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50 free Lizzie McGuire trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Lizzie McGuire ran for only two seasons on Disney Channel, yet millions can still hum the theme and quote the cartoon alter ego who said what Lizzie could not. It turned its lead into a teen idol, spun off a feature film, three handheld games and a shelf of books, and it still comes up whenever people argue over the channel's golden age. These 50 questions cover the series from its working title to its last broadcast: how the animation was produced and why there is so little of it, the guest appearances that wandered through Matt's schemes, the graduation episode, the Italian movie and its songs, the spin-off pilot that lost out to a bigger hit, the revival that shot two episodes and stopped, and what the cast did afterwards, from daytime soaps to military service. Most are pitched for anyone who watched after school; a handful are for people who remember the end credits. Play on your phone with instant answers and explanations, or print it for a 2000s night, a sleepover or a pub quiz round.
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Q 01Which working title did Terri Minsky's Disney Channel sitcom carry before being renamed after the heroine?
What's Lizzie Thinking?
What's Lizzie Thinking? was the name on the script Terri Minsky wrote with the heroine's inner thoughts as narration; producer Stan Rogow turned that narration into the cartoon alter ego.
Q 02A 2005 Lizzie McGuire spin-off pilot about Miranda's 12-year-old sister Stevie cast which future Disney Channel star?
Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez played the 12-year-old Stevie in the pilot, but Disney passed on the series in favour of Hannah Montana. Lalaine returned as Miranda for it, and the pilot was later described as a 'real downer'.
Q 03In the scrapped Disney+ revival, thirty-year-old Lizzie McGuire was apprenticed to what kind of professional?
An interior decorator
An interior decorator was to be Lizzie's boss in Brooklyn, where she lived engaged to a SoHo restaurant owner until she caught him cheating and fled home to Los Angeles.
Q 04Hilary Duff publicly asked for the Lizzie McGuire revival to move from Disney+ to which streaming service?
Hulu
Hulu had already taken Love, Victor and High Fidelity off Disney+, and Duff argued only a move there could portray a thirty-year-old's life honestly; the revival was declared dead in December 2020.
Q 05In The Lizzie McGuire Movie, which relative of the lead actress dubbed Isabella Parigi's singing voice?
Her sister Haylie
Her sister Haylie sang Isabella's parts while Hilary played both Lizzie and Isabella on screen; Haylie also turned up on the series as Kate's cousin Amy.
Q 06Alex Borstein, the chaperone in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, is famous as the voice of which cartoon mother?
Lois Griffin
Lois Griffin on Family Guy won Borstein a Primetime Emmy, and two more came as Susie Myerson in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; Roger Ebert called her the film's 'only really delightful element'.
Q 07Lizzie McGuire's screen dad Sam was played by the actor behind underdog Lewis Skolnick in which 1984 comedy?
Revenge of the Nerds
Revenge of the Nerds made Lewis Skolnick the role Lizzie's screen dad is best known for; he had made his film debut opposite John Wayne in The Cowboys in 1972.
Q 08Which Malcolm in the Middle star befriends Lizzie McGuire while filming nearby, a year before Agent Cody Banks?
Frankie Muniz
Frankie Muniz plays himself in 'Lizzie in the Middle', teaching Lizzie's friends about the pressures of teen stardom, while Matt appoints himself her secretary to cash in.
Q 09Which Kung Fu star, brother of Sam McGuire's actor, plays himself as Matt shoots a martial-arts film?
David Carradine
David Carradine, Kung Fu's Caine and the half-brother of Robert Carradine, is billed as Special Guest Star in 'Between a Rock and a Bra Place', where Matt enlists Gordo to direct his contest entry.
Q 10Because Disney kept the budget low, roughly how much animated-Lizzie footage does each Lizzie McGuire episode contain?
About two minutes
About two minutes of cartoon Lizzie per episode was all the budget allowed; the drawings were inked and painted digitally in Animo 3.1 software and composited into the live action at Disney's Los Angeles studio.
Q 11Which New York studio animated cartoon Lizzie McGuire, then took on the 2003 film as its first feature?
Tapehouse Toons
Tapehouse Toons had a core staff of just five and hired fifteen more people to finish the movie, a job Disney would normally have handed to its in-house animation studio.
Q 12Producer Stan Rogow said Lizzie McGuire's visual style was inspired by which German film?
Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run's kinetic look fed into the show's style, while Rogow's other big idea was turning Minsky's narrated inner thoughts into an on-screen cartoon, first imagined as a talking head in the corner of the frame.
Q 13Animator Debra Solomon based the look of cartoon Lizzie McGuire, with cropped shirts and flip-flops, on what source?
Q 21Which junior high do Lizzie McGuire, Gordo and Miranda attend, bidding it 'bye bye' in the graduation episode?
Hillridge
Hillridge Junior High is the setting, and 'Bye Bye Hillridge Junior High', the last episode produced, aired mid-season two even though it hands straight over to the events of the movie.
