The trouble with movie trivia for kids is that it usually turns into Disney trivia for adults who grew up on Disney. This list is banded so a six year old who has seen four films can still win a round, while the hard section holds questions about Ghibli, Oscar history and the first feature Walt Disney ever made.
Who Smarted? has made episodes on everything from Barbie to dragons, and the same rule applies here as on the show: the best question is the one where the answer is more interesting than the question. 90 questions across Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks and Studio Ghibli, every answer included.
Start with the easy band and work up, or jump straight to hard if your family takes movie night seriously.
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How to Run a Movie Trivia Night
Three formats that work, in rising order of effort.
- Before the film starts: Ten easy questions while everyone gets settled. No scoring. Good for ages 5 and up.
- Intermission round: Twenty questions at the halfway point, split easy and medium, one point each. Let the youngest answer first on every question.
- Full movie night quiz: All three bands as three rounds, hard worth double. Runs about 25 minutes for four players. Pair it with the Score Keeper below so nobody argues about the total.
Easy Movie Trivia Questions for Kids
1. In Finding Nemo, what type of fish is Nemo?
Answer: Clownfish
2. What is the name of the cowboy in Toy Story?
Answer: Woody
3. What is the name of the dragon in Mulan?
Answer: Mushu
4. Name all three children of the Parr family in The Incredibles
Answer: Violet, Dash, Jack Jack
5. Who is Pinocchio’s conscience?
Answer: Jiminy Cricket
6. What is the Iron Giant’s catchphrase?
Answer: “I am Superman!”
7. In Frozen, how many brothers does Hans have?
Answer: 12
8. What spirit animal does Moana’s grandmother turn into?
Answer: Manta Ray
9. What Studio Ghibli movie is about a boy who befriends a fish with a human face?
Answer: Ponyo
10. What is the bat’s name in Anastasia?
Answer: Bartok
11. What is the dog’s name in Anastasia?
Answer: Pooka
12. What two animals are blown up as balloons in Shrek?
Answer: Frog and Snake
13. What vegetable does Shrek compare himself to?
Answer: Onion
14. What fairy tale object was the villain of Shrek looking for?
Answer: The Magic Mirror
15. Name the three hyenas in Lion King
Answer: Shenzi, Banzai, Ed
16. What name does Littlefoot give the leaf he carries with him in Land Before Time?
Answer: Tree-star
17. In Monsters, Inc, who is the monster assigned to Boo?
Answer: Randall
18. What is the name of the turtle that helps Marlin in Finding Nemo?
Answer: Crush
19. How many years was the Genie trapped in the lamp in Disney’s Aladdin?
Answer: 10,000
20. Name the three girls that Gru adopts in Despicable Me.
Answer: Agnes, Margo, Edith
21. What kind of animal is Simba in The Lion King?
Answer: A lion
22. In Cars, what is the name of the red race car?
Answer: Lightning McQueen
23. In The Incredibles, what is the family’s last name?
Answer: Parr
24. In Frozen, what is the name of the friendly snowman?
Answer: Olaf
25. What color is the ogre Shrek?
Answer: Green
26. In Despicable Me, what are the small yellow helpers called?
Answer: Minions
27. What is the name of the young deer in the Disney film Bambi?
Answer: Bambi
28. In Finding Dory, what kind of fish is Dory?
Answer: A blue tang
29. What is the name of the woolly mammoth in Ice Age?
Answer: Manny
30. In Madagascar, what kind of animal is Alex?
Answer: A lion
Medium Movie Trivia Questions for Kids
31. What is Buzz Lightyear’s catch-phrase?
Answer: To Infinity, and Beyond!
32. What gift does Andy receive at the end of the movie Toy Story?
Answer: A puppy
33. What name does Scuttle give the fork in Little Mermaid?
Answer: Dinglehopper
34. What name does Scuttle give the pipe in Little Mermaid?
Answer: Snarfblatt
35. What weapon becomes popular in the kingdom at the end of Tangled?
Answer: Frying pan
36. What song does Nani sing to Lilo when she is about to be taken away in Lilo and Stitch?
Answer: “Aloha ‘Oe”
