Q 01/05

Which Best Picture winner did Barry Jenkins direct before making Mufasa: The Lion King?

A) 12 Years a Slave

B) Moonlight

C) Green Book

D) Spotlight

Answer · why

B) Moonlight

Moonlight won Best Picture in 2017 only after La La Land had been read out by mistake. Jenkins later joked that the Moonlight director making a Disney...

Q 02/05

Who is telling the story of Mufasa, and to whom?

A) Simba, to his newborn son

B) Rafiki, to Simba's daughter Kiara

C) Timon, to a captive Pumbaa

D) Zazu, to the whole Pride Lands

Answer · why

B) Rafiki, to Simba's daughter Kiara

Rafiki, to Simba's daughter Kiara: Timon and Pumbaa listen in as well and keep breaking into the story with wisecracks.

Q 03/05

Which director made the 2019 remake of The Lion King that Mufasa: The Lion King follows?

A) Guy Ritchie

B) Jon Favreau

C) Kenneth Branagh

D) Bill Condon

Answer · why

B) Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau directed the 2019 remake but did not return, so Disney handed its follow-up to an indie filmmaker who had never made a blockbuster.

Q 04/05

What separates the cub Mufasa from his parents, Masego and Afia?

A) A wildfire

B) A hyena attack

C) A hunting party

D) A flash flood

Answer · why

D) A flash flood

A flash flood sweeps Mufasa away and seems to kill both parents, but his mother Afia survives and finds him again once he is king.

Q 05/05

Which animals attack the lost cub Mufasa moments after he first meets Taka?

A) Hyenas

B) Wild dogs

C) Crocodiles

D) Vultures

Answer · why

C) Crocodiles

Crocodiles close in on the cub in the water just as the two meet; he gets out alive, and the brotherhood that follows ends in betrayal.