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