Q 01/05

What are the two warring factions in Transformers called?

A) Maximals and Predacons

B) Primes and Seekers

C) Autobots and Decepticons

D) Cybertrons and Destrons

Answer · why

C) Autobots and Decepticons

The Beast Wars era renamed the sides Maximals and Predacons, and in Japan the originals were long known as Cybertrons and Destrons.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the Transformers' home planet?

A) Cybertron

B) Unicron

C) Iacon

D) Energon

Answer · why

A) Cybertron

In later lore the planet is literally the body of the god Primus, and Iacon is one of its cities.

Q 03/05

In which year did the Transformers toy line and cartoon both launch in the United States?

A) 1982

B) 1984

C) 1986

D) 1988

Answer · why

B) 1984

US regulators had just relaxed rules on promotional content in children's TV, clearing the way for a show built around a toy line.

Q 04/05

The original Transformers toys were rebranded from which Japanese company's Diaclone line?

A) Bandai

B) Tomy

C) Takara

D) Kenner

Answer · why

C) Takara

The company later merged with Tomy, and today Takara Tomy still owns the franchise inside Japan while Hasbro owns it everywhere else.

Q 05/05

Which publisher did Hasbro hire to write the Transformers backstory in 1984?

A) DC Comics

B) Dark Horse Comics

C) IDW Publishing

D) Marvel Comics

Answer · why

D) Marvel Comics

Editor-in-chief Jim Shooter wrote the treatment and Bob Budiansky named most of the characters; IDW rebooted the comics two decades later.