Q 01/05

What species of bird are Blu and Jewel in Rio?

A) Hyacinth macaw

B) Spix's macaw

C) Scarlet macaw

D) Blue-and-yellow macaw

Answer · why

B) Spix's macaw

Spix's macaw vanished from the wild around 2000, but captive-bred birds were flown home and released in Bahia, Brazil, in June 2022.

Q 02/05

Who voices Blu in Rio?

A) Andy Samberg

B) Jay Baruchel

C) Jesse Eisenberg

D) Michael Cera

Answer · why

C) Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg was cast because the director heard Blu in his awkward, hesitant way of talking, and had him play the part in his own natural voice.

Q 03/05

Who voices Jewel in Rio?

A) Leslie Mann

B) Wanda Sykes

C) Kristin Chenoweth

D) Anne Hathaway

Answer · why

D) Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway also sings as Jewel, and admitted that recording in front of the film's famous musicians was intimidating enough to need an extra cup of...

Q 04/05

Who voices the villainous Nigel in Rio?

A) Jemaine Clement

B) Bret McKenzie

C) Rhys Darby

D) Taika Waititi

Answer · why

A) Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Clement was won over when the animators screened a test of Nigel lip-synced to one of his own speeches from Flight of the Conchords.

Q 05/05

What kind of bird is Nigel, the villain of Rio?

A) An African grey parrot

B) A black vulture

C) A great horned owl

D) A sulphur-crested cockatoo

Answer · why

D) A sulphur-crested cockatoo

A sulphur-crested cockatoo, Nigel is the smugglers' enforcer: he helps snatch the macaws from the aviary, then hunts them across the city.