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Attack on Titan Trivia Quiz
Attack on Titan is set in a world where the last of humanity hides inside three enormous concentric walls to survive giant, man-eating humanoids called Titans. When a Colossal Titan smashes through the outer wall, a young man named Eren Yeager vows to join the Survey Corps, fight back, and learn the truth behind the Titans.
Q1. Who created Attack on Titan?
Answer: Hajime Isayama. Isayama made a 65-page one-shot in 2006 and serialised the full story from 2009 to 2021 in 139 chapters. He spent about a week storyboarding and three weeks drawing each monthly chapter, and admitted his early art was "amateurish".
Q2. Which studio animated the final season?
Answer: MAPPA. Wit Studio made seasons one to three but declined the final season, which a producer put down to scheduling. MAPPA took over from December 2020, and the last parts aired as two specials in 2023. Only one Wit staff member returned.
Q3. Which wall is breached at the start of the story?
Answer: Wall Maria. In the year 845 the Colossal and Armored Titans break the outermost wall, and Eren's mother is eaten while he escapes. He swears revenge and joins the military with Mikasa and Armin. Five years later the Colossal Titan strikes again at Trost.
Q4. What do soldiers use to fly around and fight Titans?
Answer: Vertical Maneuvering Equipment. Also called ODM gear, it combines waist-mounted grappling hooks with gas propulsion for three-dimensional movement, used with swords of ultrahard steel. Commander Hange Zoë later develops rocket-launcher-like weapons called Thunder Spears.
Q5. What does the Japanese title, Shingeki no Kyojin, literally mean?
Answer: The Advancing Giant. The series ran in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, starting in the magazine's very first issue in September 2009. By November 2023 it had over 140 million copies in circulation, one of the best-selling manga ever.
Q6. Which publisher's magazine did Isayama first offer his one-shot to, before refusing their requested changes?
Answer: Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. The Jump editor asked him to change details in the story and art, and he refused, taking it to Kodansha instead. Kodansha later credited the series with its first rise in revenue in eighteen years.
Q7. Which real experience gave Isayama the feeling he wanted the Titans to convey?
Answer: A drunk customer grabbing him at an internet café. While working there, a drunk man grabbed him by the collar. It showed him "the fear of meeting a person I can't communicate with". He based the walled, mountain-ringed scenery on his hometown, Hita in Ōita Prefecture.
Q8. Which wrestler and fighter was a model for the Armored Titan?
Answer: Brock Lesnar. Isayama used real people as models: martial artist Yushin Okami for Eren's Titan form. For the man-eating Titans he drew on Gyaos from Gamera, The War of the Gargantuas, a Jigoku Sensei Nūbē monster and the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park.
Q9. Which film ending did Isayama originally want to copy, with every character dying?
Answer: The Mist. He planned a tragic finish like the film of Stephen King's story, but the success of the manga and anime made him reconsider the effect on fans. In 2013 he said he was aiming for 20 volumes; the series ended at 34.
Q10. Which visual novel did Isayama confirm as a partial inspiration?
Answer: Muv-Luv Alternative. It is the second instalment of the Muv-Luv series. Anime producer George Wada also said the "Wall of Fear" reflected the isolated, enclosed nature of Japanese culture, and that people's inner feelings are a main theme.
Q11. Which two major characters were left out of the 2015 live-action films?
Answer: Levi and Erwin. Director Tetsuya Nakashima left over creative differences and was replaced by Shinji Higuchi, who also handled special effects. Two films came out in 2015, plus a three-episode streaming spin-off about Hange's Titan research.
Q12. In the first half of 2014, Attack on Titan ended which series' five-year run as Japan's best-selling manga?
Answer: One Piece. Isayama said he was surprised and thanked his readers. The series had already been the second best-selling manga of 2013 with almost 16 million copies, and volume one spent 121 weeks on The New York Times manga list.
Q13. How long does a person who inherits one of the Nine Titans have left to live?
Answer: 13 years. Shifters gain their power when a Pure Titan eats one of the Nine Titans' holders. If the power is not inherited before the holder dies, it passes to an Eldian baby born soon after, regardless of distance or family ties.
Q14. Who is revealed to be the Female Titan?
Answer: Annie Leonhart. She attacks during a Survey Corps expedition into the forest between the walls. After Eren defeats her she encases herself in crystal and is taken into custody, and the fight reveals that dormant Titans lie inside the walls themselves.
Q15. Which Hollywood director signed on in 2018 to make a live-action Attack on Titan film for Warner Bros.?
Answer: Andy Muschietti. The It director joined after Warner Bros. and Kodansha finalised a deal in October 2018. A year earlier, Kodansha had denied reports that Harry Potter producer David Heyman was negotiating for the rights.
