Q 01/05

Which pair created Batman: The Animated Series, pitching it with a wordless short film?

A) Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski

B) Paul Dini and Alan Burnett

C) Tim Burton and Sam Hamm

D) Bob Kane and Bill Finger

Answer · why

A) Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski

Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski had never produced a series when their pitch film won them the job, and the short was reworked into the opening titles.

Q 02/05

On which network block did Batman: The Animated Series originally air?

A) Kids' WB

B) Cartoon Network

C) ABC Saturday morning

D) Fox Kids

Answer · why

D) Fox Kids

Fox Kids launched the show in September 1992, and that winter the network also aired it on Sunday evenings in prime time to reach viewers beyond child...

Q 03/05

Why was the series retitled The Adventures of Batman & Robin in 1994?

A) To suit a prime-time slot

B) To attract younger boys

C) To settle a rights dispute

D) To quiet violence complaints

Answer · why

B) To attract younger boys

To attract younger boys: the network feared the first season was leaving them behind, so it ordered Robin into every episode and added him to the titl...

Q 04/05

Who voiced the title hero throughout Batman: The Animated Series?

A) Michael Keaton

B) Adam West

C) Bruce Greenwood

D) Kevin Conroy

Answer · why

D) Kevin Conroy

Kevin Conroy gave Bruce Wayne and Batman separate voices, an idea he took from Leslie Howard's double life in the 1934 film The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Q 05/05

Which Star Wars actor voiced the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series?

A) Mark Hamill

B) Harrison Ford

C) Billy Dee Williams

D) Anthony Daniels

Answer · why

A) Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill credits a long tour as Mozart in the play Amadeus, where he kept reinventing the laugh, for the arsenal of cackles that won him the part.