Q 01/05

Which child actor provided the speaking voice of young Simba in the 1994 film The Lion King?

A) Jonathan Taylor Thomas

B) Haley Joel Osment

C) Joseph Gordon-Levitt

D) Jason Weaver

Answer · why

A) Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Randy on TV's Home Improvement, spoke young Simba, the cub Scar tricks into blaming himself for his father's death.

Q 02/05

What kind of animal is Timon in The Lion King?

A) Warthog

B) Meerkat

C) Baboon

D) Aardvark

Answer · why

B) Meerkat

Meerkat: Timon is the fast-talking outcast who finds the collapsed cub Simba and raises him far from the Pride Lands.

Q 03/05

Most of the 1998 sequel Simba's Pride was animated at a Disney studio in which country?

A) United Kingdom

B) Japan

C) Australia

D) France

Answer · why

C) Australia

Australia: Disney's television animation studio in Sydney drew most of Simba's Pride, and none of the original film's animators worked on the sequel.

Q 04/05

Rafiki's teasing chant 'Asante sana, squash banana' opens with Swahili words meaning what?

A) Good morning to you

B) Thank you very much

C) Peace be with you

D) See you again soon

Answer · why

B) Thank you very much

'Thank you very much' is what asante sana means; when Simba asks about the rest of the chant, Rafiki says it means 'you are a baboon, and I am not'.

Q 05/05

Most of Disney's top animators skipped The Lion King for which film, expected to be the bigger hit?

A) Pocahontas

B) Hercules

C) Fantasia 2000

D) Tarzan

Answer · why

A) Pocahontas

Pocahontas drew most of the studio's top animators as the prestige project; The Lion King, led by many first-time supervising animators, went on to ea...

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