Q 01/05

In which year was Disney's The Sword in the Stone released?

A) 1963

B) 1965

C) 1967

D) 1969

Answer · why

A) 1963

It was the last animated feature released in Walt Disney's lifetime; he died in December 1966.

Q 02/05

The Sword in the Stone is based on a 1938 novel by which author?

A) T. H. White

B) J. R. R. Tolkien

C) Roger Lancelyn Green

D) C. S. Lewis

Answer · why

A) T. H. White

White's book later became the first part of his Arthurian tetralogy The Once and Future King.

Q 03/05

Who directed The Sword in the Stone?

A) Clyde Geronimi

B) Hamilton Luske

C) Wolfgang Reitherman

D) Ben Sharpsteen

Answer · why

C) Wolfgang Reitherman

It made Reitherman the first person to be sole director of a Disney animated feature.

Q 04/05

What nickname is young Arthur known by in The Sword in the Stone?

A) Sprout

B) Squirt

C) Wart

D) Pip

Answer · why

C) Wart

The 12-year-old orphan is serving as a squire in Sir Ector's castle when he meets Merlin.

Q 05/05

What is the name of Merlin's talking owl?

A) Aristotle

B) Socrates

C) Archimedes

D) Pythagoras

Answer · why

C) Archimedes

The crotchety owl ends up teaching Wart to fly when Merlin turns the boy into a sparrow.

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