Coraline Quiz: The Other Mother and Button-Eyed Clues

A small door behind wallpaper leads to a copy of home that seems better in every way, and this Coraline quiz searches for the clues that reveal the trap. Play 10 interactive questions on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novella, Henry Selick's 2009 stop-motion film, the Pink Palace, the talking cat, Wybie, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, the seeing stone and the ghost children.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Author
Who wrote the novella Coraline?
Director
Who directed the 2009 film?
Studio
Which studio made the stop-motion film?
Eyes
What does the Other Mother want to sew onto Coraline?
House
What is the name of the house Coraline moves into?
Cat
What can the black cat do in the other world?
Wybie
Which character was created for the film and is not in the book?
Neighbors
Which retired actresses live downstairs?
Stone
What helps Coraline find the ghost children's eyes?
3D
What was technically special about the film?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who wrote the novella Coraline?
Answer: Neil Gaiman
It was published in 2002.
Q2: Who directed the 2009 film?
Answer: Henry Selick
He also directed The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Q3: Which studio made the stop-motion film?
Answer: Laika
It was Laika's first feature.
Q4: What does the Other Mother want to sew onto Coraline?
Answer: Buttons for eyes
It is the price of staying.
Q5: What is the name of the house Coraline moves into?
Answer: The Pink Palace
It is divided into apartments.
Q6: What can the black cat do in the other world?
Answer: Talk
He helps Coraline.
Q7: Which character was created for the film and is not in the book?
Answer: Wybie
He gives Coraline a doll.
Q8: Which retired actresses live downstairs?
Answer: Miss Spink and Miss Forcible
They read tea leaves.
Q9: What helps Coraline find the ghost children's eyes?
Answer: A stone with a hole in it
Looking through it reveals hidden things.
Q10: What was technically special about the film?
Answer: It was the first stop-motion feature shot in stereoscopic 3D
Each puppet was hand-made.

Coraline Quiz – The Other Mother and Button-Eyed Clues

Coraline is a 2002 novella by Neil Gaiman about a girl who discovers a small door in her new home, the Pink Palace. It leads to an other world with an Other Mother who seems kind, cooks wonderful food and pays attention to her.

But the Other Mother wants to sew buttons over Coraline's eyes so she can keep her forever. A talking black cat, a seeing stone with a hole in it and the souls of ghost children help Coraline uncover the truth.

Laika's 2009 stop-motion film, directed by Henry Selick, added Wybie, a neighbor boy. It was the first stop-motion feature shot in stereoscopic 3D and earned an Oscar nomination.

What This Quiz Teaches

Readers and film fans will enjoy these questions.

Who created Coraline
What the other world offers
Which characters help her
How the film differs
Why it was a technical milestone

Did You Know?

The novella won Hugo and Nebula awards.
Dakota Fanning voiced Coraline.
Teri Hatcher voiced both mothers.
Mr. Bobinsky trains a mouse circus.
Many fans first misspell her name as Caroline, a joke in the story.