Disney Animated Classics – answers and explanations
Here are the answers to all 18 questions in the Disney Animated Classics quiz, each with a short explanation. From Snow White to Frozen – how well do you know Disney's animated world? Haven't played yet? Take the quiz first and compare your score.
Play the quiz · 18 questions1. Which sea witch is the villain of Disney's 1989 film The Little Mermaid?
Answer: Ursula
Ursula, the tentacled sea witch voiced by Pat Carroll, is the villain of Disney's 1989 film The Little Mermaid, tricking Ariel into trading her voice for legs. The character is based on the sea witch in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale and was visually inspired by drag performer Divine.
2. Which composer wrote the music for 'Under the Sea' and 'Be Our Guest'?
Answer: Alan Menken
Alan Menken composed both 'Under the Sea' (The Little Mermaid, 1989) and 'Be Our Guest' (Beauty and the Beast, 1991), with lyrics by Howard Ashman. 'Under the Sea' won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
3. Moana sails across the islands of which ocean?
Answer: The Pacific Ocean
Moana (2016) is set in ancient Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean region of Oceania, with the fictional island of Motunui inspired by Fiji, Samoa and Tahiti, which the directors visited for research.
4. Which Disney animated classic got a photorealistic remake in 2019?
Answer: The Lion King
The Lion King was remade as a photorealistic computer-animated film directed by Jon Favreau, released July 19, 2019, using the virtual-production techniques developed for his 2016 The Jungle Book.
5. Disney's Frozen is loosely based on which Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale?
Answer: The Snow Queen
Disney's Frozen (2013) is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1844 Danish fairy tale 'The Snow Queen'; Anna was inspired by the tale's heroine Gerda, and Disney had struggled to adapt the story since the 1940s.
6. In Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which dwarf never speaks a word?
Answer: Dopey
Dopey is the only one of the seven dwarfs with no dialogue in the 1937 film, communicating by pantomime; Happy explains he has simply never tried to talk, and Eddie Collins supplied his few vocal effects.
7. What is the name of Mufasa's treacherous brother in The Lion King?
Answer: Scar
In The Lion King (1994), Mufasa's jealous brother Scar kills him in a wildebeest stampede and seizes Pride Rock; Jeremy Irons voiced Scar, while Zazu is the hornbill majordomo and Rafiki the mandrill shaman.
8. Which comedian voiced the tiny dragon Mushu in Disney's 1998 film Mulan?
Answer: Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy voiced the small Chinese dragon Mushu in Disney's Mulan (1998); Joe Pesci had originally been hired, and Mark Moseley took over the role for the sequel.
9. Which actress played Belle in Disney's 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast?
Answer: Emma Watson
Emma Watson played Belle opposite Dan Stevens' Beast in Bill Condon's live-action Beauty and the Beast, released March 17, 2017; Lily James had starred in Disney's earlier live-action Cinderella (2015).
10. The Oscar-winning song 'Colors of the Wind' comes from which Disney film?
Answer: Pocahontas
'Colors of the Wind', written by Alan Menken with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz for Pocahontas (1995), won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, plus a Golden Globe and a Grammy.
11. Which cricket acts as Pinocchio's conscience in Disney's 1940 film?
Answer: Jiminy Cricket
Jiminy Cricket is appointed by the Blue Fairy as Pinocchio's official conscience in Disney's Pinocchio, released in February 1940. Voiced by Cliff Edwards, he sings 'When You Wish Upon a Star', now the Disney company's signature song.
12. The fur-obsessed villain Cruella de Vil appears in which Disney animated film?
Answer: One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Cruella de Vil, who wants to turn Dalmatian puppies into a fur coat, is the villain of Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians, released January 25, 1961. She was created by Dodie Smith in her 1956 novel and voiced by Betty Lou Gerson.
13. Which Broadway star voiced Elsa and sang 'Let It Go' in Frozen?
Answer: Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel, the Broadway star of Rent and Wicked, voiced Elsa and sang 'Let It Go' in Frozen (2013). The song, written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
14. Aladdin and Princess Jasmine live in which fictional desert city?
Answer: Agrabah
Aladdin and Jasmine live in Agrabah, the fictional Arabian desert city of Disney's 1992 Aladdin. Co-director John Musker has said the name came from juggling letters after the original Baghdad setting was dropped following the Gulf War.
15. Which 2016 live-action Disney remake followed a boy named Mowgli?
Answer: The Jungle Book
Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, released April 15, 2016, starred Neel Sethi as Mowgli alongside CGI animals voiced by Bill Murray and Idris Elba, and grossed about $966 million worldwide.
16. Which Disney film was the first animated feature nominated for Best Picture?
Answer: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
17. Disney's 2009 film The Princess and the Frog is set in which American city?
Answer: New Orleans
18. Which British pop star wrote and sang the songs for Disney's 1999 film Tarzan?
Answer: Phil Collins