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This Brave trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers Pixar's 2012 Scottish fairy tale from every angle: the plot (the archery contest, the woodcarver witch, the spell cake, the second sunrise, the tapestry), the characters (Merida, Elinor, Fergus, the triplets, the three lords and their sons, Angus, Mor'du), and the voice cast of Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly, Julie Walters and Robbie Coltrane. It also digs into the production: the original title, the director change, the actress originally cast as Merida, the animation system Pixar rebuilt for the film, the sound format it launched, the Gaelic lullaby, and the awards it won. Easy questions suit kids who have watched the film a dozen times; the hard ones will test grown-up Pixar fans. Every answer has been checked against a primary reference and each question carries its citation.
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Q 01Which Scottish actress voices Merida in Brave?
Kelly Macdonald
She was a late replacement, announced in 2011, after the originally cast American star dropped out over scheduling.
Q 02Which actress was originally cast as the voice of Merida before scheduling conflicts intervened?
Reese Witherspoon
She joined the cast in 2010 alongside Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson and Julie Walters, who all stayed on.
Q 03What was Brave's working title when Pixar first announced it in April 2008?
The Bear and the Bow
Brenda Chapman drew the story from her relationship with her own daughter and became Pixar's first female feature director.
Q 04Who replaced Brenda Chapman as director of Brave in October 2010 after creative disagreements?
Mark Andrews
Chapman called the news devastating but kept a directing credit and went on to share the Oscar, becoming the first woman to win Best Animated Feature.
Q 05Brave was the first Pixar film to have what kind of lead character?
A female protagonist
Merida is also the first character in the Disney Princess line to come from Pixar.
Q 06Which sound format made its debut with Brave's theatrical release?
Dolby Atmos
Pixar also completely rewrote its animation software for the film, the first such overhaul in 25 years.
Q 07Which composer wrote the score for Brave?
Patrick Doyle
He is Scottish himself, and the score was played by the London Symphony Orchestra with bagpipes, fiddle and Celtic harps.
Q 08At which film festival did Brave premiere on June 10, 2012?
Seattle
It went into wide North American release on June 22 in 4,164 theaters, a record for Pixar at the time.
Q 09Roughly how much did Brave gross worldwide, against a budget of $185M?
$539 million
It won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA for Best Animated Feature.
Q 10Which Pixar short played in cinemas before Brave?
La Luna
Brave's end credits also carry a tribute to Pixar co-founder Steve Jobs, who had died the previous October.
Q 11What is the name of Merida's clan and kingdom?
DunBroch
The other three are the allied clans whose lords bring their firstborn sons to compete for her hand. Pixar designed original tartans for three of the four.
Q 12What gift does Fergus give young Merida on her birthday, to Queen Elinor's dismay?
A bow and arrow
That same day the family is attacked by Mor'du, and the fight costs Fergus his left leg.
Q 13Which part of his body does Fergus lose fighting the bear Mor'du?
His left leg
He wears a wooden peg in its place and spends the film hunting the bear that took it.
Q 21What are the names of Merida's mischievous triplet brothers?
Hamish, Hubert and Harris
They eat the enchanted cake too and spend the climax as bear cubs, stealing the key from the maid Maudie to free Merida.
Q 22Who was Mor'du before he became a demonic bear?
A prince
He is the prince from Elinor's legend, whose pride and refusal to follow his father's wishes destroyed his kingdom, and his ruined castle is where Merida and Elinor find him.
Q 23How does Mor'du finally die?
He is crushed by a falling standing stone
Q 14How much time passes between the opening birthday scene and the main story of Brave?
Ten years
Merida is 16 when she learns she is to be betrothed to the son of one of her father's allies.
Q 15How does Merida get around the rule that only the eldest sons of the clans may compete for her hand?
She enters as her own clan's firstborn
She then easily outshoots all three suitors, which sets off the furious argument with her mother.
Q 16During their argument, what does Elinor throw into the fire?
Her daughter's bow
Merida has just slashed the family tapestry with a sword. Elinor pulls the bow back out of the flames in regret as soon as Merida has fled.
Q 17What is the name of Merida's horse?
Angus
He is a Clydesdale, and he carries her into the forest the night she runs away.
Q 18What trade does the elderly witch practise in her cottage in the woods?
Woodcarver
Merida is led to her hut by the will-o'-the-wisps after finding a circle of standing stones, and bargains for a spell to 'change' her mother.
Q 19In what form does the witch give Merida the spell?
A cake
Elinor eats it and turns into a bear, keeping her human mind but losing the ability to speak.
Q 20According to the witch's message, what must Merida do to break the spell?
Mend the bond torn by pride
She has until the second sunrise, or the transformation becomes permanent. She assumes it means repairing the tapestry.
The prince's spirit is released and thanks Merida and Elinor before turning into a wisp.
Q 24What finally turns Elinor back into a human at the second sunrise?
Merida's tearful plea to her mother
Draping the mended tapestry over her mother does nothing; it is Merida begging her to come back that fulfils the true meaning of 'mend the bond'.
Q 25What is delivered to the castle gate in Brave's post-credits scene?
A crow with a cart of wooden toys
They are the carvings Merida had ordered from the witch's shop, and the crow asks the dozing guard to sign for them.
Q 26How do the triplets end the film?
Stowing away on a departing clan boat
Fergus has to chase after the boat in a rowboat while Merida and Elinor ride off together.
Q 27Which comedian and actor voices Fergus?
Billy Connolly
He also leads the cast on the boisterous drinking number 'Song of Mor'du' on the soundtrack.
Q 28Who voices Queen Elinor?
Emma Thompson
She also sings the Gaelic lullaby 'Noble Maiden Fair' with young Merida's voice, Peigi Barker.
Q 29Which Harry Potter alumna voices the witch in Brave?
Julie Walters
Fellow Potter veteran Robbie Coltrane voices Lord Dingwall.
Q 30Which actor voices both Lord MacGuffin and his Doric-speaking son in Brave?
Kevin McKidd
Craig Ferguson is Lord Macintosh and Robbie Coltrane is Lord Dingwall, completing the trio of clan chiefs.