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105 free Moana trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free Moana trivia questions with answers. Are you a true Moana fan? Put your knowledge to the test with our comprehensive 105-question trivia quiz covering everything from Moana's epic ocean voyage to the unforgettable characters and songs. Whether you've watched the movie once or multiple times, this quiz will challenge fans of all levels and help you discover how well you really know this beloved Disney classic.
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Q 01What is the name of Moana's loyal pet pig?
Pua
Pua the pig is Moana's loyal island companion; he rides along on her first attempt to sail past the reef and is terrified by the wreck.
Q 02The Oceanic Story Trust of Pacific experts rejected an early design showing Maui as what?
Bald
The Trust rejected a bald Maui, saying hair carried mana in Pacific cultures, so he was redesigned with long flowing hair.
Q 03Who provides the voice for the character of Moana in the animated film?
Auli'i Cravalho
Auli'i Cravalho, born in Kohala, Hawaii, made her acting debut as Moana and returned to voice her in the 2024 sequel.
Q 04Which prominent actor and former professional wrestler voices the demigod Maui?
Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson, the former WWE wrestler, voices Maui and performs the demigod's boastful song himself.
Q 05Which song is famously sung by Maui, showcasing his many accomplishments?
You're Welcome
'You're Welcome' is Maui's signature song, where he boasts about his past heroic deeds and gifts to humanity.
Q 06What glowing relic does the ocean choose Moana to return?
The Heart of Te Fiti
The Heart of Te Fiti, a small glowing green stone, was stolen by Maui a thousand years earlier; the ocean chose Moana as a toddler to return it.
Q 07Disney's 'Moana' (2016), set about two thousand years ago on a fictional island, draws its mythology and culture from which region?
Polynesia
Polynesia's real nations, from Samoa to Tahiti, were blended into Moana's fictional island, and the directors consulted an Oceanic Story Trust to keep it honest. The story is set roughly two thousand years ago.
Q 08Which director made 'Moana' with his longtime partner John Musker?
Ron Clements
Ron Clements and John Musker, partners since The Great Mouse Detective (1986), pitched Moana in 2011; the duo also made Aladdin and Hercules.
Q 09What is the name of Moana's home island, where her village resides?
Motunui
Motunui's people were once voyagers who stopped sailing, and Moana leads them back to sea at the film's close as chieftess and wayfinder.
Q 10In 'Moana', what are the tiny coconut-armored pirates called, the ones Maui dismisses as 'murdering little pirates'?
Kakamora
The Kakamora are coconut-armored pirates who sail fleets of lashed-together flotsam and attack to seize the heart; Maui sums them up as 'murdering little pirates'.
Q 11In 'Moana', what is the lava demon called that defeated Maui a thousand years earlier and now guards the goddess's island?
Te Kā
Te Kā is the goddess herself: only at the climax does Moana realise the lava demon is Te Fiti, corrupted without her heart.
Q 12Who provides the voice of Moana's grandmother?
Rachel House
House, who is of Māori heritage, also reprised the role for the film's Māori-language dub.
Q 13Which Broadway songwriter co-wrote the film's original songs with Opetaia Foa'i and the film's composer?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of Hamilton, wrote the songs with Foa'i and Mancina, working on Moana while Hamilton was opening on Broadway in 2015.
Q 21What is the name of the realm where Tamatoa lives?
Lalotai
Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters, lies beneath the sea; Moana and Maui reach it by leaping from a portal atop a towering island.
Q 22Maui confesses that the gods made him a demigod after what happened to him?
His human parents abandoned him
Maui says his human parents abandoned him at birth, throwing him into the sea; the gods took pity on the infant, gave him the hook and made him a demigod.
Q 23Who wrote the screenplay for Moana?
Jared Bush
Jared Bush, who co-directed Zootopia earlier in 2016, wrote Moana's screenplay; he later co-directed Encanto with Byron Howard.
Q 14What magical item allows Maui to shapeshift into various animals?
His fish hook
The hook is badly damaged in the first assault on Te Fiti's island and destroyed in the second, before the goddess restores it.
Q 15What does Moana's rooster repeatedly try to eat in the village?
A rock
A rock: the dimwitted rooster pecks at and swallows a stone while the villagers question keeping him, and Moana pulls it back out of his beak.
Q 16Who voices Moana's father, Chief Tui?
Temuera Morrison
Morrison, of Māori heritage, reprised the role for the Māori-language dub; a Hamilton cast member supplied Tui's singing voice.
Q 17What is the name of Moana's mother?
Sina
Sina, Moana's mother, is voiced by Nicole Scherzinger, who is of Native Hawaiian descent and reprised the part for the Hawaiian-language dub.
Q 18What does Moana's grandmother reveal hidden in a secret cavern on the island?
A fleet of ancestral ships
A fleet of ancestral ships fills the cavern, proof the islanders were once voyagers; Moana later takes one of those canoes to sea.
Q 19Which Canadian singer recorded the end-credits version of Moana's 'I Want' song?
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara, from Brampton, Ontario, sang the pop version that plays over the end credits; the song won a Grammy but lost the Oscar to a song from La La Land.
Q 20What type of creature is Tamatoa?
A coconut crab
Tamatoa is a giant coconut crab, a real species that climbs trees and cracks coconuts; the film version hoards treasure on his glowing shell.
Q 24While Moana distracts Tamatoa, what goes wrong the moment Maui reclaims his weapon?
He cannot control his shapeshifting
Maui cannot control his shapeshifting after so long without the hook, getting stuck in half-animal forms; Moana lures Tamatoa away with a glowing barnacle decoy of the heart.
Q 25Which of these is NOT a creature Maui transforms into during the film?
An octopus
Maui never becomes an octopus; he does turn into an iguana, a shark and, in a gag cameo, a reindeer resembling Sven from Frozen.
Q 26Who scored Moana, his third Disney Animation film after Tarzan and Brother Bear?
Mark Mancina
Mark Mancina composed the score; he had earlier written the music for the action films Speed and Twister in the 1990s.
Q 27Which song is Moana's 'I Want' number, voicing her longing to go beyond the reef?
How Far I'll Go
'How Far I'll Go' is Moana's 'I Want' song, sung as she gazes past the reef; it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Q 28What is the name of the animated chest tattoo that acts as the demigod's conscience?
Mini Maui
Mini Maui, the living chest tattoo, nags the demigod into doing right; he is drawn by hand while the rest of the film is computer-animated.
Q 29When the blight strikes Moana's island sixteen years on, what shrinks alongside the dying vegetation?
The fish catch
The fish catch collapses along with the coconut crop, so Moana proposes sailing past the reef to find new fishing grounds, which her father forbids.
Q 30The soundtrack's lyrics are in English, Samoan and which other Pacific language?
Tokelauan
Tokelauan appears alongside Samoan in 'We Know the Way', written by Opetaia Foa'i, whose parents were Tokelauan and Tuvaluan.