Q 22Lizzie McGuire's first boyfriend Ronnie, who dumps her for a girl from his own school, has what job?
Paper boy
Paper boy Ronnie leaves Lizzie 'head-over-toenails' in 'First Kiss', and Miranda and Gordo are fed up hearing about him long before he breaks her heart.
Q 23Whose music-video shoot do Lizzie McGuire, Miranda and Gordo sneak into, unaware Sam has bought them passes?
Aaron Carter
An audition tape
An audition tape of Duff gave Solomon the actress's essence rather than a caricature, so she dressed the alter ego in cropped shirts, trim pants and high flip-flops to look 'hip'.
Q 14Lizzie McGuire's sneak preview aired a week before its official debut, straight after which Disney Channel sequel?
Zenon: The Zequel
Zenon: The Zequel led into the 12 January 2001 preview; the official premiere followed on 19 January, and the show went on to draw about 2.3 million viewers an episode.
Q 15Lizzie McGuire wrapped in 2002 after how many episodes, then Disney Channel's standard ceiling for a series?
65
65 episodes was the limit Disney Channel applied to its shows at the time; Lizzie's two seasons ran 31 and 34 episodes, with the first 22 released as a DVD box set in November 2004.
Q 16The final Lizzie McGuire episode to air, 'Magic Train', was broadcast on which holiday in 2004?
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day 2004 closed the run with Kate mocking Lizzie, Miranda and Gordo for sitting in the audience of a kiddie TV show, three years after the January 2001 premiere.
Q 17Which Lizzie McGuire episode, the first one filmed, introduces the characters yet aired fourth in season one?
Pool Party
Pool Party was shot about six months before the rest of season one, which is why the series, aired by broadcast date rather than production order, carries continuity slips.
Q 18When Lizzie McGuire ended in 2003, Disney hoped to move her into a high-school series on which broadcast network?
ABC
ABC, Disney's own network, was the planned home, but contract disagreements between Duff and Disney ended the franchise's TV run; the company also mulled an all-animated Lizzie series afterwards.
Q 19Lizzie McGuire earned Primetime Emmy nominations in both 2003 and 2004 in which category?
Outstanding Children's Program
Outstanding Children's Program was the category both years; the pilot was also nominated for a Writers Guild award for Best Children's Script, and the show drew Kids' Choice Awards nods from 2002 to 2005.
Q 20In 'Picture Day', Entertainment Weekly's pick as the best Lizzie McGuire episode, what must Lizzie wear to school?
Her unicorn sweater
Her unicorn sweater, which she hates, is the parents' choice while Gordo plans a tough-guy pose and Miranda copies Kate's outfit; EW's Katie Minard called the 2001 episode relatable with an important moral.
Aaron Carter is in town filming the video in the season-one episode named for him, and the trio dodge guards to reach him while Mr. McGuire holds the passes that would have walked them straight in.
Q 24What is unusual about Lanny Onasis, the best friend who joins Matt McGuire in nearly every scheme?
He never speaks
He never speaks, yet Matt understands him perfectly; Lanny, played by Christian Copelin, helps chase a Guinness world record, form a rock band, buy a hammock and play extreme hide-and-seek across the run.
Q 25At the seventh-grade Halloween fright night, Lizzie McGuire wants to be Dungeon Mistress but is forced to dress as what?
A clown
A clown costume is Lizzie's humiliation after Kate lands the Dungeon Mistress role in 'Night of the Day of the Dead', so she, Gordo, Miranda and Matt plot to embarrass Kate in front of the whole school.
Q 26Which instrument does Miranda play, a talent that leaves Lizzie McGuire feeling she has none in 'Over the Hill'?
Violin
Violin is Miranda's skill and filmmaking is Gordo's, while Lalaine, who played her, is a bass guitarist in real life and released an album of her own in 2003.
Q 27Feeling he is maturing slower than Ethan, Gordo marks adulthood with what ceremony in a Lizzie McGuire episode?
A bar mitzvah
A bar mitzvah is Gordo's answer after trying 'manly' things fails, in the episode named for it, while Jo loses patience with Sam for not taking Matt's antics seriously.
Q 28In the graduation episode, what does Gordo do that earns a kiss from Lizzie McGuire during the class photo?
Writes in her yearbook
Gordo writes in her yearbook last of all the friends, agonising over the words before settling on something heartwarming, while Matt battles the summer heat at home.
Q 29Which outcast runs for class president against Claire Miller, prompting Lizzie McGuire to enter the race?
Larry Tudgeman
Larry Tudgeman III, the fond-of-Miranda oddball played by Kyle Downes, later gets a makeover from Lizzie in 'My Fair Larry' and even a date with her in 'Scarlett Larry'.
Q 30Miffed at her allowance, Lizzie McGuire takes her first job bussing tables at which hangout in 'Working Girl'?
The Digital Bean
The Digital Bean, the gang's regular cafe, turns out to be far harder work than Lizzie expected, while Matt takes romantic advice about Melina from Miranda.