The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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50 free The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
C. S. Lewis wrote The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for a child he knew, and it became one of the most loved fantasy novels in English. Four evacuees step through a piece of old furniture into a frozen country ruled by a usurper, and what follows has been read aloud, staged and filmed for generations. This quiz covers the whole story: the Pevensie children and the creatures they meet, the bargain at the heart of the plot, and the coronation that ends it. It also asks about Lewis himself, the friends and places that shaped Narnia, and the television and cinema versions, including the 2005 blockbuster. It suits readers who have just finished the book, families planning a film night, and teachers or book clubs who want a ready-made round. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Which enchanted sweet does the White Witch feed Edmund to win his loyalty in Narnia?
Turkish delight
Turkish delight is the bait that turns Edmund against his family, and sales of the sweet rose after the 2005 film reached cinemas.
Q 02C. S. Lewis said Narnia began with an image of which creature carrying an umbrella through snow?
A faun
A faun with parcels in a snowy wood was the image Lewis had carried since his teens, and it became Mr. Tumnus, the first Narnian that Lucy meets.
Q 03Which later Oscar winner for Michael Clayton played the White Witch in the 2005 Narnia film?
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton was the first choice for the role, the one part filled without the long search that the four Pevensie children required.
Q 04When the Pevensies stumble home after years ruling Narnia, what has happened to time in England?
None has passed
None has passed: the four kings and queens are children again at the very moment they left, and the Professor believes every word of their story.
Q 05Aslan's death and return to life in the first Narnia book mirror the story of which figure?
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is the parallel, with two twists: Aslan gives his life for one boy, Edmund, and lies dead for a single night instead of three days.
Q 06Which actor voiced Aslan in the 2005 Narnia film after Brian Cox was dropped from the role?
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson sought out the part himself, and his casting was only announced in July 2005, a few months before the film opened.
Q 07Which threat to wartime London sends the Pevensies to the Professor's house in the Narnia stories?
The Blitz
The Blitz drives the four children out of the city, and it echoed real life: in 1939 three evacuated schoolgirls came to live at Lewis's own home.
Q 08Which game are the Pevensies playing when Edmund follows Lucy into the wardrobe and reaches Narnia?
Hide-and-seek
Hide-and-seek sends Edmund in after Lucy, who had found Narnia earlier while exploring; the 2005 film moved the game to her very first trip.
Q 09In which Southern Hemisphere country did filming begin on the 2005 Narnia film?
New Zealand
New Zealand hosted the main shoot from June 2004, before the crew moved on to the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Poland for the last scenes.
Q 10Which possession of the White Witch does Edmund smash in the final battle for Narnia?
Her wand
Her wand was the Witch's most dangerous advantage, and Edmund is gravely wounded in breaking it before his sister Lucy revives him.
Q 11Which visitor, shut out of Narnia by the White Witch's magic, hands the Pevensies weapons for the fight ahead?
Father Christmas
Father Christmas is the first sign that the hundred-year freeze is failing, since the Witch's spell had kept him away for as long as it held.
Q 12Which talking animals shelter the Pevensie children in Narnia and lead them to Aslan?
Beavers
Beavers, a married pair and friends of Mr. Tumnus, take the children in and tell them of the prophecy that four humans will end the Witch's rule.
Q 13Which out-of-place object in a snowy wood marks the spot where Lucy first steps into Narnia?
A lamp-post
A lamp-post shines there because the Witch once hurled an iron bar torn from a London street light, and it took root in Narnia's newly made soil.
Q 21Which name of the White Witch appears just once in the first Narnia book, on an arrest notice?
Jadis
Jadis is named only on the notice left on Mr. Tumnus's door, and Lewis did not explain where she came from until he wrote a prequel years later.
Q 22Under Narnia's Deep Magic, the White Witch may claim the life of anyone guilty of which offence?
Treason
Treason is what Edmund committed against his own family, so the Witch walks into Aslan's camp to demand the boy's blood as her lawful due.
Q 23C. S. Lewis dedicated his first Narnia book to Lucy Barfield, who had which connection to him?
His goddaughter
His goddaughter lent the heroine her name, though Lewis admitted in the dedication that she had grown too old for fairy tales while he was writing.
Q 14On which ancient landmark does the White Witch kill Aslan in the first Narnia story?
The Stone Table
The Stone Table breaks as Aslan returns to life, undone by a magic older than the Witch's own that reverses the death of a willing victim.
Q 15Which small animals gnaw through the ropes binding Aslan's body in the first Narnia story?
Mice
Mice free the dead lion, and as a reward their kind later gained the speech and wits of Narnia's other talking animals.
Q 16What kind of animal is Maugrim, the captain of the White Witch's secret police in Narnia?
A wolf
A wolf: Maugrim springs at Susan near Aslan's camp, and killing him earns her brother the title Sir Peter Wolfsbane.
Q 17Which actor, later Professor X in the X-Men films, played Mr. Tumnus in the 2005 Narnia film?
James McAvoy
James McAvoy stayed hidden from Georgie Henley in costume until their first scene was shot, so her Lucy met Mr. Tumnus for the first time on camera.
Q 18At which seaside castle with four thrones are the Pevensies crowned kings and queens of Narnia?
Cair Paravel
Cair Paravel is a ruin by the time the four return in the next book: one year at home turns out to be 1,300 years in Narnia.
Q 19Which title does Lucy, the youngest Pevensie, receive when she is crowned a queen of Narnia?
The Valiant
The Valiant suits the child who found Narnia first and kept faith in it when her brothers and sister doubted her; Susan became the Gentle.
Q 20Which animated hit had Andrew Adamson directed before he made the 2005 Narnia film?
Shrek
Shrek won the first Oscar for Best Animated Feature, and Adamson began his Narnia script with a 20-page treatment written from his memories of the book.
Q 24Narnia author C. S. Lewis died on the very day in 1963 that which world leader was assassinated?
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was shot less than an hour after Lewis collapsed, and Brave New World author Aldous Huxley died that day too, so both writers' deaths were overshadowed.
Q 25In which city across the Irish Sea was C. S. Lewis, the Oxford don who created Narnia, born?
Belfast
Belfast was his home until his mother died when he was nine, after which his father sent him to boarding school in England.
Q 26Which fellow Oxford fantasy writer helped win Narnia author C. S. Lewis back to religious faith?
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien argued the case on a late-night walk in 1931, then was disappointed when his friend joined the Church of England instead of the Catholic Church.
Q 27Which prequel about the wardrobe's origins is numbered first in modern editions of the Narnia books?
The Magician's Nephew
The Magician's Nephew was the sixth book published, yet later editions moved it to the front; Lewis had told a young reader the order hardly mattered.
Q 28By which name, taken from a childhood pet dog, was Narnia author C. S. Lewis known to his friends?
Jack
Jack stuck for life after his dog Jacksie was killed by a carriage and the four-year-old announced that he would answer to no other name.
Q 29Skandar Keynes, Edmund in the 2005 Narnia film, is descended from which Victorian naturalist?
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was his great-great-great-grandfather and the economist J. M. Keynes a great-great-uncle; he later left acting to become a political adviser.
Q 30Which studio made the first two Narnia films with Walden Media before pulling out in 2008?
Disney
Disney walked away after Prince Caspian, so 20th Century Fox stepped in to make the third film, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.