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  • 1. What was Ponyo's opening weekend box office earnings in the United States and Canada?
A) $203,204,882
B) $3,585,852
C) $187,461,411
D) $15,743,471
  • 2. How many screens did Ponyo open on in the United States and Canada?
A) 1000 screens
B) 927 screens
C) 500 screens
D) 750 screens
  • 3. What was the per screen average for Ponyo's opening weekend in the United States and Canada?
A) $3,868
B) $2,500
C) $5,000
D) $4,000
  • 4. At what position did Ponyo open at the United States and Canada box office?
A) Number nine
B) Number ten
C) Number five
D) Number one
  • 5. What was Ponyo's total box office earnings in the United States and Canada?
A) $15,743,471
B) $203,204,882
C) $3,585,852
D) $187,461,411
  • 6. What was Ponyo's total worldwide box office earnings?
A) $187,461,411
B) $15,743,471
C) $3,585,852
D) $203,204,882
  • 7. On which date was Ponyo released on DVD and Blu-ray?
A) March 2, 2010
B) December 25, 2009
C) April 1, 2010
D) June 15, 2010
  • 8. What percentage of reviews were positive on Rotten Tomatoes for Ponyo?
A) 91%
B) 85%
C) 75%
D) 95%
  • 9. What average score did Ponyo receive on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 7.6/10
B) 8.5/10
C) 9.0/10
D) 6.5/10
  • 10. What was Ponyo's weighted average score on Metacritic?
A) 95 out of 100
B) 86 out of 100
C) 65 out of 100
D) 75 out of 100
  • 11. How many stars did The Japan Times give Ponyo?
A) Two out of five stars
B) Five 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) My Neighbor Totoro
B) Howl's Moving Castle
C) Spirited Away
D) Princess Mononoke
  • 13. How many stars did Wendy Ide of The Times give Ponyo?
A) 4 stars out of 5
B) 3 stars out of 5
C) 2 stars out of 5
D) 5 stars out of 5
  • 14. What rating did Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times give Ponyo?
A) One out of four stars
B) Two out of four stars
C) Four out of four stars
D) Three out of four stars
  • 15. What word did Roger Ebert use to describe Ponyo?
A) Ordinary
B) Magical
C) Chaotic
D) Simplistic
  • 16. What position did Ponyo hold on Dentsu's list of '2008 Hit Products in Japan'?
A) #3
B) #1
C) #4
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) Best Screenplay
B) Best Director
C) Special mention
D) Best Animation
  • 19. How many awards did Ponyo win at the 8th annual Tokyo Anime Awards?
A) Ten awards
B) Seven awards
C) Five awards
D) Three awards
  • 20. Which award did Miyazaki receive at the 8th annual Tokyo Anime Awards?
A) Best art direction and best screenplay
B) Best director and best original story
C) Best editing and best sound
D) Best animation and best music
  • 21. Who received the award for best art direction at the 8th annual Tokyo Anime Awards?
A) John Lasseter
B) Hayao Miyazaki
C) Isao Takahata
D) Noboru Yoshida
  • 22. What awards did Ponyo win at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize?
A) Best Director and Best Screenplay
B) Animation of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Music
C) Best Animation and Best Music
D) Best Picture and Best Sound
  • 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) 3rd
D) 6th
  • 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) Colosseum
B) Oricon
C) Pony Canyon Korea
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) Oricon Weekly Charts
C) Pony Canyon Korea release
D) Tokuma Japan Communications release
  • 27. What type of design is used in the typography of Ponyo's promotional materials?
A) Sans-serif typeface
B) Script typeface
C) Serif typeface
D) Monospaced typeface
  • 28. Who was involved in the promotional planning for Ponyo?
A) Joe Hisaishi
B) Nozomi Ōhashi
C) Fujioka Fujimaki
D) Toshio Suzuki
  • 29. What is a characteristic of the promotional images' composition for Ponyo?
