Frosty the Snowman Trivia
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90 free Frosty the Snowman trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
41 free Frosty the Snowman trivia questions with answers. Frosty the Snowman trivia for the holiday party, the classroom or a family night in front of the TV special. This quiz covers the whole story: the two songwriters who wrote it after the success of Rudolph, the Singing Cowboy who recorded it first, the town that throws Frosty a parade, and the fact that Christmas is never actually mentioned in the lyrics. It also digs into the 1969 Rankin/Bass special that made Frosty a television fixture: Jimmy Durante's final role, the Mad magazine artist who drew the characters, the Japanese studio that animated it, Professor Hinkle and Hocus Pocus, the CBS premiere that beat every show that week, and the sequels with Andy Griffith, John Goodman and Burt Reynolds. There are a few snowman-record questions for good measure. Difficulty runs from easy to expert and is marked on every question. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia and the primary sources it cites, and each explanation adds one more thing worth knowing.
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Q 01Frosty the Snowman's songwriters also wrote which holiday favourite?
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Here Comes Peter Cottontail. Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson went on to write 'Smokey the Bear' in 1952, slipping an extra 'the' into the mascot's name because it sang better, and the wrong name stuck.
Q 02Which singing cowboy made the first recording of 'Frosty the Snowman' in 1950?
Gene Autry
Gene Autry. His 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' had topped the charts the Christmas before, so the song's writers pitched him their snowman as the follow-up, and it gave him another seasonal hit.
Q 03In the song 'Frosty the Snowman', what are Frosty's two eyes made out of?
Coal
Coal. The same line gives him a corncob pipe and a button nose rather than the usual carrot, and the 1969 TV special drew him to match.
Q 04In the original 1950 lyrics, Frosty waves goodbye promising to be back when?
Again someday
Again someday. The 1950 lyrics never mention Christmas at all; it was the 1969 TV special that changed the farewell, sending Frosty off with a promise to be back on Christmas Day.
Q 05Frosty Returns was co-directed by Bill Melendez, who was also the voice of which cartoon dog?
Snoopy
Snoopy. Charles Schulz insisted that a dog could not talk, so Bill Melendez, who animated the Peanuts specials, recorded nonsense sounds himself and sped up the tape.
Q 06Which comedian narrated the 1969 TV special 'Frosty the Snowman' and sang its title song?
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante. He had been one of the first to record the song back in 1950, and the special drew him as a cartoon of himself to tell the story and sing it once more.
Q 07Which girl group sang 'Frosty the Snowman' on Phil Spector's 1963 Christmas album?
The Ronettes
The Ronettes. The album came out on 22 November 1963, the very day President Kennedy was shot, so few people were in the mood for it and it sold poorly at first.
Q 08In the song, what does Frosty carry in his hand as he runs down to the village?
A broomstick
A broomstick. He dashes all around the square with it, daring the children to catch him if they can, because he knows the hot sun will not let him stay for long.
Q 09Which children's book series turned 'Frosty the Snow Man' into a picture book soon after the song appeared?
Little Golden Books
Little Golden Books. The line launched in 1942 at 25 cents a copy and was sold in the shops where families already went, so that almost any child could own a picture book.
Q 10In the 1969 special, where does Frosty need to go so that he will never melt?
The North Pole
The North Pole. The fright that sets him off is a thermometer creeping upwards, and it is one of the children who decides that they must get him there.
Q 11Which production company made the 1969 Frosty the Snowman television special?
Rankin/Bass
Rankin/Bass. Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass had turned the song 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' into a hit special five years earlier, so they went looking for another Christmas song to film.
Q 12Frosty the Snowman first aired on December 7, 1969, on which American network?
CBS
CBS. It stayed on the network every holiday season until 2023, even as ownership of the cartoon itself passed from company to company behind the scenes.
Q 13Which network took over 'Frosty the Snowman' in 2024 after 55 years on its original channel?
NBC
NBC. Its parent company already owned the special, so in 2024 it brought Frosty and Rudolph home to its own network instead of licensing them to a rival.
Q 21Paul Coker Jr., who designed the characters for the 1969 Frosty special, was a regular artist for which magazine?
