The Lion Guard
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50 free The Lion Guard trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Lion Guard picks up the story of The Lion King with a new hero: Kion, the son of Simba and Nala, who is chosen to lead a team that protects the Pride Lands. Instead of a squad of lions he recruits four friends of very different shapes and sizes, and their adventures filled a pilot film and three seasons of television. This quiz covers the whole series. There are questions on Kion, Bunga, Fuli, Beshte and Ono, the schemers of the Outlands, the return of Scar and the long journey to the Tree of Life. You will also meet the actors behind the voices, the music, and the people who made the show. It is pitched for families. Younger fans should manage the questions about the main characters, while the later ones will test grown-ups who have watched every episode. Each answer comes with a short explanation, so everyone picks up something new.
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Q 01A television executive described The Lion Guard as The Lion King crossed with which team of superheroes?
The Avengers
The Avengers was the comparison network boss Nancy Kanter made when the series was announced in 2014. Like that team, each member of the Guard brings one special strength.
Q 02Bunga, the bravest member of The Lion Guard and Kion's best friend, is what kind of animal?
Honey badger
A honey badger, Bunga learns that a snake's venom cannot hurt him, and the discovery makes him so reckless that he wanders into the Outlands, where the hyenas target him.
Q 03Which famous duo from The Lion King raised Bunga as his adoptive uncles in The Lion Guard?
Timon and Pumbaa
Timon and Pumbaa took Bunga in as a youngster, just as they once raised Simba, an upbringing the king and the Guard's daredevil bond over when stuck underground together.
Q 04Which actor returned as the voice of Kion's late grandfather in the pilot film for The Lion Guard?
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones, also the voice of Darth Vader, reprised the part he created in 1994 for Return of the Roar. Gary Anthony Williams took over for the rest of the series.
Q 05Names of characters, places and songs in The Lion Guard are drawn from which widely spoken African language?
Swahili
Swahili supplies the show's names and catchphrases, a habit inherited from The Lion King, where Simba is simply the word for lion.
Q 06By tradition in The Lion Guard, the leader of the Guard is which child of the reigning king and queen?
The second-born
The second-born leads the Guard while the first cub inherits the throne, which is why Kion patrols the Pride Lands and his older sister trains to be queen.
Q 07After defeating Scar, the heroes of The Lion Guard leave the Pride Lands to seek the Tree of Life on which continent?
Asia
Asia is where the Tree of Life stands, so the third season swaps savannah animals for tigers, a binturong and a friendly clouded leopard.
Q 08According to The Lion Guard, which animal gave the young Scar the wound behind his famous nickname?
A cobra
A cobra bit him after a rogue lion from the Outlands lured him into its jaws. When his brother mocked the wound with a nickname, resentment grew into a plot for the throne.
Q 09Which song from The Lion King is sung in The Lion Guard episode where Simba and Bunga are trapped in a sinkhole?
Hakuna Matata
Hakuna Matata is sung by the royal family and the whole Guard in the episode Bunga and the King, in which the two discover that the same carefree pair brought them both up.
Q 10Which star of Parks and Recreation and The West Wing voices King Simba in The Lion Guard?
Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe took over the grown-up king from Matthew Broderick, who voiced the character in the 1994 film and its sequel.
Q 11Which lion from The Lion King appears as a spirit in the sky to give Kion advice in The Lion Guard?
Mufasa
Mufasa counsels his grandson from the clouds whenever a problem seems too big, a secret that only a handful of Kion's friends ever learn.
Q 12Whom does Simba leave in charge of the Pride Lands while he attends a funeral in The Lion Guard?
Kiara
Kiara rules for a day while her parents mourn an old friend, and the hyenas try to exploit the future queen's inexperience with a plan to seize the kingdom.
Q 13The Lion Guard ran for three seasons, from 2016 to 2019, on which television channel for young children?
Disney Junior
Disney Junior carried all 74 episodes, though the pilot film, Return of the Roar, was first shown on the main Disney Channel in November 2015.
Q 21Which star of the cheerleading film Bring It On voices Queen Nala in The Lion Guard?
