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