32 Disney Trivia Questions and Answers
Disney trivia from Steamboat Willie to The Lion King: the animated classics and their characters, the songs, the theme parks and Walt Disney himself. The questions are about films and facts that do not change, so the list will not go out of date. Each answer is printed under its question.
There are 32 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.Which 1928 cartoon is considered the official debut of Mickey Mouse?
Answer: Steamboat Willie
Open this question2.Before Mickey Mouse, which cartoon rabbit did Walt Disney create for Universal Pictures in 1927?
Answer: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Open this question3.Which brother of Walt Disney co-founded the Disney company with him in 1923?
Answer: Roy O. Disney
Open this question4.In Disney's "Pinocchio", what is the name of the cricket who acts as Pinocchio's conscience?
Answer: Jiminy Cricket
Open this question5.In "The Lion King", what is the name of Simba's villainous uncle?
Answer: Scar
Open this question6.In which 1940 Disney film are animated sequences set to classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski?
Answer: Fantasia
Open this question7.In which segment of "Fantasia" does Mickey Mouse appear?
Answer: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Open this question8.Which 1941 Disney film is about a circus elephant who can fly using his enormous ears?
Answer: Dumbo
Open this question9.Disney's "Bambi" is loosely based on a 1923 novel by which author?
Answer: Felix Salten
Open this question10.What is the name of the evil fairy in Disney's 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty"?
Answer: Maleficent
Open this question11.What is the name of the villain who wants to make a fur coat from puppies in "One Hundred and One Dalmatians"?
Answer: Cruella de Vil
Open this question12.Which actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in Disney's "Mary Poppins"?
Answer: Julie Andrews
Open this question13.In Disney's 1967 film "The Jungle Book", what is the name of the bear who befriends Mowgli?
Answer: Baloo
Open this question14.Which 1989 film was the first of the animated features of the period known as the "Disney Renaissance"?
Answer: The Little Mermaid
Open this question15.Which singer wrote the songs for "The Lion King" with lyricist Tim Rice?
Answer: Elton John
Open this question16.In which city was Walt Disney born in 1901?
Answer: Chicago
Open this question17.What are the names of Donald Duck's three nephews?
Answer: Huey, Dewey and Louie
Open this question18.In which 1934 cartoon did Donald Duck first appear?
Answer: The Wise Little Hen
Open this question19.What is the name of Mickey Mouse's pet dog?
Answer: Pluto
Open this question20.The name of the Disney theme park Epcot began as an acronym. What did it stand for?
Answer: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
Open this question21.Which Disney theme park, the first outside the United States, opened in Japan in 1983?
Answer: Tokyo Disneyland
Open this question22.Which Disney resort opened near Paris in 1992 under the name Euro Disney?
Answer: Disneyland Paris
Open this question23.Which 1946 Disney film, mixing live action and animation, introduced the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"?
Answer: Song of the South
Open this question24.The song "When You Wish Upon a Star" was written for which 1940 Disney film?
Answer: Pinocchio
Open this question25.Disney's "The Little Mermaid" is based on a fairy tale by which Danish author?
Answer: Hans Christian Andersen
Open this question26.What is the name of the heroine of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"?
Answer: Belle
Open this question27.In which year did the television show "The Mickey Mouse Club" first go on the air?
Answer: 1955
Open this question28.Who provided the original voice of Mickey Mouse?
Answer: Walt Disney
Open this question29.Which animator co-created Mickey Mouse with Walt Disney in 1928?
Answer: Ub Iwerks
Open this question30.In "The Lion King", what kind of animal is Pumbaa?
Answer: A warthog
Open this question31.In Disney's "Cinderella", what are the names of Cinderella's two stepsisters?
Answer: Anastasia and Drizella
Open this question32.In Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", which of the seven dwarfs never speaks?
Answer: Dopey
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