A) Symmetrical composition
B) Complex composition with crowded elements
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) Digital animation
B) Hand drawn aspects
C) 3D animation
D) Stop-motion animation
  • 32. Who directed the film 'Ponyo'?
A) Hayao Miyazaki
B) Isao Takahata
C) John Lasseter
D) Satoshi Kon
  • 33. In what year was 'Ponyo' originally released in Japan?
A) 2009
B) 2008
C) 2007
D) 2010
  • 34. What is the name of the five-year-old boy who befriends Ponyo?
A) Gran Mamare
B) Kōichi
C) Sōsuke
D) Fujimoto
  • 35. What does Ponyo desire to become?
A) A human girl
B) A dolphin
C) A jellyfish
D) A mermaid
  • 36. Which character is a misanthropic wizard and Ponyo's father?
A) Fujimoto
B) Gran Mamare
C) Kōichi
D) Sōsuke
  • 37. Who is the Goddess of Mercy in 'Ponyo'?
A) Brunhilde
B) Gran Mamare
C) Sōsuke's mother
D) Lisa
  • 38. What happens if Sōsuke fails the test given by Gran Mamare?
A) The ocean will dry up
B) Sōsuke will turn into a fish
C) Ponyo will turn into sea foam
D) Ponyo will remain a fish
  • 39. What does Sōsuke need to do to complete Ponyo's transformation into a human?
A) Kiss a bubble given to him
B) Find a magic stone
C) Sing a song
D) Solve a riddle
  • 40. What does Ponyo lick to begin her transformation into a human?
A) A piece of fruit
B) A spell book
C) A magic potion
D) Sōsuke's blood
  • 41. What happens to the land around Sōsuke and Ponyo's house?
A) It is covered in snow
B) It is covered by the ocean
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 can trust him
B) He wants to adopt him
C) He wants to teach him magic
D) He wants to be friends with him
  • 43. Which book by Natsume Sōseki influenced Miyazaki while creating Ponyo?
A) Sanshirō.
B) I Am a Cat.
C) The Gate.
D) Kokoro.
  • 44. Who was the animation supervisor for Ponyo?
A) Toshio Suzuki.
B) Gorō Miyazaki.
C) Hayao Miyazaki.
D) Katsuya Kondō.
  • 45. Which opera inspired some elements of Ponyo?
A) Richard Wagner's Die Walküre.
B) Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata.
C) Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio.
D) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute.
  • 46. What is Ponyo's birth name?
A) Ponyo.
B) Brunhilde.
C) Sōsuke.
D) Gorō.
  • 47. How many screens did Ponyo open on in Japan?
A) 26
B) 927
C) 38
D) 481
  • 48. Which film did Ponyo beat on its opening day in Japan?
A) Spirited Away
B) Howl's Moving Castle
C) Princess Mononoke
D) Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior
  • 49. Which organization chose Ponyo as Animation of the Year in 2008?
A) Walt Disney Studios
B) Anime News Network
C) The Kennedy/Marshall Company
D) Tokyo Anime Fair
  • 50. Which format was Ponyo the first Studio Ghibli film to be released on in Japan?
A) Blu-ray
B) Digital
C) VHS
D) DVD
  • 51. On what date was Ponyo released in the U.S. and Canada?
A) January 1, 2009
B) August 14, 2009
C) March 2, 2010
D) July 19, 2008
  • 52. Who wrote the English script for Ponyo?
A) Brad Lewis
B) Melissa Mathison
C) John Lasseter
D) Peter Sohn
  • 53. When was Ponyo released in Southeast Asia?
A) July 19, 2008
B) January 1, 2009
C) March 2, 2010
D) August 14, 2009
  • 54. Which company re-issued Ponyo on Blu-ray and DVD on October 17, 2017?
A) Walt Disney Studios
B) GKIDS
C) The Kennedy/Marshall Company
D) Tokyo Anime Fair
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