Trivia: “Man or Muppet” was composed by a member of what comedy band?
Spinal Tap
Tenacious D
Flight of the Conchords
The Lonely Island
The correct answer is Flight of the Conchords
So why is this answer correct? : Walt Disney Pictures revitalized the Muppets brand with the 2011 movie “The Muppets.” Bret McKenzie from the comedic musical duo Flight of the Conchords helped compose the movie’s music, including the song “Man or Muppet.” In 2012, the tune won an Oscar for Best Original Song.
Trivia: Vanessa Williams recorded a contemporary pop version of what film’s theme?
Hercules
Pocahontas
Anastasia
Tarzan
The correct answer is Pocahontas
So why is this answer correct? : “Colors of the Wind” is a beloved ballad from the 1995 animated movie “Pocahontas.” In the film, the song is performed by Broadway actress Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas. Singer-actress Vanessa Williams also recorded a version that plays during the end credits. Williams’ version was later released as a single from the movie’s soundtrack and spent 23 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and took home the Grammy for Best Song Written for a Movie.
Trivia: What Disney antagonist is described as “a spider waiting for the kill”?
Ursula
Jafar
Cruella de Vil
Lady Tremaine
The correct answer is Cruella de Vil
So why is this answer correct? : In “One Hundred and One Dalmatians,” villain Cruella de Vil is mocked by songwriter Roger in an eponymous song: “If she doesn’t scare you / No evil thing will / To see her is to take a sudden chill / Cruella, Cruella / She’s like a spider waiting for the kill / Look out for Cruella De Vil.”
Trivia: “The Bare Necessities” from “The Jungle Book” is sung by which characters?
Shere Khan and Akela
Mowgli and Baloo
Kaa and King Louie
Raksha and Bagheera
The correct answer is Mowgli and Baloo
So why is this answer correct? : Written for the 1967 Disney animated film “The Jungle Book,” “The Bare Necessities” is a now-cherished duet between young Mowgli and his bear friend Baloo. The track was nominated for an Oscar but lost to a tune from a different children’s movie, “Talk to the Animals” from “Doctor Doolittle.”
Trivia: What “Aladdin” song took home the Grammy for Song of the Year?
Arabian Nights
One Jump Ahead
Prince Ali
A Whole New World
The correct answer is A Whole New World
So why is this answer correct? : At the 1994 Grammy Awards, “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin” took home the trophy for Song of the Year. The duet, composed by Alan Menken and Tim Rice and performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle, also won Grammys for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal.
Trivia: “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from “Mulan” is sung by what ’70s teen idol?
David Cassidy
Donny Osmond
Leif Garrett
Rick Springfield
The correct answer is Donny Osmond
So why is this answer correct? : While BD Wong is the spoken voice of Li Shang in the animated film “Mulan” (1998), the character’s singing voice is provided by ’70s teen idol Donny Osmond. “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” chronicles the training of several inexperienced army recruits, including the heroine Mulan, who is pretending to be a male soldier named Ping. Osmond was on tour with “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” when he was flown to L.A. to record the song during a brief two-day hiatus.
Trivia: Which of these songs peaked the highest on the Billboard Hot 100?
Let It Go
Circle of Life
You’ll Be in My Heart
We Don’t Talk About Bruno
The correct answer is We Don’t Talk About Bruno
So why is this answer correct? : In January 2022, the “Encanto” track “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” became just the second-ever Hot 100 No. 1 song from a Disney animated film. (The first was Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle’s version of the “Aladdin” theme “A Whole New World” in 1993.) Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and performed by an ensemble, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” topped the charts for five consecutive weeks, making it Disney’s longest-reigning No. 1 song. The only other tracks from Disney animated features to break into the Hot 100 top five are “Let It Go” (“Frozen”), “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” (“The Lion King”), and “Colors of the Wind” (“Pocahontas”).
Trivia: What actress sings “Happy Working Song” in “Enchanted”?
Amy Adams
Emma Stone
Idina Menzel
Anne Hathaway
The correct answer is Amy Adams
So why is this answer correct? : Amy Adams gained a legion of little fans in 2007 when she starred as Giselle in Disney’s “Enchanted,” a tongue-in-cheek live-action take on the studio’s animated fairy-tale films. “Happy Working Song” is a play on movies such as “Cinderella” and “Snow White,” where animals hear the princess’s singing voice and gather to help clean or dress her. In “Enchanted,” which takes place in New York City, the animals are pigeons and rats instead of cute forest creatures.
Trivia: What Disney villain is “slick,” “quick,” with a neck “incredibly thick”?
Scar
Jafar
Gaston
Captain Hook
The correct answer is Gaston
So why is this answer correct? : In “Beauty and the Beast,” Gaston’s lackey Lefou sings a song to and about Gaston to cheer him up after Belle rejects him. Voiced by Jesse Corti, Lefou declares that nobody is as slick or as quick as Gaston, and “no one’s neck is as thick as Gaston’s.” Eventually, Gaston himself joins in and begins to sing his own praises — such as the fact that he eats five dozen eggs for breakfast and is “especially good at expectorating.”
Trivia: Who won a Best Song Oscar for the “Tarzan” track “You’ll Be in My Heart”?
Billy Joel
Elton John
Paul Simon
Phil Collins
The correct answer is Phil Collins
So why is this answer correct? : After receiving two earlier Oscar nominations in the 1980s, for songs from “Against All Odds” and “Buster,” Phil Collins won his first Best Original Song Academy Award at the 2000 ceremony, for “You’ll Be in My Heart” from 1999’s “Tarzan.” His daughter, actress Lily Collins, says he originally wrote the song as a lullaby for her, and that they often watched Disney movies together when she was growing up.