This Coco trivia quiz has 170 free questions with answers and covers Pixar's 2017 Day of the Dead film from Santa Cecilia to the sunrise concert. There are plot questions (why Imelda banned music, what happens when Miguel strums the guitar, what Héctor wants, how Ernesto really got his songs, and what Mamá Coco kept in her drawer) and character ones (Dante, Pepita, Abuelita Elena, the Frida Kahlo cameo, John Ratzenberger's one word). The making-of round covers the trademark row that changed the title, the boy whose voice broke, the two Mexican states the Riveras were based on, the potter said to be the real Mamá Coco, the songwriters behind 'Remember Me', the Oscars, the Morelia premiere, the record run in Mexico and China, and Coco 2. There is a little Day of the Dead and alebrije background too. Suitable for families who know the film by heart and for anyone who cried at the ending. Every answer has been checked against an encyclopaedic source and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01How old is Miguel, the hero of Coco?
12
He teaches himself guitar from VHS tapes of his idol despite the family ban on music.
Q 02Coco was written by Matthew Aldrich and which co-director, who also wrote the lyrics to 'Un Poco Loco'?
Adrian Molina
Lee Unkrich directed, having made his solo debut with Toy Story 3.
Q 03What is the name of the Mexican town where the Rivera family lives?
Santa Cecilia
Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians, a quiet joke in a town whose family bans music.
Q 04What trade does Mamá Imelda take up after banning music from the family?
Making shoes
Generations later the Riveras are still shoemakers.
Q 05How does Miguel teach himself to play guitar despite the family ban?
Watching a VHS documentary of his idol
Benjamin Bratt described that idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, as 'the Mexican Frank Sinatra'.
Q 06What happens to Miguel the moment he strums the stolen guitar?
He becomes invisible to the living
He can, however, see and touch his dead relatives who are visiting for the holiday.
Q 07Why can Mamá Imelda not cross over to visit the living on the Day of the Dead?
Miguel removed her photo from the ofrenda
He had broken the frame and taken the picture out.
Q 08By when must Miguel receive a family blessing to return to the living world?
Sunrise
Otherwise he stays in the Land of the Dead forever; Imelda's blessing comes with a no-music condition he refuses.
Q 09What does Héctor ask of Miguel in exchange for taking him to Ernesto?
To put his photo on an ofrenda
He is fading, and will vanish entirely once his daughter forgets him.
Q 10How did Ernesto de la Cruz really get his partner's songs?
He poisoned him and stole them
Héctor had grown homesick and tried to go home; the truth comes out during their argument in the mansion.
Q 11Where does Ernesto have Miguel and Héctor thrown after seizing Héctor's photo?
A cenote pit
It is there that Héctor reveals his daughter is named Coco.
Q 12How is Ernesto de la Cruz finally undone at his concert in the Land of the Dead?
Crushed by a falling bell
It mirrors how he died in life; the audience turns on him after his crimes are exposed.
Q 13What had Mamá Coco kept all those years that finally proves the truth?
Héctor's letters and the torn photo corner
His letters, with the lyrics, expose Ernesto's theft.
Q 21Who voices Miguel?
Anthony Gonzalez
He first auditioned at nine; the original choice was replaced when his voice broke.
Q 22Why was the boy first cast as Miguel, Emilio Fuentes, replaced during production?
His voice deepened with puberty
Anthony Gonzalez, who had auditioned at nine, took over.
Q 23Which Mexican actor voices Héctor?
Gael García Bernal
Animators studied his movements and expressions while he recorded.
Benjamin Bratt prepared for Ernesto de la Cruz by watching which Mexican golden-age stars?
Q 14Which song does Miguel play to Mamá Coco to bring back her memories?
Remember Me
It was Héctor's lullaby for her, later stolen by Ernesto as a bombastic showstopper.
Q 15Coco's Oscar-winning song was written by which husband-and-wife team, also behind 'Let It Go'?
Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade sing a pop version over the credits.
Q 16Which two Academy Awards did Coco win?
Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song
It also won a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and eleven Annies.
Q 17Who composed Coco's score?
Michael Giacchino
He had already scored The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up and Inside Out for Pixar.
Q 18Miguel's dog Dante is what breed?
Xoloitzcuintle
Pixar borrowed a tentacle from Finding Dory's Hank to animate his tongue.
Q 19The spirit-guide creatures Dante and Pepita become in the Land of the Dead are based on which folk art?
Alebrijes
Pepita's form mixes a jaguar, a ram, an eagle and an iguana.
Q 20Which papier-mâché artist first made the fantastical creatures that inspired Dante and Pepita, in 1930s Mexico City?
Pedro Linares
Oaxacan artisans later took up the form, carving them from copal wood.
Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante
He also saw his own father's swagger in the character and played it as a tribute.
Q 25Which Mexican artist makes a cameo in the Land of the Dead, voiced by Natalia Cordova-Buckley?
Frida Kahlo
She is staging a surreal show at Ernesto's big concert.
Q 26How large is John Ratzenberger's role in Coco, keeping his streak of appearing in every Pixar film alive?
One word
Unkrich did not want to break the tradition but struggled to find a role for the non-Latino actor.
Q 27Coco was the first film with a nine-figure budget to feature what?
An all-Latino principal cast
The budget was around $175 to 225 million.
Q 28Coco premiered in October 2017 at a film festival in which Mexican city?
Morelia
It opened in Mexico the following week, before its US release on 22 November.
Q 29Roughly how much did Coco gross worldwide?
$823 million
That made it the 15th highest-grossing animated film at the time.
Q 30In Mexico, Coco became the second-highest-grossing film ever, behind which movie?
The Avengers
It took MX$792 million there.