Films
What is the name for the robot Godzilla?
Mechagodzilla
What color is Godzilla?
Gray
What ape did Godzilla battle in 1962?
King Kong
What is the term for Godzilla and other giant monsters?
Kaiju
What historical event was the first film in response to?
WWII nuclear bombings
What is the title of the second Godzilla movie?
Godzilla's Counterattack
What animal did Godzilla mutate from?
Who is the three-headed creature that battles Godzilla?
King Ghidorah
Godzilla's Japanese name
Gojira
When did the United States drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima + Nagasaki?
August 1945
Who directed the first Godzilla?
Ishiro Honda
What does Godzilla shoot out of his mouth?
A beam of concentrated nuclear energy
_____ vs Godzilla is the name of a Japanese film that was later released in America as Godzilla vs The Thing
Mothra
What does this monster represent?
Japanese anxieties about the destructive capabilities of nuclear warfare and the potential of its repeated use
Were Americans generally sympathetic to the Japanese people after the atomic bombings?
No, they focused only on the excitement of innovation.
Godzilla premiered in what year?
1954
How tall is Godzilla?
Very!
Approx 350 feet.
In 1971 Godzilla battled a smog monster made of pollution and trash. What is it's name?
Hedorah
Has Godzilla ever protected humanity?
Yes!
How many American remakes of Godzilla have been made so far?
5
What was the first movie in the franchise in color?
King Kong vs Godzilla
What caused his genetic mutation?
Nuclear radiation from atomic bombs
How was Godzilla "killed?"
Oxygen Destroyer
Is Godzilla good or evil?
Between 140,000 and 210,000