10 Disney Trivia Questions and Answers to Quiz Your Friends (2024)

Whether you love one of the classic Disney Princess films, enjoy the thrills of theme parks, or watch tons of Marvel, it's likely that you really enjoy something Disney-related. Even the biggest Disney fans would struggle to know everything about this entertainment behemoth, but maybe you know someone who can get all of these Disney trivia questions. There's no prize, but enjoy a warm sense of accomplishment in knowing you're the biggest Disney fan in your friend group.

The Little Mermaid is a classic Disney flick, with a beloved animated original from 1989 and a solid live action remake coming out in 2023. Can you name the stars of both the 1989 original and the modern reimagining?

Jodi Benson provided the original voice of Ariel for the first film and several animated spinoffs and video games. The singer Halle Bailey took on the mantle of Ariel in the live action remake in her major acting debut.

Animation pioneer Walt Disney was heavily involved in his company's first foray into theme parks. He was eventually granted permission to build a park in 1952 and opened it in 1955, which Disney Park was that?

Disney sitting in the park he helped design, Disneyland. He also helped to develop the plans for Florida's Walt Disney World complex, but he didn't leave to see it open in 1971.

The center of Disneyland boasts the beautiful Sleeping Beauty Castle, still standing after opening in July of 1955. In Disney World's Magic Kindgdom, they have the Cinderella Castle, which is gorgeous and part of the company's iconic logo. Which of these castles is larger?

Cinderella Castle is a massive 183 feet tall, over twice the height of the Sleeping Beauty Castle's still-impressive height at 77 feet.

It seems unbelievable, but Disney made several animated films before Mickey Mouse was created and used as their main star. Can you guess what cartoon animal character preceded Mickey?

Oswald was co-created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, but the character was owned by Universal Pictures, leading Disney to eventually create a character he had full control over. Oswald starred in twenty-seven animated shorts between 1927 and 1938. Disney was granted rights to Oswald by NBCUniversal in 2006, in exchange for allowing sportscaster Al Michaels to start commentating on NBC Sunday Night Football.

Mickey and Minnie appeared before a test audience in a short dubbed Plane Crazy in 1928, but they starred in a black-and-white short months later that put the new character on the map. Do you know the name of this revolutionary short?

Steamboat Willie is still a fun and lively watch to this day. From Mickey's classic whistling in the intro to other surreal shenanigans as he goofs around and clashes with Pete, the steamboat's real captain, the short packs a lot into just seven minutes.

In 1934, Walt Disney Productions began work on its most ambitious project yet—a full feature animation, back when cartoons were more often than not short form.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs apparently got the nickname "Disney's Folly"around Hollywood while it was in development. But of course, its cultural impact speaks for itself, and the film still holds up today.

Mickey and Minnie may be the faces of Disney animation, but the studio has long since expanded into other mediums with their own productions and acquisitions of other entertainment companies. Do you know the title of their very first live action project from 1950?

Treasure Island is an adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel of the same name from 1883. Following the young adventurer Jim Hawkins as he seeks the lost treasure of Captain Flint with the help of the crew of the Hispaniola and the pirate Long John Silver.

Disney theme parks expanded outside of the United States for the first time in the spring of 1983. Do you know which country that held the first international Disneyland?

Disneyland Tokyo is still hugely popular park to this day. It has a lot of the same rides as the original park including Big Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain, Jungle Cruise, and It's A Small World, among many others.

Besides a few 3D films for park experiences, Disney stayed loyal to 2D animation until they released their first fully 3D animated feature in 2005. Which film was it?

That's right, Chicken Little was the first 3D computer animated film Disney created in-house. This science-fiction coming-of-age comedy starred Zach Braff as a tiny chicken who becomes a laughing stock in his hometown when he panics thinking the sky is falling, only to become proven right the next year when an alien invasion begins.

This 2019 remake had an all-star voice cast including Donald Glover as Simba, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, Beyoncé as Nala, and John Oliver as Zazu. Who directed the film?

The actor and director Jon Favreau, known for Iron Man, The Mandalorian and Elf to name a few, took on the challenge of adapting a beloved animation. Some critics were mixed on the film upon its release, but it was praised for its bold new visual style, and hit big at the box office.