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Winsor McCay Quiz
Discovering the Magical World of Winsor McCay: The Pioneer of American Animation and Cartoons
Updated: May 28, 2023
Test your knowledge of Winsor McCay, the pioneering American cartoonist and animator, famous for his whimsical creations and groundbreaking techniques. Explore his life, work, and legacy in this quiz!
Are you a Winsor McCay fanatic? Prove it with this comprehensive quiz! With 20 questions spanning all aspects of the subject, this is the ultimate test of your knowledge. Do you have what it takes to come out on top? Test your skills and improve.
What is Winsor McCay best known for?
Garfield And Odie
Mickey Mouse And Donald Duck
Superman And Batman
Little Nemo And Gertie The Dinosaur
What pen name did Winsor McCay use for the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend?
Walter
Arthur
Zenas
Silas
What year did Winsor McCay join the New York Herald?
1900
1903
1905
1908
What was the name of Winsor McCay's signature comic strip?
Little Nemo In Slumberland
Gertie The Dinosaur
Dream Of The Rarebit Fiend
Little Sammy Sneeze
What style did Winsor McCay use in his comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland?
Cubism
Art Nouveau
Impressionism
Abstract Expressionism
What was the name of Winsor McCay's most ambitious animated film?
Little Nemo In Slumberland
The Sinking Of The Lusitania
Gertie The Dinosaur
Dream Of The Rarebit Fiend
What animation technique did Winsor McCay pioneer?
Inbetweening
Stop-motion
Claymation
Rotoscoping
Who was Winsor McCay's employer from 1911 onwards?
William Randolph Hearst
Walt Disney
Joseph Pulitzer
Henry Luce
In which type of performance did Winsor McCay showcase his first three animated films?
Cinema
Broadway
Vaudeville
Television
What was the name of the trained dinosaur in Winsor McCay's interactive vaudeville routine?
Gertie
Daisy
Mabel
Lucy
What element did Winsor McCay make central to his comic strip Little Nemo?
Horror
Humor
Color
Science Fiction
What technique did Winsor McCay use to create texture in his editorial cartoons?
Stippling
Fine Hatching
Crosshatching
Scribbling
Which animation studio's work in the late 1920s matched the technical level of Winsor McCay's animation?
Fleischer Studios
Warner Bros.
Paramount Pictures
Disney Studios
What was the profession of Winsor McCay before he started illustrating newspapers and magazines?
Architect
Painter
Poster Artist And Dime Museum Performer
Sculptor
What was the name of the comic strip about a young boy who sneezes?
Dream Of The Rarebit Fiend
Gertie The Dinosaur
Little Nemo In Slumberland
Little Sammy Sneeze
In what year did Winsor McCay pass away?
1931
1937
1929
1934
What was the approximate birth year of Winsor McCay?
1866-71
1878-83
1872-77
1884-89
What was the name of the newspaper where Winsor McCay created the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland?
New York Tribune
New York World
New York Times
New York Herald
What was the name of the 1915 ship disaster that Winsor McCay depicted in his most ambitious animated film?
RMS Titanic
SS Eastland
RMS Lusitania
SS Sultana
Which animation pioneer's feature films in the 1930s matched the technical level of Winsor McCay's animation?
Tex Avery
Walt Disney
Ub Iwerks
Max Fleischer
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