IB1091039 Insects and the movies
April 30, 2010, Pages 327-332
1. Pioneer filmmaker Segundo de Chomon invented the process of animation by watching what insect while filming intertitles? a. butterfly b. bee c. beetle d. fly
2. The subject of the first line drawing animated film by Winsor McCay was a a. butterfly b. mosquito c. stag beetle d. house fly
3. Entomologist Wladislaw Starewicz began his career as a puppet animator after a. trying to film stag beetle mating behavior b. trying to film honey bee househunting behavior c. shooting still photographs of butterflies d seeing Winsor McCay’s line drawing animations of insects
4. Which of the following conventions is NOT typically found in insect cartoons? a. mouthparts as tools b. friendly relationship between insects and people c, reduced number of appendages d. All of the above are typical of animated arthropod films
5. What cricket features did Jiminy Cricket display in “Pinocchio”? a. correct number of appendages b. typical cricket mouthparts c. hopping behavior d. there was absolutely nothing cricket-like about Jiminy
6. What insect was featured in the first computer-generated animated film with a plot? a. grasshopper b. butterfly c. bee d. ant
7. Why are insects so well-suited to computer-generated animation? a. computer anmation makes connecting wirelike appendages to cylindrical bodies vereasy b. computer animation creates shiny metallic surfaces well c. even early computer animation programs made hairy surfaces easy to depict d. compound eyes are more easily rendered by computer than by line drawing
8 Two feature films that were computer-animated were released in 1998; what kind of insect was featured in both films? a. leafcutter ants b. killer bees c. termites d. cockroaches
9. "Them," a film about giant ants created by atomic testing in the desert, was Warner Brothers' biggest grossing film in what year? a. 1933 b. 1954 c. 1964 d. 1973
10. Provide two physiological reasons why insects cannot grow to the size of a mobile home. a. exoskeletal molting constraints c. joint strength constraints b. tracheal respiratory constraints d. all of the above
11. Which technique for creating images of giant arthropods required footage of a real arthropod? a. CGI b. traveling matte c. puppets
12. Why is Bert I. Gordon known as “Mr. BIG” in Hollywood? a. because his insect fear films are huge moneymakers d. all of the above. b. because his insect fear films are made with enormous budgets c. because his insect fear films feature big bugs and other oversize creatures

13. Insect-human metamorphosis has been a recurring theme in insect fear films. Which of the following movies involves insect/human metamorphosis? a. The Blood Beast Terror b. Wasp Woman c. The Fly d. All of the above
14. Bees appear frequently in insect fear films because their behavior can be so easily manipulated. What contribution did Dr. Norman Gary make to bee movies? a. he developed an ultraviolet light used to attract bees to any given location b. he developed a “super-smoker” to tranquilize large quantities of bees for transport c. he developed a system for training bees through reward and punishment d. he developed a pheromone blend that causes bees to cluster
15. In insect fear films, insects frequently are capable of communicating with humans. In which film is communication with humans NOT acoustic? a. Beginning of the End c. The Bees b. The Swarm d. Empire of the Ants
16. Alien, Aliens, and Aliens3 are technically not about insects but what group of insects is the biology of the alien creatures patterned after? a. insect parasitoids b. insect parasites c. insect carnivores d. insect herbivores
17. Genetic engineering is a common theme in contemporary insect fear films. Genetic engineering appeared in films a. 5 years before they were engineered in real life b. the same year they were engineered in real life c. 5 years after they were engineered in real life
18. The person on a movie set who is responsible for providing insects and making them behave in an appropriate manner is usually called a(n) a. insect special effects coordinator b. insect supplier c. insect wrangler d. bug best boy
18. True or false: Insects have always been protected by the same humane treatment laws on a movie set as other performing animals have been. a. True b. False
20. True or false: Entomologists are generally heroic and admirable characters in science fiction and horror films . a. True b . False
21. The 2007 box office hit “The Bee Movie” was inspired by a. a children’s book b. a comic book by Jay Hosler c. colony collapse disorder d. a pun