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Walt Disney Animation and Classics

Discover how well you know Walt Disney's golden age masterpieces, the Disney Renaissance, and modern studio achievements.

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What was the very first full-length cel-animated feature film produced by Walt Disney in 1937?

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  1. 1.What was the very first full-length cel-animated feature film produced by Walt Disney in 1937?

    • APinocchio
    • BSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs✓ Correct
    • CFantasia
    • DBambi

    Correct answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs made cinema history in 1937, disproving industry skeptics who dubbed it 'Disney's Folly'.

  2. 2.Which 1991 Disney classic made history by becoming the first animated film ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?

    • AThe Little Mermaid
    • BAladdin
    • CBeauty and the Beast✓ Correct
    • DThe Lion King

    Correct answer: Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast earned a Best Picture nomination at the 64th Academy Awards, back when only five films were nominated in the category.

  3. 3.Who voiced the high-energy, pop-culture-referencing Genie in the 1992 animated musical Aladdin?

    • AEddie Murphy
    • BRobin Williams✓ Correct
    • CGilbert Gottfried
    • DBilly Crystal

    Correct answer: Robin Williams

    Robin Williams delivered hours of improvised comedic genius that animators matched frame by frame to reshape animated voice acting.

  4. 4.What 1940 ambitious Disney production combined classical musical orchestrations with avant-garde animation sequences?

    • AFantasia✓ Correct
    • BMake Mine Music
    • CMelody Time
    • DThe Three Caballeros

    Correct answer: Fantasia

    Fantasia paired Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra with innovative visual segments, including 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'.

  5. 5.Which Shakespearean tragedy served as the primary narrative inspiration for the plot of The Lion King (1994)?

    • AMacbeth
    • BOthello
    • CHamlet✓ Correct
    • DKing Lear

    Correct answer: Hamlet

    The storyline of Simba fleeing his kingdom after his royal father's murder by his jealous uncle Scar heavily mirrors Hamlet.

  6. 6.What song from 2013's Frozen became a global phenomenon, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song?

    • A'Do You Want to Build a Snowman?'
    • B'For the First Time in Forever'
    • C'Let It Go'✓ Correct
    • D'Into the Unknown'

    Correct answer: 'Let It Go'

    'Let It Go', written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez and performed by Idina Menzel, dominated charts and won the Oscar.

  7. 7.Which 1989 film is widely credited with kickstarting the lucrative ten-year 'Disney Renaissance' era?

    • AThe Little Mermaid✓ Correct
    • BOliver & Company
    • CThe Great Mouse Detective
    • DThe Black Cauldron

    Correct answer: The Little Mermaid

    The critical and commercial success of The Little Mermaid revitalized Disney's animation studio with musical Broadway storytelling.

  8. 8.What Polynesian demi-god is voiced by Dwayne Johnson in Disney's 2016 musical adventure Moana?

    • ATamatoa
    • BMaui✓ Correct
    • CTala
    • DKāne

    Correct answer: Maui

    Dwayne Johnson voiced the shapeshifting demigod of the wind and sea, singing the popular number 'You're Welcome'.

  9. 9.In the 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty, what is the villainous dark fairy Maleficent capable of transforming into?

    • AA giant raven
    • BA fire-breathing dragon✓ Correct
    • CA sea serpent
    • DA black panther

    Correct answer: A fire-breathing dragon

    Maleficent summons all the powers of hell to transform into a monstrous black and purple dragon to duel Prince Phillip.

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