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