Mufasa: The Lion King Trivia
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49 free Mufasa: the Lion King trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Mufasa: The Lion King asked how an orphaned cub became king and how his brother became Scar, and this quiz covers the whole answer: the flash flood that sweeps Mufasa away, the race King Obasi sets to decide his fate, the white lions of Kiros, the trek through snow with Sarabi, Zazu and a young Rafiki, the earthquake at Milele, and the underwater fight where Taka has to choose. Early questions suit kids who have watched it: who tells the story, which two comic sidekicks interrupt, what name Taka takes at the end. Later ones are for grown-ups: the Moonlight director who took the job, the Godfather Part II structure, the composers who dropped out, the songs Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote in secret, whose voice opens the film, and why it lost its opening weekend to a blue hedgehog. Every answer has been checked against the film's production record and each question links to its source. Our Lion King trivia covers the 1994 classic and the 2019 remake; this page is for the prequel.
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Q 01Which Best Picture winner did Barry Jenkins direct before making Mufasa: The Lion King?
Moonlight
Moonlight won Best Picture in 2017 only after La La Land had been read out by mistake. Jenkins later joked that the Moonlight director making a Disney tentpole seemed strange even to him.
Q 02Who is telling the story of Mufasa, and to whom?
Rafiki, to Simba's daughter Kiara
Rafiki, to Simba's daughter Kiara: Timon and Pumbaa listen in as well and keep breaking into the story with wisecracks.
Q 03Which director made the 2019 remake of The Lion King that Mufasa: The Lion King follows?
Jon Favreau
Jon Favreau directed the 2019 remake but did not return, so Disney handed its follow-up to an indie filmmaker who had never made a blockbuster.
Q 04What separates the cub Mufasa from his parents, Masego and Afia?
A flash flood
A flash flood sweeps Mufasa away and seems to kill both parents, but his mother Afia survives and finds him again once he is king.
Q 05Which animals attack the lost cub Mufasa moments after he first meets Taka?
Crocodiles
Crocodiles close in on the cub in the water just as the two meet; he gets out alive, and the brotherhood that follows ends in betrayal.
Q 06How does King Obasi decide whether the stray Mufasa may stay with his pride?
A race between the two cubs
A race between the two cubs decides it, and Taka loses on purpose so that the stray can stay.
Q 07What is the name of the legendary oasis Mufasa dreams of as a cub?
Milele
Milele, Swahili for 'forever', sounds like a myth when his parents describe it, but Mufasa ends the film as its king and it becomes the Pride Lands.
Q 08Who is Kiros in Mufasa: The Lion King?
Leader of the white-lion Outsiders
Leader of the white-lion Outsiders, Kiros wipes out King Obasi's pride and then hunts the two brothers all the way to the oasis.
Q 09Which Danish actor voices Kiros?
Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Mikkelsen also sings in the role: Kiros gets the film's villain number, 'Bye Bye'.
Q 10Why do Mufasa and Taka flee King Obasi's pride?
To carry the royal bloodline elsewhere
To carry the royal bloodline elsewhere: Obasi sends his heir away with Mufasa sworn to protect him, then stays behind to face Kiros with the rest of the pride.
Q 11Which three characters join Mufasa and Taka on their journey to the oasis?
Sarabi, Zazu and a young Rafiki
Sarabi, Zazu and a young Rafiki fall in with the brothers on the run, and Rafiki leads the way because his visions keep showing him a brother.
Q 12How does Sarabi help Mufasa's group escape the pursuing Outsiders?
She causes an elephant stampede
She causes an elephant stampede by knocking a beehive into the herd, and Mufasa saves her from being trampled but lets his brother take the credit.
Q 13What makes Taka betray his brother to Kiros?
Q 21Which real-life mother and daughter voice Nala and Kiara?
Beyoncé and her daughter Blue Ivy
Beyoncé and her daughter Blue Ivy play Nala and Kiara; Barry Jenkins thought of Blue Ivy after hearing her narrate the audiobook of Hair Love.
