Brad Bird Quiz: The Iron Giant, The Incredibles and Ratatouille

This Brad Bird quiz follows the director who moved from The Simpsons to two Oscar-winning Pixar films. Play 10 interactive questions on The Iron Giant and Ted Hughes' story, its box office struggle and cult fame, The Incredibles, Edna Mode's voice, Ratatouille, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, Tomorrowland and Incredibles 2.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

First
Which 1999 film was Brad Bird's first feature?
Book
Which author's story inspired The Iron Giant?
Box
How did The Iron Giant do at first?
TV
Which TV show did Bird work on before features?
Super
Which Pixar film about a superhero family did he direct?
Edna
Which character does Brad Bird voice?
Rat
Which 2007 Pixar film did he direct?
Oscars
How many Best Animated Feature Oscars has he won?
MI
Which live action film did he direct in 2011?
Sequel
When was Incredibles 2 released?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which 1999 film was Brad Bird's first feature?
Answer: The Iron Giant
Warner Bros. released it.
Q2: Which author's story inspired The Iron Giant?
Answer: Ted Hughes
His book is The Iron Man.
Q3: How did The Iron Giant do at first?
Answer: It struggled at the box office
It became a cult classic later.
Q4: Which TV show did Bird work on before features?
Answer: The Simpsons
He was a consultant.
Q5: Which Pixar film about a superhero family did he direct?
Answer: The Incredibles
It came out in 2004.
Q6: Which character does Brad Bird voice?
Answer: Edna Mode
She bans capes.
Q7: Which 2007 Pixar film did he direct?
Answer: Ratatouille
He took over the project.
Q8: How many Best Animated Feature Oscars has he won?
Answer: Two
For The Incredibles and Ratatouille.
Q9: Which live action film did he direct in 2011?
Answer: Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
Tom Cruise climbed the Burj Khalifa.
Q10: When was Incredibles 2 released?
Answer: 2018
It picks up right after the first film.

From a Robot to a Super Family

Brad Bird is an American director and animator who trained at CalArts and worked on The Simpsons. His first feature, The Iron Giant, released by Warner Bros. in 1999, was based on Ted Hughes' story The Iron Man. It struggled at the box office but later became a cult classic.

At Pixar, Bird wrote and directed The Incredibles in 2004, about a superhero family, and voiced the fashion designer Edna Mode, who bans capes. He took over Ratatouille in 2007. Both films won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

Bird moved into live action with Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol in 2011, in which Tom Cruise climbs the Burj Khalifa, followed by Tomorrowland in 2015. He returned to animation with Incredibles 2 in 2018, which broke records for an animated opening.

What This Quiz Teaches

Movie fans will enjoy these questions.

How his career began
What The Iron Giant is about
Which Pixar films he made
Which awards he won
Which live action films he made

Did You Know?

Vin Diesel voiced the Iron Giant.
Michael Giacchino often scores his films.
Jack-Jack has many powers.
He loves mid-century design.
He is known for detailed storyboards.