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149 free Shrek trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
107 free Shrek trivia questions with answers. From the swamp to Far Far Away, Shrek changed animated films forever. This quiz covers all four Shrek films, both Puss in Boots movies, the voice cast, the soundtrack, Broadway, box office records, and the franchise massive cultural impact. Whether you know your onion layers from your parfaits, it is time to find out how well you really know the big green ogre.
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Q 01In the first Shrek film, what is the candle on Shrek's table made of?
Earwax
Earwax from Shrek's own ear makes the candle he lights for a solitary meal, while Donkey, shut out of the house, sulks outside the door.
Q 02Who provides the voice of Shrek in the film series?
Mike Myers
Mike Myers voices Shrek, and after seeing a rough cut in 2000 he asked to record every line again in a new accent, which sent finished animation back to be redone.
Q 03What colour is Donkey's fur in the Shrek films?
Grey
Grey is Donkey's colour from his first scene, where his owner, an old woman, tries to sell him to Farquaad's guards as a talking animal and he bolts straight into Shrek.
Q 04What does Shrek compare ogres to when explaining that they have layers?
Onions
Shrek says ogres are like onions because they have layers; Donkey objects that not everybody likes onions and proposes a sweeter alternative.
Q 05What song by Smash Mouth plays during the opening of Shrek (2001)?
All Star
All Star was only a placeholder: the filmmakers had a replacement song written, then kept the Smash Mouth hit after studio boss Jeffrey Katzenberg asked why they didn't just use it.
Q 06In the first Shrek film, what happens to the bluebird that joins Fiona's morning song?
It explodes
It explodes when Fiona's high note climbs too far, a send-up of Disney's singing princesses, and she fries its eggs for breakfast.
Q 07Which actress provides the voice of Princess Fiona?
Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz voices Princess Fiona in all four films, and when she burped mid-session after a fizzy drink, the writers gave Fiona a belch of her own.
Q 08Which studio produced the Shrek films?
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation produced the Shrek films, which send up Disney's animated classics; DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg had run Disney's film studio until he left to start the rival company.
Q 09What job does Thelonius hold under Lord Farquaad?
Executioner and torturer
Thelonius is Lord Farquaad's hooded executioner and torturer, the henchman who holds up two fingers while shouting for his master to pick princess number three.
Q 10How does Dragon end Lord Farquaad's wedding to Fiona in the first Shrek film?
She eats him
She eats him: Dragon bursts in with Donkey on her back and gulps Farquaad down in the middle of his rant about order and perfection.
Q 11Far Far Away, Fiona's home kingdom in Shrek 2, is a medieval send-up of which real place?
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills gets the medieval treatment, down to a coffee chain called Farbucks: when a giant gingerbread man attacks one, its customers flee to another across the street.
Q 12In Shrek 2, where does Shrek read that Fiona once dreamed of marrying Prince Charming?
Her childhood diary
Her childhood diary is full of the name, written page after page, and reading it feeds Shrek's fear that he is losing her.
Q 13Which Shrek film features Rumpelstiltskin as the main villain?
Shrek Forever After
Rumpelstiltskin is the main antagonist in Shrek Forever After (2010), the fourth film. He tricks Shrek into signing a contract that erases the day Shrek was born.
Q 21Which celebrity appears as herself hosting the red-carpet arrivals in Shrek 2?
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers voices herself, loudspeaker in hand, telling the camera that everyone who's anyone has turned out to honour Princess Fiona and Prince Shrek.
Q 22Which bachelorette does the Magic Mirror call 'a mentally abused shut-in'?
Cinderella
Cinderella is bachelorette number one, said to like sushi and hot tubbing and to cook and clean for her two evil sisters; Farquaad passes her over for number three.
Q 23Who wrote the 1990 children's picture book that Shrek is based on?
William Steig
William Steig wrote and illustrated the picture book 'Shrek!' in 1990. In the book, Shrek is an ugly ogre who is told by a witch that he will marry a princess even uglier than himself.
Q 14In Shrek the Third, what is Shrek's nightmare about?
A flood of ogre babies
Shrek's nightmare in Shrek the Third is a flood of ogre babies overrunning the swamp, after Fiona tells him she is pregnant; he wakes up screaming.
Q 15Which Leonard Cohen song, sung by John Cale, scores Shrek's sad montage after the misunderstanding?
Hallelujah
John Cale's recording of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" plays as Shrek and Fiona part; Rufus Wainwright's version replaced it on the soundtrack album.
Q 16Donkey in the Shrek films was modelled on which real animal?
A miniature donkey named Perry
A miniature donkey named Perry, who lived in a Palo Alto park, posed for the photos, video and sketches the animators used to build the character.
Q 17In the first Shrek film, what briefly lets Donkey fly?
Pixie dust
Pixie dust showers Donkey when Tinker Bell is knocked out of Peter Pan's hands onto his head, and he floats up boasting until it wears off and drops him.
Q 18What Academy Award did Shrek (2001) win?
Best Animated Feature
Shrek won Best Animated Feature at the 2002 ceremony, the category's first year, beating Monsters, Inc. and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
Q 19Who voices Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise and his spin-off films?
Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas voices Puss in Boots, and the comedy rests on a choice he made: instead of a small voice for a small cat, he gave Puss one deeper and bigger than his own.
Q 20What surrounds the castle where Fiona is imprisoned in the first Shrek film?
A lake of lava
A lake of lava surrounds the keep, and Donkey freezes halfway across its rickety bridge until Shrek bounces the planks and backs him to the far side.
Q 24What Shrek character is voiced by Julie Andrews?
Queen Lillian
Queen Lillian, Fiona's mother, is voiced by Julie Andrews from Shrek 2 on, and in Shrek the Third she frees the captured princesses by head-butting through a brick wall.
Q 25What song does the Fairy Godmother perform at the ball in Shrek 2?
Holding Out for a Hero
Holding Out for a Hero is the Fairy Godmother's showstopper: she belts it from the ballroom stage while Shrek and his friends storm the castle to stop Charming kissing Fiona.
Q 26Which bachelorette does the Magic Mirror introduce as 'a cape-wearing girl from the land of fancy'?
Snow White
Snow White is bachelorette number two: the Mirror says she lives with seven other men but is not easy, and some of Farquaad's guards shout for her before he settles on number three.
Q 27What are the hybrid babies Donkey fathers in the Shrek films called?
Dronkeys
Dronkeys are a surprise even to their father: Dragon turns up with the babies in a scene during Shrek 2's credits, and Donkey's first thought is that he has to get a job.
Q 28Which actor voices King Harold in Shrek 2?
John Cleese
John Cleese voices King Harold, who cannot stomach an ogre son-in-law: their first family dinner in Shrek 2 collapses into a shouting match.
Q 29What colour is Princess Fiona's hair?
Red
Red is Fiona's hair colour in both her forms, and the Magic Mirror's pitch to Farquaad leads with it, billing her as a fiery redhead.
Q 30In which accent did Shrek's voice actor re-record every line after seeing a rough cut?
Scottish
Scottish won out, and studio boss Jeffrey Katzenberg said the result was so good that they took out $4 million of animation and did it again.