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40 free Luca trivia questions with answers. Luca (2021) is Pixar's sunny sea-monster story of one summer on the Italian Riviera, and it became the most-streamed film of its year. This Luca trivia quiz covers the film from the goatfish farm to the train to Genova: the characters and their surnames, the Portorosso Cup triathlon, Ercole and his cronies, Uncle Ugo, the Vespa the boys dream about and how it all ends. It also digs into how the film was made: Enrico Casarosa's childhood in Genoa and the real best friend Alberto is based on, the research trip to the Cinque Terre, the Miyazaki and Fellini influences, the giant kraken John Lasseter wanted, the pandemic production, the Disney+ release and the short film Ciao Alberto. A few questions cover the voice cast and the real Vespa. It suits a family movie night, a Pixar-themed party or kids who have watched it a dozen times. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia and cited on the question, so you can see where each fact comes from.
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Q 01In which decade is Luca set?
The 1950s
The 1950s, along with the 60s, were what director Enrico Casarosa called 'a golden age that feels timeless'.
Q 02What is the name of the Italian Riviera town Luca and Alberto explore in Pixar's Luca?
Portorosso
Portorosso is a fictional town; director Enrico Casarosa modelled it on the Cinque Terre villages such as Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare, near his native Genoa.
Q 03What does Luca herd underwater at the start of the film?
Goatfish
In the post-credits scene Uncle Ugo talks to a stray goatfish about life in the deep.
Q 04In Pixar's Luca, under what condition do the sea monsters take human form?
When they are dry
When they are dry they look human, which is why rain during the bike race is what finally exposes Alberto in front of the town.
Q 05What does Alberto tell Luca the stars in the night sky really are?
Anchovies
Anchovies: Alberto, bluffing about surface life, tells Luca the stars are anchovies; Luca later learns the truth from Giulia's telescope and astronomy book.
Q 06What vehicle do Luca and Alberto dream of owning?
A Vespa
A Vespa: the boys dream of riding a Vespa scooter around the world and build a makeshift one from scrap on Alberto's island. Vespa is Italian for 'wasp'.
Q 07Luca's parents threaten to send him to live in the deep with which relative?
Uncle Ugo
Ugo, an anglerfish-like sea monster with a see-through torso, is voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen.
Q 08In Pixar's Luca, the Portorosso Cup is a triathlon of swimming, biking and what?
Pasta-eating
Pasta-eating joins swimming and biking; Luca does the swim in a diving suit so nobody sees him transform.
Q 09How many times has Ercole Visconti won the town's Cup before the film begins?
Five
Five: Ercole Visconti is introduced as the five-time Portorosso Cup champion, the reign Giulia and the boys set out to end.
Q 10What is Giulia's surname?
Marcovaldo
Marcovaldo: Giulia Marcovaldo spends summers in Portorosso with her father Massimo Marcovaldo, who takes Luca and Alberto into his home.
Q 11What is the job of Giulia's father?
Fisherman
Fisherman: Massimo Marcovaldo is Portorosso's fisherman; Luca and Alberto earn their Portorosso Cup entry fee by working on his boat and hauling in his catch.
Q 12Why does Alberto deliberately reveal his sea monster form to Giulia?
To stop Luca wanting to go to school
To stop Luca wanting to go to school: Alberto reveals his true form to prove humans will reject them, and is crushed when Luca pretends to be shocked and shouts 'sea monster'.
Q 13What does Alberto bring Luca during the rainy bike race?
An umbrella
Q 21Who voices Luca's grandmother in Pixar's Luca?
Sandy Martin
Sandy Martin: the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia actress voices Grandma Paguro, who quietly backs Luca's curiosity about the surface.
Q 22Which comedian voices Luca's father Lorenzo, who is passionate about his prize-winning crabs, in Pixar's Luca?
Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan said he based the performance on his own parenting.
Q 23Who voices Luca's overprotective mother Daniela?
Maya Rudolph
Maya Rudolph: the Saturday Night Live alum voices Daniela Paguro, Luca's fiercely protective mother, opposite Jim Gaffigan as Lorenzo.
An umbrella: Alberto rides in holding an umbrella over Luca to keep him dry; Ercole knocks it away and the rain reveals Alberto's true form to the whole town.
Q 14How does Giulia stop Ercole from harpooning the boys during the race?
She crashes her bike into his
She crashes her bike into his: Giulia rams Ercole's bike to stop him harpooning Luca and Alberto, and the boys turn back to help her as the crowd closes in.
Q 15Massimo, Giulia's imposing father, was born with what?
Only one arm
Only one arm: Massimo was born with one arm, which the boys stare at when they first meet him; it never stops him hauling nets or wielding a harpoon.
Q 16What does Alberto do with the Vespa the boys buy with their winnings?
Sells it for Luca's train ticket
Sells it for Luca's train ticket: Alberto secretly sells the Vespa to buy Luca's ticket to Genova, where Luca will attend school with Giulia, and stays behind in Portorosso with Massimo.
Q 17What does Luca's surname, Paguro, mean in Italian?
Hermit crab
Hermit crab: 'paguro' is the Italian word for hermit crab, a fitting surname for a boy who hides in his shell until Alberto coaxes him out.
Q 18What does Alberto's surname, Scorfano, mean?
Scorpionfish
Scorpionfish: 'scorfano' is the Italian word for the spiny scorpionfish that fishermen land all along Italy's rocky coasts.
Q 19Who voices Luca?
Jacob Tremblay
Jacob Tremblay: the Canadian actor, known for Room (2015) and Wonder (2017), voices Luca Paguro.
Q 20Jack Dylan Grazer, the voice of Alberto, played which character in the It films?
Eddie Kaspbrak
Eddie Kaspbrak: Jack Dylan Grazer played the hypochondriac Losers' Club member Eddie Kaspbrak in It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), and Freddy Freeman in Shazam!
Q 24Which Italian comedian voices Ercole, in both the English and Italian versions?
Saverio Raimondo
Saverio Raimondo: the Roman stand-up comedian voices the preening bully Ercole Visconti in both the English and Italian versions of the film.
Q 25Which Pixar director voices Ciccio, one of Ercole's cronies?
Peter Sohn
Peter Sohn: the director of The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Elemental (2023) voices Ciccio, one of the two put-upon sidekicks Ercole bosses around.
Q 26Enrico Casarosa based Luca on himself and Alberto on his real childhood best friend from which city?
Genoa
Genoa: Casarosa grew up in Genoa and based Luca on his shy younger self and Alberto on his bolder childhood best friend, who pulled him out of his shell.
Q 27Before Luca, director Enrico Casarosa made which Oscar-nominated Pixar short, which played in cinemas before Brave?
La Luna
La Luna, loosely based on an Italo Calvino story, earned Casarosa a 2011 Academy Award nomination.
Q 28Which Japanese animator's style did Casarosa cite as an influence, alongside Federico Fellini?
Hayao Miyazaki
The animators studied Miyazaki's early series Future Boy Conan for its 'multi-limb' running gags.
Q 29Which novelist co-wrote Luca's screenplay with Pixar's Mike Jones?
Jesse Andrews
Jesse Andrews: the author of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl shares Luca's screenplay credit with Mike Jones; Andrews also adapted his own novel for the 2015 film.
Q 30Casarosa said the sea monsters are a metaphor for what?
Feeling different
Feeling different: Casarosa said the sea monsters stand for feeling different or like an outsider as a child, the secret self you hide while trying to fit in.