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Updated on Apr. 01, 2025

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Disney is so ingrained in pop culture, hardly a day goes by when we aren’t touched by the entertainment powerhouse in some way, from seeing popular Disney characters to hearing famous Disney quotes or even shopping for Disney gifts. Die-hard fans of the brand and its many offerings can’t get enough and are particularly tough to stump when it comes to Disney trivia. They know all there is to know about Disney live-action remakes, the best Disney couples and Disney’s 100th anniversary.

For all those reasons, we took the assignment of coming up with this list of Disney trivia questions very seriously. We expect the most loyal Mouseketeers to correctly answer questions about Walt Disney quotes and how did Walt Disney die, but if we can stump them with just one question, our job here is done.

So read on to take a crack at our roundup of Disney trivia, complete with answers.

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Disney movie trivia

1. Question: In Disney’s 1959 film Sleeping Beauty, Aurora is betrothed to a prince shortly after she is born. This same prince rescues her when she falls into a deep sleep. Who is he?
Answer: Prince Phillip

2. Question: Everyone knows that Cinderella lost a glass slipper as she left the ball at midnight. But did it fall off her right foot or left foot?
Answer: Left foot

3. Question: Which is the first full-length Disney film to be based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

4. Question: What is the name of the duet between Rapunzel and Flynn Rider as they sit in a boat with floating lanterns hovering around them?
Answer: “I See the Light”

5. Question: You know the little human girl from Monsters, Inc. as Boo, but what is her more human name?
Answer: Mary

6. Question: Frozen‘s Prince Hans comes from a large family. How many brothers does he have?
Answer: 12

7. Question: Out of all the Disney films, one main character speaks the least. Which one is it?
Answer: Dumbo

8. Question: Genie from Aladdin complained that being cooped up in a lamp gave him such a crick in his neck. Just how long was he in there?
Answer: 10,000 years

9. Question: Which popular Disney song made its debut in the film Pinocchio?
Answer: “When You Wish Upon a Star”

10. Question: How many kids does Gaston want to have with Belle?
Answer: Six or seven

11. Question: hat does the Evil Queen in Snow White say to herself in the mirror?
Answer: “Magic mirror, on the wall—who is the fairest one of all?”

12. Question: In which movie does Prince Charming first appear?
Answer: Cinderella

13. Question: What are the names of Hades’s minions in Hercules?
Answer: Pain and Panic

14. Question: The sorcerer’s name in Fantasia spells what backward?
Answer: Disney

15. Question: Which Disney Princess attended Elsa’s coronation day in Arendelle?
Answer: Rapunzel

16. Question: How old is Crush, the sea turtle in Finding Nemo?
Answer: 150

17. Question: What is Princess Mia’s full name in The Princess Diaries?
Answer: Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi

18. Question: Which famous TV creator co-wrote The Princess Diaries 2?
Answer: Shonda Rhimes

19. Question: What is WALL-E’s favorite old movie?
Answer: Hello, Dolly!

20. Question: What was the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars?
Answer: Beauty and the Beast

21. Question: Name one actress other than Julie Andrews who was in the running for the lead role in Mary Poppins?
Answer: Angela Lansbury or Bette Davis

22. Question: Who made the iconic glass slipper for the live-action version of Cinderella starring Lily James?
Answer: Swarovski

23. Question: Which actor plays Gaston in the live-action take on Beauty and the Beast?
Answer: Luke Evans

24. Question: In Cruella, what do we learn is Estella’s adopted last name?
Answer: Miller

25. Question: Which of Angelina Jolie’s children appears alongside her in a scene from Maleficent?
Answer: Vivienne

26. Question: Which veteran director took the helm of 2019’s Dumbo?
Answer: Tim Burton

27. Question: What’s the name of the biggest song and dance number in Mary Poppins Returns?
Answer: “Trip a Little Light Fantastic”

28. Question: Which was the first live-action Disney remake to receive a PG-13 rating?
Answer: Mulan

29. Question: Which award-winning actress starred in the original Freaky Friday?
Answer: Jodie Foster

30. Question: What’s the name of the sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?
Answer: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
(Bonus: Here’s where the cast of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is now.)

