50 free Strange World trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Strange World arrived on November 23, 2022, from Walt Disney Animation Studios, directed by Don Hall and written by Qui Nguyen. Three generations of the Clade family, explorer Jaeger, farmer Searcher and teenager Ethan, travel into a sinkhole beneath the land of Avalonia to find out why the miracle plant Pando is dying, and discover that their whole world is riding on the back of a giant creature. Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union and Lucy Liu lead the voice cast. This quiz covers the story and its twist, the characters from Legend the three-legged dog to the blue blob Splat, the pulp-magazine and Jules Verne inspirations, the easter eggs that nod to Firefly and Star Trek, Henry Jackman's score, the Disney 100 logo that debuted on the film, and the box-office run that made it one of the biggest flops on record before it topped Disney+. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play in sets of ten or print it for family movie night.
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Q 01Who directed the film?
Don Hall
He had co-directed Moana and Big Hero 6; Qui Nguyen wrote it and co-directed.
Q 02Who voices Searcher Clade?
Jake Gyllenhaal
His casting was announced with the teaser trailer on June 6, 2022.
Q 03Who voices Jaeger Clade, the larger-than-life explorer?
Dennis Quaid
The rest of the main cast was revealed at the Annecy festival eleven days after Gyllenhaal.
Q 04Who voices Ethan Clade?
Jaboukie Young-White
Ethan is Walt Disney Animation's first openly gay main character.
Q 05Who voices Meridian Clade, the pilot?
Gabrielle Union
She takes over the Venture and persuades President Callisto to help in the climax.
Q 06Who voices Callisto Mal, the President of Avalonia?
Lucy Liu
Callisto was once one of Jaeger's expedition teammates.
Q 07What is the name of the miracle plant that powers Avalonia?
Pando
It is named after a famous aspen forest in Utah.
Q 08The plant's name comes from a forest in which US state?
Utah
The real Pando is a single clonal colony of quaking aspen.
Q 09What surrounds the Clades' homeland on every side?
An endless wall of mountains
Jaeger spends 25 years trying to find a way through from below.
Q 10Avalonia's name derives from which legendary island?
Avalon
The land is designed in warm, nostalgic colours to contrast with the reds and magentas below.
Q 11What is the name of President Callisto's airship?
The Venture
Ethan and the dog Legend stow away on it.
Q 12How many legs does the Clades' dog Legend have?
Three
Disney artist Burny Mattinson suggested adding a dog during a story meeting.
Q 13What breed is Legend?
Bernedoodle
Legend and Splat are credited as playing 'themselves'.
Q 14What does Ethan name the amorphous blue creature he befriends?
Q 21What is the name of Ethan's crush, later boyfriend?
Diazo
Jonathan Melo voices him; Kardez and Azimuth are Ethan's friends.
Q 22Alan Tudyk's pilot character Duffle nods to his role in which TV series?
Firefly
Like Hoban 'Wash' Washburn, the pilot does not survive the flight.
Q 23Lonnie Redshirt's surname references a trope from which franchise?
Star Trek
Red-shirted crew members famously die insignificantly in the original series.
Q 24What is the name of Jaeger's ex-wife, who remarried during his absence?
Splat
Its wordless communication was modelled on the magic carpet in Aladdin.
Q 15Splat's non-verbal communication was modelled on which earlier Disney character?
The magic carpet from Aladdin
Several animators worked specifically on Splat's movement.
Q 16What are the creatures called that attack the expedition underground?
Reapers
They turn out to be the giant creature's immune system.
Q 17What do Searcher and Ethan realise Avalonia sits on?
A giant turtle-like creature
They have been travelling through its body, and Pando is an infection attacking its heart.
Q 18How long has Jaeger been missing when the story jumps forward?
25 years
He has been trying to cross the mountains from below, blocked by an acidic ocean.
Q 19What blocks Jaeger's attempts to cross the mountains from underground?
An acidic ocean
He hopes to board the Venture to get across it.
Q 20What energy source does Avalonia switch to a year later?
Wind turbines
Pando had to be destroyed to save the creature's heart.
Penelope
Her new husband is called Sheldon; she never speaks in the film.
Q 25In which year did Don Hall first conceive the film?
2017
It was right after he finished co-directing Moana.
Q 26Hall's frequent partner Chris Williams left the project to direct which Netflix film?
The Sea Beast
He departed Disney in November 2018.
Q 27Hall pitched the concept as Indiana Jones meets which comedy?
National Lampoon's Vacation
The generational-family idea came with what he called environmental overtones.
Q 28Which Disney veteran suggested giving the Clades a dog?
Burny Mattinson
The suggestion became Legend.
Q 29Which 1864 novel was among the film's stated inspirations?
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Fantastic Voyage, Jurassic Park and King Kong were cited too.
Q 30What kind of publications were the film's chief visual inspiration?
Pulp magazines
Hall grew up reading old pulps about explorers finding hidden worlds.