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44 free Aladdin trivia questions with answers. Aladdin was the first animated film to make half a billion dollars, and it nearly did not get made: Howard Ashman pitched it in 1988, Jeffrey Katzenberg threw out the whole story on 'Black Friday', and Robin Williams was persuaded to voice the Genie by a test reel animated to his own stand-up. This quiz runs 50 questions on the 1992 film (the voices, the songs, the Oscars, the 52 improvised characters, the Picasso that failed to make peace with Williams), the 2019 Guy Ritchie remake with Will Smith, the long-running Broadway musical, the sequels and TV series, and the original story that Antoine Galland heard from a Syrian storyteller and set, oddly, in China. It starts easy and works up to questions for people who know who Babkak, Omar and Kassim are. Every answer has been checked against reference sources, shown under each question once you answer, so it works for a family movie night or a Disney round at pub trivia.
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Q 01Who voices the Genie in Disney's 1992 Aladdin?
Robin Williams
Robin Williams voices the Genie; the directors wrote the part for him and won him over with a test reel Eric Goldberg animated to his stand-up routines.
Q 02Roughly how many characters is the Genie's voice actor estimated to have improvised in the booth?
52
The Genie's actor improvised so freely that he is estimated to have voiced 52 distinct characters; supervising animator Eric Goldberg combed the recordings to pick lines to animate.
Q 03The Genie's actor took SAG scale pay of $75,000 instead of $8 million on what condition?
His name and image would stay out of the marketing
The condition was that "His name and image would stay out of the marketing", with the Genie filling no more than a quarter of any poster; Disney broke both promises and lost him for the first sequel.
Q 04Who replaced the original Genie in the 1994 sequel The Return of Jafar?
Dan Castellaneta
Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson, voiced the Genie in The Return of Jafar and the TV series; the original actor returned for Aladdin and the King of Thieves in 1996.
Q 05Who directed the 1992 film, having chosen it over Swan Lake and a project that became The Lion King?
John Musker and Ron Clements
John Musker and Ron Clements, fresh from The Little Mermaid, directed Aladdin and co-wrote its screenplay with Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.
Q 06Which lyricist first pitched an animated Aladdin to Disney in 1988 and died before it was finished?
Howard Ashman
Howard Ashman pitched Aladdin in 1988 as a campy 1930s-style musical; he died in March 1991 and Tim Rice finished the lyrics.
Q 07What is the name of the fictional city where the film is set?
Agrabah
Agrabah is the fictional city; the filmmakers renamed it from Baghdad because the Gulf War broke out during production.
Q 08Whose caricatures inspired the film's swooping character designs?
Al Hirschfeld
Al Hirschfeld's flowing caricatures set the style; Jafar was the exception, because animator Andreas Deja wanted the villain to contrast with the others.
Q 09Aladdin's look was redesigned from a boyish Michael J. Fox type to resemble which actor?
Tom Cruise
Glen Keane redrew Aladdin with Tom Cruise in mind, also drawing on Calvin Klein models, to make the hero older and more athletic.
Q 10Who supplied Aladdin's speaking and singing voices?
Scott Weinger and Brad Kane
Scott Weinger and Brad Kane shared the part: Weinger spoke Aladdin's dialogue and Kane sang his songs, a split Disney also used for Jasmine.
Q 11Who provides Jasmine's singing voice on the film's big duet?
Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga sang for Jasmine while Linda Larkin spoke the part; Salonga later sang for Mulan as well.
Q 12Which comedian voices Iago the parrot?
Gilbert Gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried got the part after the filmmakers saw him in Beverly Hills Cop II; Iago had been planned as a stuffy British type, and animator Will Finn worked Gottfried's half-closed eyes into the bird.
Q 13Which veteran voice actor plays Abu, Rajah AND the Cave of Wonders?
Frank Welker
Frank Welker voices Abu, Rajah and the Cave of Wonders, and he reprised all three roles in the 2019 live-action remake.
Q 21What box-office milestone did Aladdin become the first animated film to reach?
$500 million worldwide
Aladdin passed $500 million worldwide (about $504 million), making it the highest-grossing film of 1992 and the top animated film until The Lion King.
Q 22What grade did CinemaScore audiences give Aladdin?
A+
The rare top mark; Home Alone 2 still beat it on its first wide weekend.
Q 23What is the Genie wearing when he leaves at the end, a nod to a Disney-MGM Studios short by his voice actor?
A Goofy hat, Hawaiian shirt and sandals
Q 14What did studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg demand on the day staff called 'Black Friday'?
The whole story rewritten, same release date
Katzenberg demanded "The whole story rewritten, same release date": Aladdin's mother was cut and the hero made rougher, "like a young Harrison Ford".
Q 15Which 1940 film supplied elements like the villain Jaffar and the name Abu?
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) gave Aladdin its villain Jaffar (respelt Jafar) and the name Abu, which in the 1940 film belongs to the boy thief played by Sabu.
Q 16How does Aladdin finally defeat the villain?
He tricks him into wishing to be a genie
"He tricks him into wishing to be a genie": genies are bound to their lamps, so the all-powerful Jafar is sucked into a black lamp, dragging Iago with him.
Q 17What does Aladdin use his third wish for?
To free the Genie
Aladdin uses his last wish "To free the Genie", keeping his promise rather than wishing to stay a prince; the Sultan then changes the law so Jasmine can marry whom she chooses.
Q 18Which 'Arabian Nights' lyric was changed after complaints from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee?
'Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face'
The line 'Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face' became 'Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense' for home video; the 'barbaric' line stayed.
Q 19Which song became the first from a Disney film to win the Grammy for Song of the Year?
A Whole New World
"A Whole New World" won Song of the Year at the 1994 Grammys; the end-credits version by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle also topped the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 20How many Academy Awards did Aladdin win?
Two
Two: Best Original Score for Alan Menken and Best Original Song; it was also nominated for a second song and two sound awards.
The film is packed with cameos: Beast, Sebastian and Pinocchio all briefly appear.
Q 24In the original One Thousand and One Nights tale, where does Aladdin live?
China
The tale places Aladdin in China, in an unnamed Chinese city, while the sorcerer who recruits him comes from the Maghreb in North Africa.
Q 25Who added Aladdin to the Arabian Nights, and where did he get the story?
Antoine Galland, from Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab
"Antoine Galland, from Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab": Galland met Diyab, a Maronite from Aleppo, in Paris in March 1709, and no authentic Arabic manuscript of the tale predates his French version.
Q 26What trick does the sorcerer use to steal the lamp in the original tale?
He offers 'new lamps for old'
"He offers 'new lamps for old'": disguised as a pedlar, the sorcerer cries his offer in the street, and Aladdin's wife, unaware of the lamp's power, trades it away.
Q 27Who directed the 2019 live-action Aladdin?
Guy Ritchie
Guy Ritchie directed the 2019 remake, which was shot at Longcross Studios in Surrey and on location in Jordan's Wadi Rum desert.
Q 28Who plays the Genie in the 2019 film?
Will Smith
Will Smith plays the Genie in the 2019 film, giving 'Friend Like Me' a hip-hop spin and admitting he was terrified of following the original.
Q 29Who play Aladdin and Jasmine in the 2019 remake?
Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott
Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott were cast in July 2017 after a months-long search that delayed production; Tara Sutaria had been a finalist for Jasmine.
Q 30How much did the 2019 Aladdin gross worldwide?
Over $1 billion
Over $1 billion: the 2019 Aladdin took roughly $1.05 billion worldwide on a $183 million budget.