31. Question: Which beloved Disney character was set to be on the cover of Time magazine but was bumped after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Answer: Dumbo

32. Question: What is the name of the city in Big Hero 6?
Answer: San Fransokyo

33. Question: What Disney character makes a cameo as a stuffed animal in Frozen?
Answer: Mickey Mouse

34. Question: Which Disney movies are based on a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson?
AnswerTreasure Island, Kidnapped and Treasure Planet

35. Question: What is the name of Wendy’s dog in Peter Pan?
Answer: Nana

36. Question: What is the name of the toy store in Toy Story 2?
Answer: Al’s Toy Barn

37. Question: Who is Mufasa’s trusted advisor in The Lion King?
Answer: Zazu

38. Question: Who serves as Pinocchio’s conscience?
Answer: Jiminy Cricket

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Disney princess trivia

Princess movies are an iconic part of Disney. How well can you do against this Disney movie trivia?

39. Question: What is the name of Rapunzel’s pet lizard?
Answer: Pascal

40. Question: Which Disney princess is the only one based on a real person?
Answer: Pocahontas

41. Question: Which of the princesses was the first to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Answer: Snow White

42. Question: Who is Cinderella’s stepmother?
Answer: Lady Tremaine

43. Question: How old is Tiana in Princess & the Frog?
Answer: 19

44. Question: Which princess is technically the youngest?
Answer: Snow White (she’s just 14!)

45. Question: What name does Princess Aurora go by to protect her identity?
Answer: Briar Rose

46. Question: What animal does Merida turn her mother into in Brave?
Answer: A bear

47. Question: Who is the first Disney character who didn’t have to marry into royalty to become a princess?
Answer: Mulan

48. Question: Where does Jasmine live?
Answer: Agrabah

49. Question: Which Disney princess has a tattoo?
Answer: Pocahontas

50. Question: How many sisters does Ariel have?
Answer: Six

51. Question: What is the name of the island Moana lives on?
Answer: Motunui

52. Question: Who was the first Disney princess?
Answer: Snow White

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Walt Disney trivia

53. Question: Where was Walt Disney born?
Answer: Chicago

54. Question: When was Walt Disney born?
Answer: Dec. 5, 1901

55. Question: What was Walt’s wife’s name?
Answer: Lillian

56. Question: How many competitive Oscars did Walt win?
Answer: 22

57. Question: To sell this particular movie, which fairy tale did Walt perform as a one-man show?
Answer: Snow White

58. Question: Which short film did Walt originally collaborate on with Salvador Dalí?
Answer: Destino

59. Question: How many honorary degrees does Walt have?
Answer: Three, though he never went to college

60. Question: Which character did Walt perform in a school play before it became the star of a Disney movie?
Answer: Peter Pan

61. Question: Why did Walt drop out of high school?
Answer: To join the Red Cross Ambulance Corps

62. Question: What did Walt name the model railroad he built in his backyard?
Answer: Carolwood Pacific Railroad

63. Question: What character did Walt Disney create before Mickey Mouse?
Answer: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

64. Question: Walt Disney had a secret apartment. Where in Disneyland was it?
Answer: Above the Town Square Fire Station in Main Street USA

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Walt Disney World trivia

65. Question: Which year did Walt Disney World open?
Answer: 1971

66. Question: Which of the WDW parks is the smallest in size?
Answer: Magic Kingdom

67. Question: What is the name of the underground tunnels connecting various areas of the parks?
Answer: The Utilidor

68. Question: What is Magic Kingdom’s oldest attraction?
Answer: Prince Charming Regal Carrousel

69. Question: How many trains does Big Thunder Mountain Railroad have?
Answer: Six

70. Question: Which year is posted in a sign hanging over the Hall of Presidents?
Answer: 1787

71. Question: In Animal Kingdom, what is the name of the giant dinosaur standing in DinoLand USA?
Answer: Dino-Sue

72. Question: Which were the three original hotel and lodging offerings at WDW?
Answer: The Polynesian, the Contemporary and Fort Wilderness Campground

73. Question: Before it became Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, what was the name of the attraction housed in the replica of Chinese Theater?
Answer: The Great Movie Ride

74. Question: Which former Disney Channel show was actually filmed at Hollywood Studios when it was branded as Disney-MGM Studios?
Answer: The All New Mickey Mouse Club

75. Question: How much land makes up Disney World?
Answer: About 40 square miles

76. Question: How many ghosts are in The Haunted Mansion?
Answer: 999

77. Question: How tall is Cinderella Castle?
Answer: 189 feet

78. Question: What town inspired Magic Kingdom’s Main Street USA?
Answer: Walt Disney loosely based Main Street USA on Marceline, Missouri

