Q 01/05

To test John Silver's computer-made arm, Treasure Planet's animators first grafted it onto which Disney villain?

A) Cruella de Vil

B) Judge Frollo

C) Captain Hook

D) Governor Ratcliffe

Answer · why

C) Captain Hook

Captain Hook, in a clip from Peter Pan (1953), had his arm swapped for the mechanical one. The test showed whether the computer-made limb would blend ...

Q 02/05

Long John Silver has one leg in Treasure Island; what kind of being is he in Treasure Planet?

A) A cyborg

B) A ghost

C) An android

D) A shapeshifter

Answer · why

A) A cyborg

A cyborg is exactly what Billy Bones warns Jim to beware when he hands over the map. In the novel, Bones instead tells the boy to keep a lookout for a...

Q 03/05

Which Scottish author wrote the 1883 pirate novel that Treasure Planet moves into outer space?

A) Sir Walter Scott

B) Robert Louis Stevenson

C) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

D) J. M. Barrie

Answer · why

B) Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson first published Treasure Island as a magazine serial under the pen name Captain George North. He began it to amuse his young st...

Q 04/05

Which Oscar-winning English actress voices Captain Amelia in Treasure Planet, a role developed with her in mind?

A) Kate Winslet

B) Helen Mirren

C) Vanessa Redgrave

D) Emma Thompson

Answer · why

D) Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson was pregnant during several of the recording sessions. One of the directors said Amelia was the first action-adventure character she had...

Q 05/05

Which film beat Treasure Planet, Lilo & Stitch and Ice Age to the Oscar for Best Animated Feature?

A) Spirited Away

B) Happy Feet

C) Monsters, Inc.

D) The Incredibles

Answer · why

A) Spirited Away

Spirited Away, released in Japan a year before its rivals, beat all four American nominees. The fourth was Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.