Q 01/05

A television executive described The Lion Guard as The Lion King crossed with which team of superheroes?

A) The Avengers

B) The Justice League

C) The Power Rangers

D) The Incredibles

Answer · why

A) The Avengers

The Avengers was the comparison network boss Nancy Kanter made when the series was announced in 2014. Like that team, each member of the Guard brings ...

Q 02/05

Bunga, the bravest member of The Lion Guard and Kion's best friend, is what kind of animal?

A) Meerkat

B) Bat-eared fox

C) Honey badger

D) Warthog

Answer · why

C) Honey badger

A honey badger, Bunga learns that a snake's venom cannot hurt him, and the discovery makes him so reckless that he wanders into the Outlands, where th...

Q 03/05

Which famous duo from The Lion King raised Bunga as his adoptive uncles in The Lion Guard?

A) Zazu and Rafiki

B) Timon and Pumbaa

C) Shenzi and Banzai

D) Simba and Nala

Answer · why

B) Timon and Pumbaa

Timon and Pumbaa took Bunga in as a youngster, just as they once raised Simba, an upbringing the king and the Guard's daredevil bond over when stuck u...

Q 04/05

Which actor returned as the voice of Kion's late grandfather in the pilot film for The Lion Guard?

A) Dennis Haysbert

B) Morgan Freeman

C) Samuel L. Jackson

D) James Earl Jones

Answer · why

D) James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones, also the voice of Darth Vader, reprised the part he created in 1994 for Return of the Roar. Gary Anthony Williams took over for the ...

Q 05/05

Names of characters, places and songs in The Lion Guard are drawn from which widely spoken African language?

A) Zulu

B) Swahili

C) Yoruba

D) Setswana

Answer · why

B) Swahili

Swahili supplies the show's names and catchphrases, a habit inherited from The Lion King, where Simba is simply the word for lion.