50 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
She also wrote 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
In the novel the mother is Missis; the film merged her with the adopted mother Perdita.
Q 04How many puppies are in the adult Dalmatians' own litter?
15
Cruella's men also steal 84 more Dalmatians bought from shops, making 99 puppies plus the two parents.
Q 05What is Roger's profession in the animated film?
Songwriter
His radio hit about Cruella pays for the big country house at the end.
Q 06How does Cruella know Anita?
They were schoolmates
Cruella visits after learning Perdita is expecting and offers to buy the whole litter.
Q 07What are the names of the two crooks Cruella hires to steal the puppies?
Jasper and Horace
In the novel Horace was called Saul; the surname Badun stayed.
Q 08What is the name of the nationwide dog gossip network Pongo uses to find the puppies?
The Twilight Bark
The message reaches the Colonel, a shaggy sheepdog on a Suffolk farm.
Q 09What kind of animal is Sergeant Tibbs, who helps rescue the puppies?
A tabby cat
In the novel the character was a female cat named Pussy Willow.
Q 10What breed is the Colonel?
Old English Sheepdog
Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice of Tony the Tiger, plays his horse, Captain.
Q 11How do the Dalmatians disguise themselves to slip past Cruella?
They roll in soot to look like Labradors
Cruella spots them anyway and tries to ram their van off the road.
Q 12Which cheap animation process, championed by Ub Iwerks, gave the 1961 film its scratchy outlined look?
Xerography
Chuck Jones estimated it let Disney make the film for about half what hand-inking every spot would have cost.
Q 13Which Disney animator was the sole animator of Cruella de Vil?
Marc Davis
He drew on Bette Davis, Rosalind Russell and Tallulah Bankhead, with actress Mary Wickes as a live model.
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
She rode in a toy cart pulled by the other puppies on the walk from Suffolk to London.
Q 23What is the title of the 1967 sequel novel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians?
The Starlight Barking
It picks up where the first book ends.
Q 14Who voiced Cruella de Vil in the 1961 film?
Betty Lou Gerson
She described the voice as "someone who's set sail from New York but hasn't quite reached England".
Q 15Which Australian actor voiced Pongo?
Rod Taylor
He is better known on screen for The Birds and The Time Machine.
Q 16The 1961 film was the first Disney animated feature with a story developed by a single writer. Who?
Bill Peet
He condensed the novel, dropping Cruella's husband and cat and merging the two nannies.
Q 17Who wrote both the words and music for the film's songs, including "Cruella De Vil"?
Mel Leven
Unusually for Disney at the time, the songs were not written by a team.
Q 18The name Cruella de Vil is a pun on which two words?
Cruel and devil
Her country house is nicknamed Hell Hall to hammer the point home.
Q 19Which Rolls-Royce model, owned by the novel's author, may have inspired Cruella's name and car?
Sedanca de Ville
Smith and her own Dalmatian, Pongo, often traveled in it.
Q 20Where did Cruella rank on the AFI's list of the 100 greatest heroes and villains?
39th
She has been voiced or played on screen by three different women across the animated film, the live-action films and the prequel.
Q 24Under what title was the novel first serialized in Woman's Day?
The Great Dog Robbery
In the book Cruella has married a furrier so she can wear his stock at will.
Q 25Who plays Cruella de Vil in the 1996 live-action 101 Dalmatians?
Glenn Close
She initially turned the screenwriter down, then earned a Golden Globe nomination.
Q 26What is Roger's job in the 1996 live-action film?
Video game designer
Jeff Daniels plays him, and the animals do not talk.
Q 27Which writer-director of Home Alone wrote the 1996 remake?
John Hughes
Stephen Herek directed; the film was a big hit despite tepid reviews.
Q 28Roughly how much did the 1996 remake gross worldwide?
$321 million
It was the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1996 despite reviews calling it a "bland, pointless remake".
Q 29Which French actor plays the furrier in 102 Dalmatians (2000)?
Gérard Depardieu
Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans and the voice of Eric Idle also feature; the film was Oscar-nominated for costume design.
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.