Category: Brain Teasers

Trivia: “You’re Welcome” from “Moana” is sung by what former pro wrestler?

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
John Cena
Dave Bautista
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper

The correct answer is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

So why is this answer correct? : “Moana” (2016) features a lively soundtrack from composers Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina, and Opetaia Foa’i. One of the film’s most popular songs is “You’re Welcome,” performed by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as the character Maui. Miranda said that while writing the song, he drew inspiration from two other popular Disney songs: “Gaston” from “Beauty and the Beast” and “Friend Like Me” from “Aladdin.”

Trivia: What movie features the song “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”?

Toy Story
Bambi
Aladdin
Lady and the Tramp

The correct answer is Toy Story

So why is this answer correct? : Randy Newman earned a Best Original Song nomination at the 1996 Academy Awards for “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” from the 1995 Disney-Pixar film “Toy Story.” (He lost to another classic Disney tune, “Colors of the Wind,” written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for “Pocahontas.”) The song has since become something of a theme for the “Toy Story” franchise, with covers or instrumental versions appearing in all three sequels, “Toy Story 2,” “Toy Story 3,” and “Toy Story 4.”

Trivia: According to the song, what does “hakuna matata” mean?

What’s up
Welcome
No worries
I love you

The correct answer is No worries

So why is this answer correct? : As sung in the song, “hakuna matata” means “no worries / for the rest of your days.” Lyricist Tim Rice found the saying in a Swahili phrasebook, where the exact translation was “no problems” or “no trouble.” In 1994’s “The Lion King,” the song is sung to Simba by his meerkat and warthog friends Timon and Pumbaa.

Trivia: Who encourages Prince Eric to “kiss the girl” in “The Little Mermaid”?

Scuttle
Sebastian
Flounder
King Triton

The correct answer is Sebastian

So why is this answer correct? : In 1989’s “The Little Mermaid,” Ariel agrees to give the sea witch Ursula her voice, in exchange for Ursula turning her into a human (with legs) for three days. If her true love, Prince Eric, doesn’t kiss her in that time, Ariel will be bound to Ursula forever. Since Ariel can’t simply ask Eric to kiss her, her crab friend, Sebastian, tries to orchestrate a romantic setup and sings “Kiss the Girl” to get Eric to make a move before it’s too late. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken wrote the song, and Samuel Wright performed it in the film.

Trivia: What “Mary Poppins” song won the Best Original Song Oscar?

A Spoonful of Sugar
Chim Chim Cher-ee
Let’s Go Fly a Kite
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

The correct answer is Chim Chim Cher-ee

So why is this answer correct? : The Sherman Brothers, Robert and Richard Sherman, collaborated on dozens of songs and scores for the big screen, as well as the theme song for Disneyland’s “It’s a Small World” ride. But it was their work on the 1964 film “Mary Poppins” that earned the duo their first Oscars — Best Music Score – Substantially Original, and Best Original Song for “Chim Chim Cher-ee” (performed in the movie by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews). The Sherman Brothers also wrote “A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Let’s Go Fly a Kite,” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” and “Step in Time.”

Trivia: What Disney princess sings “Someday My Prince Will Come”?

Snow White
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
Ariel

The correct answer is Snow White

So why is this answer correct? : “Someday My Prince Will Come” is from Disney’s first full-length animated feature, 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Snow White (voiced by Adriana Caselotti) sings the song to the seven dwarfs who have taken her in, expressing her dreams of falling in love with a handsome prince. In the years since, the song has become popular in its own right — jazz legend Miles Davis even covered it for a 1961 album of the same name.

Trivia: “I’ve Got No Strings” is a song from what movie?

Dumbo
Pinocchio
Coco
Mulan

The correct answer is Pinocchio

So why is this answer correct? : In Disney’s 1940 film “Pinocchio,” toymaker Geppetto wishes his marionette puppet Pinocchio would become a real boy. A magical Blue Fairy brings Pinocchio to life, but as a puppet, not a human child — he’ll only become a real boy if he can prove himself honest and brave. Soon after, he’s lured away by a couple of con artists who convince him to perform in a puppet show, which is where he sings “I’ve Got No Strings.” In real life, actor Dickie Jones provided the vocals for the track.

Trivia: Idina Menzel sang what Oscar-winning song from “Frozen”?

Love Is an Open Door
Frozen Heart
In Summer
Let it go

The correct answer is Let it go

So why is this answer correct? : “Let It Go” is one of Disney’s most popular songs in recent history. The tune, performed by Idina Menzel as Queen Elsa, was written by married songwriting duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. It went on to win the 2014 Oscar for Best Original Song — a victory that earned Robert Lopez an EGOT.

What watershed 168 BC battle marked the end of the Third Macedonian War and resulted in Macedonia eventually becoming a Roman province in 146 BC?

Battle of Ilipa
Battle of Zama
Battle of Pydna
Battle of Sentinum
Battle of Canae

The correct answer is Battle of Pydna

What is the name given to the three wars Rome fought with its Oscan-speaking neighbors between 343 BC and 290 BC which resulted in Rome controlling central Italy?

Punic Wars
Samnite Wars
Pyrrhic Wars
Illyrian Wars
Macedonian Wars

The correct answer is Samnite Wars