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50 free Voltron trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Five robot lions, five pilots and one giant robot: Voltron has been defending the universe since 1984, when a re-dubbed Japanese cartoon became the top-rated syndicated children's show in America. The franchise has been sequelled, rebooted and reimagined ever since, most famously as Voltron: Legendary Defender, which ran for eight seasons from 2016. This quiz covers the whole story. Expect questions on which lion forms which part of the robot and who flies it, on Keith, Lance, Allura, Coran and the Galra they fight, and on the witch Haggar and her monsters. Later questions go behind the scenes: the voice actors of both eras, the anime the original was cut from, the forgotten vehicle team, the toys and the sequels. It is written for fans of every generation, whether you grew up with the original pilots or met the Paladins in the reboot. The opening questions are the gentlest, the closing ones are for viewers who know their lore, and every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01In Voltron: Legendary Defender, which character is revealed to have been the Black Lion's original Paladin?
Zarkon
Zarkon flew the Black Lion ten thousand years before the series begins, as one of Voltron's first Paladins. That old bond lets him track the heroes' castle across space.
Q 02Which Paladin of Voltron: Legendary Defender enrols at a space academy under a false name to find a missing family?
Pidge
Pidge is really Katie Holt, who posed as a boy called Pidge Gunderson to get into the academy. She is eventually reunited with both her brother and her father.
Q 03Which signature weapon does Voltron wield in every version of the franchise once the five lions have combined?
Blazing Sword
Blazing Sword is Voltron's weapon in every series, formed once the lions lock together. The 2011 sequel Voltron Force paired it with a second weapon, the Blazing Katana.
Q 04Which star of The Walking Dead voices Keith across all eight seasons of Voltron: Legendary Defender?
Steven Yeun
Steven Yeun, Glenn in The Walking Dead, voiced Keith from 2016 to 2018. His castmate Norman Reedus dropped in too, voicing the bounty hunter Rolo in the first season.
Q 05What kind of animal is Kaltenecker, the pet two Paladins bring home from a space mall in Voltron: Legendary Defender?
A cow
A cow is what Kaltenecker turns out to be: she was given away free with a video game system bought at the mall.
Q 06Which part of the combined robot does the Black Lion form in both 1984's Voltron and Legendary Defender?
Head and torso
Head and torso come from the Black Lion, flown by the team's commander. The other four lions each fold up into a single arm or leg.
Q 07Which streaming service released all eight seasons of Voltron: Legendary Defender as an original animated series?
Netflix
Netflix launched the reboot in June 2016 with a triple-length opening episode. The service had committed to 78 episodes, and the story ended in December 2018.
Q 08Which toy company released a buildable classic Voltron in 2018 after a fan's design won public backing?
Lego
Lego put fan Leandro Tayag's design into production as an Ideas set, released in August 2018 just as Legendary Defender reached its final seasons.
Q 09Which leader of Team Voltron returns from Galra captivity with a weaponised prosthetic arm in Legendary Defender?
Shiro
Shiro spent a year as a Galra prisoner, forced to fight in the arena, before his escape pod crashed back home. He goes on to fly the Black Lion.
Q 10Which small animals share Princess Allura's sleep pod for 10,000 years in Voltron: Legendary Defender?
Mice
Mice slept beside the princess and woke with a mental link to her. Her space mice go back to the 1984 cartoon, where they end up flying a tiny robot of their own.
Q 11Which original Blue Lion pilot dies in the source anime but is merely sent to a hospital planet in Voltron?
Sven
Sven is stabbed in episode six, and new dialogue sends him away to recover where the original gave him a hero's burial. Princess Allura takes over his lion.
Q 12Which villain takes over the Galra Empire in Voltron: Legendary Defender while his father lies in a coma?
Lotor
Lotor steps in as acting emperor in season three, backed by his own team of half-Galra generals. Tim Curry voiced the same prince in the 1998 CGI sequel.
Q 13In the 1984 Voltron cartoon, which planet does Princess Allura rule and the five lion pilots defend?
Arus
Arus is Allura's world in the American cartoon. The Japanese original called it Altea, the name Legendary Defender later gave her lost homeworld.
Q 21Which Altean alchemist becomes Voltron: Legendary Defender's final villain, tearing realities apart to find her family?
