Q 01/05

Who directed the popular Disney Channel Original Movie 'High School Musical'?

A) Adam Shankman

B) Rob Marshall

C) Kenny Ortega

D) Garry Marshall

Answer · why

C) Kenny Ortega

Kenny Ortega choreographed 'Dirty Dancing' before directing all three 'High School Musical' films, plus 'Hocus Pocus' and 'The Cheetah Girls 2'.

Q 02/05

Which duo, who met working on 'The Simpsons', created Disney Channel's animated musical-comedy 'Phineas and Ferb'?

A) Seth MacFarlane and Matt Groening

B) Dan Povenmire and Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh

C) Butch Hartman and John A. Davis

D) Craig McCracken and Genndy Tartakovsky

Answer · why

B) Dan Povenmire and Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh

Dan Povenmire and Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh pitched 'Phineas and Ferb' for years before Disney bit; the two had met working on 'The Simpsons' and later 'Roc...

Q 03/05

Which future pop star played teenage wizard Alex Russo on 'Wizards of Waverly Place'?

A) Miley Cyrus

B) Demi Lovato

C) Hilary Duff

D) Selena Gomez

Answer · why

D) Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez played Alex Russo for the show's whole 2007-2012 run, training beside her brothers Justin and Max above the family's sandwich shop.

Q 04/05

In what year did The Disney Channel officially launch in the United States?

A) 1978

B) 1997

C) 1990

D) 1983

Answer · why

D) 1983

It launched April 18, 1983, not as a basic-cable staple but as a premium channel viewers paid extra for.

Q 05/05

Which actress became a teen idol playing the title character in Disney Channel's early-2000s middle-school series 'Lizzie McGuire'?

A) Brenda Song

B) Hilary Duff

C) Christy Carlson Romano

D) Raven-Symoné

Answer · why

B) Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff was Lizzie McGuire from 2001 to 2004, a role that made her a teen idol of the era and led to 'The Lizzie McGuire Movie' in 2003.