With a completely unrelated bonus question to start with, this is mainly inspired by my unfamiliarity with the Irish cat poem that has again temporarily slipped my mind…
Questions
The Dublin cultural quarter of Temple Bar is thought to be named for 17th-century Englishman Henry Temple, a logician associated with which division of scholasticism that was named for a French thinker who lost his life during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre?
RAMISM (After Petrus Ramus)
Having one green iris and one blue iris, the white cat Pangur Bán is a character in which 2009 animated film, which was nominated for an Academy Award in the year when the Best Animated Feature was extended from three to five nominees?
THE SECRET OF KELLS
It is speculated that Sedulius Scotus could have written the poem “Pangur Bán” as its authorship is unknown and it resembles his style. In which ‘Primer’ has this poem about a white cat been preserved, being named for an abbey that makes up part of a European World Heritage Site?
REICHENAU
Both words rhyming with each other, what is the name of the animation studio based in Kilkenny that was founded by Tommy Moore, Nora Twomey and Paul Young, the former two being credited as directors of the Oscar nominated “The Secret of Kells”?
CARTOON SALOON
A poetry genre that developed in the 17th and 18th century, what name is given to a vision poem particularly associated with seeing a mysterious woman? It is honoured by “The Secret of Kells”, which uses it as the name for a fairy-like character in the film.
AISLING
The voice for Abbot Cellach in “The Secret of Kells” is provided by which well known actor, whose other work in this genre includes the Estonian stop motion animation “Captain Morten and the Spider Queen” and the more predictable “Riverdance: The Animated Adventure”?
BRENDAN GLEESON
Although it didn’t take home the top prize, “The Secret of Kells” took home the Audience Award at which International Animation Film Festival that was created in 1960 and is named for a city in France?
ANNECY
Another animation to feature the voicework of Brendan Gleeson was which second film from Tomm Moore’s “Irish Folklore Trilogy”, which features among its cast a mute selkie called Saoirse?
SONG OF THE SEA
The final film in Tomm Moore’s “Irish Folklore Trilogy” following “The Secret of Kells” and “Song of the Sea” is which 2020 animation, with Sean Bean offering his voice to proceedings as the father of Robyn Goodfellowe, a young female apprentice hunter?
THE WOLFWALKERS
Nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, which 2017 film directed by Nora Twomey is based on a novel by Canadian author Deborah Ellis that also goes by the name of “Parvana”, that alternative title coming from the 11-year old protagonist who lives in Kabul?
THE BREADWINNER
With Ian McShane voicing a gorilla and Chris O’Dowd a macaque, what type of creature is Boris in a 2022 animation directed by Nora Twomey, it being referenced in the title of the film? Not a member of the primate order, it is voiced by Gaten Matarazzo of “Stranger Things” fame.
DRAGON (The film is “My Father’s Dragon”)
A 2014 animated film by Tomm Moore called “The Prophet” is based on which Lebanese author’s work that was first published in 1923, going on to become one of the best-selling books of all time? Another novel by the author called “Broken Wings” inspired the namesake US Billboard no. 1 hit by Mr. Mister.
KAHLIL GIBRAN