37. How many eggs does Gaston eat in Beauty and the Beast?
Answer: 60
38. What is the dish that Remy cooks that Anton Ego loves in Ratatouille?
Answer: Ratatouille
39. What ingredient does Remy get from the kitchen at the start of the movie in Ratatouille?
Answer: Saffron
40. What movie features the song “Let it Go”?
Answer: Frozen
41. What are the names of the parents in 101 Dalmatians?
Answer: Pongo and Perdita
42. What kind of dragon is Toothless in How to Train Your Dragon?
Answer: Nightfury
43. In Coco, who actually wrote “Remember me?”
Answer: Hector
44. In Howl’s Moving Castle, who actually has Howl’s Heart?
Answer: Calcifer
45. What does Moana place at the top of the mountain instead of stones at the end of the movie?
Answer: A Conch
46. What badge does Carl give Russell at the end of Up?
Answer: Grape Soda or Ellie Badge
47. What is the name of the Basset Hound in The Great Mouse Detective?
Answer: Toby
48. Who is the villain of The Great Mouse Detective?
Answer: Ratigan
49. Who is the primary villain of WALL-E?
Answer: AUTO
50. What is the name of the robot that WALL-E falls in love with?
Answer: EVE
51. In Ratatouille, what does the rat Remy want to become?
Answer: A chef
52. In Up, what does Carl use to make his house fly?
Answer: Thousands of balloons
53. What is the name of the fictional African kingdom in Black Panther?
Answer: Wakanda
54. In How to Train Your Dragon, what is the name of Hiccup’s dragon?
Answer: Toothless
55. In Moana, what is the name of the demigod who joins her?
Answer: Maui
56. What is the name of the school in the Harry Potter films?
Answer: Hogwarts
57. In Inside Out, which emotion is the film’s main character?
Answer: Joy
58. In Coco, which country is the story set in?
Answer: Mexico
59. In Turning Red, what animal does Mei turn into?
Answer: A giant red panda
60. Who is the sea witch villain in The Little Mermaid?
Answer: Ursula
Hard Movie Trivia Questions for Kids
61. In The Lion King, what’s the name of Simba’s mother?
Answer: Sarabi
62. What kind of animal is Max in The Little Mermaid?
Answer: Sheepdog
63. In Brave, what is Merida’s skill that makes her stand out?
Answer: Archery
64. What kind of animal is Robin Hood in the Disney animated version?
Answer: Fox
65. In Encanto, what is Mirabel’s sister Luisa’s magical power?
Answer: Super strength
66. What food does Remy use to demonstrate flavor combinations in Ratatouille?
Answer: Cheese and strawberry
67. In Zootopia, what kind of animal is Judy Hopps?
Answer: Rabbit
68. In Big Hero 6, what is the name of the inflatable healthcare robot?
Answer: Baymax
69. What Disney movie features a chameleon named Pascal?
Answer: Tangled
70. In The Emperor’s New Groove, what animal does Kuzco turn into?
Answer: Llama
71. In Sing, what animal is Rosita, the mother of 25 piglets?
Answer: Pig
72. What’s the name of the snow monster in Frozen created by Elsa?
Answer: Marshmallow
73. What Disney character says, “Fish are friends, not food”?
Answer: Bruce the shark (Finding Nemo)
74. What Pixar short film features a dumpling that comes to life?
Answer: Bao
75. In A Bug’s Life, what is Flik’s main invention that causes trouble?
Answer: Grain-harvesting machine
76. In Inside Out, which emotion is colored green?
Answer: Disgust
77. What animal is King Julien in Madagascar?
Answer: Lemur
78. In The Secret Life of Pets, what type of animal is Snowball?
Answer: Rabbit
79. In The Lego Movie, who is the construction worker mistakenly identified as “The Special”?
Answer: Emmet
80. In Happy Feet, what talent does Mumble have that makes him different?
Answer: Tap dancing
81. Which animated film was the first to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?
Answer: Beauty and the Beast, nominated in 1992
82. Which studio made Spirited Away?
Answer: Studio Ghibli
83. What was the first feature length animated movie Walt Disney ever released?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1937
84. In Kung Fu Panda, what kind of animal is Po?
Answer: A giant panda
85. Which Pixar film opens with a nearly silent stretch of almost no dialogue?
Answer: WALL-E
86. In My Neighbor Totoro, what do the two sisters wait for at a bus stop in the rain?
Answer: The Catbus
87. Which film won the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature?
Answer: Shrek, awarded in 2002
88. In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, what is Miles’s last name?
Answer: Morales
89. In Luca, what are Luca and Alberto really?
Answer: Sea monsters who look human once they are dry
90. In Monsters, Inc., what do the monsters collect from children to power their city?
Answer: Screams, until they work out that laughter is far more powerful
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