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44 free Aladdin trivia questions with answers. Aladdin was the first animated film to make half a billion dollars, and it nearly did not get made: Howard Ashman pitched it in 1988, Jeffrey Katzenberg threw out the whole story on 'Black Friday', and Robin Williams was persuaded to voice the Genie by a test reel animated to his own stand-up. This quiz runs 50 questions on the 1992 film (the voices, the songs, the Oscars, the 52 improvised characters, the Picasso that failed to make peace with Williams), the 2019 Guy Ritchie remake with Will Smith, the long-running Broadway musical, the sequels and TV series, and the original story that Antoine Galland heard from a Syrian storyteller and set, oddly, in China. It starts easy and works up to questions for people who know who Babkak, Omar and Kassim are. Every answer has been checked against reference sources, shown under each question once you answer, so it works for a family movie night or a Disney round at pub trivia.
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Q 01Who voices the Genie in Disney's 1992 Aladdin?
Robin Williams
Katzenberg suggested Candy, Martin and Eddie Murphy, but the directors had written the part for Williams and won him over with a test animated to his stand-up.
Q 02Roughly how many characters is the Genie's voice actor estimated to have improvised in the booth?
52
Supervising animator Eric Goldberg went through the recordings and picked the best lines to animate.
Q 03The Genie's actor took SAG scale pay of $75,000 instead of $8 million on what condition?
His name and image would stay out of the marketing
Disney reneged, Williams refused the first sequel, and a Picasso painting sent as an apology reportedly clashed with his decor.
Q 04Who replaced the original Genie in the 1994 sequel The Return of Jafar?
Dan Castellaneta
The Simpsons' Homer voice also played the Genie in the TV series; Williams came back for Aladdin and the King of Thieves in 1996 after a public apology from Disney.
Q 05Who directed the 1992 film, having chosen it over Swan Lake and a project that became The Lion King?
John Musker and Ron Clements
The Little Mermaid team also co-wrote the screenplay with Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.
Q 06Which lyricist first pitched an animated Aladdin to Disney in 1988 and died before it was finished?
Howard Ashman
His treatment was a campy 1930s musical; Tim Rice took over the lyrics after his death in March 1991.
Q 07What is the name of the fictional city where the film is set?
Agrabah
It was changed from Baghdad because of the Gulf War, which also stopped the crew travelling there for research.
Q 08Whose caricatures inspired the film's swooping character designs?
Al Hirschfeld
Jafar was the exception; his animator Andreas Deja wanted him to contrast with the others.
Q 09Aladdin's look was redesigned from a boyish Michael J. Fox type to resemble which actor?
Tom Cruise
Glen Keane's team also drew on Calvin Klein models and aged the character up to 17 or 18.
Q 10Who supplied Aladdin's speaking and singing voices?
Scott Weinger and Brad Kane
Weinger auditioned with a homemade tape on which his mother played the Genie.
Q 11Who provides Jasmine's singing voice on the film's big duet?
Lea Salonga
Linda Larkin speaks the part; Salonga would later sing Mulan too.
Q 12Which comedian voices Iago the parrot?
Gilbert Gottfried
Iago was going to be an uptight British type until the filmmakers saw Gottfried in Beverly Hills Cop II; the animator worked his half-closed eyes into the bird.
Q 13Which veteran voice actor plays Abu, Rajah AND the Cave of Wonders?
Frank Welker
He was the only original voice actor to return for the 2019 remake, in the same three roles.
Q 21What box-office milestone did Aladdin become the first animated film to reach?
$500 million worldwide
It was the highest-grossing film of 1992 and the top animated film ever until The Lion King.
Q 22What grade did CinemaScore audiences give Aladdin?
A+
The rare top mark; Home Alone 2 still beat it on its first wide weekend.
Q 23What is the Genie wearing when he leaves at the end, a nod to a Disney-MGM Studios short by his voice actor?
A Goofy hat, Hawaiian shirt and sandals
The film is packed with cameos: Beast, Sebastian and Pinocchio all briefly appear.
Q 14What did studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg demand on the day staff called 'Black Friday'?
The whole story rewritten, same release date
He also ordered Aladdin's mother written out ('Eighty-six the mother') and Aladdin made 'a little rougher, like a young Harrison Ford'.
Q 15Which 1940 film supplied elements like the villain Jaffar and the name Abu?
The Thief of Bagdad
Linda Woolverton's early draft even had Abu as an aged human thief.
Q 16How does Aladdin finally defeat the villain?
He tricks him into wishing to be a genie
Genies are bound to their lamps, so the all-powerful Jafar is trapped, taking Iago with him.
Q 17What does Aladdin use his third wish for?
To free the Genie
He keeps his promise instead of taking the Genie's advice, and the Sultan changes the law so Jasmine can marry whom she likes.
Q 18Which 'Arabian Nights' lyric was changed after complaints from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee?
'Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face'
It became 'where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense'; the 'barbaric' line stayed.
Q 19Which song became the first from a Disney film to win the Grammy for Song of the Year?
A Whole New World
The end-credits duet by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle also hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 20How many Academy Awards did Aladdin win?
Two
Best Original Score for Alan Menken and Best Original Song; it was also nominated for two sound awards.
Q 24In the original One Thousand and One Nights tale, where does Aladdin live?
China
The sorcerer who recruits him comes from the Maghreb, and the story is not in the original Nights manuscripts at all.
Q 25Who added Aladdin to the Arabian Nights, and where did he get the story?
Antoine Galland, from Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab
Galland met Diyab, a Maronite from Aleppo, in Paris in March 1709; no authentic Arabic source has ever been found.
Q 26What trick does the sorcerer use to steal the lamp in the original tale?
He offers 'new lamps for old'
Aladdin's wife, unaware of the lamp's power, hands it over.
Q 27Who directed the 2019 live-action Aladdin?
Guy Ritchie
Pasek and Paul described his take as 'very muscular and action-packed'; it was shot at Longcross Studios and in Jordan's Wadi Rum.
Q 28Who plays the Genie in the 2019 film?
Will Smith
He said he was 'terrified' but found 'a lane that pays homage' to Williams while making it his own.
Q 29Who play Aladdin and Jasmine in the 2019 remake?
Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott
Casting delayed production; Tara Sutaria had also been considered for Jasmine.
Q 30How much did the 2019 Aladdin gross worldwide?
Over $1 billion
Against a $183 million budget it became the third-highest-grossing Disney live-action remake at the time.