Q16. Which Guinness World Record did a special Attack on Titan edition break in 2021?
Answer: The largest comic book published. The giant volume, Attack on Titan for Giants, took the record previously held by Turma da Mônica. In 2019 Comic Book Resources named the series the best manga of the 2010s.
Q17. What was the record first print run of volume 13?
Answer: 2.75 million. It is Kodansha's own record. Volume 12 had already been printed at 2.2 million, making Attack on Titan one of only three manga, with One Piece and Demon Slayer, ever to have a first print over two million.
Q18. Which Marvel heroes fought the Titans in a 2014 crossover?
Answer: Spider-Man, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy. C. B. Cebulski scripted Isayama's scenario, setting the battle on the streets of New York against the Colossal, Armored and Female Titans. Marvel also ran an 8-page "Attack on Avengers" by Isayama for Free Comic Book Day 2015.
Q19. Who threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Padres–Dodgers game in July 2019?
Answer: The Colossal Titan mascot. It then posed with Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda, who wore a Colossal Titan glove. The series has also appeared in adverts for Subaru and Snickers and been referenced in The Simpsons and The Amazing World of Gumball.
Q20. How tall was the Eren Titan at Universal Studios Japan's 2015 attraction?
Answer: 15 metres. "The Real" Attack on Titan Experience showed the 15-metre Eren Titan fighting a 14-metre Female Titan. A musical adaptation later ran in Osaka and Tokyo in 2023 and was performed at New York City Center in 2024.
Attack on Titan quiz answers and explanations
Every question from the quiz above with its correct answer, the story behind it, and where the fact comes from.
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Who created Attack on Titan?
Answer: Hajime Isayama. Isayama made a 65-page one-shot in 2006 and serialised the full story from 2009 to 2021 in 139 chapters. He spent about a week storyboarding and three weeks drawing each monthly chapter, and admitted his early art was "amateurish".
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which studio animated the final season?
Answer: MAPPA. Wit Studio made seasons one to three but declined the final season, which a producer put down to scheduling. MAPPA took over from December 2020, and the last parts aired as two specials in 2023. Only one Wit staff member returned.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which wall is breached at the start of the story?
Answer: Wall Maria. In the year 845 the Colossal and Armored Titans break the outermost wall, and Eren's mother is eaten while he escapes. He swears revenge and joins the military with Mikasa and Armin. Five years later the Colossal Titan strikes again at Trost.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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What do soldiers use to fly around and fight Titans?
Answer: Vertical Maneuvering Equipment. Also called ODM gear, it combines waist-mounted grappling hooks with gas propulsion for three-dimensional movement, used with swords of ultrahard steel. Commander Hange Zoë later develops rocket-launcher-like weapons called Thunder Spears.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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What does the Japanese title, Shingeki no Kyojin, literally mean?
Answer: The Advancing Giant. The series ran in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, starting in the magazine's very first issue in September 2009. By November 2023 it had over 140 million copies in circulation, one of the best-selling manga ever.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which publisher's magazine did Isayama first offer his one-shot to, before refusing their requested changes?
Answer: Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. The Jump editor asked him to change details in the story and art, and he refused, taking it to Kodansha instead. Kodansha later credited the series with its first rise in revenue in eighteen years.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which real experience gave Isayama the feeling he wanted the Titans to convey?
Answer: A drunk customer grabbing him at an internet café. While working there, a drunk man grabbed him by the collar. It showed him "the fear of meeting a person I can't communicate with". He based the walled, mountain-ringed scenery on his hometown, Hita in Ōita Prefecture.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which wrestler and fighter was a model for the Armored Titan?
Answer: Brock Lesnar. Isayama used real people as models: martial artist Yushin Okami for Eren's Titan form. For the man-eating Titans he drew on Gyaos from Gamera, The War of the Gargantuas, a Jigoku Sensei Nūbē monster and the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which film ending did Isayama originally want to copy, with every character dying?
Answer: The Mist. He planned a tragic finish like the film of Stephen King's story, but the success of the manga and anime made him reconsider the effect on fans. In 2013 he said he was aiming for 20 volumes; the series ended at 34.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which visual novel did Isayama confirm as a partial inspiration?
Answer: Muv-Luv Alternative. It is the second instalment of the Muv-Luv series. Anime producer George Wada also said the "Wall of Fear" reflected the isolated, enclosed nature of Japanese culture, and that people's inner feelings are a main theme.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which two major characters were left out of the 2015 live-action films?
