50 free DuckTales trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
DuckTales premiered in syndication in September 1987, ran for 100 episodes, spawned a movie and one of the best NES games ever made, and came back in 2017 with David Tennant as Scrooge. This quiz covers the whole franchise: Scrooge McDuck and his Number One Dime, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Webby and Mrs. Beakley, Launchpad McQuack, Gyro Gearloose, Fenton Crackshell and Gizmoduck, Flintheart Glomgold, Magica De Spell, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys, the Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Capcom's pogo-cane platformer and the reboot's Della Duck, F.O.W.L. and Darkwing Duck crossovers. Easy questions ask what Scrooge guards most jealously and which of the boys wears which colour... well, not quite; they ask who Scrooge's crash-prone pilot is and which comic-book artist created him. Harder ones dig into how much the theme song's writer was paid, which pop group nearly sang it, why Donald barely appeared in the original, and which Mega Man designer worked on the NES game. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series, the film, the game and the characters, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01DuckTales was based on comic books about Scrooge McDuck created by which artist?
Carl Barks
Barks introduced Scrooge in a 1947 story and said the character was partly inspired by John D. Rockefeller.
Q 02How many episodes did the original DuckTales run for?
100
Season one alone had 65, the 'magic number' needed to run five days a week for thirteen weeks.
Q 03Why does Donald Duck leave Huey, Dewey and Louie with Scrooge at the start of the original series?
He joins the US Navy
Donald then appears only in occasional cameos, partly because Disney barred its TV studio from using its Golden Age stars.
Q 04What prized possession are villains, especially Magica De Spell, forever trying to steal from Scrooge?
His Number One Dime
In the 2017 reboot Magica spends years imprisoned inside it, and Scrooge is said to have come to America after inventing shoe-shining machines.
Q 05Which Mister Ed star voiced Scrooge McDuck in the original series and for more than 40 years overall?
Alan Young
He first voiced Scrooge on a 1974 record and also played him in Mickey's Christmas Carol and the Kingdom Hearts games.
Q 06Which voice actress played all three of Huey, Dewey and Louie, plus Webby, in the 1987 series?
Russi Taylor
In 1990 she began voicing recurring characters on The Simpsons, and she was also the long-time voice of Minnie Mouse.
Q 07What is the name of Scrooge's accident-prone pilot?
Launchpad McQuack
His motto is 'If it has wings, I can crash it', and he later became a main character on a caped spin-off set in St. Canard.
Q 08Which superhero identity does Scrooge's accountant Fenton Crackshell secretly adopt?
Gizmoduck
He was introduced in season two alongside 'caveduck' Bubba and his pet triceratops Tootsie.
Q 09Which villain wants to replace Scrooge as the 'richest duck in the world'?
Flintheart Glomgold
Unlike the comics, the TV version is Scottish and wears a kilt; in the reboot he and Scrooge bet their companies on who will be richest by year's end.
Q 10Who leads the show's gang of masked robbers, springing them from jail for her schemes?
Ma Beagle
June Foray voiced both her and Magica De Spell, whose brother Poe has been turned into a raven.
Q 11Magica De Spell is Italian in the comics, but what accent was she given in the cartoon?
Eastern European
She calls everyone 'darling', which gives her away when she disguises herself as Mrs. Beakley.
Q 12What is the name of the city where DuckTales is set?
Duckburg
After season one the show largely stopped globe-trotting and kept its adventures closer to home.
Q 13DuckTales was Disney's first cartoon produced for what?
Weekday syndication
Its success paved the way for Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and TaleSpin and the two-hour Disney Afternoon block.
Q 21How many wishes does the Genie grant each of the four children in the movie?
Three
They waste them on a baby elephant and a giant ice cream sundae, and Webby's last wish brings all her toys to life.
Q 22How did the 1990 DuckTales movie fare at the box office?
It earned $18.1 million on a $20 million budget
Disney scrapped several planned sequels; it was the first Disney-distributed animated film not made by Walt Disney Feature Animation.
Q 23Which 1951 Donald short was paired with the DuckTales movie in theatres?
Dude Duck
A comic-book adaptation with a cover identical to the poster came out at the same time.
Q 14The series premiered in 1987 with which television movie, later split into a five-part serial?
The Treasure of the Golden Suns
Season two consisted only of two more specials, Time Is Money and Super DuckTales, which introduced Fenton's armoured alter ego.
Q 15Who wrote the DuckTales theme song?
Mark Mueller
He also wrote the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers theme, and was paid a little over $1,000 for the DuckTales tune.
Q 16Which pop group did Disney first hire to sing the theme before choosing Jeff Pescetto?
The Jets
Pescetto went on to sing the themes for Rescue Rangers, the caped spin-off and The Disney Afternoon itself.
Q 17The full-length version of the theme has a guitar solo played with what effect to mimic duck noises?
A wah-wah pedal
Vanity Fair called the theme 'History's Catchiest Single Minute of Music' when the reboot arrived.
Q 18Composer Ron Jones said he scored the show seriously, like which film, rather than as a kids' show?
Raiders of the Lost Ark
His cue library began with the episode 'Armstrong', and Intrada finally released a two-CD selection of his score in 2026.
Q 19DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp is loosely based on which Arabian Nights tale?
Aladdin
Scrooge hunts the treasure of the thief Collie Baba, and Webby is allowed to keep a worthless-looking old lamp.
Q 20Which Back to the Future actor voiced the sorcerer Merlock in the DuckTales movie?
Christopher Lloyd
Rip Taylor voiced the Genie, and Scrooge's veteran voice actor said he would 'sit there in awe' watching the two newcomers work.
Q 24Which company developed the acclaimed 1989 NES game based on the show?
Capcom
It sold over a million copies on both NES and Game Boy, becoming the company's best-selling title on each.
Q 25In the NES game, Scrooge bounces around on his cane like what?
A pogo stick
Key staff from the Mega Man series made it, including character designer Keiji Inafune.
Q 26Which of these is one of the five levels in the NES DuckTales game?
The Moon
The others are the African Mines, the Amazon, the Himalayas and Transylvania, and the Moon's music is a fan favourite.
Q 27Which option was cut from the NES game for being too out of character for its miserly hero?
Letting Scrooge give his money away
Crosses on the Transylvania coffins were also replaced with 'RIP', and hamburgers became ice cream power-ups.
Q 28Which studio made DuckTales: Remastered, the 2013 HD remake of the NES game?
WayForward
The original voices of Scrooge and Launchpad returned for it.
Q 29Which Doctor Who star voices the richest duck in the world in the 2017 reboot?
David Tennant
He is a Scot playing Disney's most famous Scot; the original voice cast was replaced entirely, to Terry McGovern's dismay.
Q 30Which new character, Donald's twin sister and the boys' mother, did the 2017 reboot introduce?
Della Duck
Her disappearance drives season one, and she returns from the Moon in season two just as the Moonlanders plot an invasion.