101 Dalmatians Trivia
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48 free 101 Dalmatians trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
101 Dalmatians is one of Disney's most-loved films and the origin of one of its greatest villains. This quiz covers the 1961 animated classic from Roger's flat to the Twilight Bark, the Colonel, Sergeant Tibbs and the soot disguise; the Dodie Smith novel that started it all; and the whole franchise since, from Glenn Close in the 1996 remake and 102 Dalmatians to Emma Stone in Cruella and the TV series. There are also questions on how the film was made, from the Xerox process to Marc Davis's animation of Cruella, and a few facts about the breed itself. About a third of the questions are easy for kids who know the film, a third are medium and the rest are for Disney historians. Every answer is checked against the films' and novel's reference pages.
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Q 01Who wrote the 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians?
Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith wrote The Hundred and One Dalmatians in 1956; she also wrote the novel I Capture the Castle and the play Dear Octopus.
Q 02In what year did Disney's animated One Hundred and One Dalmatians open in theaters?
1961
It was Wolfgang Reitherman's feature directing debut alongside Hamilton Luske and Clyde Geronimi.
Q 03What are the names of the two adult Dalmatians in the Disney film?
Pongo and Perdita
Pongo and Perdita are the film's parents; in the novel Pongo's mate is Missis, and Perdita is a separate liver-spotted Dalmatian who helps nurse the litter, the film merging the two.
Q 04How many puppies are in the adult Dalmatians' own litter?
15
Perdita's litter is 15 puppies; one seems stillborn until Roger rubs it back to life.
Q 05What is Roger's profession in the animated film?
Songwriter
Roger is a songwriter; his novelty number 'Cruella De Vil' becomes a radio hit, and the money lets the family plan a 'Dalmatian plantation' in the country.
Q 06How does Cruella know Anita?
They were schoolmates
They were schoolmates: Cruella calls her 'Anita darling', turns up the moment she hears Perdita is expecting, and later tries to buy the whole litter.
Q 07What are the names of the two crooks Cruella hires to steal the puppies?
Jasper and Horace
Jasper and Horace Badun are the bumbling crooks Cruella hires; in the novel the brothers are Jasper and Saul Baddun.
Q 08What is the name of the nationwide dog gossip network Pongo uses to find the puppies?
The Twilight Bark
The Twilight Bark is the dogs' bark-relay gossip chain; Pongo's alert passes from dog to dog out of London until it reaches the countryside where the puppies are hidden.
Q 09What kind of animal is Sergeant Tibbs, who helps rescue the puppies?
A tabby cat
Sergeant Tibbs is a tabby cat, the Colonel's second-in-command, who sneaks into Hell Hall and shepherds the puppies out while Cruella's two crooks watch television.
Q 10What breed is the Colonel?
Old English Sheepdog
The Colonel is an Old English Sheepdog, the shaggy farm dog who runs the rescue with Tibbs and the horse Captain, voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft of Tony the Tiger fame.
Q 11How do the Dalmatians disguise themselves to slip past Cruella?
They roll in soot to look like Labradors
They roll in soot to look like Labradors and board a moving van bound for London; melting snow washes the soot off one puppy, Cruella spots the spots, and she tries to ram the van off the road.
Q 12Which cheap animation process, championed by Ub Iwerks, gave the 1961 film its scratchy outlined look?
Xerography
Xerography photocopied the animators' pencil drawings straight onto cels, skipping hand-inking; Iwerks adapted Xerox technology for Disney, and the process gave the film its sketchy outlined look.
Q 13Which Disney animator was the sole animator of Cruella de Vil?
Q 21What was the family's surname in the original novel, before Disney renamed them Radcliffe?
Dearly
Mr. Dearly is a "financial wizard" given lifelong tax exemption for wiping out the government debt.
Q 22What was the name of the runt puppy in the novel whose traits were given to Lucky in the film?
Cadpig
Cadpig is the novel's runt, the tiny puppy who adores television; the film gave those traits to the puppy who nearly dies at birth, and in the book she rides in a toy cart on the long walk home.
Q 23What is the title of the 1967 sequel novel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians?
The Starlight Barking
The Starlight Barking (1967) is the sequel: every creature except dogs falls into a deep sleep, and the Dalmatians are contacted by Sirius, the Dog Star.
Marc Davis
Marc Davis animated Cruella single-handedly; he also created Maleficent and Tinker Bell, and he based Cruella's look on a gallery of grand Hollywood divas.
Q 14Who voiced Cruella de Vil in the 1961 film?
Betty Lou Gerson
Betty Lou Gerson voiced Cruella, giving her a theatrical mid-Atlantic accent; she had also narrated the opening of Cinderella a decade earlier.
Q 15Which actor voiced Pongo in the animated film?
Rod Taylor
Rod Taylor, the Sydney-born star of The Time Machine and Hitchcock's The Birds, voiced Pongo.
Q 16Who was the single writer who developed the story for Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians?
Bill Peet
Bill Peet wrote the whole story and storyboards alone; he condensed the novel, dropping Cruella's husband and her white cat, and merged the two nannies into one.
Q 17Who wrote both the words and music for the film's songs, including "Cruella De Vil"?
Mel Leven
Mel Leven wrote both words and music for 'Cruella De Vil', 'Kanine Krunchies' and 'Dalmatian Plantation', the film's three songs.
Q 18The name Cruella de Vil is a pun on which two words?
Cruel and devil
Cruella de Vil is a pun on cruel and devil; the joke extends to her country house, which is called Hell Hall.
Q 19What TV quiz show are Cruella's crooks watching while Tibbs sneaks the puppies out?
What's My Crime?
The crooks are glued to 'What's My Crime?', a parody of the panel show What's My Line?, while Tibbs hustles the puppies out of the room behind their backs.
Q 20Where did Cruella rank among the villains on the AFI's 100 Heroes & Villains list?
39th
Cruella came in 39th on the villains side of the AFI's 2003 list of 100 heroes and villains, one of only a handful of animated characters on it.
Q 24Under what title was the novel first serialized in Woman's Day?
The Great Dog Robbery
The Great Dog Robbery was the title under which the story ran as a serial in Woman's Day before it was published in book form; the book's Cruella is married to a furrier.
Q 25Who plays Cruella de Vil in the 1996 live-action 101 Dalmatians?
Glenn Close
Glenn Close plays Cruella, a performance that earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy; she returned to the role in the 2000 sequel.
Q 26What is Roger's job in the 1996 live-action film?
Video game designer
Roger, played by Jeff Daniels, is a video game designer in the 1996 film, reworking the villain of his spotted-dog game into a Cruella figure.
Q 27Which Home Alone screenwriter wrote the 1996 live-action remake?
John Hughes
John Hughes wrote and produced the 1996 remake, as he had Home Alone; Stephen Herek directed, and the film was a big hit despite tepid reviews.
Q 28Roughly how much did the 1996 remake gross worldwide?
$321 million
The 1996 remake grossed about $321 million worldwide, placing it among the top ten films of that year despite lukewarm reviews.
Q 29Which French actor plays the furrier in 102 Dalmatians (2000)?
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Depardieu plays Jean-Pierre Le Pelt, the Parisian furrier who helps Cruella; Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans are the young couple, and Eric Idle voices the macaw Waddlesworth.
Q 30What is unusual about Oddball, the puppy in 102 Dalmatians?
She has no spots
Dalmatian puppies are actually all born white and get their spots within about ten days.