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50 free Curious George trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
42 free Curious George trivia questions with answers. Curious George has been getting into trouble since 1941, and this quiz covers all of it. The questions run through the seven original books by Margret and H. A. Rey (the balloons, the bicycle, the space flight, the swallowed puzzle piece), the Man with the Yellow Hat and his mysterious name, the PBS Kids series with Hundley, Chef Pisghetti and Professor Wiseman, the 2006 film voiced by Will Ferrell with songs by Jack Johnson, and the direct-to-video sequels. The easy questions are for kids who watch the show: what colour is the Man's hat, what kind of animal is George's friend Hundley, what does George swallow in the hospital book. The harder ones are for the grown-ups reading along: George's original name, why he was called Zozo in Britain, and how the Reys fled Paris on homemade bicycles hours before the Nazis arrived, carrying the manuscript with them. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the books, films and series, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01Curious George was created by a married couple with which surname?
Rey
Hans mostly drew and Margret mostly wrote, though early covers left her name off entirely.
Q 02How is George described in the books' famous opening line?
A good little monkey, and always very curious
He is drawn without a tail, which is why the film's press notes admitted he is technically more of a chimpanzee.
Q 03What was George called in H. A. Rey's 1939 book about a giraffe and nine monkeys?
Fifi
The book was Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys, published in Paris. A London publisher asked for the name to change to George.
Q 04When the original books were published in the United Kingdom, George was renamed what?
Zozo
The name George was thought disrespectful to the reigning king, George VI.
Q 05How did the Reys flee Paris in June 1940, carrying the Curious George manuscript?
On bicycles they had built themselves
They left just hours before the city fell, got visas in Bayonne and reached New York via Lisbon and Brazil.
Q 06Which publisher released the first Curious George book in New York in 1941?
Houghton Mifflin
The first print run was 7,500 copies at $2 each, and the book has never been out of print since.
Q 07Why was Margret Rey's name left off the early covers?
Publisher thought too many women already wrote for kids
Later editions corrected it, and she now gets full credit as co-author.
Q 08How many original Curious George books did the Reys write themselves?
Seven
They ran from Curious George in 1941 to Curious George Goes to the Hospital in 1966. Later books were done 'in the style of H. A. Rey' by other artists.
Q 09In the first book, how does the Man with the Yellow Hat capture George?
The monkey tries on the hat, cannot see, and is bagged
The Man tells him they are going to a zoo in a big city, and George promises to stay out of trouble. He does not.
Q 10In the first book, who arrives at the house after George plays with the telephone?
The fire department
He is jailed for the false alarm, escapes across the power lines, and floats off holding a whole bunch of balloons.
Q 11How does George end up flying over the city in the first book?
Holding a bunch of balloons
He tries to grab one red balloon and takes the whole bunch. The Man later buys them all and gives them to the zoo animals.
Q 12In Curious George Takes a Job (1947), what job does George get after escaping the zoo?
Window washer
He first gets caught eating a pot of spaghetti in a restaurant kitchen, then paints a jungle scene all over someone's apartment.
Q 13How does George end up in hospital in Curious George Takes a Job?
He fractures his leg jumping to the sidewalk
Q 21Which of the original books won a place on the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1960?
Curious George Takes a Job
The award honoured books judged worthy to sit on a shelf beside Alice in Wonderland.
Q 22Besides Curious George, H. A. Rey is known for redrawing what to make them easier to remember?
Constellation diagrams
His 1952 book The Stars: A New Way to See Them is still in print and his stick-figure constellations appear in many astronomy guides.
Q 23In which German city were both Hans and Margret Rey born?
Hamburg
They first met at Margret's sister's sixteenth birthday party there, and met again years later in Brazil.
While recovering he knocks himself out with a bottle of ether and finishes the book signing a movie deal about his life.
Q 14What colour is the bicycle the Man gives George in Curious George Rides a Bike?
Blue
It marks three years since George came home from the jungle. He ends up playing bugle in an animal show and rescuing a bear cub from a tree.
Q 15Which animal is George warned not to feed at the animal show in Curious George Rides a Bike?
The ostrich
The bird will eat anything held near it. George gets curious anyway, which is how the bear cub ends up loose.
Q 16What does George do to earn his award in Curious George Gets a Medal (1957)?
Rides a space ship and bails out
The book came out only weeks before the Soviets launched Sputnik II. Real chimpanzee Ham made a similar flight in 1961.
Q 17Curious George Flies a Kite (1958) was written with a vocabulary limited to about how many words?
219
It was the Reys' answer to the Dr. Seuss phonics books. Margret Rey later said the simplification had been a mistake.
Q 18In Curious George Flies a Kite, who gives George a baby bunny at the end?
Bill, the neighbour boy
George had flown off holding the kite and had to be rescued by the Man in a helicopter.
Q 19What does George swallow at the start of Curious George Goes to the Hospital (1966)?
A puzzle piece
He thinks it is candy. The book was written at the request of Boston Children's Hospital staff to prepare kids for hospital stays.
Q 20Which hospital's staff asked the Reys to write Curious George Goes to the Hospital?
Boston Children's
The Reys had moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1963, so the hospital was practically down the road.
Q 24In which US city did the Reys settle in 1963, near Harvard Square?
Cambridge
Friends later opened a Curious George bookstore in Harvard Square, and a themed shop stood at the same address until 2021.
Q 25What is the Man with the Yellow Hat called in the 2006 animated film?
Ted
He had gone unnamed for over sixty years of books. A deleted scene gives his surname as Shackleford.
Q 26Who voiced the Man with the Yellow Hat in the 2006 film?
Will Ferrell
Jeff Bennett took over the role for the TV series and the direct-to-video sequels.
Q 27Which musician wrote and performed the songs for the 2006 Curious George film?
Jack Johnson
He wrote thirteen songs, and the soundtrack became the first to top the Billboard 200 since Bad Boys II in 2003.
Q 28In the 2006 film, Ted names the monkey after a nearby statue of whom?
George Washington
It happens at the zoo, right before George floats off holding too many balloons, a nod to the first book.
Q 29In the 2006 film, what is Ted trying to find in Africa to save the Bloomsberry Museum?
The Lost Shrine of Zagawa
He expects a forty-foot statue and finds one three inches tall, though the tiny idol turns out to be a map to the real thing.
Q 30Which veteran actor voiced museum owner Mr. Bloomsberry in the 2006 film?
Dick Van Dyke
David Cross voiced his jealous son Junior, and Drew Barrymore played the teacher Maggie.