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177 free Pixar trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
50 free Pixar trivia questions with answers. From a desk lamp bouncing on a rubber ball to the most emotionally devastating opening sequence in cinema history, Pixar has redefined what animated films can be. How well do you know the studio that makes us laugh, cry, and feel everything in between?
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Q 01What is the name of the cowboy doll in Toy Story?
Woody
Woody was a mean-spirited bully in early story reels; a disastrous screening for Disney nearly got the film cancelled, so Pixar rewrote him as the toys' caring leader.
Q 02At the start of Monsters, Inc., what do the monsters collect from children to power their city?
Screams
Screams power the monsters' city: the entire economy of Monsters, Inc. (2001) revolves around scaring children, until Sulley and Mike discover laughter is ten times more powerful.
Q 03In Ratatouille, how does Remy secretly control Linguini's movements in the kitchen?
By tugging his hair
By tugging his hair from under the chef's hat, Remy works Linguini like a marionette, so the garbage boy gets the credit for dishes that are really cooked by a rat.
Q 04In Up's wordless opening montage, what job does Carl Fredricksen hold at the city zoo?
Balloon salesman
Balloon salesman was Carl's job at the zoo where his wife Ellie worked as a keeper; as a widower he ties thousands of balloons to their house and floats it toward South America.
Q 05In Inside Out, which emotion completes Riley's original five alongside Joy, Sadness, Anger and Fear?
Disgust
Disgust made the cut, but surprise did not: Pete Docter dropped it from a psychologist's list of basic emotions because it seemed too similar to Fear.
Q 06What does WALL-E stand for?
Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth-class
Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth-class is the full name of the last trash-compactor robot still running after 700 years; he keeps going by salvaging parts from broken-down units of his own kind.
Q 07In Coco, a glowing bridge made from the petals of which flower links the living to the Land of the Dead?
Marigold
Marigold petals form the bridge because of a real custom: on the Day of the Dead, Mexican families lay out marigolds, whose bright colour and strong scent are thought to guide souls to their offerings.
Q 08What is Lightning McQueen's catchphrase in Cars?
Ka-chow!
'Ka-chow!' is the cocky rookie's catchphrase. His racing number was going to be 57, his director's birth year, until Pixar switched it to 95 to mark 1995, the year of its first feature film.
Q 09Who voices Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story films?
Tim Allen
Tim Allen has voiced Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story films since the 1995 original; Allen, then starring in Home Improvement, was cast after Billy Crystal turned the role down.
Q 10Bruce, the great white in Finding Nemo, shares his name with the mechanical shark built for which film?
Jaws
Jaws' crew nicknamed their mechanical shark Bruce after Steven Spielberg's lawyer; Pixar borrowed the name for a great white who is trying to give up eating fish.
Q 11In Finding Nemo, what is Dory's most notable trait?
Short-term memory loss
Dory suffers short-term memory loss, the running gag of Finding Nemo. The regal blue tang, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, can nevertheless read human writing and speak whale.
Q 12What is the name of the purple toy octopus in Toy Story 3?
Stretch
Stretch, voiced by Whoopi Goldberg, helps Lotso's gang recapture the toys with her elastic arms, but balks when he orders her to shove them into the dumpster.
Q 13Which actor voices the character of Sulley in Monsters, Inc.?
John Goodman
John Goodman got the part after Bill Murray, who had screen-tested for Sulley and wanted it, could not be reached with the offer; the director took his silence as a no.
Q 21What are the names of the two main element characters in Elemental?
Ember and Wade
Ember and Wade's story grew from the director's own life: his Korean immigrant parents ran a grocery in the Bronx, and his marriage to someone who wasn't Korean brought the culture clash he put on screen.
Q 22In Soul, what is Joe Gardner's dream profession?
Jazz musician
Jazz musician is the dream of Joe, a pianist stuck teaching middle-school band; on the very day he wins a place in a famous saxophonist's quartet, he falls down a manhole and his soul leaves his body.
