Q 01/05

Walt Disney himself was the original voice of which cartoon star, a role he kept into the 1940s?

A) Donald Duck

B) Mickey Mouse

C) Jiminy Cricket

D) Peter Pan

Answer · why

B) Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse was voiced by Walt Disney himself through 1946, when studio veteran Jimmy MacDonald took over. Walt also supplied Minnie's voice in the e...

Q 02/05

Which actress went to audition for Lisa Simpson but asked to read for her brother Bart instead?

A) Yeardley Smith

B) Christine Cavanaugh

C) Nancy Cartwright

D) Tress MacNeille

Answer · why

C) Nancy Cartwright

Nancy Cartwright found Bart the more interesting part when she arrived, and creator Matt Groening gave her the role on the spot. She went on to voice ...

Q 03/05

Which voice actor behind Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck was nicknamed the Man of a Thousand Voices?

A) Mel Blanc

B) Daws Butler

C) Don Messick

D) Paul Frees

Answer · why

A) Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc lay in a coma after a 1961 car crash until a neurologist addressed him as Bugs Bunny, and he answered in the rabbit's voice.

Q 04/05

Which actor dubbed Darth Vader's lines yet asked to go uncredited on the first two Star Wars films?

A) Christopher Plummer

B) James Earl Jones

C) Alec Guinness

D) Peter Cushing

Answer · why

B) James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones recorded the dialogue in post-production because David Prowse, who wore the suit on set, had a broad West Country accent. Jones final...

Q 05/05

Which Saturday Night Live star had recorded most of Shrek's dialogue when he died in 1997?

A) John Belushi

B) David Spade

C) Chris Farley

D) Adam Sandler

Answer · why

C) Chris Farley

Chris Farley had recorded nearly all of the ogre's lines before his death. Mike Myers then took the part and insisted on a complete script rewrite, so...

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