Kiki's Delivery Service Quiz: Koriko and Its Bakery

Every young witch must leave home at 13 to live alone for a year, and this Kiki's Delivery Service quiz follows Kiki to the seaside town of Koriko. Play 10 interactive questions on Hayao Miyazaki's 1989 film, Eiko Kadono's novel, Jiji the cat, Osono's bakery, Tombo and his flying machine, Ursula the painter and the European towns that inspired the setting.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Director
Who directed Kiki's Delivery Service?
Novel
Who wrote the novel the film is based on?
Age
At what age must a witch in Kiki's world leave home for training?
Cat
What is the name of Kiki's black cat?
Town
What is the name of the seaside town where Kiki settles?
Baker
Who gives Kiki a room above her bakery?
Tombo
What is Tombo obsessed with?
Crisis
What does Kiki temporarily lose during the film?
Climax
Which runaway aircraft carries Tombo in the climax?
Inspiration
Which Swedish places helped inspire Koriko?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who directed Kiki's Delivery Service?
Answer: Hayao Miyazaki
Studio Ghibli released it in 1989.
Q2: Who wrote the novel the film is based on?
Answer: Eiko Kadono
It was published in 1985.
Q3: At what age must a witch in Kiki's world leave home for training?
Answer: 13
She must live independently for a year.
Q4: What is the name of Kiki's black cat?
Answer: Jiji
He talks with her throughout the story.
Q5: What is the name of the seaside town where Kiki settles?
Answer: Koriko
It sits on a sea with a clock tower.
Q6: Who gives Kiki a room above her bakery?
Answer: Osono
Osono is expecting a baby.
Q7: What is Tombo obsessed with?
Answer: Flight and aviation
He builds a pedal-powered flying machine.
Q8: What does Kiki temporarily lose during the film?
Answer: Her ability to fly
She also stops understanding Jiji.
Q9: Which runaway aircraft carries Tombo in the climax?
Answer: An airship
Kiki rescues him with a borrowed broom.
Q10: Which Swedish places helped inspire Koriko?
Answer: Visby and Stockholm
Miyazaki's team visited Sweden.

Kiki'S Delivery Service Quiz – Koriko and Its Bakery

Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Studio Ghibli film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on Eiko Kadono's 1985 novel. In Kiki's world, a young witch leaves home at 13 to live alone in a new town for a year.

Kiki flies with her black cat Jiji to Koriko, a seaside town inspired partly by Visby and Stockholm in Sweden. Osono, a kind baker, gives her a room, and Kiki starts a delivery service by broom.

She befriends Tombo, a boy who loves flying, and Ursula, a painter living in the woods. When Kiki loses her powers, she must rediscover her confidence, and she finally flies again to save Tombo from a runaway airship.

What This Quiz Teaches

Anime and film fans will enjoy these questions.

Who made the film
Where Kiki settles
Who helps her
What crisis she faces
Which places inspired the town

Did You Know?

Kiki's red bow and dark dress are iconic.
The film was Japan's top domestic film of 1989.
Phil Hartman voiced Jiji in the Disney dub.
Kadono wrote several sequel novels.
A live-action film was released in 2014.