Q 01/05

The word 'cosplay' is a blend of which two English words?

A) Costume and display

B) Comic and display

C) Costume and play

D) Character and roleplay

Answer · why

C) Costume and play

It follows a Japanese habit of fusing the first moras of two words.

Q 02/05

Who coined the term 'cosplay', in a June 1983 magazine article?

A) Hayao Miyazaki

B) Nobuyuki Takahashi

C) Akio Nakamori

D) Osamu Tezuka

Answer · why

B) Nobuyuki Takahashi

He worked for Studio Hard and wrote for My Anime.

Q 03/05

Why did Takahashi coin a new word rather than use the Japanese for 'masquerade'?

A) It was too hard to write

B) It was banned on television

C) It was already trademarked

D) It implied nobility and sounded old-fashioned

Answer · why

D) It implied nobility and sounded old-fashioned

He was reporting on fan costuming.

Q 04/05

Who are credited as the first people to wear costumes to a fan convention?

A) Roy Thomas and Stan Lee

B) Forrest J Ackerman and Myrtle R. Douglas

C) Gene Roddenberry and Bjo Trimble

D) Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov

Answer · why

B) Forrest J Ackerman and Myrtle R. Douglas

At the 1st Worldcon in New York, 1939.

Q 05/05

What did Ackerman and Morojo call their 1939 outfits?

A) Fantasuits

B) Cosmocostumes

C) Futuristicostumes

D) Spacewear

Answer · why

C) Futuristicostumes

Green cape and breeches based on pulp artwork and Things to Come.