Hayao Miyazaki Trivia Quiz

Answer: Kiki's Delivery Service

In the story of "Kiki's Delivery Service", Kiki is a witch in training who must go to a city of her choice and live on her own for one year. She lives in a bakery and operates a delivery service since the only witch craft she is good at is broom flying.

Answer: Mononoke

"Princess Mononoke" is one of Miyazaki's more adult oriented movies, since it contains some gore and violence. It still shows his beautiful art style and excellent story telling as it follows the adventure of a boy warrior named Ashitaka as he encounters the mysterious Princess Mononoke.

Chihiro and Sen are from "Spirited Away" and Sheeta is from "Castle in the Sky" also known as "Laputa".

Answer: Porco Rosso

In "Porco Rosso" an ace pilot named Marco Rossolinni has his face transformed into that of a pig. Even with his new features, he continues to fly his plane, fighting seaplane pirates for bounty.

Answer: Nausicaä

"Nausicaä and the Valley of the Wind" tells the tale of a world destroyed by polution. Those who survived the catastrophe try to live while defending themselves against giant teretorial insects and clouds of poison mist.

Jiji is Kiki's cat from "Kiki's Delivery Service", Lady Eboshi is the leader of an all woman work force in "Princess Mononoke" and Dola is the captain of the Dola Pirates in "Castle in the Sky" also known as "Laputa".

Answer: Castle in the Sky

In the story of "Castle in the Sky" we follow the journey of a boy named Pazu who dreams of finding the lost city of Laputa. He joins with a girl named Sheeta who turns out to be a Laputian Princess.

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These magic words were taught to Sheeta by her grandmother. They translate from the ancient language of the Laputians as "save me and revive the eternal light". When cast, this spell reveals the location of the lost city, Laputa.

Answer: Mark Hamill

After making the "Star Wars" movies, Mark Hamill's career went downhill. However, he made a comeback by becoming a voice actor for cartoons and voiced several wonderful characters such as Col. Muska and even the Joker from "Batman: The Animated Series".

James Van Der Beek voiced Pazu, who is also from "Castle in the Sky", Billy Crudup voiced Ashitaka from "Princess Mononoke" and Matthew Lawrence voiced Tombo from "Kiki's Delivery Service".

Answer: Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin from "X-Men" voiced Sheeta as well as James Ray Steam from Otomo's "Steamboy".

Gillian Anderson voiced Moro and Claire Danes voiced Mononoke both from "Princess Mononoke". Kirsten Dunst voiced Kiki from "Kiki's Delivery Service".

Answer: Kohaku River

Haku is actually the spirit of the Kohaku River. After his river was filled in and apartments were built in its place, Haku forgot who he was and wandered into the trap of Yubaba, living his life in servitude until Chihiro remembered his name.

Answer: Ghibli

Studio Ghibli is the animation studio that was created by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. For more information, visit the following website.

http://www.nausicaa.net/