Q 01/05

Which Rhode Island toy company launched My Little Pony in the early 1980s?

A) Mattel

B) Hasbro

C) Kenner

D) Fisher-Price

Answer · why

B) Hasbro

Hasbro's first try was a single large horse in hard brown plastic, worked by a trigger under its chin; it was soon remade as six small pastel ponies i...

Q 02/05

My Little Pony grew out of which earlier, larger toy horse that could wink and swish its tail?

A) My Dream Pony

B) My Sweet Pony

C) My First Pony

D) My Pretty Pony

Answer · why

D) My Pretty Pony

My Pretty Pony was brown hard plastic with a trigger under its chin; its successors swapped that for soft pastel vinyl, silky manes to brush and a sym...

Q 03/05

Which illustrator is credited as the original creator of the My Little Pony toy line?

A) Bonnie Zacherle

B) Lauren Faust

C) Meghan McCarthy

D) Ruth Handler

Answer · why

A) Bonnie Zacherle

Bonnie Zacherle had left the brand decades before Friendship Is Magic, yet its adult fans sought her out: she was a guest at BronyCon's final conventi...

Q 04/05

Which winter holiday in Friendship Is Magic celebrates the founding of Equestria?

A) Nightmare Night

B) Hearth's Warming

C) Winter Wrap Up

D) Hearts and Hooves Day

Answer · why

B) Hearth's Warming

Hearth's Warming marks the day three feuding pony tribes made peace: their quarrels had fed the ghostly Windigos that froze the land, until friendship...

Q 05/05

The symbols on the ponies' flanks are known in Friendship Is Magic as what?

A) Cutie marks

B) Charm spots

C) Star stamps

D) Flank badges

Answer · why

A) Cutie marks

Cutie marks appear only once a pony finds a special talent or purpose, so young ponies still waiting for theirs are mocked as "blank flanks".