Answer: Levi and Erwin. Director Tetsuya Nakashima left over creative differences and was replaced by Shinji Higuchi, who also handled special effects. Two films came out in 2015, plus a three-episode streaming spin-off about Hange's Titan research.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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In the first half of 2014, Attack on Titan ended which series' five-year run as Japan's best-selling manga?
Answer: One Piece. Isayama said he was surprised and thanked his readers. The series had already been the second best-selling manga of 2013 with almost 16 million copies, and volume one spent 121 weeks on The New York Times manga list.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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How long does a person who inherits one of the Nine Titans have left to live?
Answer: 13 years. Shifters gain their power when a Pure Titan eats one of the Nine Titans' holders. If the power is not inherited before the holder dies, it passes to an Eldian baby born soon after, regardless of distance or family ties.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Who is revealed to be the Female Titan?
Answer: Annie Leonhart. She attacks during a Survey Corps expedition into the forest between the walls. After Eren defeats her she encases herself in crystal and is taken into custody, and the fight reveals that dormant Titans lie inside the walls themselves.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which Hollywood director signed on in 2018 to make a live-action Attack on Titan film for Warner Bros.?
Answer: Andy Muschietti. The It director joined after Warner Bros. and Kodansha finalised a deal in October 2018. A year earlier, Kodansha had denied reports that Harry Potter producer David Heyman was negotiating for the rights.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which Guinness World Record did a special Attack on Titan edition break in 2021?
Answer: The largest comic book published. The giant volume, Attack on Titan for Giants, took the record previously held by Turma da Mônica. In 2019 Comic Book Resources named the series the best manga of the 2010s.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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What was the record first print run of volume 13?
Answer: 2.75 million. It is Kodansha's own record. Volume 12 had already been printed at 2.2 million, making Attack on Titan one of only three manga, with One Piece and Demon Slayer, ever to have a first print over two million.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Which Marvel heroes fought the Titans in a 2014 crossover?
Answer: Spider-Man, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy. C. B. Cebulski scripted Isayama's scenario, setting the battle on the streets of New York against the Colossal, Armored and Female Titans. Marvel also ran an 8-page "Attack on Avengers" by Isayama for Free Comic Book Day 2015.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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Who threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Padres–Dodgers game in July 2019?
Answer: The Colossal Titan mascot. It then posed with Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda, who wore a Colossal Titan glove. The series has also appeared in adverts for Subaru and Snickers and been referenced in The Simpsons and The Amazing World of Gumball.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
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How tall was the Eren Titan at Universal Studios Japan's 2015 attraction?
Answer: 15 metres. "The Real" Attack on Titan Experience showed the 15-metre Eren Titan fighting a 14-metre Female Titan. A musical adaptation later ran in Osaka and Tokyo in 2023 and was performed at New York City Center in 2024.
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan by the numbers
- Created by
- Hajime Isayama
- Serialized
- Sept 2009 – April 2021
- Chapters / volumes
- 139 / 34
- Copies in circulation (2023)
- over 140 million
- Anime studios
- Wit Studio (S1–3), MAPPA (S4)
- Anime run
- 2013–2023
- Record first print
- 2.75 million (volume 13)
- Planned length (2013)
- 20 volumes
Source: Wikipedia: Attack on Titan
About the Attack on Titan quiz
Attack on Titan is known for its twists, but its creation is just as surprising. One publisher turned down the one-shot, an unsettling night in an internet café shaped the Titans, a wrestler inspired the Armored Titan, and the ending Isayama first planned was much bleaker. The series then broke sales records and reached Marvel comics and baseball games, which gives a quiz plenty beyond the walls.
Questions cover the war beyond the walls — Eren, Mikasa, and Captain Levi, the Survey Corps, the different Titan types, and the revelations that reshape everything fans thought they knew.
What this Attack on Titan quiz covers
The quiz covers the walls, the Titans and the Survey Corps, but most questions are about how Attack on Titan was made: the one-shot Jump turned down, the internet-café incident behind the Titans, the models and monsters Isayama drew on, the ending he first planned, the studio switch, the live-action films and the records and crossovers that followed. Each answer below explains the story behind it and links to the source.
How to play
Tap an answer to see the right one straight away, with the story behind it, and check your score at the end. Play Again resets the quiz.
Attack on Titan quiz — frequently asked questions
Is this spoiler-heavy?
Somewhat. A few answers reveal major twists, such as the Female Titan's identity and the curse of the Nine Titans. If you have not finished the series, read the answer key with care.
Anime or manga?
Both. Most production questions concern Hajime Isayama and the manga; others cover the studios behind the anime and the live-action films.
How much should I have seen?
The first season covers the easy questions. The rest is about how the series was made and what it achieved, so story knowledge matters less.