DuckTales Trivia
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46 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 05Who voiced Scrooge McDuck in the original series and for more than 40 years overall?
Alan Young
Alan Young, Wilbur on Mister Ed, first voiced Scrooge on a 1974 record and kept the role through Mickey's Christmas Carol and the Kingdom Hearts games until his death in 2016.
Q 06Which voice actress played all three of Huey, Dewey and Louie, plus Webby, in the 1987 series?
Russi Taylor
Russi Taylor voiced all four kids; she was also the voice of Minnie Mouse from 1986 until her death in 2019 and played Martin Prince and the twins Sherri and Terri on The Simpsons.
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 09In DuckTales, which kilt-wearing villain schemes to replace Scrooge McDuck as the 'richest duck in the world'?
Flintheart Glomgold
Flintheart Glomgold is Scottish and wears a kilt in the TV version, unlike the comics; in the reboot he and Scrooge bet their companies on who will be richest by year's end.
Q 10In DuckTales, which character heads the gang of masked robbers who target Scrooge's money bin, springing them from jail?
Ma Beagle
Ma Beagle, the Beagle Boys' mother, springs her sons from jail for her schemes yet always avoids being caught; June Foray voiced both her and Magica De Spell.
Q 11Magica De Spell is Italian in the comics, but what accent was she given in the cartoon?
Eastern European
June Foray gave Magica a thick Eastern European accent in the 1987 show, calling everyone 'dahlink' much like her Natasha Fatale from Rocky and Bullwinkle; the comics make her a Neapolitan sorceress.
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
DuckTales was Disney's first cartoon made for weekday syndication, sold station by station rather than to a network; its success paved the way for Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin and the Disney Afternoon block.
Q 21Which 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 22Which 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 23In Capcom's NES game DuckTales, Scrooge attacks enemies from above by bouncing on his cane like what?
A pogo stick
A pogo stick is the model for Scrooge's cane bounce; key staff from the Mega Man series made the game, including character designer Keiji Inafune.
Q 14The series premiered in 1987 with which television movie, later split into a five-part serial?
The Treasure of the Golden Suns
'The Treasure of the Golden Suns' aired on 18 September 1987 as a two-hour movie and was later cut into five episodes; season two consisted only of two more serials, 'Time Is Money' and 'Super DuckTales'.
Q 15Who wrote the DuckTales theme song?
Mark Mueller
Mark Mueller, a pop songwriter with no cartoon credits at the time, wrote both the DuckTales theme and the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers theme; Jeff Pescetto sang the DuckTales recording.
Q 16Which pop group did Disney first hire to sing the theme before choosing Jeff Pescetto?
The Jets
Disney first had The Jets, the Minneapolis family group behind 'Crush on You', record the song, then went with demo singer Jeff Pescetto; The Jets later sang the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers theme instead.
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
Ron Jones has said he scored DuckTales like Raiders of the Lost Ark rather than a cartoon, writing full adventure cues; he went on to score Star Trek: The Next Generation and Family Guy.
Q 19Which Back to the Future actor voiced the sorcerer Merlock in the DuckTales movie?
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd, Doc Brown in Back to the Future, voiced the sorcerer Merlock, with Rip Taylor as the Genie and Richard Libertini as the thieving henchman Dijon.
Q 20How 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 24Which 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 25Which 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 26Which studio made DuckTales: Remastered, the 2013 HD remake of the NES game?
WayForward
The original voices of Scrooge and Launchpad returned for it.
Q 27Which Doctor Who star voices the richest duck in the world in the 2017 reboot?
David Tennant
David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor, voices Scrooge in his native Scots accent; the original voice cast was replaced entirely, to Launchpad actor Terry McGovern's public dismay.
Q 28Which 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.
Q 29Which Community actor voices Huey in the reboot?
Danny Pudi
Danny Pudi, Abed on Community, plays Huey, with Ben Schwartz as Dewey and Bobby Moynihan as Louie; the cast announced itself in 2016 by singing the theme a cappella.
Q 30Which Hamilton creator voices Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera in the reboot?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
The character was made Latino because of his heritage and because the showrunners wanted more positive Latino superheroes.