Q 22Mufasa: The Lion King is both prequel and sequel, a structure early reports likened to which classic film?
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part II follows young Vito Corleone's rise alongside his son Michael's reign, the parallel Deadline drew when the Lion King follow-up was announced in 2020.
Q 23Before Mufasa: The Lion King, which film made the young lioness Kiara its heroine?
Jealousy over Sarabi loving Mufasa
Jealousy over Sarabi loving Mufasa: Taka had confided his own feelings for her, so on seeing the pair together he goes to Kiros and offers to lead the Outsiders to them.
Q 14In Mufasa: The Lion King, how does Taka get his scar?
Kiros slashes him as he shields Mufasa
Kiros slashes him as he shields Mufasa: after leading the Outsiders to the oasis, a remorseful Taka throws himself between the two lions and takes the blow across his eye.
Q 15What natural disaster strikes the oasis during Mufasa's final battle with Kiros?
An earthquake
An earthquake splits the ground in mid-battle and leaves behind a newly formed Pride Rock, where Mufasa gives his first roar as king.
Q 16Why does Taka choose the name Scar?
So he never forgets what he has done
So he never forgets what he has done: Mufasa lets his brother stay but vows never to say the name Taka again, and Taka offers 'Scar' himself.
Q 17What does Taka do when two white lions attack his mother during a hunt?
He runs away in fear
He runs away in fear while Mufasa stays, and the failure shames him in the eyes of his father, King Obasi.
Q 18Who voices the adult Mufasa?
Aaron Pierre
Aaron Pierre plays him as a stray who never wanted a crown: this Mufasa is hesitant to rule until the animals of the oasis urge him to.
Q 19Whose archived voice opens Mufasa: The Lion King as a tribute?
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones, the original Mufasa, died three months before release, so the film opens with his voice and a dedication to him.
Q 20Which actor returns from the 2019 remake to voice Pumbaa in Mufasa: The Lion King?
Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen is back as Pumbaa beside Billy Eichner's Timon, and the pair spend the film heckling from the sidelines.
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, a 1998 straight-to-video sequel, has Kiara fall for Kovu, a lion from an exiled pride once loyal to Scar.
Q 24Who wrote the new songs for Mufasa: The Lion King?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda began the songs at the start of 2022, straight after Encanto; Barry Jenkins had stayed in touch with him since nearly casting him in If Beale Street Could Talk.
Q 25Lebo M, back for Mufasa: The Lion King, sang the Zulu chant that opens which 1994 Lion King song?
Circle of Life
Circle of Life opens with Lebo M's cry of 'Nants ingonyama'; three decades on, the South African composer returned to write and sing on the prequel's soundtrack.
Q 26Which Mufasa: The Lion King song was shortlisted for the Best Original Song Oscar but not nominated?
'Tell Me It's You'
'Tell Me It's You' made the Academy's shortlist but not the final five; the soundtrack's real hit was the brothers' duet 'I Always Wanted a Brother', its most-streamed track.
Q 27Which composer's themes from the 1994 Lion King are reused in Mufasa, though he left the project before scoring it?
Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer was announced for the prequel but dropped out, so Dave Metzger took sole score credit and wove in Zimmer themes such as 'King of Pride Rock'.
Q 28Why is the young Rafiki alone when he first meets Mufasa's group?
He was exiled by his troop
He was exiled by his troop for being unlike the rest, so he is heading for the oasis by himself when the lions fall in with him.
Q 29What unlikely terrain do Mufasa and his companions cross on their way to the oasis?
Snowy mountains
Snowy mountains give the film its most unexpected setting: the lions climb into the snow to hide from the Outsiders hunting them.
Q 30Barry Jenkins defended The Lion King as children's first taste of Shakespeare; which play is its story usually likened to?
Hamlet
Hamlet also turns on a prince whose uncle kills his father for the crown. Told he was too good for a 'soulless machine', Jenkins replied that there is nothing soulless about The Lion King.