50 free Chicken Little trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Chicken Little (2005) was a turning point for Walt Disney Feature Animation: its first fully computer-animated feature, the first mainstream release in Digital 3D, and the film that had to prove to Pixar that Disney could make CG movies on its own. Underneath the acorn jokes is a strange production story — a female Chicken Little voiced by Holly Hunter for eight months, a summer-camp plot, and a rewrite into an alien-invasion comedy. This quiz covers the town of Oakey Oaks and everyone in it: Abby Mallard, Runt of the Litter, Fish Out of Water, Buck Cluck, Foxy Loxy and Turkey Lurkey. It also covers the making-of — the ILM training program, the 76,000 feathers, the View-Master 3D look, the Barenaked Ladies song, the cancelled sequel with a French sheep, and the Kingdom Hearts cameo. Easy questions cover plot and voices; hard ones get into software names, release-date shuffles and award snubs. Fifty questions, every answer checked.
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Q 01Who voices Chicken Little?
Zach Braff
He beat about forty actors by pitching his voice slightly to sound like a junior-high kid.
Q 02What is the name of the town where the film is set?
Oakey Oaks
The aliens later admit they came to the town for its acorns.
Q 03What does Buck assume actually hit his son on the head?
An acorn
It was really a camouflage panel from an invisible alien ship.
Q 04Which sport does Chicken Little take up to restore his reputation?
Baseball
His father Buck "Ace" Cluck had been a high school star in the same sport.
Q 05What is Abby Mallard's nickname?
The Ugly Duckling
Joan Cusack won the role for her natural comedy over names like Jodie Foster and Madonna.
Q 06What does Fish wear in order to breathe on land?
A helmet full of tap water
Dan Molina voices the goldfish who lives on the surface.
Q 07Who voices Runt of the Litter?
Steve Zahn
Goodman, Garrett and Carrey were all considered before Zahn was cast.
Q 08Who voices Chicken Little's father, Buck Cluck?
Garry Marshall
Marshall said, "You want a chicken that talks like me, fine," after being cut from The Emperor's New Groove for being "too New York".
Q 09Who voices Foxy Loxy?
Amy Sedaris
In the original fable and the 1943 short, Foxy is a male fox.
Q 10Turkey Lurkey holds what office in the town?
Mayor
He is voiced by Don Knotts in his final film appearance during his lifetime.
Q 11What is the name of the orange alien child left behind?
Kirby
The "invasion" turns out to be his parents searching for him.
Q 12What are the aliens really doing to the townsfolk they seem to vaporize?
Teleporting them aboard the UFO
Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, the apologetic aliens put everything back.
Q 13Who voices Ace, the Hollywood movie-star version of Chicken Little?
Adam West
The in-universe movie at the end retells the events with Chicken Little as an action hero.
Q 21Which Disney chief demanded the title character be changed to a boy?
Michael Eisner
Dindal recalled being told girls would see a film with a boy lead but not vice versa — "until Frozen comes out".
Q 22Which magician was to voice the villainous camp counselor in the early version?
Penn Jillette
The counselor was plotting against the heroine's hometown.
Q 23Which film had Dindal and producer Randy Fullmer just finished before starting this one?
The Emperor's New Groove
Composer John Debney had also worked with Dindal on that film.
Q 14Which Star Trek captain voices the teacher Mr. Woolensworth?
Patrick Stewart
Wallace Shawn plays Principal Fetchit and Patrick Warburton the Alien Cop.
Q 15Who directed Chicken Little?
Mark Dindal
He also voices Morkubine Porcupine and the Coach.
Q 16Which European folk tale loosely inspired the film?
Henny Penny
Disney had already adapted the tale as a short film in 1943.
Q 17What milestone did the film mark for Disney Animation?
Its first fully computer-animated feature
It was animated in-house at the studio's Burbank headquarters.
Q 18The film was the first mainstream release in which format?
Digital 3-D
About 100 theaters worldwide were fitted with new projectors to screen it.
Q 19Roughly how much did the film gross worldwide?
$314 million
That made it the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2005.
Q 20Which actress voiced the original female Chicken Little for eight months?
Holly Hunter
The early story had her going to summer camp to reduce her anxiety.
Q 24Who replaced Thomas Schumacher as Feature Animation president and demanded a rewrite?
David Stainton
His first day coincided with a test screening that left him thinking, "Oh my God! What am I going to do?"
Q 25How many scenes were thrown out during the rewrite?
Twenty-five
Dindal said it took about two and a half years "to pretty much get back to where we started".
Q 26Which actor was first announced for the role that later became Abby Mallard?
Sean Hayes
Variety reported his casting in April 2002.
Q 27Who replaced Katie Finneran as the voice of Goosey Loosey midway through production?
Mark Walton
Walton was a Disney storyboard artist.
Q 28In which country was Buck Cluck redubbed by a local comedian, Mark Mitchell?
Australia
Disney wanted a national celebrity to publicize the film there.
Q 29Which company ran the 18-month CG training program for Disney's animators?
Industrial Light & Magic
Half of Disney's 2D staff were moved to a CGI team and introduced to Alias's Maya software.
Q 30Which Goofy cartoon inspired the characters' fluidity of motion?
How to Play Baseball
Dindal wanted the "roundness" of Disney's 1940s–50s work.