Dancing Most Fantastical Trivia Quiz

Answer: Kefka

"Dancing Mad" is a very ambitious piece of music: the full version is almost eighteen minutes long. Even cut down in some later releases, it's still around ten minutes long. The song is structured into different parts that correspond with the Kefka boss fight moving into different phases and it segues very smoothly from one phase to another. Leitmotifs from earlier songs also return within this epic song. The composer is Nobuo Uematsu.

"Dancing Mad" is a very chaotic and ominous sounding song, which makes a lot of sense given Kefka's actions in the game. He lacks remorse, even early in the game he feels he's above others, and in fact the game treats himself as a completely unapologetic villain who delights in the suffering of others.

Answer: Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold is exactly what the name implies: while riding on a chocobo you dig for treasures, playing the game "Hot and Cold" as you do so while adhering to a time limit. You're constantly told how near you are to treasure. During this minigame, players can collect chocographs, which are pictures of world map locations to take your chocobo and dig for rewards. With rewards from these, you can later unlock a new place to dig for chocographs (as well as extend your initial search area) as well as upgrades to your chocobo, for instance allowing them to travel over mountains or swim in the sea. Eventually, you can reach Chocobo's Air Garden, which is most noteworthy for being the location of the game's ultimate superboss Ozma.

"Vamo'alla Flamenco" also plays during the duel in "I Want To Be Your Canary" near the beginning of the game!

Answer: Lunar Base

This song plays on the Lunar Base which Squall and party are visiting to find Ellone and seek her assistance. It isn't around for long, however, as when Rinoa awakes and, clearly possessed, wanders through the base to fulfil Ultimecia's goals, sirens start to sound, and the music transitions into something much more ominous.

It does also play if you revisit Dollet, and makes a very brief appearance at the SeeD graduation ball before "Waltz for the Moon".

Answer: Ultros

This is one of the most famous scenes in "Final Fantasy 6" and is very technically impressive for its time. It's especially worth exploring in its earlier versions rather than the remasters - the work done within the songs to give the impression of singing the lyrics despite technical limitations is excellent. Not having to work around such technical limitations, the more modern versions feature actual operatic singing which is nontheless interesting in its own right.

Our recurring villain, Ultros, is actually a purple octopus who has been a thorn in the side of the party for quite a while already. He's normally found at places like waterfalls and while rafting, which makes his presence here on the rafters of an opera building all the more baffling (unless it's a pun on the word raft!). In this scene, he is at his most comedic cartoon like behaviour, as he tries to drop a literal weight onto the stage to sabotage the concert.

Answer: False

Actually, it's the Songstress dressphere. This is incidentally the dressphere that Yuna is using at the beginning of the game, during the infamous intro: where it appears that Yuna, in the previous game a demure summoner expecting to give her own life to rid the world of Sin (the creature, not the concept), has suddenly become a happy-go-lucky singer. This isn't quite what's happening, however... Appearances are somewhat misleading!

The Songstress dressphere is definitely designed for support, good at buffing and inflicting status effects, but it's not a damage dealer on its own.

Lenne's memories inside the dressphere are also highly relevant to the plot of the game.

Answer: Reel

You're definitely not going to be catching any fish if you don't reel them in! Each party member in "Final Fantasy 15" has a specific special skill and Noctis' is fishing, so you'll hear this theme a lot if you want to raise his fishing level up to maximum. Fishing is also needed for some sidequests in the game.

Reel is definitely a dance term, too, however - it has its origins in Scottish dancing, however Irish dance has a dance called the reel too - this is one of the easier dances.

Answer: Rinoa Heartilly

"Final Fantasy 8" is very much a story of the relationship between Squall and Rinoa. Even the game's icon/logo is the two of them together embracing. He shows huge growth as a character and their stories are tied together, even from the Julia and Laguna love story that could never be (but that produced the fabulous "Eyes on Me", which plays when they are both finally opening up to eachother on the Ragnarok even as Squall hears that Rinoa is going to be taken away).

During their meeting where "Waltz for the Moon" plays, they do a literal waltz on the dance floor despite Squall's attempts to completely evade social interaction at this dance.

Answer: Carmen

A player might hear this song and find it very familiar, but much harder to place the title of the song. Although Carmen is now very well-known and well-regarded among opera fans, Bizet died not long after its premiere and therefore did not live to see the level of success that it has since received. Reportedly, he was still making revisions to the score around the time of his death! Carmen's themes include love, betrayal, jealousy and murder.

Answer: Irish dance

The dance very strongly resembles Irish step dancing, as does the style of music that plays. In general, Cleyra and Burmecia seem to follow a Celtic theme for their culture.

It's also relevant to point out that Freya's boyfriend who had disappeared was called Fratley; although this isn't confirmed, this may be based on Michael Flatley, who had popularised Irish dancing at the time through "Riverdance" and "Lord of the Dance".

Answer: dance

Mog's dance ability relates to battle backgrounds (eg. forest, desert, snow). When Mog enters a new region that he doesn't have a dance for, he has a chance of learning the dance at the end of a battle - if he hasn't used his dance command earlier in the fight! This is because when Mog uses his dance ability, he changes the background of the battle to that of whichever dance he has used. The player then loses controls of Mog as the game itself selects abilities from a small pool based on the dance that has been used, and the player does not regain control of him unless he dies or the battle ends.

Also, if Mog is fighting in an unfamiliar environment, there is a chance that his dance command won't work, or that it will misfire - this may be to encourage the player to first learn the dance for the area so that they don't miss out.