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44 free Beauty and the Beast trivia questions with answers. Beauty and the Beast trivia questions for anyone who has ever hummed along with a candelabra. This 190-question quiz covers the whole story: the 1740 French fairy tale and its 1756 rewrite, Jean Cocteau's 1946 film, the 1987 TV series, Disney's 1991 animated classic, the Broadway musical that ran for 13 years, and the 2017 live-action remake that grossed over a billion dollars. The easy questions are about Belle, Gaston, Lumière, Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts. The harder ones dig into the making of the film: the London studio where it started as a non-musical, the lyricist who died eight months before release, the song cut and restored a decade later, the one-take recording of the title ballad, the Oscar record it set, and why the Beast has the horns of a bison and the tail of a wolf. Every answer is checked against a documented source, so you can host a Disney night, settle a family argument, or just find out how much you really remember. Be our guest.
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Q 01Which two first-time directors made Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast?
Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
They replaced Richard Purdum, whose non-musical version was scrapped by Jeffrey Katzenberg in favour of a musical.
Q 02The 1991 movie premiered as an unfinished work in progress at which event two months before its release?
The New York Film Festival
That rough cut, with pencil tests in place of finished animation, was later included on the 2002 Platinum Edition DVD.
Q 03Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first animated film ever nominated for which Academy Award?
Best Picture
It stayed the only animated nominee until Up in 2009, after the category was widened to ten, so it remains the only one nominated in a five-film field.
Q 04Which two Disney films had earned the studio's only Best Picture nominations before Beauty and the Beast?
Mary Poppins and Dead Poets Society
Neither of those animated-era classics made the cut; the 1991 film was also the first musical nominated for the top award in twelve years.
Q 05How many of the film's songs were nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar, a record at the time?
Three
'Beauty and the Beast' won over 'Belle' and 'Be Our Guest'; The Lion King, Dreamgirls and Enchanted later matched the feat.
Q 06Lyricist Howard Ashman died eight months before the film's release. How old was he?
40
He never saw the finished film, only the work-in-progress cut; Tim Rice completed his unfinished work on Aladdin.
Q 07Which song was cut from the 1991 film over timeline problems and restored for the 2002 IMAX edition?
Human Again
Alan Menken had already revived it for the 1994 Broadway show; the new animated sequence went into the film's second act.
Q 08Angela Lansbury reportedly recorded the Oscar-winning title song in how many takes?
One
She had doubted she was the right singer for it; Menken and Ashman asked for one take and she reduced the studio to tears.
Q 09Before Ashman pushed for simple names, Mrs. Potts was nearly called what?
Mrs. Chamomile
He wanted concise names for all the household objects, which is how we got Chip, Lumière and Cogsworth.
Q 10Which Broadway singer voiced Belle, chosen partly because she sounded a little like Judy Garland?
Paige O'Hara
Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel, was considered first; the filmmakers wanted a heroine who sounded 'more like a woman than a girl'.
Q 11Which former teen idol of Ice Castles and One on One voiced the Beast?
Robby Benson
He had screen-tested for Luke Skywalker in 1975 and later directed six episodes of Friends.
Q 12The Beast was built from parts of several animals. His head and horns come from which one?
An American bison
He also has a bear's body, a gorilla's eyebrows, a lion's mane and teeth, a boar's tusks and a wolf's legs and tail.
Q 13Which actor voiced Lumière, the French-accented candelabra?
Jerry Orbach
Best known as Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order, he sang lead on 'Be Our Guest' with Angela Lansbury.
Q 21What was the 1991 film's initial worldwide gross, making it the third-highest-grossing film of the year?
$331 million
It was the first animated film to pass $100 million in the US; IMAX and 3D re-releases later lifted the total to $451 million.
Q 22Beauty and the Beast became the first animated film to win which Golden Globe?
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The Lion King and Toy Story 2 later repeated the win.
Q 23In which year was the 1991 film added to the US National Film Registry?
2002
That was the same year as its IMAX re-release; the AFI later ranked it the seventh-best animated film ever.
Q 14David Ogden Stiers voiced Cogsworth and also performed which other job in the film?
Narrated the prologue
Cogsworth is the castle's majordomo, a mantel clock, and Lumière's frequently singed best friend.
Q 15'Be Our Guest' was originally written to be sung to which character?
Maurice
The song had been recorded and partly animated before the directors decided it meant more addressed to Belle.
Q 16What invention is Belle's father taking to the fair when he gets lost and stumbles on the Beast's castle?
A wood-chopping machine
His horse Phillipe returns without him and leads Belle to the castle.
Q 17Gaston bribes Monsieur D'Arque, the warden of what, to have Belle's father locked up?
The insane asylum
The plan is to blackmail Belle into marriage in exchange for her father's release.
Q 18Which actor was rejected as Gaston for not sounding arrogant enough, then landed Prince Charming in Shrek?
Rupert Everett
Richard White got the part; animator Andreas Deja was told to make Gaston handsome, unlike a traditional Disney villain.
Q 19The 1991 film used CAPS, a digital ink-and-paint system Disney developed with which company?
Pixar
CAPS made the ballroom's swooping computer-generated backgrounds possible; The Rescuers Down Under had used it first.
Q 20In 1987 Disney revived Beauty and the Beast as a non-musical drama at a satellite studio in which city?
London
The studio had been set up for Who Framed Roger Rabbit; Richard Williams turned down the directing job to focus on The Thief and the Cobbler.
Q 24The pop single of 'Beauty and the Beast' paired Celine Dion with which American singer?
Peabo Bryson
Disney hired him because it feared the then-little-known Dion could not carry US radio alone; the duet won a Grammy.
Q 25At the 1993 Grammys the Dion–Bryson duet lost Record and Song of the Year to which track?
Tears in Heaven
It did win Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group and a Juno for Single of the Year, beating Dion's own 'If You Asked Me To'.
Q 26Alan Menken, composer of the score, has won how many Academy Awards in total?
Eight
Two each for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas; he is one of the few EGOT winners.
Q 27The Broadway musical opened in April 1994 and ran for how many performances?
5,461
It closed in 2007 as Broadway's sixth-longest-running show at the time; Susan Egan and Terrence Mann were the original Belle and Beast.
Q 28Which lyricist wrote the six new songs for the Broadway musical with Alan Menken?
Tim Rice
All eight film songs were kept as well; the show was Disney's first Broadway musical and won a single Tony, for costumes.
Q 29Who directed the 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast?
Bill Condon
He had directed Dreamgirls and the last two Twilight films; the world premiere was at Spencer House in London.
Q 30Which actor played the Beast opposite Emma Watson in 2017?
Dan Stevens
He also sang the new ballad 'Evermore', which Josh Groban recorded for the end credits.