Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper job for “lacking imagination.” That fact has appeared in so many motivational posters that people assume it’s apocryphal. It’s not. The Kansas City Star let him go in 1919, and he spent the next few years failing at an animation company called Laugh-O-Gram Studio before it went bankrupt. The man who built the most famous entertainment empire on earth did it after going broke in Kansas City. I’ve opened trivia nights with that story, and it reframes everything that follows. Because Disney trivia isn’t really about how much you’ve memorized. It’s about how much you think you know versus what’s actually true.
These 75 disney trivia questions and answers are built from years of watching teams argue, second-guess themselves, and occasionally flip a table. Some of these are warm-ups. Some are traps. A few are the kind of question that makes a room go completely silent. Let’s get into it.
1. What was the first full-length animated feature film produced by Walt Disney?
Everyone reaches for this one fast. And most people get it right. But I’ve seen confident answers of Fantasia and Pinocchio more often than you’d think, especially from people who confuse “first I saw” with “first ever made.”
2. What are the names of all seven dwarfs in Snow White?
This is the question that starts arguments at every table. Someone always forgets one and substitutes a name that doesn’t exist. I’ve heard “Smiley” offered with absolute conviction.
3. What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan?
A palate cleanser. You need these. Not every question has to draw blood.
4. In The Lion King, what is the name of Simba’s father?
I include this early because it builds false confidence. People start feeling like they’re going to sweep this whole thing. That feeling is useful to me later.
5. What kind of animal is Bambi?
Nobody gets this wrong. But it sets up the next question beautifully.
6. What is the name of Bambi’s rabbit friend?
Still easy. But about 15% of rooms hesitate here, which tells me something about who actually watched Bambi versus who just knows the cultural shorthand.
7. In Aladdin, how many wishes does the Genie grant?
The trick here is that people say three, which is the rule. But Genie actually grants Aladdin’s first wish without Aladdin technically using an official wish. It depends on how you frame the question. I frame it as the rule, not the count.
8. What is the name of the princess in Sleeping Beauty?
This is the first trap. People say Sleeping Beauty. Her name is not Sleeping Beauty.
9. What Disney movie features the song “A Whole New World”?
10. In Finding Nemo, what is the name of the address Dory memorizes?
People remember that she memorizes an address. They remember the scene. They can hear Ellen DeGeneres saying it. But recalling the actual address under pressure? That’s different.
11. What is the name of the toy store in Toy Story 2?
12. How many brothers does Prince Hans have in Frozen?
This is the one from my excerpt. It’s mentioned once in the movie, in a line that sounds like throwaway dialogue. People who remember it feel like geniuses. People who don’t start guessing numbers like they’re at a carnival.
13. What was Pixar’s first feature film?
14. In Moana, what is the name of the demigod voiced by Dwayne Johnson?
15. What are the names of Cinderella’s stepsisters?
One of them comes easy. The other one vanishes from memory like it was never there.
16. What is the name of the sea witch in The Little Mermaid?
17. In Up, where does Carl Fredricksen want to move his house?
18. What year did Disneyland open in Anaheim, California?
Park fans know this instantly. Everyone else is doing rough math based on when they think Walt Disney was alive.
19. What Disney character is known for the phrase “To infinity and beyond”?
20. In Tangled, what is Rapunzel’s weapon of choice?
21. What is the name of the kingdom in Tangled?
People who just answered the frying pan question with zero hesitation suddenly go blank here. The movie never makes a big deal of the kingdom’s name.
22. What animated Disney film features a character named Hiro Hamada?
23. In Monsters, Inc., what is the name of the little girl who enters the monster world?
24. What is the name of Woody’s horse in Toy Story 2?
25. What does “Hakuna Matata” mean?
Everyone knows this. The question is whether they can say it without singing it first.
26. In Coco, what is the name of the holiday being celebrated?
27. What was Walt Disney’s first cartoon character, created before Mickey Mouse?
This is where the room splits. Some people know. Most people have never even considered that there was a before.
28. Which Disney princess has the least amount of screen time in her own movie?
This generates genuine debate. People start mentally replaying movies trying to calculate minutes.
