50 free Mario Movie trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Thirty years after a live-action Super Mario Bros. flopped so badly that Nintendo swore off Hollywood, Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the first video game film to make a billion dollars. This quiz covers all three Mario movies: the 2023 animated hit, with Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black and Seth Rogen; the notorious 1993 film with Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper as President Koopa in Dinohattan; and 2026's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which added Yoshi, Bowser Jr., Rosalina and Fox McCloud. Easy questions ask who voices Bowser and what Bowser sings about. Harder ones cover the Teen Titans Go! directors, the accent Chris Pratt dropped for sounding too much like Tony Soprano, which Nintendo composer worked with Brian Tyler, where the animation was done, the film's Rotten Tomatoes score against its CinemaScore, and which cast members of the 1993 film drank between takes. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the three films, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up. Made for families who saw it in theatres, Nintendo fans and movie-night quiz hosts.
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Q 01Which animation studio produced The Super Mario Bros. Movie with Nintendo?
Illumination
Its founder met Mario's creator through the Super Nintendo World theme park project.
Q 02Who voices Mario in the 2023 film?
Chris Pratt
The casting sparked memes; Pratt's original 'cousin to the Sopranos' accent was dropped for sounding too much like Tony Soprano.
Q 03Who voices Bowser?
Jack Black
Having Bowser sing a love song was the actor's own idea.
Q 04Which actress voices Princess Peach?
Anya Taylor-Joy
The directors drew on Super Mario 3D World's playable Peach to make her the kingdom's capable ruler rather than a damsel.
Q 05Who voices Luigi?
Charlie Day
Day wanted a Goodfellas-style New York accent, which the directors vetoed.
Q 06Seth Rogen voices which character?
Donkey Kong
Fred Armisen plays his father Cranky Kong, king of the Jungle Kingdom.
Q 07Keegan-Michael Key voices which Mushroom Kingdom resident?
Toad
Kevin Michael Richardson voices Kamek and Sebastian Maniscalco is Spike.
Q 08Sebastian Maniscalco was given the role of Spike after auditioning for which part?
Mario
He impersonated the game voice hoping an actor of Italian heritage would land the lead; Spike is their ex-boss from Wrecking Crew.
Q 09Longtime game voice actor Charles Martinet cameos as the brothers' father and which citizen of their borough?
Giuseppe
Giuseppe resembles Mario's original 1981 arcade look and speaks in the classic game voice; Tony and Arthur are the uncles.
Q 10Which animated series did directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic create before the film?
Teen Titans Go!
Their involvement leaked through a studio animator's LinkedIn profile in 2021.
Q 11Where does Luigi land after the brothers are separated by the Warp Pipe?
The Dark Lands
The directors swapped the traditional roles so that Peach helps Mario rescue a kidnapped Luigi.
Q 12What power-up does Mario use to beat the Kong prince in their fight?
A Cat Suit
The Tanooki Suit comes later, when Mario saves Luigi at Bowser's wedding.
Q 13On which iconic course does Bowser's army ambush the heroes' go-karts?
Rainbow Road
A blue-shelled Koopa General destroys part of the road, sending Mario and the Kong prince into the sea.
Q 21Where was the film animated?
Illumination Studios Paris
Production ran from September 2020 to October 2022.
Q 22Approximately how much did The Super Mario Bros. Movie gross worldwide?
$1.36 billion
It was the second-biggest film of 2023 behind Barbie and its studio's highest grosser, overtaking Minions.
Q 23What box-office milestone did the film achieve before any other video game adaptation?
Grossing $1 billion
It became the highest-grossing video game film after just one week, earning a Guinness World Record.
Q 14What does Toad hide in Peach's wedding bouquet?
An Ice Flower
She freezes Bowser and the chain lowering the prisoners into lava.
Q 15What does Bowser threaten to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom with if Peach refuses to marry him?
A Super Star
Mario and Luigi eventually grab the Star themselves in their home borough and become invincible for the finale.
Q 16How is Bowser finally dealt with at the end of the film?
Shrunk with a Mini Mushroom and jarred
Peach shrinks him with a blue Mini Mushroom and Toad seals him in a jar, where he stays until the sequel.
Q 17Where in New York do Mario and Luigi run their plumbing business?
Brooklyn
Their television commercial later inspires a beaten Mario to face Bowser one more time.
Q 18Who is Lumalee, the nihilistic blue prisoner in Bowser's dungeon, voiced by?
The co-director's daughter
Juliet Jelenic, daughter of Michael Jelenic, voiced the fan-favourite Luma and returned for the sequel.
Q 19Composer Brian Tyler worked closely with which longtime Nintendo composer on the score?
Koji Kondo
The score quotes leitmotifs from Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 3D Land, mixed at Skywalker Sound.
Q 20What is the title of the love song Bowser sings at the piano?
Peaches
Bowser's actor co-wrote it and its Cole Bennett video was shot in a few hours; it peaked at 56 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 24Which 2025 film later beat its opening-weekend record for a video game adaptation?
A Minecraft Movie
Bowser's actor starred in that one too.
Q 25In which country did the film become the highest-grossing movie of all time?
Mexico
It took $85.4 million there, passing Spider-Man: No Way Home; Japan was its biggest overseas market at $101.4 million.
Q 26What was the film's Rotten Tomatoes score, despite an 'A' CinemaScore from audiences?
59%
Miyamoto suggested that the low critical scores helped by generating buzz.
Q 27Whose 2014 hacked emails revealed a rival studio's attempts to secure the Mario film rights?
Sony Pictures
Producer Avi Arad had claimed to close a deal with Nintendo; after the leak he said talks had only begun.
Q 28Which two men are credited as the film's producers?
Chris Meledandri and Shigeru Miyamoto
Miyamoto found Meledandri's creative process similar to his own and wanted a film expert to lead.
Q 29At which awards did the film receive three nominations, including one in a brand-new box-office category?
The Golden Globes
Cinematic Box Office Achievement debuted at the 81st ceremony; the film also got Animated Feature and Original Song nods.
Q 30Who played Mario in the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros.?
Bob Hoskins
Hoskins later called it the worst choice of his career; Hoffman and DeVito had both chased the roles.