This Snow White trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers the whole story of the fairest of them all: the Brothers Grimm tale of 1812 (with its poisoned comb and red-hot iron shoes), Walt Disney's 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the two rival 2012 films Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman, and Disney's 2025 live-action remake with Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot. There are plenty of easy questions for families and movie nights (which dwarf never speaks, what colour is her skirt, who plays the Queen), then it gets steadily harder: the film's budget, the theatre where it premiered, the voice actress paid $970 for the whole job, the dwarf names Disney rejected, and the folklore index number scholars use for the tale. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and primary references, and each question shows its source, so you can settle any argument at the table.
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Q 01In Disney's 1937 film, which of the seven dwarfs never speaks, using only sounds and mime?
Dopey
He is also the only dwarf without a beard and the only one who is bald, which makes him easy to spot in a crowd of seven.
Q 02In the 1937 film, what does the disguised Queen give Snow White that sends her into the 'Sleeping Death'?
An apple
The Queen brews it herself after discovering the Huntsman had tricked her with a pig's heart.
Q 03Which dwarf wears glasses and keeps mixing up his words?
Doc
He acts as the group's leader, though his tongue-tied spoonerisms undercut his authority constantly.
Q 04Who provided the singing and speaking voice of Snow White in the 1937 film?
Adriana Caselotti
She was 18 when she auditioned in September 1934, and Walt Disney later refused to let her voice be used anywhere else so as not to spoil the illusion.
Q 05Which song do the dwarfs sing as they march to and from their mine?
Heigh-Ho
A recording of it reached No. 4 on Your Hit Parade in April 1938 and stayed on the charts for ten weeks.
Q 06Which dwarf's hay fever causes chaos with his enormously powerful sneezes?
Sneezy
He was voiced by comedian Billy Gilbert, whose sneezing routine was already a vaudeville specialty.
Q 07In what year did Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs have its premiere?
1937
It opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York the following January and went on to become a global phenomenon.
Q 08Who plays Snow White in Disney's 2025 live-action remake?
Rachel Zegler
Her 'I Want' song in the film, 'Waiting on a Wish', was written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
Q 09Which actress plays the Evil Queen in the 2025 remake?
Gal Gadot
She got a brand-new villain song, 'All Is Fair', written specially for the remake.
Q 10Who played Snow White in the 2012 film Snow White and the Huntsman?
Kristen Stewart
She did not return for the 2016 follow-up, appearing only via archive footage.
Q 11Which star played the vain Queen Clementianna in the 2012 comedy Mirror Mirror?
Julia Roberts
The film opened on March 30, 2012, beating its darker rival Snow White and the Huntsman to cinemas by two months.
Q 12What do the seven dwarfs dig for in their mine?
Diamonds and rubies
The gems are so plentiful that Doc casually inspects them with a jeweller's loupe and tosses the rejects aside.
Q 13What colour is the skirt of Snow White's famous dress in the Disney film?
Yellow
The blue bodice and puffy red-and-blue sleeves make it one of the most recognisable outfits in animation.
Q 21What is the modern German title of the Grimm tale?
Schneewittchen
The Grimms' first edition spelled it 'Sneewittchen'; the other titles are Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.
Q 22In the Grimm tale, what punishment does the wicked queen suffer at Snow White's wedding?
Dancing in red-hot iron shoes
The gruesome ending was one of many things Disney softened for the screen.
Q 23How does the Queen meet her end in Disney's 1937 film?
Lightning sends her off a cliff
Q 14Unwilling to bury her, what do the dwarfs place Snow White in after she falls into her enchanted sleep?
A glass coffin
In the Grimm original they inscribe her name on it in golden letters and keep watch in turns.
Q 15In the Disney film, what finally breaks the spell over Snow White?
A kiss from the Prince
The Grimm brothers had a far less romantic solution: a servant stumbles and jolts the apple out of her throat.
Q 16Which authors published the fairy tale 'Snow White' in 1812?
The Brothers Grimm
It appears as Tale 53 in the first edition of their collection.
Q 17What derisive nickname did Hollywood insiders give the film while it was in production?
Disney's Folly
The doubters were silenced when it earned more than $8 million on its initial release, a fortune in 1938.
Q 18Roughly how much did Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs cost to make?
$1.5 million
The final bill came to $1,488,422.74, and Walt Disney mortgaged his house to help cover it.
Q 19Where in Los Angeles did the film hold its premiere on December 21, 1937?
Carthay Circle Theatre
The theatre was demolished in 1969, but a replica of its tower now stands at Disney California Adventure.
Q 20Which child star presented Walt Disney with his honorary Oscar, one full-size statuette plus seven miniatures?
Shirley Temple
The presenter was 10 years old at the time; the film was also nominated for Best Musical Score.
She had been trying to roll a boulder onto the dwarfs when the bolt struck the ledge beneath her.
Q 24In the Grimms' original 1812 edition, who is the villain trying to kill Snow White?
Her own mother
The Grimms changed her to a stepmother in later editions, reportedly to make the tale gentler for children.
Q 25In the Grimm tale, what proof of death does the queen demand from the man she sends to kill Snow White?
Her lungs and liver
The queen then has the organs cooked and eats them, believing they are Snow White's; the hunter had swapped in a boar's.
Q 26How much in total was the voice actress of Snow White paid for her work on the 1937 film?
$970
That was $20 a day for 44 days of recording spread over two years, on a film that would earn hundreds of millions.
Q 27In which 1939 film did Snow White's voice actress speak the uncredited line 'Wherefore art thou, Romeo?'
The Wizard of Oz
The line comes during the Tin Man's 'If I Only Had a Heart'; Walt Disney otherwise refused to let her voice be used anywhere else.
Q 28Which young dancer served as the live-action reference model for Snow White's movements?
Marge Champion
Then known as Margie Bell, she later modelled for the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio and the dancing hippos in Fantasia.
Q 29In which year was the film chosen among the inaugural 25 titles for the US National Film Registry?
1989
The Library of Congress deemed it 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant' in that first class.
Q 30Miles Davis named a 1961 album after which song from the film?
Someday My Prince Will Come
The American Film Institute ranked it No. 19 on its list of the 100 greatest movie songs.