Grab a piece a paper, jot down your answers, and when you reach the end, see how you scored.
• 1 •
For its use on the short film The Old Mill, what technology was honored with a Scientific or Technical Award at the 1938 Academy Awards?
a) Multiplane camera
b) Rotoscope
c) Three-strip Technicolor camera
d) Multi-channel sound format
• 2 •
In 1939, Walt Disney received a special Academy Award for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Which of the following is not true?
a) Walt Disney introduced the story to his studio artists by acting it out and playing all the characters on a sound stage.
b) Each of the seven dwarfs represents one of seven “stages” of grief.
c) Snow White was the highest grossing film of its time upon its release.
d) Presenter Shirley Temple forgot to mention the name of the film when announcing the award.
• 3 •
The 1939 Oscar-nominated short Peace on Earth was also submitted for the Nobel Prize. What was it about?
a) An animal version of Orson Welles’s The War of the Worlds.
b) Lions fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
c) Animals surviving in a post-apocalyptic world.
d) Two gorillas fighting for peace during WWII.
• 4 •
Walt Disney won the first eight Best Short Subject (Cartoon) awards. For how many of those awards did he compete against himself?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 5
d) 7
• 5 •
What song from a 1930s Best Short Subject (Cartoon) winner became an anthem during the Great Depression?
a) “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
b) “Minnie the Moocher”
c) “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
d) “Heigh-Ho”
• 6 •
What Max Fleischer character earned him a Best Short Subject (Cartoon) nomination in 1936?
a) Koko the Clown
b) Popeye
c) Betty Boop
d) Bimbo
• 7 •
Who broke Walt Disney’s Oscar-winning streak for Best Short Subject (Cartoon) in 1940?
a) Fred Quimby
b) Max Fleischer
c) Walter Lantz
d) Eddie Selzer
• 8 •
In 1942, the animated feature Fantasia received two special Academy Awards, one for “the creation of a new form of visualized music,” and the other for the advancement of sound in the movies. What was the name of the sound system developed for this film?
a) Disneysound
b) Soundasia
d) Magicsound
e) Fantasound
• 9 •
Created by William Hanna and Joe Barbera, Tom and Jerry have seven Oscar-winning shorts under
their belt, beginning with MGM’s 1943 The Yankee Doodle Mouse. What were they named after?
a) A holiday cocktail containing eggnog, brandy, and rum.
b) The WWII nickname for British (Tommy) and German (Jerry) soldiers.
c) Characters in a famous radio soap opera.
d) Hanna and Barbera’s favorite cocktails—a Tom Collins and a Hairy Jerry.
• 10 •
What Chuck Jones duo earned him his first nomination for Best Short Subject (Cartoon) in 1961?
a) Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd
b) Marc Antony and Pussyfoot
c) Pepé Le Pew and Penelope Pussycat
d) Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
• 11 •
Walt Disney holds the individual record for most Oscar wins (32 including honorary, special, and technical awards). He also holds the record for most nominations. How many times was he nominated?
a) 43
b) 59
c) 67
d) 88
• 12 •
Tying with the 2025 Academy Award winner Sean Baker, Walt Disney is the most honored individual in a single Oscar ceremony with four wins in 1954. Which is not one of his winning categories that year?
a) Documentary (Feature)
b) Documentary (Short Subject)
c) Special Achievement
d) Short Subject (Cartoon)
• 13 •
In 1989, Who Framed Roger Rabbit received seven Academy Award nominations. For which did it receive a Special Achievement award?
a) Animation Direction
b) Cinematography
c) Visual Effects
d) Sound Mixing
• 14 •
Which of the following films did not win Oscars for both Best Original Score and Best Original Song?
a) Pinnochio
b) Aladdin
c) The Lion King
d) Frozen
• 15 •
Winning for Best Original Score and Best Original Song, 1991’s Beauty and the Beast was the first animated feature nominated in the category of Best Picture. Which live-action movie did it lose to?
a) JFK
b) The Silence of the Lambs
c) The Prince of Tides
d) Bugsy
• 16 •
For the first time, 2002 saw the arrival of the category for Best Animated Feature. The winner, Shrek, was
also nominated in another category—what was it?
a) Adapted Screenplay
b) Original Score
c) Original Song
d) Film Editing
• 17 •
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won Best Animated Feature in 2019. Which of the following is not true?
a) It also won best animated feature at the Annie Awards, BAFTA Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globes, and New York Film Critics Circle Awards.
b) It was the first Sony Pictures Animation film to win an Oscar.
c) It was the first non-Disney/Pixar film to win an Oscar in 7 years.
d) It was the first superhero film to be nominated for an Oscar.
• 18 •
For the Best Animated Feature category, animation must make up no less than what percentage of the film’s running time.
a) 60%
b) 75%
c) 82%
d) 90%
