) 2010
  • 34. What is the name of the five-year-old boy who befriends Ponyo?
A) Kōichi
B) Gran Mamare
C) Sōsuke
D) Fujimoto
  • 35. What does Ponyo desire to become?
A) A dolphin
B) A mermaid
C) A jellyfish
D) A human girl
  • 36. Which character is a misanthropic wizard and Ponyo's father?
A) Sōsuke
B) Gran Mamare
C) Kōichi
D) Fujimoto
  • 37. Who is the Goddess of Mercy in 'Ponyo'?
A) Brunhilde
B) Gran Mamare
C) Lisa
D) Sōsuke's mother
  • 38. What happens if Sōsuke fails the test given by Gran Mamare?
A) Ponyo will turn into sea foam
B) Ponyo will remain a fish
C) Sōsuke will turn into a fish
D) The ocean will dry up
  • 39. What does Sōsuke need to do to complete Ponyo's transformation into a human?
A) Kiss a bubble given to him
B) Sing a song
C) Find a magic stone
D) Solve a riddle
  • 40. What does Ponyo lick to begin her transformation into a human?
A) Sōsuke's blood
B) A spell book
C) A piece of fruit
D) A magic potion
  • 41. What happens to the land around Sōsuke and Ponyo's house?
A) It is covered by the ocean
B) It is covered in snow
C) It turns into a forest
D) It becomes a desert
  • 42. What does Fujimoto decide about Sōsuke at the end of the film?
A) He wants to teach him magic
B) He wants to be friends with him
C) He can trust him
D) He wants to adopt him
  • 43. Which book by Natsume Sōseki influenced Miyazaki while creating Ponyo?
A) The Gate.
B) I Am a Cat.
C) Sanshirō.
D) Kokoro.
  • 44. Who was the animation supervisor for Ponyo?
A) Toshio Suzuki.
B) Hayao Miyazaki.
C) Katsuya Kondō.
D) Gorō Miyazaki.
  • 45. Which opera inspired some elements of Ponyo?
A) Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata.
B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute.
C) Richard Wagner's Die Walküre.
D) Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio.
  • 46. What is Ponyo's birth name?
A) Sōsuke.
B) Ponyo.
C) Brunhilde.
D) Gorō.
  • 47. How many screens did Ponyo open on in Japan?
A) 481
B) 38
C) 927
D) 26
  • 48. Which film did Ponyo beat on its opening day in Japan?
A) Howl's Moving Castle
B) Spirited Away
C) Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior
D) Princess Mononoke
  • 49. Which organization chose Ponyo as Animation of the Year in 2008?
A) The Kennedy/Marshall Company
B) Anime News Network
C) Walt Disney Studios
D) Tokyo Anime Fair
  • 50. Which format was Ponyo the first Studio Ghibli film to be released on in Japan?
A) DVD
B) Blu-ray
C) Digital
D) VHS
  • 51. On what date was Ponyo released in the U.S. and Canada?
A) August 14, 2009
B) March 2, 2010
C) July 19, 2008
D) January 1, 2009
  • 52. Who wrote the English script for Ponyo?
A) John Lasseter
B) Melissa Mathison
C) Peter Sohn
D) Brad Lewis
  • 53. When was Ponyo released in Southeast Asia?
A) March 2, 2010
B) July 19, 2008
C) January 1, 2009
D) August 14, 2009
  • 54. Which company re-issued Ponyo on Blu-ray and DVD on October 17, 2017?
A) GKIDS
B) The Kennedy/Marshall Company
C) Tokyo Anime Fair
D) Walt Disney Studios
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