Q 01/05

How much was Michael Ende paid for the film rights to his novel?

A) $5,000

B) $500,000

C) $2 million

D) $50,000

Answer · why

D) $50,000

He worked as a script advisor at first, then claimed Petersen rewrote the script without him.

Q 02/05

What is the full name of the boy who steals the book and reads it in his school attic?

A) Bastian Benedikt Bux

B) Sebastian Bartholomew Bux

C) Bastian Bernard Baxter

D) Bastian Balthazar Bux

Answer · why

D) Bastian Balthazar Bux

He is grieving his mother and neglected by his father when he hides from bullies in Coreander's bookshop.

Q 03/05

What is the name of the bookshop owner from whom Bastian takes the book?

A) Karl Konrad Kessler

B) Caspar Cornelius Krause

C) Carl Conrad Coreander

D) Konstantin Carl Coriander

Answer · why

C) Carl Conrad Coreander

At the end he denies ever owning the book and reveals he too has been to Fantastica.

Q 04/05

What is the magical land called in the English translation of the novel, as opposed to the film?

A) Fantasia

B) Fantastica

C) Phantasmagoria

D) Imaginaria

Answer · why

B) Fantastica

The 1984 film renamed it Fantasia, closer to the German Phantásien.

Q 05/05

What is the formless force devouring the land called?

A) The Nothing

B) The Void

C) The Silence

D) The Dark

Answer · why

A) The Nothing

Gmork explains it represents humanity's loss of hopes and dreams; those it swallows become lies in the human world.