The Pizza Planet truck appears in every Pixar feature film except one, and almost nobody guesses which one correctly. I’ve asked this question maybe forty times in live rooms and the most common answer is always The Incredibles, which is wrong. That little detail tells you something about how Pixar trivia works: the people who love these movies the most are often the ones who get burned the hardest, because confidence and deep fandom don’t always point in the same direction.
This set of 50 pixar trivia questions covers the full timeline, from the early shorts that most people have never seen to the films still settling into the culture. Some of these are warm-ups. Some will start arguments. A few will make you text someone a screenshot. I’ve tested every one of them on real humans, and I know where the traps are.
1. What is the name of the short film Pixar released in 1986 that earned them their first Academy Award nomination?
This is the question I use to separate people who know Pixar from people who know Pixar history. Most fans start their mental timeline at Toy Story. The studio had been making people cry for nearly a decade before Woody existed.
2. In Toy Story, what is the name of Sid’s dog?
This one separates the people who watched Toy Story last week from the people running on a memory from 1996. The dog is in multiple scenes and has a very normal name that nobody remembers.
3. What year was the original Toy Story released?
I almost didn’t include this because it feels too easy. But I’ve watched someone say 1993 with absolute conviction and then refuse to believe the answer. It messes with people’s childhood timelines.
4. What is the name of the restaurant in Ratatouille where Remy ends up cooking?
Everyone remembers Gusteau’s. That’s the trap.
5. What color is Sulley in Monsters, Inc.?
I use this as a palate cleanser, but about one in fifteen people say green. Which is wild to me. They’re thinking of Mike.
6. In Finding Nemo, what is the address Dory memorizes?
This is one of the most-quoted lines in Pixar history, and people still get the number wrong. I’ve heard “42 Wallaby Way” more times than I can count.
7. What type of fish is Nemo?
A gimme, right? Except I once had a guy insist on “anemonefish” and technically he wasn’t wrong, but his team still didn’t get the point.
8. What was the first Pixar film to not be number one at the box office on its opening weekend?
This is where the energy in a room shifts. People start doing mental math, running through release dates. Most guess one of the sequels. They’re almost always wrong.
9. What is WALL-E’s full name?
People know it’s an acronym. They can never get all the words right.
10. In Up, what is the name of the boy scout troop Russell belongs to?
I love this one because it’s visible on screen multiple times and absolutely no one retains it.
11. Which Pixar film was the first to be rated PG?
Most people guess The Incredibles, which makes sense because of the action. But they’re forgetting something earlier and stranger.
12. What is the name of the fictional gas station company that appears across multiple Pixar films?
Dinoco gets a lot of play, but that’s not a gas station. This is the deeper cut.
13. In Inside Out, what are the names of all five original emotions?
Everyone gets four. The fifth one is where teams fall apart. I’ve watched people stare at each other in genuine panic trying to remember which feeling they forgot.
14. What is the human name of the superhero Frozone in The Incredibles?
Samuel L. Jackson’s voice is so dominant in this role that people think they know the character completely. They don’t know his name.
15. Which Pixar movie features a character named Bing Bong?
If you’ve seen the movie, this is easy. If you haven’t, the name “Bing Bong” could honestly belong to any Pixar film and you wouldn’t blink.
16. What is the name of the Pizza Planet delivery truck’s license plate state, as visible in Toy Story?
This is a freeze-frame question and I’m not sorry about it.
17. What does A113 refer to, and in how many Pixar films does it appear?
Speaking of which. Everyone who knows this feels like they’re in a secret club. It appears in every single Pixar feature film.
18. Who was originally cast as Woody in Toy Story before Tom Hanks?
This one gets gasps. Real, audible gasps.
19. What was Pixar’s original business before it became an animation studio?
This is where film nerds and tech nerds collide. Both think they know the answer, and they’re both half right.
20. How much did Steve Jobs pay to buy Pixar from Lucasfilm?
People always guess too high. The actual number makes the eventual Disney acquisition feel like a fairy tale.
21. In Monsters, Inc., what is the name of the sushi restaurant seen in the background?
A true deep cut. This separates casual fans from people who pause Pixar movies to read signs.
22. Which Pixar film takes place primarily in South America?
People always hesitate, like it might be a trick. It’s not.
23. What is the name of the short film that plays before WALL-E in theaters?
Pixar shorts are the unsung heroes of the theatrical experience, and this one is arguably the most beloved of all of them.
24. In Cars, what real-life highway inspired the town of Radiator Springs?
The whole emotional core of that movie is about a real piece of American infrastructure, and most people can name it. What they can’t do is say it without getting a little nostalgic.