Honerva
Honerva is the true identity of the witch Haggar, her memory wiped by the same corruption that twisted her husband. The source anime used the name for its own witch.
Q 22Which Galra commander leads the invasion of the Paladins' home planet in season seven of Voltron: Legendary Defender?
Sendak
Sendak is the first commander sent after the lions in episode one. He later splits from the empire to lead a faction called the Fire of Purification.
Q 23Which Altean king, Princess Allura's father, scatters the lions across the universe to keep Voltron from the Galra?
Alfor
Alfor split Voltron apart as his planet fell, hiding four of the lions on distant worlds. He lives on in the castle as an artificial intelligence that advises his daughter.
Q 14What name does Voltron give the giant monsters that the witch Haggar creates to attack the heroes' planet?
Robeasts
Robeasts are Haggar's creations in the 1984 cartoon and Legendary Defender alike. The source anime knew them as Beast Fighters.
Q 15Which member of Team Voltron ends Legendary Defender by founding a culinary empire to bring worlds together?
Hunk
Hunk was his academy team's engineer, a gentle giant with an appetite to match. He never changes lions in eight seasons.
Q 16Which of Voltron's five robots does Keith fly at the start of Legendary Defender, the one Lance piloted in 1984?
Red Lion
Red Lion is the fastest of the five and forms Voltron's right arm. In Legendary Defender it refuses to bond with Keith until he has proven himself.
Q 17Voltron: Legendary Defender's showrunners made their names on which Nickelodeon series and its sequel?
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel, The Legend of Korra, trained much of the crew. The Korean studio that animated Korra drew Voltron's new adventures too.
Q 18Which secret Galra resistance group does Keith leave Team Voltron to work with in Legendary Defender?
Blade of Marmora
Blade of Marmora agents spy on the empire from within, and a knife from his mother marks Keith as one of them. He ends the series turning the group into a relief organisation.
Q 19Which undercover Galra agent does Keith discover is his mother in season five of Voltron: Legendary Defender?
Krolia
Krolia is working undercover as a warlord's second-in-command when Keith is sent to help her. Mother and son then spend two years together in the time-warped quantum abyss.
Q 20Which voice actor narrated the 1984 Voltron cartoon and also played Coran, the royal adviser?
Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen, the original voice of Optimus Prime, was Voltron's narrator and Coran. He returned for the franchise's 1986 television special, playing six roles.
Q 24Which energy drawn from living planets powers both ships and magic in Voltron: Legendary Defender?
Quintessence
Quintessence is the life energy the Galra Empire drains from whole planets to fuel its fleets. Overexposure to it is what corrupted the emperor and his wife.
Q 25Which space academy, its name borrowed from the 1984 cartoon, expels Keith before Voltron: Legendary Defender begins?
Galaxy Garrison
Galaxy Garrison kicked Keith out despite his being the best pilot of his generation. In the 1984 cartoon the name belonged to the heroes' command headquarters, not a school.
Q 26Which New Zealand comedian voices the excitable royal adviser Coran in Voltron: Legendary Defender?
Rhys Darby
Rhys Darby, the band manager Murray in Flight of the Conchords, voiced Coran. Younger versions of the adviser were played by Finn and Theo Darby.
Q 27Which Adventure Time voice actor, the voice of Finn, plays Lance in Voltron: Legendary Defender?
Jeremy Shada
Jeremy Shada is best known as Finn and as Lance. He has also performed with his brother Zack in the pop-punk band Make Out Monday, formed in 2014.
Q 28Which Hollywood company produced the reboot Voltron: Legendary Defender alongside World Events Productions?
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation announced the reboot in January 2016, in the same batch of new series as Guillermo del Toro's Trollhunters. Its robot fights in CGI while the characters stay hand-drawn.
Q 29Which South Korean animation house, founded in Seoul in 2010, drew all eight seasons of Voltron: Legendary Defender?
Studio Mir
Studio Mir takes its name from the Soviet space station, chosen by its founder for the collaborative spirit it stood for. It began with just 20 animators.
Q 30In the 1984 Voltron cartoon, the lion pilots are first captured and held prisoner on which villains' homeworld?
Planet Doom
Planet Doom is where the heroes break out of captivity before they ever find the lions. The Japanese original called the same world Galra, a name Legendary Defender revived for its empire.