Videogames
What hand does Link predominantly use to wield his weapons?
A bit of a trick question! Canonically: His left. BUT! To make gameplay "righty-friendly" a lot of Wii and WiiU games made him (controversially to some) right-handed.
Is animation a genre?
NO! IT'S A MEDIUM!!!
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What musical about star-crossed lovers set in NYC is a Big Important Musical for the Brigolin family?
West Side Story
What childhood favorite book of mine has persisted to be a favorite into adulthood and has even had a movie trilogy made for it?
The Hobbit
What instrument did I play all through band in school?
Trumpet
What two big companies collaborate to create every Kingdom Hearts game?
Square Enix & Disney
What is animation produced in Japan typically called?
Anime (it's literally just a shortened version of the word "animation" lol.)
What musical did I go and see in-person with you all and went in (mostly) blind and it instantly became one of my top favorite musicals after just one showing?
Hadestown
What's the title of one of the comics I'm currently collaborating on and creating under the "Jenjo Ink" label?
RadLazy, Seafoam: A Friend for Madison, Lastrex Labs, ROLT
What instrument did I pick up without real lessons?
Piano
Who is the "easter egg" character only accessible with a 10% chance after literally altering the game's code in UNDERTALE? (I have cosplayed him multiple times.)
The "mysteryman" sprite, widely assumed (but not YET confirmed to be) W.D. Gaster.
What is the "cinematic standard" for frames of animation per second?
24 frames per second
What musical "saga" have I been obsessed with for the past 2-ish years that's STILL technically only a concept album at this point?
EPIC the Musical
What popular webcomic tuned me into Toby Fox before UNDERTALE even existed that has now had its own animated pilot created by Spindleroo?
Homestuck
In musical theory, what basic shape is used to organize the twelve pitch classes of the chromatic scale?
A circle (known as The Circle of 5ths)
What real-world mythology did Final Fantasy 7 borrow several names from for locations, weapons, items, monsters, and more?
Norse Mythology
What was the first cartoon to use synchronous sound?
Steamboat Willie
What musical did I narrowly miss going to see at the EXACT SAME TIME as Mal & Missa before I really knew either of them?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
What's typically the first illustrative step when it comes to creating comics and manga that's named after a body part?
Thumbnailing
What is it called when a "short, recurring musical phrase" is associated with a particular person, place, or idea in music? (I am a sucker for this musical device.)
A leitmotif
What is the first Pokemon?
Trick question! This has multiple "correct" answers:
- Bulbasaur (listed #001 in the original Kanto Pokedex)
- Mew (the genetic "Ancestor of all Pokemon")
- Rhydon (The first Pokemon ever actually designed)
- Arceus (Poke-God)
What animation technique did Hayao Miyazaki mess with to make the Boar Demon at the start of Princess Mononoke look extra otherworldly and off-kilter?
The boar demon Nago is animated on a vacillating "meter". The demon tentacles are animated on 1s and offset 2s.
What is the highest grossing Broadway musical theatre production at this time and was one of the first professional musicals I ever saw on stage?
The Lion King
What CLAMP-created manga series was I definitely too young to read when I first read it all the way through?
Chobits
What was the name of the band that I was in for one summer and one summer only?
The Love Puppets