The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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40 free The Sorcerer's Apprentice trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice arrived in the summer of 2010 as a big-budget Disney fantasy about an ancient sorcerer who recruits a reluctant college student in modern Manhattan. It struggled at the box office but has kept a loyal audience, helped by a cast full of familiar faces and action scenes that turn the city's landmarks into magical weapons. This quiz covers the film from every angle: who plays whom and where you have seen them since, the centuries-old feud that drives the plot, the real locations and on-set accidents behind the chase scenes, the music, and the much older works the story borrows from. It is written for fans who have watched the film more than once, for movie-night hosts who want a themed round, and for anyone curious about how a short piece of classic animation grew into a live-action blockbuster.
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Q 01Dave Stutler's runaway mops in The Sorcerer's Apprentice pay homage to which classic Disney animated film?
Fantasia
Fantasia supplied the title and the premise: in its best-known segment a wizard's young helper tries his master's magic and cannot control it.
Q 02Which actor plays Balthazar Blake in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a film that grew from his own idea?
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage wanted to play a character with magical powers, and a producer friend suggested making a feature out of the old Disney segment.
Q 03Balthazar Blake's flying steel eagle in The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a gargoyle from which Manhattan skyscraper?
Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building has real steel eagles jutting from its 61st floor, put there as a nod to the bald eagle, America's emblem.
Q 04Which electrical device does Dave Stutler use to stun Horvath in The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
A Tesla coil
A Tesla coil, a high-voltage transformer designed in 1891, saves the day twice: Dave later builds a bigger one out of lamp posts and power lines.
Q 05Which make of sports car crashed into a restaurant window while The Sorcerer's Apprentice was filming?
Ferrari
A Ferrari driven by a stuntman skidded out of control and mounted the pavement, leaving two pedestrians with minor injuries; rain-slicked roads were blamed.
Q 06Which Manhattan sculpture does Horvath bring to life to attack Balthazar in The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Charging Bull
Charging Bull was itself a surprise arrival: sculptor Arturo Di Modica dropped it outside the Stock Exchange without permission in December 1989.
Q 07The Grimhold, the prison holding Morgana le Fay in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, takes the form of which toy?
A nesting doll
A nesting doll suits the job: Balthazar spent centuries locking Morgana's followers inside it, and Horvath sets them loose one at a time.
Q 08Which Disney character's famous hat turns up in the post-credits scene of The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse wore the pointed sorcerer's hat in the 1940 cartoon that inspired the film, and a giant version of it stood for years as a Disney theme park's icon.
Q 09Which Leonardo DiCaprio thriller topped the box office the weekend The Sorcerer's Apprentice opened third?
Inception
Inception took the top spot and Despicable Me came second, leaving Disney's $150 million fantasy with a $17.6 million opening weekend.
Q 10Which Spider-Man movie villain actor plays the treacherous Maxim Horvath in The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina, Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2, plays Horvath as a former apprentice who turned on his master after Veronica chose Balthazar over him.
Q 11Which Canadian actor, the voice of a young Viking named Hiccup, plays Dave Stutler in The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Jay Baruchel
Jay Baruchel had a busy 2010: How to Train Your Dragon and She's Out of My League reached cinemas the same year as his turn as Dave.
Q 12Which legendary wizard is master to Balthazar, Veronica and Horvath at the start of The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Merlin
Merlin is mortally wounded in the 740 AD prologue, and before dying he hands Balthazar the dragon figurine that will one day pick out his heir.
Q 13Which subject is Dave Stutler studying at university when Balthazar returns in The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Physics
Physics is what wins the day: Dave stuns Morgana with electricity from an improvised high-voltage rig, then finishes her with a barrage of plasma.
Q 21Which Italian actress, Persephone in The Matrix Reloaded, plays Veronica in The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Monica Bellucci
Monica Bellucci plays the sorceress who absorbs Morgana's soul into her own body, which is why Balthazar has to lock both women away together.
Q 22Which Australian actress plays Becky Barnes, Dave Stutler's childhood crush, in The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Teresa Palmer
Teresa Palmer gets a heroic beat of her own: in the finale Becky disrupts the villains' great spell at the crucial moment, stunning its caster.
Q 23Which spell does Morgana le Fay seek in The Sorcerer's Apprentice to revive dead sorcerers and enslave mankind?
The Rising
Q 14At the end of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dave and Becky fly to which country for breakfast?
France
France is the destination, and they travel in style: the pair cross the Atlantic on the back of Balthazar's steel eagle.
Q 15In The Sorcerer's Apprentice, young Dave Stutler first meets Balthazar Blake in what kind of Manhattan shop?
An antique store
An antique store called the Arcana Cabana is Balthazar's front, and the crew boasted of filling its set with half a million different objects.
Q 16The director, producer and star of The Sorcerer's Apprentice had earlier teamed up on which film series?
National Treasure
National Treasure and its 2007 sequel were directed, produced and led by the same trio, which made this Disney fantasy their third film together.
Q 17Which producer of the Pirates of the Caribbean films was also behind The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Jerry Bruckheimer
Jerry Bruckheimer turned to a frequent collaborator for the music: a rock guitarist who had already scored Armageddon and Con Air for him.
Q 18Where in Manhattan did a stunt car crash injure two pedestrians while The Sorcerer's Apprentice was filming?
Times Square
Times Square was the setting for a chase sequence when the car hit a pizzeria front; two days later a second, unrelated crash near the set hurt nine people.
Q 19Which pop rock band's hit Secrets plays prominently in The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
OneRepublic
OneRepublic even released a version of the Secrets video built from scenes of the film, though the song is missing from the soundtrack album.
Q 20In The Sorcerer's Apprentice, the dragon figurine given to young Dave turns into which piece of jewellery?
A ring
A ring is more than a keepsake here: it is the conduit for a sorcerer's magic, so Dave seems helpless once Horvath forces him to hand his over.
The Rising would bring back an army of dead sorcerers, and the spell is already under way in the finale when Becky manages to disrupt it.
Q 24Balthazar and Horvath spend ten years trapped together inside which object in The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
An urn
An urn from ancient China carries a ten-year curse, which is why the story jumps a decade and Dave is a college student when the pair burst out.
Q 25In which Manhattan neighbourhood do Balthazar and Dave track down the Grimhold in The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Chinatown
Chinatown is where Dave wins his first real fight, after a paper parade dragon is brought to life and chases him across the fire escapes.
Q 26Dave Stutler's underground lab in The Sorcerer's Apprentice is modelled on what kind of abandoned space?
A subway station
A subway station under City Hall, closed since 1945, was the model, and the crew recreated it as a vast set inside an old armory.
Q 27The Sorcerer's Apprentice lost a best summer movie prize to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse at which 2010 ceremony?
Teen Choice Awards
The Teen Choice Awards hand each winner a custom-made surfboard, and that year's Choice Summer Movie board went to the vampire romance instead.
Q 28Which German writer's 1797 ballad is the original source of the story behind The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Goethe
Goethe wrote the poem in 14 stanzas; a century later a French composer set the tale to music, and Disney's animators then put that music on screen.
Q 29Which director of Cool Runnings and While You Were Sleeping made The Sorcerer's Apprentice for Disney?
Jon Turteltaub
Jon Turteltaub's production leaned on practical effects to make the magic believable: real fire, wire-flown props and stuntmen in green suits.
Q 30Which Deadwood star is the uncredited narrator who opens The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Ian McShane
Ian McShane went unbilled, so the film's producer settled the question himself by confirming the casting to a curious fan on Twitter.