Mario Movie Trivia
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46 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
Chris Pratt voices Mario; his 2021 casting drew online memes, and his first, heavier New York accent was toned down before recording.
Q 03Who voices Bowser?
Jack Black
Jack Black, the Tenacious D frontman, voices Bowser; he also co-wrote and sang the Koopa King's piano love ballad, which he pitched himself.
Q 04Which actress voices Princess Peach?
Anya Taylor-Joy
Anya Taylor-Joy voices Princess Peach, written as the Mushroom Kingdom's capable ruler; the directors drew on her playable role in Super Mario 3D World.
Q 05Who voices Luigi?
Charlie Day
Charlie Day, star of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, voices Luigi, Mario's nervous younger brother who is captured by Bowser's forces early in the film.
Q 06Seth Rogen voices which character?
Donkey Kong
Seth Rogen voices Donkey Kong, who fights Mario in the Jungle Kingdom arena; Fred Armisen plays his father, King Cranky Kong.
Q 07Keegan-Michael Key voices which Mushroom Kingdom resident?
Toad
Keegan-Michael Key voices Toad, the eager mushroom who guides Mario to Peach's castle and joins the quest to the Jungle Kingdom.
Q 08Sebastian Maniscalco was given the role of Spike after auditioning for which part?
Mario
Maniscalco auditioned for Mario by imitating the game voice, hoping an Italian-American would land the lead; he was cast instead as Spike, the brothers' ex-boss from 1985's 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
Luigi lands in the Dark Lands, Bowser's gloomy territory, where Shy Guys capture him; Mario, meanwhile, drops into the Mushroom Kingdom.
Q 12What power-up does Mario use to beat the Kong prince in their fight?
A Cat Suit
Mario grabs a Cat Suit mid-fight, and its claws and pounces let him beat the far stronger Kong prince; the Tanooki Suit only appears later, at Bowser's wedding.
Q 13On which iconic course does Bowser's army ambush the heroes' go-karts?
Rainbow Road
The kart chase runs along Rainbow Road, where a Koopa General's blue shell blows out the track and sends Mario and the Kong prince plunging into the sea.
Q 21Where was the film animated?
Illumination Studios Paris
The film was animated at Illumination Studios Paris, the French studio formerly called Illumination Mac Guff that also animated the Despicable Me films.
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
Q 14What does Toad hide in Peach's wedding bouquet?
An Ice Flower
Peach pulls the hidden Ice Flower from her bouquet and uses its powers to freeze Bowser at the altar, stalling the ceremony.
Q 15What does Bowser threaten to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom with if Peach refuses to marry him?
A Super Star
Bowser seizes the Super Star from the Penguin Kingdom and threatens to wipe out the Mushroom Kingdom with it; the brothers later grab the Star and turn invincible.
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
The brothers run Super Mario Bros. Plumbing in Brooklyn, launched with a low-budget TV commercial that later inspires a beaten Mario to face Bowser once more.
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
Brian Tyler consulted Koji Kondo, composer of the original 1985 Super Mario Bros. theme, and wove Kondo's game leitmotifs into the orchestral score.
Q 20What is the title of the love song Bowser sings at the piano?
Peaches
Bowser's ballad 'Peaches' was co-written by his voice actor and peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2023.
It became the highest-grossing video game film after just one week, earning a Guinness World Record.
Q 24Which 2025 film later beat its opening-weekend record for a video game adaptation?
A Minecraft Movie
A Minecraft Movie opened to about $163 million domestically in April 2025, topping Mario's $146 million three-day debut; Bowser's voice actor also stars in it, as Steve.
Q 25In which country did the film become the highest-grossing movie of all time?
Mexico
In Mexico it took about $85.4 million, overtaking every previous release to become the country's biggest box-office hit at the time; Japan was its largest overseas market at $101.4 million.
Q 26What was the film's Rotten Tomatoes score, despite an 'A' CinemaScore from audiences?
59%
Critics gave it 59% on Rotten Tomatoes against a 95% audience score; Mario's creator suggested the mixed reviews actually helped by generating buzz.
Q 27Whose 2014 hacked emails revealed a rival studio's attempts to secure the Mario film rights?
Sony Pictures
The 2014 Sony Pictures hack leaked emails in which producer Avi Arad claimed to be securing Mario film rights from Nintendo; no Sony Mario film ever materialised.
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
The 81st Golden Globes introduced Cinematic and Box Office Achievement in 2024; the film was nominated there, plus for Animated Feature and Original Song.
Q 30Who played Mario in the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros.?
Bob Hoskins
Bob Hoskins played Mario; he later named the film the worst job of his career, and Dustin Hoffman had lobbied for the part before him.