A Quiz on Disney / Pixar movies

Since we went cocktailing in the previous week, this week we shall have some family fun.

Now Disney and Pixar movies - who doesn’t love these? From the marvellous musicals of the yesteryears to the scintillating action ones of recent times, movies of Disney and Pixar are the ultimate source of family fun and a showcase of creativity and technology.

In this quiz we take you down the road of some of the best works of these production houses.

  1. Inside Out by Pixar depicts five emotions inside the head of a 11-year-old. Three of the emotions are Joy, Sadness, and Disgust. What are the other two? 

  2. The Lion King made popular the Swahili phrase ‘Hakuna Matata’. What does it mean?

  3. This animated character's name actually means "nobody" or "no one" in Latin. But it was actually inspired from the captain of a ship in the Jules Verne Classic, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Which character?

  4. Which animated character says these lines: “Some people are worth melting for!”

  5. Which Disney film stars newcomer Neel Sethi as the only human character along with voiceovers by Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Scarlett Johannsen and Christopher Walken?

  6. Complete the lyrics sung by Disney's Seven Dwarfs in the movie:
    ___ , ___ , it’s home from work we go.

  7. Doc Hudson, a character from the movie Cars, was voiced by which legendary actor-turned-racing driver?

  8. ‘Trash Planet’ was the working title of which Pixar movie?

  9. In which film, will you find the lead character Judy selecting ‘Gazelle’ from these artists on her music player: The Beagles, Black Sable, Catty Perry, Destiny's Cub, Ewe 2, Fleetwood Yak, Fur Fighters, Gun N' Rodents, Hyena Gomez, Kanine West and Mick Jaguar.

  10. Which was the first Pixar animated movie to feature a female protagonist, making its lead character also the only Pixar character to be included in the official Disney Princess line?

    Now here's an interesting story from the annals of Disney production, that captures the genius and zaniness of this amazing actor.

While voicing the character of ‘Genie’ in Disney’s 1992 film Aladdin, comic actor Robin Williams ad-libbed and made up so many lines that the producers ended up with 16 hours of recordings. However because of the many off-script lines, the movie could not qualify for the Best Adapted Screenplay nomination at the Academy Awards!

It’s curtains for this week’s quiz. Before we go on to the answers, a few movies from memory that we remember as being cool.

Answers: 1. Fear, Anger; 2. No worries / no trouble, 3. Nemo, 4. Olaf (Frozen), 5. The Jungle Book, 6.  Heigh ho, Heigh ho, 7. Paul Newman, 8. Wall-E, 9. Zootopia, 10. Brave


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