Inside Out Trivia
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97 free Inside Out trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
51 free Inside Out trivia questions with answers. Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, Anger, and then Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment: this Inside Out trivia quiz covers both Pixar films. You'll find questions on the emotions and their voice actors, Riley's move from Minnesota, Bing Bong and the Train of Thought, the Sense of Self, Bloofy and Lance Slashblade, plus the making-of stories and the box-office records Inside Out 2 smashed in 2024. Around a third of the questions are easy enough for kids who have watched the films a few times, which makes it a good pick for family movie night or a classroom break. The rest get harder, reaching into casting changes, cut emotions and the psychologists Pixar consulted. Every answer has been checked against the films' Wikipedia pages and official Pixar and Disney material, and each explanation adds one detail you can pass on.
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Q 01Which studio made Inside Out?
Pixar
Pixar made Inside Out, its 15th feature film, released by Walt Disney Pictures in June 2015.
Q 02What is the name of the girl whose mind the emotions live in?
Riley
She is 11 in the first film and 13 in the sequel.
Q 03How many emotions run Riley's mind in the first Inside Out?
Five
Five emotions run Riley's mind in the first film: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust.
Q 04Who voices Joy?
Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler, the Parks and Recreation star, voices Joy in both Inside Out films.
Q 05Which actress from The Office voices Sadness?
Phyllis Smith
Phyllis Smith, who played Phyllis Vance on The Office, voices Sadness; producer Jonas Rivera cast her after seeing her in Bad Teacher.
Q 06Which colour is Sadness?
Blue
Sadness is blue: a short, round figure in a white turtleneck sweater and round glasses.
Q 07Which colour is Fear?
Purple
Fear is purple: a thin, jittery figure in a bow tie whose job is keeping Riley safe from danger.
Q 08Which stand-up comedian voices Anger in both films?
Lewis Black
Lewis Black, the famously irate stand-up, voices Anger, the squat red emotion, in both Inside Out films.
Q 09Which emotion is green?
Disgust
Disgust is green; voiced by Mindy Kaling in the first film, she keeps Riley from being poisoned, physically or socially.
Q 10Riley moves from which state to San Francisco at the start of the first film?
Minnesota
Riley moves from Minnesota to San Francisco for her father's new job; the Andersens' cross-country move sets the whole story in motion.
Q 11What form do Riley's most important memories take in her personality?
Floating islands
Each core memory powers a floating island of personality; five islands, including Family and Goofball, stand at the start of the film.
Q 12What kind of creature is Bing Bong, Riley's imaginary friend?
Cat, elephant, cotton candy
Bing Bong is part cat, part elephant and part dolphin, made of cotton candy; voiced by Richard Kind, he cries sweets instead of tears.
Q 13How do Joy and Sadness try to get back to the control room from long-term memory?
The Train of Thought
Q 21Which emotion from Paul Ekman's list did Docter cut because it was too similar to Fear?
Surprise
Surprise, one of Paul Ekman's six basic emotions, was cut for overlapping with Fear, leaving Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust.
Q 22At which festival did Inside Out premiere in May 2015?
Cannes
Inside Out premiered out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2015, a month before its US release.
Q 23Which film kept Inside Out from opening at number one in the US?
Jurassic World
Jurassic World, in its second weekend, beat Inside Out's debut, making it the first Pixar film not to open at number one.
The Train of Thought carries memories to Headquarters; it stops when Riley falls asleep, so the trio heads to Dream Productions to wake her.
Q 14What powers Bing Bong's rocket wagon?
Singing
He jumps out mid-flight so Joy can escape, then fades away.
Q 15Where do forgotten memories go to disappear forever?
The Memory Dump
Forgotten memories fade to grey and crumble in the Memory Dump, the abyss beneath Headquarters where Bing Bong finally disappears.
Q 16Which character is Riley's scariest memory, freed from the Subconscious to wake her up?
Jangles the Clown
Jangles the Clown, Riley's scariest memory, is woken in the Subconscious and sent into Dream Productions to scare Riley awake.
Q 17Which part of Riley's personality collapses when she steals her mother's credit card?
Honesty Island
Honesty Island crumbles when Riley takes her mother's credit card to run away, leaving only Family Island standing.
Q 18What warning light do the emotions notice on the new console at the end of the first film?
Puberty
A red Puberty alarm on the upgraded console is waved off as unimportant, a gag that set up Inside Out 2 nine years later.
Q 19Who directed the first Inside Out?
Pete Docter
Pete Docter directed Inside Out; the idea came from watching his own daughter Elie's personality change as she grew up.
Q 20Which emotion originally went on the journey with Joy in early drafts, before being swapped for Sadness?
Fear
Early drafts paired Joy with Fear on the journey; the story only clicked once Sadness replaced Fear as Joy's companion.
Q 24Which short film played before Inside Out in cinemas?
Lava
Lava, a musical short about a lonely volcano, played before Inside Out; Riley's First Date? came later on the home release.
Q 25Which Academy Award did Inside Out win?
Best Animated Feature
Inside Out won Best Animated Feature at the 2016 Oscars and was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
Q 26Who composed the score for the first Inside Out?
Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino scored the first Inside Out; his main theme, Bundle of Joy, is a gentle piano waltz.
Q 27Whose archival recordings from Monsters, Inc. are used for baby Riley?
Mary Gibbs
Mary Gibbs voiced Boo in Monsters, Inc. (2001); her archival recordings were reused for baby Riley's voice.
Q 28Which Red Hot Chili Peppers member voices Mind Worker Cop Jake?
Flea
Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, voices Mind Worker Cop Jake; he returned to the role in Inside Out 2.
Q 29Roughly how much did the first Inside Out gross worldwide?
$859 million
Inside Out grossed about $859 million worldwide, the seventh-highest total of 2015, on a budget of roughly $175 million.
Q 30How long did development of the first Inside Out take?
Five and a half years
Inside Out took roughly five and a half years to develop, one of Pixar's longest productions, before its June 2015 release.