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50 free Inside Out 2 trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Inside Out 2 sent Riley into puberty and Pixar to the top of the box office, and this quiz covers the whole of it: the puberty alarm going off in Headquarters, the console upgrade, four new emotions marching in with their luggage, the bottled-up originals thrown into the vault, the mountain of bad memories at the back of the mind, and the panic attack in the penalty box. The early questions suit kids who have watched it on repeat: who the new emotions are, what Riley's team is called, what Ennui does with her phone. Later ones are for grown-ups: which emotions were cut in development, why Fear and Disgust were recast, how a real teenage focus group changed the film, which composer made Pixar history, which film's record it broke and which one took its crown nine months later. Every answer has been checked against the film's production record and each question links to its source. Our Inside Out trivia covers both films together; this page is for the sequel only.
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Q 01How old is Riley in Inside Out 2?
13
Two years have passed since the move to San Francisco, and she is about to start high school.
Q 02Which four new emotions arrive in Headquarters after the puberty alarm?
Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment and Ennui
Nine new emotions were tried in the first draft, including Schadenfreude, before the list was cut for clarity.
Q 03Who voices Anxiety?
Maya Hawke
Director Kelsey Mann auditioned her over Zoom from a back room at Epcot during a family holiday, and her performance moved him to tears.
Q 04What is the name of the new part of Riley's mind that houses the beliefs shaping who she is?
Her Sense of Self
Joy has rigged a spring-loaded catapult to fling every bad memory to the back of the mind so only good ones feed it.
Q 05What sport does Riley play at the three-day camp?
Ice hockey
The original plot was built around a talent show; after three test screenings the team switched to hockey as Riley's unique trait.
Q 06What is the name of the high-school team Riley wants to join?
The Fire Hawks
Bree and Grace, her best friends, are headed to a different high school, which is what sets Anxiety off.
Q 07What are the names of Riley's two best friends?
Bree and Grace
Anxiety pushes Riley to befriend the older star player Val Ortiz instead, straining the friendship.
Q 08What triggers the chaos in Headquarters the night before camp?
The puberty alarm goes off
Mind workers rush in and upgrade the console, after which Riley overreacts to every input.
Q 09What does Anxiety do with the original five emotions?
Bottles them up and locks them in a vault
She also fires Riley's Sense of Self to the back of the mind to build a new, anxiety-driven one.
Q 10Which new emotion secretly helps Sadness stay hidden in Headquarters?
Embarrassment
Paul Walter Hauser voices the huge, hoodie-wearing emotion who barely speaks.
Q 11What does Riley discover when she sneaks into Coach Roberts' office?
A notebook saying she is 'not ready yet'
The discovery, made under Anxiety's control, tips Riley into a spiral of self-doubt.
Q 12What belief does Anxiety's replacement self end up generating?
'I'm not good enough'
The self-doubt makes Riley play badly, crash into Grace and end up in the penalty box.
Q 13What happens to Riley in the penalty box during the final tryout?
She has a panic attack
Q 21Who directed Inside Out 2?
Kelsey Mann
He began developing it in January 2020 after revisiting photos of one of his own childhood birthday parties.
Q 22Which emotion was developed for the story but dropped because Dacher Keltner said it is not a distinct primary emotion?
Shame
It was also felt to be too heavy for an animated feature; Guilt and Jealousy were folded into Anxiety and Envy.
Q 23Which emotion, meaning joy at someone else's expense, was among the nine cut from the first draft?
Schadenfreude
Mann's original pass had so many new emotions that Joy felt overwhelmed, but the story could not track them all.
Anxiety swarms the console in a blinding whirlwind; the 2019 film Uncut Gems inspired the look of her most intense scenes.
Q 14How is Riley's crisis in the penalty box finally resolved?
A new self forms from good and bad memories alike
Anxiety admits that none of the emotions gets to choose who Riley is, and Joy lets go of the original self too.
Q 15How many emotions run Riley's mind at the end of the film?
Nine
The five originals plus the four newcomers, working together as she waits for the recruitment results.
Q 16Which two original voice actors declined to return, reportedly over pay?
Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling
They and other returning cast were reportedly offered $100,000, about two percent of Poehler's $5 million.
Q 17Who replaced Bill Hader as the voice of Fear?
Tony Hale
Liza Lapira took over Disgust from Mindy Kaling; both recastings were revealed with the teaser trailer in November 2023.
Q 18Who voices Ennui, the French-accented emotion glued to her phone?
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Peter Bradshaw and Odie Henderson singled her out for praise; her boredom opens up a 'sar-chasm' in Riley's mind.
Q 19Which star of The Bear voices Envy?
Ayo Edebiri
Envy is the tiny, wide-eyed emotion in awe of the older players.
Q 20Which veteran actress voices Nostalgia, who keeps being told it is too early for her?
June Squibb
The character was added at the suggestion of the teenage focus group Pixar called 'Riley's Crew'.
Q 24Which clinical psychologist and author was consulted on how teenage emotions change during puberty?
Lisa Damour
Berkeley professor Dacher Keltner, who advised on the first film, returned as the main scientific advisor.
Q 25What was 'Riley's Crew'?
Nine teenagers who gave feedback on the film
Their input added Nostalgia and shaped the transition from middle school to high school.
Q 26Which Turning Red director advised the film's director on making it distinct from other coming-of-age stories?
Domee Shi
Her advice helped push the story towards hockey as Riley's defining trait.
Q 27Which 2019 thriller inspired the look of Anxiety's most intense scenes?
Uncut Gems
The Safdie brothers' Adam Sandler film is famous for its relentless, panic-inducing tension.
Q 28What milestone did composer Andrea Datzman achieve with Inside Out 2?
First woman to score a Pixar feature
She took over from Michael Giacchino, who had scored the first film.
Q 29Which Pixar figure reportedly stepped in as an uncredited co-director during the final crunch?
Pete Docter
The 2023 strikes hit late in production; Elio was pushed a year but Pixar refused to move this one, causing 'the largest crunch in the studio's history'.
Q 30Which Pixar veteran returned as Fritz, his first Pixar role since Onward?
John Ratzenberger
He had voiced a character in every Pixar film from Toy Story until Soul broke the streak.