Q 01/05

Which cartoon of 1928 is regarded as the official debut of Mickey Mouse?

A) Plane Crazy

B) Steamboat Willie

C) The Skeleton Dance

D) Silly Symphony

Answer · why

B) Steamboat Willie

Walt had seen The Jazz Singer and was determined to make one of the first fully synchronised sound cartoons.

Q 02/05

Who provided the voice of Mickey Mouse in his early years?

A) Walt Disney

B) Ub Iwerks

C) Cliff Edwards

D) Mel Blanc

Answer · why

A) Walt Disney

He kept doing it through the 1940s and again for The Mickey Mouse Club segments in the 1950s.

Q 03/05

Mickey Mouse was almost given what name before Walt's wife suggested 'Mickey'?

A) Marvin

B) Maurice

C) Milton

D) Mortimer

Answer · why

D) Mortimer

Lillian Disney thought Mortimer sounded too pompous; the name later went to Mickey's rival.

Q 04/05

Which animator co-created Mickey Mouse with Walt Disney?

A) Norm Ferguson

B) Ward Kimball

C) Ub Iwerks

D) Fred Moore

Answer · why

C) Ub Iwerks

He met Walt at a Kansas City art studio in 1919 and drew most of Steamboat Willie himself.

Q 05/05

Which character did Walt Disney lose the rights to in 1928, prompting him to create Mickey?

A) Felix the Cat

B) Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

C) Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid

D) Farmer Al Falfa

Answer · why

B) Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Disney only got Oswald back in 2006, in a trade that sent sportscaster Al Michaels to NBC.