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50 free Meet the Robinsons trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Meet the Robinsons (2007) is the Disney time-travel comedy that nearly got thrown out: when John Lasseter arrived after the Pixar acquisition, he found the villain too soft, and almost 60 percent of the film was redone in ten months. The result gave us the Bowler Hat Guy, Doris the robotic hat, a singing frog band, Tiny the T-Rex and the motto "Keep Moving Forward" — borrowed from Walt Disney himself. This quiz covers the plot from the Sixth Street Orphanage to the Robinson house, the voice cast (Tom Selleck, Angela Bassett, Adam West, Laurie Metcalf, director Stephen Anderson doing five parts), the William Joyce picture book it was adapted from, and the production — SIGGRAPH 2001's Project Gemini, the Jim Carrey offer, the Danny Elfman score and Rob Thomas's "Little Wonders". Easy questions cover characters and gadgets; hard ones get into release-week shorts, box-office rivals and the cancelled sequel. Fifty questions, every answer checked.
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Q 01What is the name of the orphaned young inventor at the center of the film?
Lewis
Two actors, Daniel Hansen and Jordan Fry, voiced him after the studio needed lines changed mid-production.
Q 02How old is the young inventor?
12
Wilbur, by contrast, is 13.
Q 03What invention does he bring to the science fair?
A Memory Scanner
He built it to locate the birth mother who left him at the orphanage.
Q 04What is the name of the Bowler Hat Guy's sentient hat?
Doris
She was designed by Cornelius as a Helping Hat and went rogue.
Q 05What company does the Bowler Hat Guy try to pitch the stolen invention to?
InventCo. Labs
He fails because he does not know how it works.
Q 06What is the Robinson family motto?
Keep Moving Forward
Lewis is adopted at the end and takes the motto into his inventing career.
Q 07What do the Robinsons name the T-Rex they adopt?
Tiny
The Bowler Hat Guy brought it from the past to kidnap Lewis.
Q 08Who is the Bowler Hat Guy revealed to be?
Lewis's roommate Goob, grown up
Mike Yagoobian blamed Lewis for a lost Little League game after falling asleep in the outfield.
Q 09Who does Lewis turn out to be in the future?
Cornelius
Bud Robinson gives him the nickname after adopting him.
Q 10How does Lewis defeat Doris?
Vows never to invent her
That erases her existence and restores the future, including Wilbur.
Q 11Who voices the adult future version of Lewis?
Tom Selleck
Tom Kenny voices Mr. Willerstein, the science teacher.
Q 12Who voices the Bowler Hat Guy?
Director Stephen Anderson
Anderson also voices Bud, Fritz, Laszlo, Tallulah and Aunt Petunia.
Q 13Which actor was originally offered the Bowler Hat Guy role?
Jim Carrey
He had signed on to star in The Number 23 instead.
Q 14Who voices Mildred, head of the Sixth Street Orphanage?
Q 21What is Aunt Billie's hobby?
Trains
In the original book she owns a life-size train set.
Q 22What does the student Lizzy present at the science fair?
Fire ants
Stanley presents a Mount Vesuvius project.
Q 23What is Uncle Gaston's occupation?
Stunt performer
In the book he is a human cannonball.
Q 24Which 1990 children's book is the film based on?
Angela Bassett
Laurie Metcalf voices Dr. Lucille Krunklehorn, who adopts Lewis.
Q 15Which Batman actor voices Uncle Art, the pizza delivery superhero?
Adam West
Art is Franny and Gaston's brother.
Q 16What is the name of the Robinsons' neurotic robot?
Carl
Harland Williams voices him; Lefty is the octopus butler.
Q 17What does Franny Robinson train to sing in a band?
Frogs
Jamie Cullum provides the singing voice of the lead frog, Frankie.
Q 18What is Lefty, the family butler?
A one-eyed octopus
He is voiced by Nathan Greno, one of the film's writers.
Q 19Why does Buster the dog wear glasses?
His insurance won't cover contacts
Uncle Joe, meanwhile, rides an easy chair and only whimpers.
Q 20Where do Uncles Spike and Dimitri sit?
In potted plants by the front door
They argue over whose doorbell visitors should ring.
A Day with Wilbur Robinson
William Joyce wrote and illustrated it; Disney first optioned it as a live-action film.
Q 25In the book, what is the household searching for?
Grandfather's false teeth
Grandfather Robinson is always missing parts like his false teeth and glass eye.
Q 26Which real jazz legends inspired two of Grandfather Robinson's friends in the book?
Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
They appear as Mr. Ellington and Mr. Armstrong.
Q 27Who directed Meet the Robinsons?
Stephen Anderson
He connected with Lewis because he, too, grew up adopted.
Q 28In which Louisiana city did producer Bill Borden meet William Joyce in 1990?
Shreveport
Borden was shooting The Man in the Moon there and saw proofs of the book.
Q 29A character resembling Lewis appeared in which 2001 tech demo?
Project Gemini
It was shown at SIGGRAPH 2001.
Q 30Why was William Joyce's visual style reworked for the film?
His involvement in Blue Sky's Robots
The crew also drew on Technicolor films, 1940s architecture and Apple.