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Animation History Quiz With Answers: Test Your Knowledge

Winsor McCay presented Gertie the Dinosaur in 1914, one of the first animated characters with personality, and this animation history quiz with answers traces the art from flip books to computers. Learn about Émile Cohl, Steamboat Willie, Snow White, the rise of TV cartoons, anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka and Toy Story's computer revolution.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Gertie
Who created Gertie the Dinosaur?
Cohl
Which French artist made Fantasmagorie in 1908?
Zoetrope
What is a zoetrope?
Steamboat
Which 1928 short gave Mickey synchronized sound?
Snow White
Which 1937 film was the first US cel-animated feature?
Reiniger
Who made The Adventures of Prince Achmed in 1926?
TV
Which studio made cheap TV cartoons like The Flintstones?
Tezuka
Who is called the godfather of manga and anime?
Toy Story
When was Toy Story released?
Oscar
When was the Best Animated Feature Oscar first awarded?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who created Gertie the Dinosaur?
Answer: Winsor McCay
He performed alongside the film.
Q2: Which French artist made Fantasmagorie in 1908?
Answer: Émile Cohl
It is an early animated film.
Q3: What is a zoetrope?
Answer: A spinning drum that animates pictures
Viewers look through slits.
Q4: Which 1928 short gave Mickey synchronized sound?
Answer: Steamboat Willie
It entered the US public domain in 2024.
Q5: Which 1937 film was the first US cel-animated feature?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Disney took a huge risk.
Q6: Who made The Adventures of Prince Achmed in 1926?
Answer: Lotte Reiniger
It used silhouette cutouts.
Q7: Which studio made cheap TV cartoons like The Flintstones?
Answer: Hanna-Barbera
They used limited animation.
Q8: Who is called the godfather of manga and anime?
Answer: Osamu Tezuka
He created Astro Boy.
Q9: When was Toy Story released?
Answer: 1995
It was the first fully CGI feature.
Q10: When was the Best Animated Feature Oscar first awarded?
Answer: 2002
Shrek won it.

Animation History Quiz – From Flip Books to Pixels

Animation history begins with optical toys like the zoetrope and flip books, which created motion from sequences of images. In 1908, Émile Cohl made Fantasmagorie, and in 1914 Winsor McCay presented Gertie the Dinosaur.

Lotte Reiniger's 1926 The Adventures of Prince Achmed used silhouette cutouts, and Disney's Steamboat Willie gave Mickey sound in 1928. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1937, became the first US cel-animated feature, launching a golden age.

Television brought limited animation from Hanna-Barbera, while Osamu Tezuka shaped Japanese anime with Astro Boy. Pixar's Toy Story became the first fully computer-animated feature in 1995, and the Best Animated Feature Oscar began in 2002.

What This Quiz Teaches

Animation fans and history lovers will enjoy these questions.

Who created Gertie
What a zoetrope is
When Mickey got sound
Who shaped anime
When the animated Oscar began

Did You Know?

Phenakistiscopes were early animation toys.
Felix the Cat starred in the 1920s.
Color cartoons began in the 1930s.
Anime spread globally in the 1990s.
Streaming funds many animated series.