Mad
Mad. Paul Coker Jr. also designed greeting cards for Hallmark, which is why he got the job: the producers wanted the whole special to look like a Christmas card.
Q 22The studio that animated the 1969 Frosty special in Tokyo was founded by the creator of which anime hero?
Astro Boy
Astro Boy. His creator Osamu Tezuka founded Mushi Production, which made that series, and a few years later the same studio was drawing America's snowman as contract work for New York producers.
Q 23In the 1969 special, why does Santa say that Frosty can never melt away for good?
He is made of Christmas snow
Q 14Who voiced Frosty in the 1969 special and its first two sequels?
Jackie Vernon
Jackie Vernon. The stand-up comedian had never done any animation when he was cast, yet he went on to voice the snowman for a decade, up to the 1979 feature film.
Q 15What is the name of the inept magician who wants his hat back in the 1969 Frosty special?
Professor Hinkle
Professor Hinkle. His tricks flop at a school party, but once he sees the hat bring a snowman to life he decides it could make him a millionaire and spends the rest of the story chasing it.
Q 16In the 1969 Frosty special, what is the name of the magician's rabbit, who sides with the children?
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus. He turns on his master to help the children, later talking the forest animals into building a campfire for Karen and then running to fetch Santa Claus.
Q 17In the 1969 special, what does Frosty exclaim the moment he first comes to life?
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! He has, after all, only just been born, and he repeats the greeting every time the hat brings him back to life.
Q 18How do Frosty, Karen and the rabbit begin their journey in the 1969 special?
Stowing away in a refrigerated freight car
Stowing away in a refrigerated freight car. It keeps Frosty frozen, but Karen grows so cold inside that the three of them have to get off long before the train reaches the end of the line.
Q 19Where does Frosty melt after the magician locks him and Karen inside in the 1969 special?
A greenhouse
A greenhouse. Frosty takes the freezing Karen inside so that she can warm up, and the magician, who has been trailing them all the way, locks the door behind them.
Q 20How does Santa make the magician give up Frosty's hat?
Threatens he will never get another present
Threatens he will never get another present. Santa softens it with an offer: if the magician goes home and writes out his apology over and over, there may yet be something in his stocking.
He is made of Christmas snow. Santa tells the weeping Karen that it only turns to rain for a while, then opens the door and lets the December wind blow Frosty back together.
Q 24In the song, who hollers 'Stop!' as Frosty leads the children through the streets of town?
A traffic cop
A traffic cop. Frosty pauses for only a moment and hurries on; the 1969 TV special kept the officer, and he comes back, still startled, in the 1976 sequel.
Q 25Which Rocky and Bullwinkle voice also played Santa Claus in the 1969 Frosty special?
Paul Frees
Paul Frees. He died in 1986, yet visitors to Disney's theme parks still hear him every day as the Ghost Host who welcomes them to the Haunted Mansion.
Q 26In the 1969 special, Frosty warns that when he starts to melt he gets 'all' what?
Wishy-washy
Wishy-washy. He says it after spotting a thermometer on the wall creeping into the red, the moment the children realise they must get him somewhere colder.
Q 27Who narrated the 1976 sequel Frosty's Winter Wonderland?
Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith. He took over as storyteller for the sequel, and he signs off by promising that, on a day not so far away, the first snowflake will fall once more.
Q 28In Frosty's Winter Wonderland, what is the name of the snow wife the children build for Frosty?
Crystal
Crystal. She soon proves her worth: when a gust of wind knocks off Frosty's hat and leaves him lifeless, she pins a corsage of snow on his chest and revives him with a kiss.
Q 29Which jealous character tries to steal Frosty's hat in Frosty's Winter Wonderland, then serves as his best man?
Jack Frost
Jack Frost. His first attempt snatches a horse's hat by mistake, and he only calls off his blizzard when the snow couple invite him to stand up at their wedding.
Q 30Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) was unusual for depicting Frosty in what form?
Stop-motion 'Animagic'
Stop-motion 'Animagic'. In his own specials Frosty had always been a drawn cartoon, but sharing a film with Rudolph meant being rebuilt as a puppet in the reindeer's stop-motion style.