29. In The Jungle Book, what type of animal is Baloo?
30. What is the name of the villain in 101 Dalmatians?
31. Which Pixar movie takes place primarily inside a young girl’s mind?
32. What are the names of the five original emotions in Inside Out?
People always get four. The fifth one slips away like it was designed to.
33. In Beauty and the Beast, what is the name of Gaston’s sidekick?
34. What is the name of the clock character in Beauty and the Beast?
35. What color is the dress that Cinderella wears to the ball?
I love this question because the argument is built into it. The dress in the movie is silver/white with a blue sheen. But Disney’s marketing has made it solidly blue in every piece of merchandise since 1950.
36. What is the only Disney animated film with a title character who doesn’t speak?
37. Which Disney movie was the first to have its soundtrack hit number one on the Billboard 200?
38. In Ratatouille, what is the full name of the rat who wants to be a chef?
39. What is the name of Captain Hook’s ship in Peter Pan?
40. In Hercules, who is the villain?
41. What are the names of the three fairies in Sleeping Beauty?
Everyone remembers there are three. Getting all three names is harder than it sounds.
42. Which Disney princess is left-handed?
This is the kind of question that makes people stare at the ceiling trying to visualize animated characters holding things. It’s wonderful to watch.
43. What is the name of the pizza chain that appears in multiple Pixar movies?
44. In Lilo & Stitch, what is Stitch’s experiment number?
45. What is the name of the pub in Tangled where all the ruffians sing about their dreams?
46. Which Disney villain falls to their death from a cliff or high structure?
The trick is that the answer isn’t singular. Multiple Disney villains die this way. I usually ask people to name as many as they can.
47. What was the first Pixar movie to not feature any human characters?
48. In Encanto, what is the name of the magical house?
49. What is Scar’s real name in The Lion King?
Most people don’t even know Scar has a real name. It’s referenced in supplementary material, not the film itself.
50. How many Disney theme park resorts exist worldwide?
51. What is the only Disney Renaissance film (1989-1999) that is not a musical?
This requires people to first remember what counts as the Disney Renaissance, then mentally check each one for songs. It takes a minute.
52. In Toy Story 3, what is the name of the daycare center?
53. What real-life actress does Ursula’s appearance in The Little Mermaid reference?
54. Which Disney character has appeared in the most films?
55. What was the last film Walt Disney personally supervised before his death?
56. In Frozen, what is Kristoff’s reindeer’s name?
57. What is the name of the cat in Cinderella?
58. Which Disney movie features the song “When You Wish Upon a Star”?
59. In Zootopia, what species is the main character Judy Hopps?
60. What is the name of the restaurant Tiana dreams of opening in The Princess and the Frog?
61. Which Pixar film was originally going to be called “Hidden City”?
Nobody gets this. It’s a true stumper and I deploy it when teams are getting too comfortable.
62. In Mulan, what is the name of her dragon companion?
63. What is the shortest Disney animated feature film by runtime?
64. What are the names of Donald Duck’s three nephews?
65. In Brave, what does Merida’s mother turn into?
66. What is the name of the fictional world where Wreck-It Ralph takes place within the arcade game?
67. Which Disney princess is the only one based on a real historical person?
68. In The Emperor’s New Groove, what animal does Kuzco get turned into?
69. What was the original name of Mickey Mouse before Walt Disney changed it?
70. In WALL-E, what does WALL-E stand for?
71. What is the name of the Disney animated film that takes place in a city of animals with different climate zones?
72. Which voice actor has performed the most Disney villain roles?
This is a deep cut and I don’t expect most people to get it. But someone at every event has this knowledge tucked away.
73. In Fantasia, what piece of classical music accompanies the sequence where Mickey Mouse is the Sorcerer’s Apprentice?
74. What was Disney’s first PG-13 rated film?
75. In the original Toy Story, what is Sid’s dog’s name?
I always end with this one. Not because it’s the hardest question of the night, but because of what happens in the room. Half the people have no idea. The other half close their eyes, and you can see them rewinding to 1995, sitting on a carpet somewhere, watching a movie that changed everything. And the name just comes back to them, not from studying, but from somewhere older and warmer than that. That’s what Disney trivia is, really. It’s not about scores. It’s about the fact that these stories got into us before we knew they were doing it, and asking the right question can pull them back out.
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