Q 01/05

Which two first-time directors made Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast?

A) Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise

B) Ron Clements and John Musker

C) Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff

D) Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg

Answer · why

A) Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise

They replaced Richard Purdum, whose non-musical version was scrapped by Jeffrey Katzenberg in favour of a musical.

Q 02/05

The 1991 movie premiered as an unfinished work in progress at which event two months before its release?

A) The Cannes Festival

B) The New York Film Festival

C) The Toronto Festival

D) The Telluride Festival

Answer · why

B) The New York Film Festival

That rough cut, with pencil tests in place of finished animation, was later included on the 2002 Platinum Edition DVD.

Q 03/05

Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first animated film ever nominated for which Academy Award?

A) Best Director

B) Best Original Screenplay

C) Best Picture

D) Best Film Editing

Answer · why

C) Best Picture

It stayed the only animated nominee until Up in 2009, after the category was widened to ten, so it remains the only one nominated in a five-film field...

Q 04/05

Which two Disney films had earned the studio's only Best Picture nominations before Beauty and the Beast?

A) Fantasia and Pinocchio

B) The Little Mermaid and Who Framed Roger Rabbit

C) Mary Poppins and Tron

D) Mary Poppins and Dead Poets Society

Answer · why

D) Mary Poppins and Dead Poets Society

Neither of those animated-era classics made the cut; the 1991 film was also the first musical nominated for the top award in twelve years.

Q 05/05

How many of the film's songs were nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar, a record at the time?

A) One

B) Two

C) Four

D) Three

Answer · why

D) Three

'Beauty and the Beast' won over 'Belle' and 'Be Our Guest'; The Lion King, Dreamgirls and Enchanted later matched the feat.