79. Question: What is the motto for the It’s a Small World ride?
Answer: “The Happiest Cruise That Ever Sailed”

80. Question: What are the three mountains in Magic Kingdom?
Answer: Space Mountain, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and Big Thunder Railroad Mountain

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Mickey Mouse trivia

81. Question: Who was the first voice of Mickey Mouse?
Answer: Walt Disney

82. Question: What is the first thing Mickey ever said?
Answer: “Hot dog!”

83. Question: What are the names of Minnie’s two pets?
Answer: Figaro and Fifi

84. Question: Before Minnie donned her signature bow, what was her favorite accessory?
Answer: A hat with a white daisy sprouting from the top

85. Question: What is Donald Duck’s middle name?
Answer: Fauntleroy

86. Question: What are the names of Donald’s three nephews?
Answer: Huey, Dewey and Louie

87. Question: What was Goofy’s original name?
Answer: Dippy Dawg

88. Question: How much did it cost to build Disney World’s Magic Kingdom?
Answer: About $400 million

89. Question: Initially, Daisy Duck’s name was something else. What was she originally called?
Answer: Donna Duck

90. Question: How many fingers does Mickey have on each hand?
Answer: Four

91. Question: In what short film did Mickey first appear?
Answer: Plane Crazy

92. Question: Which popular souvenir was first designed for cast members to wear on the Mickey Mouse Club?
Answer: Mickey Mouse ear hats

93. Question: What was Mickey’s original name?
Answer: Mortimer

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Pixar movie trivia

From Up to Coco, it’s hard to beat Pixar when it comes to the best cartoon movies!

94. Question: Which Toy Story movie first introduces Barbie as a character?
Answer: Toy Story 2

95. Question: Which feature-length Pixar film was the first to be nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar?
Answer: Finding Nemo

96. Question: How long can Elastigirl in The Incredibles stretch herself?
Answer: Up to 300 feet

97. Question: In Encanto, what is Mirabel’s father’s name?
Answer: Agustin

98. Question: True or false: A Bug’s Life is the first Pixar movie to have outtakes at the end.
Answer: True

99. Question: What is WALL-E’s job?
Answer: Trash collector

100. Question: In Up, where does Carl Fredricksen want to move his house?
Answer: Paradise Falls

101. Question: Which are the five main emotion characters in Inside Out?
Answer: Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear and Anger

102. Question: How many Piston Cups has Lightning McQueen won?
Answer: Seven

103. Question: What is Chef Gusteau’s full name in Ratatouille?
Answer: Auguste Gusteau

104. Question: Which famous artist makes an appearance as an animated character in Coco?
Answer: Frida Kahlo

105. Question: In The Incredibles, what is Edna Mode’s rule for designing super suits?
Answer: No capes!

106. Question: What is the name of the boy band in Turning Red?
Answer: 4*TOWN

107. Question: What does Lotso the bear smell like in Toy Story 3?
Answer: Strawberries

108. Question: Where does Luca take place?
Answer: Portorosso, Italy

109. Question: What does “WALL·E” stand for?
Answer: Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth Class

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Disneyland trivia

110. Question: At Disney’s California Adventure, how many different experiences are offered at Guardians of the Galaxy—Mission: Breakout!?
Answer: Six

111. Question: True or false: Autopia is one of the original attractions still operating at Disneyland.
Answer: True

112. Question: How many times has the operational drawbridge at the front of Sleeping Beauty’s castle actually been used?
Answer: Twice (at the opening of the park and the reopening of Fantasyland)

113. Question: What used to grow on the land where Disneyland now stands?
Answer: Orange trees

114. Question: Which castle is taller: Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland or Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World?
Answer: Cinderella Castle

115. Question: What are the names of The Haunted Mansion’s hitchhiking ghosts?
Answer: Ezra, Phineas and Gus

116. Question: What is the only Disneyland attraction Walt Disney designed himself?
Answer: Tom Sawyer Island

117. Question: How many attractions were open when Disneyland first made its public debut?
Answer: 20

118. Question: How much did park admission cost when Disneyland first opened?
Answer: $3.50

119. Question: Which ride is actually older than Disneyland itself?
Answer: King Arthur’s Carousel (it was built in 1922)

120. Question: What employee perk is hidden in the Matterhorn ride?
Answer: A basketball court

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