25. What is the name of Merida’s horse in Brave?
People remember the bears. They remember the accents. They do not remember the horse’s name.
26. Which Pixar sequel has the highest Rotten Tomatoes score?
This is the question where friendships fracture. Everyone has a favorite sequel and they assume it’s the best-reviewed one. They’re usually projecting.
27. What is the only Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Everyone says “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.” Everyone is wrong.
28. Which Pixar film was the studio’s first financial disappointment at the box office?
The word “disappointment” is doing a lot of work here. Pixar’s floor is still most studios’ ceiling.
29. True or false: Pixar has never made a film with a human woman as the sole lead character.
Watch people’s faces when they try to work through this. They start listing films on their fingers and their expressions change as they go.
30. What is the lowest-rated Pixar film on Rotten Tomatoes?
People always guess Cars 2, and they’re right to. But knowing the actual score makes it hit differently.
31. In Coco, what is the name of the holiday being celebrated?
An easy one to let people breathe after that run. But I’ve had people say “Day of the Dead” in English and then argue about whether the Spanish name is required. Trivia hosts, decide your policy in advance.
32. What actor voices both the lead character and the villain in a Pixar film?
This is a tricky framing. People scan through every Pixar villain trying to match voices. The answer is more elegant than they expect.
33. Which Pixar film has the shortest runtime?
People guess one of the early films because they assume movies used to be shorter. They didn’t, really.
34. In Toy Story 2, what is the name of the toy collector who steals Woody?
His name is somehow both memorable and forgettable. People remember exactly what he looks like but can’t produce the name.
35. What does Buzz Lightyear’s wrist communicator actually say when he tries to contact Star Command?
This is a question about the gap between what you think you remember and what’s actually on screen.
36. In Finding Nemo, what are the names of the three sharks who attend the “Fish Are Friends” meeting?
Everyone gets Bruce. The other two are where it falls apart.
37. What is the name of Boo’s real identity in Monsters, Inc., as seen on a drawing in the film?
People call her Boo because everyone calls her Boo. But she has a real name, and it’s visible if you’re looking.
38. In The Incredibles, what is the name of Edna Mode’s full name?
Edna Mode is one of the most quoted characters in Pixar history and her full name is right there in the credits.
39. What flavor of ice cream causes Riley to cry during the dinner scene in Inside Out?
This is a trick question and I’m telling you that upfront. See if it helps.
40. What is the name of the imaginary boyfriend from Inside Out who lives in Imagination Land?
This is a visual gag that people either remember vividly or have completely blocked out.
41. Which Pixar director has directed the most Pixar feature films?
People say John Lasseter instinctively, and he’s up there. But there’s someone who’s quietly overtaken him.
42. What was the codename Pixar used internally during the production of Toy Story?
Deep cut. I’ve only ever seen one person get this right in a live room, and she worked at a tech company in the ’90s.
43. Which Pixar film took the longest to make, from initial concept to release?
This is harder than it sounds because several Pixar films had extended development hells that most people don’t know about.
44. What nearly catastrophic event happened during the production of Toy Story 2?
This is one of the great production horror stories in film history, and it’s 100% true.
45. In what year did Disney acquire Pixar, and for how much?
People usually get the era right but the exact year wrong. The price makes their eyes go wide.
46. What is the name of the emotion introduced in Inside Out 2 that takes over headquarters?
If you have a teenager, you know this instantly. If you don’t, you’re guessing.
47. In Soul, what is Joe Gardner’s instrument?
A breathing question. But the movie itself doesn’t let you breathe at all.
48. What are the two elements that the main characters represent in Elemental?
I’ve seen people confidently say “earth and water” and I genuinely don’t know where that comes from.
49. Which Pixar film’s credits include a fake blooper reel?
Multiple Pixar films did this, and the question is really asking: which was the first?
50. In Ratatouille, what does the food critic Anton Ego eat that causes his famous flashback to childhood?
This is the question I save for last at every event where Pixar comes up. Not because it’s the hardest. Because of what happens in the room when people answer it. Everyone gets it right. And then everyone sits there for a second, because they’re not thinking about the answer anymore. They’re thinking about the scene. They’re thinking about the moment a cartoon rat made a fictional food critic cry, and how that somehow made them cry too. The flashback isn’t to a fancy meal. It’s to the simplest thing in the world. And that’s the whole thesis of the movie, and maybe of Pixar itself: the stuff that gets you isn’t the spectacle. It’s the thing that reminds you of something you’d forgotten you felt.
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