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union took over the queen from Moira Kelly, the voice of the grown-up lioness in the original film and its sequel.
Q 22Which bad-tempered snake joins the hyenas to bring back Scar and later bites Kion in The Lion Guard?
Ushari
Ushari turns villain after being trampled by the Guard once too often, and his bite leaves Kion with a mark over the left eye that sends the heroes off in search of a cure.
Q 23Which crocodile takes over his float by winning a duel, then slowly reforms into an ally in The Lion Guard?
Makuu
Makuu begins as a bully who invades his neighbours' territory, but in time he wants to be a better leader and earns a place at Simba's summit of Pride Lands leaders.
Q 14Fuli, the first female animal ever to serve in The Lion Guard, is what kind of big cat?
Cheetah
A cheetah, Fuli is the Guard's fastest member and Kion's trusted deputy, and unlike her friends she is happiest spending time alone.
Q 15Beshte, the strongest and friendliest member of The Lion Guard, is what kind of animal?
Hippopotamus
A hippopotamus, Beshte is the Guard's muscle but also its gentlest soul, acting as a big brother to the youngsters of his herd and a friend to every species.
Q 16Ono, the original keenest of sight in The Lion Guard, is which kind of African bird?
Cattle egret
A cattle egret, Ono is the youngest member of the Guard. Real birds of his kind trail big grazing animals to snap up the insects they disturb.
Q 17Where in the Outlands does Scar return as a fiery spirit after Kion roars in anger in The Lion Guard?
In a volcano
The spirit rises in a volcano after the hyenas goad Kion into a furious roar, and the eruption lets Scar plot against the Pride Lands for a whole season.
Q 18Which scheming hyena leads the Outlands clan that keeps raiding the Pride Lands in The Lion Guard?
Janja
Janja starts as the show's chief troublemaker but changes sides after Scar betrays his clan, and he ends the series as a loyal ally of the Guard.
Q 19In The Lion Guard, Kion channels the Great Lions of the Past through a power called the Roar of the what?
Elders
The Roar of the Elders is a gift with a catch: it can turn dangerous when used in anger, and a leader who uses it for evil loses it for good.
Q 20Which queen of the Tree of Life does Kion marry in the final episode of The Lion Guard?
Rani
Rani leads the Night Pride, the lions who protect the Tree of Life, and after their wedding Kion stays on as its king while a new Guard defends his old home.
Q 24Which young mandrill becomes Rafiki's apprentice and later travels with The Lion Guard to the Tree of Life?
Makini
Makini trains to be a Royal Mjuzi, a keeper of knowledge who advises the royal family, and she ends the series serving the new queen of the Tree of Life.
Q 25Which bird joins The Lion Guard as its new keenest of sight at the start of season three?
Anga
Anga, a martial eagle, first helps the Guard by flying higher than their own lookout can, then takes over his job when his eyes are damaged in the battle with Scar.
Q 26Which lioness, a daughter of Zira, forms her own Guard while Kion is away in The Lion Guard?
Vitani
Vitani proves she can lead without the Roar, so Kion hands the job to her all-lioness team and goes back to the Tree of Life.
Q 27Which friendly hyena, who respects the Circle of Life, ends up ruling the Outlands in The Lion Guard?
Jasiri
Jasiri befriends Kion in the opening episode of season one, later forms a hyena resistance against Scar, and is chosen to lead the Outlands once he is beaten.
Q 28Reirei, a scheming matriarch from the Outlands in The Lion Guard, leads a family pack of which animals?
Jackals
Jackals make up Reirei's pack: her lazy mate Goigoi and their pups, including Dogo, whose rescue lets the whole family talk its way into the Pride Lands.
Q 29Mzingo, who scouts and spies for the hyenas in The Lion Guard, leads a flock of which birds?
Vultures
Vultures follow Mzingo, and the show calls his flock a parliament. On Scar's orders they later start fires across the Pride Lands from the air.
Q 30After his eyesight is damaged in The Lion Guard, Ono gives up his old role and is named the Guard's what?
Smartest
Smartest is the title Kion invents so his friend can stay on the team, a nod to the bird's deep knowledge of animals and their habitats.