Q 23Which Pixar software, also sold to other studios, produced Toy Story's final images?
RenderMan
Q 14In Coco, which song does Miguel play to rouse his fading great-grandmother?
Remember Me
Remember Me was written by Héctor as a lullaby for his daughter, but Ernesto de la Cruz poisoned him, stole his songs and passed it off as his own.
Q 15In Ratatouille, which restaurant does Remy secretly cook in?
Gusteau's
Gusteau's is shut down once word gets out that rats run its kitchen, so Remy, Linguini and Colette open a small bistro of their own, with the rat colony living in the attic.
Q 16Before it took the name Pixar, the studio's team created the digital 'Genesis Effect' for a film in which series?
Star Trek
Star Trek II (1982) carried their Genesis Effect, one continuous shot of a barren planet bursting into life; the team treated it as a commercial for itself, aimed at its own boss, who had yet to see what computer graphics could do.
Q 17Which Pixar short film features an old man playing chess against himself?
Geri's Game
Geri's Game let Pixar practise animating human skin and clothing; Geri himself returned as the toy cleaner in a later feature, where chess pieces can be glimpsed in his kit drawers.
Q 18What is the significance of the code 'A113' in Pixar films?
A CalArts animation classroom
A CalArts animation classroom, A113 was where many Pixar animators trained; alumnus Brad Bird first slipped the number onto a licence plate in a 1980s TV cartoon, and classmates have hidden it in their films ever since.
Q 19In Up, which animal makes the talking golden retriever break off in the middle of a sentence?
A squirrel
A squirrel, or just the thought of one, stops him with a cry of 'Squirrel!'; he can talk at all only because his master's collar turns a dog's thoughts into speech.
Q 20Which tech mogul bankrolled Pixar's spin-off and was its CEO until Disney bought it in 2006?
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs owned about half of Pixar by 2006, so Disney's all-stock purchase made him Disney's largest individual shareholder, with roughly 7% of its shares.
RenderMan reached cinemas through other studios first, helping to create the effects of Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park before Pixar had released a feature film of its own.
Q 24Which Pixar short stars the hopping desk lamp that became the studio's mascot?
Luxo Jr.
Luxo Jr. gave Pixar more than a mascot: the little lamp now hops across the studio's logo before each film and takes the place of the letter I.
Q 25What recurring vehicle appears as an Easter egg in almost every Pixar film?
A Pizza Planet truck
A Pizza Planet truck made its debut in Toy Story and has been hidden in almost every Pixar feature since; in medieval Brave, where no truck could drive past, it turns up as a small wood carving.
Q 26In Brave, what does a witch's spell turn Queen Elinor into?
A bear
A bear is what Queen Elinor becomes when her daughter buys a spell to change her mind about an arranged marriage; unless the two mend their bond by the second sunrise, the change is permanent.
Q 27In Toy Story 3, what do the squeeze-toy aliens use to pull the toys out of the landfill incinerator?
A giant claw crane
A giant claw crane saves the toys at the last second: the aliens, who worshipped 'The Claw' of an arcade machine in the first film, finally get to operate one themselves.
Q 28What is the name of the food critic who writes a review at the end of Ratatouille?
Anton Ego
Anton Ego is disarmed when Remy's ratatouille carries him back to his mother's cooking; he loses his job once the kitchen's secret gets out, yet happily invests in the chef's new bistro.
Q 29In Cars, Lightning McQueen is stranded in which forgotten desert town on Route 66?
Radiator Springs
Radiator Springs faded when the interstate bypassed Route 66; sentenced to repave the main street he wrecked, the rookie racer ends up helping to put the town back on the map.
Q 30Which Disney chief executive struck the 2006 deal to buy Pixar?
Bob Iger
Bob Iger had been chief executive for only a few months; under his predecessor Michael Eisner, talks to renew Pixar's distribution deal had collapsed and the studio was looking for a new partner.