Megamind Trivia
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This Megamind trivia quiz has 58 free questions with answers about the 2010 DreamWorks film that flopped its way into cult status and eventually earned a sequel. The easy questions cover what any fan remembers: who voices the blue supervillain, his goldfish best friend and his reporter love interest, what happens to Metro Man in the observatory, and how a hapless cameraman ends up calling himself Tighten. The middle of the quiz digs into how the film was made and what it is parodying: the working titles it went through, the two actors who nearly voiced the lead, the metal that supposedly weakens Metro Man, the Superman references baked into the character designs, the rock star whose showmanship Megamind's costume evokes, and the filmmaker who suggested the opening scene and talked the studio into cutting seven minutes. There are questions on the box office, the tie-in games and the Button of Doom short too. The last stretch covers the 2024 revival on Peacock: Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate and the series Megamind Rules!, with their new voice cast, the villains Lady Doppler, Pierre Pressure, Behemoth and Lord Nighty-Knight, and the reason Minion had to change his name. Every answer was checked against the films' Wikipedia articles, and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01Who voices Megamind in the 2010 film?
Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell surprised the crowd at the film's 2010 Comic-Con panel by walking on stage painted blue, in a full Megamind costume.
Q 02Which comedian voices reporter Roxanne Ritchi?
Tina Fey
Tina Fey kept offering alternative takes, the director recalled, and Roxanne's weary put-down of the bickering rivals, 'Girls, girls, you're both pretty', was her own ad-lib.
Q 03Which A-list actor voices Megamind's nemesis Metro Man?
Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt missed the film's 2010 Comic-Con panel, so the cast announced him anyway and brought out a life-size cardboard cut-out to take the audience's questions.
Q 04Who voices Hal Stewart, the nobody Megamind accidentally turns into a superpowered menace?
Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill's Hal is handed a hero's powers by accident and trained to save the city, but decides stealing is easier and suggests that he and Megamind team up as villains.
Q 05Who voices Minion, the talking fish who has been Megamind's sidekick since childhood?
David Cross
David Cross's Minion wears Megamind's face in the climax, flying in as a decoy to rescue Roxanne while the real Megamind arrives disguised as the fallen hero.
Q 06Which actor, first suggested for Megamind's title role, ended up voicing only a minor character instead?
Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller stayed on as an executive producer, and it was he and the studio's boss who pitched the story to its eventual director during a press junket for another film.
Q 07Which star was attached to voice Megamind before dropping out over scheduling conflicts?
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. was booked up with Iron Man 2 and Sherlock Holmes, the director later explained, so the supervillain's voice was recast in August 2009.
Q 08Who voices the Warden in Megamind?
J. K. Simmons
J. K. Simmons's Warden seems to refuse Megamind's plea to be let out for the final battle, until the stern figure accepting his apology turns out to be Minion in disguise.
Q 09Megamind's director Tom McGrath voices which Madagascar character?
Skipper
Skipper the penguin is McGrath's own voice across the Madagascar films; he says what sold him on directing Megamind was the chance to tell a superhero story from the villain's side.
Q 10What does Megamind call his hovering, dog-like robot helpers?
Brainbots
Brainbots are loyal but not always obedient: in the opening kidnap scene, one bites its own maker's hand in the middle of his villainous rant.
Q 11Megamind and Metro Man were sent to Earth as infants when what destroyed their home planets?
A black hole
A black hole destroyed both worlds, and the rivalry starts in flight: the two escape pods bounce off each other, knocking baby Megamind's off its intended course.
Q 12Where was baby Megamind raised after his pod landed on Earth?
A prison
A prison yard is where the pod came down, so the inmates raised him and gave him his first lessons in villainy.
Q 13Metro Man claims his powers are weakened by which metal lining the observatory roof?
Copper
The hero claims copper lines the observatory dome and saps his powers; he later admits he invented the weakness because he was tired of being a hero.
Q 21Metro Man's costume and showmanship were designed to evoke which performer?
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley was the pitch the director gave the actor, who ran with it and asked for a microphone so the hero could parade about working the crowd.
Q 22Megamind's character is a parody of which pair of Superman villains?
Lex Luthor and Brainiac
Lex Luthor and Brainiac always lose to Superman in the end; the director said the film's hook was asking what such a villain would do with himself if he actually won.
Q 23Megamind's Hal Stewart shares his names with Hal Jordan and John Stewart, heroes of which comic-book franchise?
Green Lantern
Q 14Megamind apparently kills Metro Man with a death ray powered by what?
The sun
The sun powers the orbiting ray, which spoils the big moment: Megamind shouts 'Fire!' and nothing happens, because the weapon is still warming up.
Q 15After faking his death, Metro Man reinvents himself under what name?
Music Man
The retired hero becomes Music Man, a guitar-strumming songwriter hiding in the old schoolhouse; he refuses to return even when the city is under threat.
Q 16What does Megamind's dehydration gun turn a person into?
A small cube
A small cube is all that is left of anyone the gun hits, until water restores them; Megamind later fires it at himself in mid-fall and lands safely in a fountain.
Q 17Under what name does the superpowered Hal Stewart terrorise Metro City?
Tighten
Tighten sounds like Titan, and when Hal asks what the name is supposed to mean, Megamind says it was the only one he could trademark.
Q 18Megamind trains Hal while disguised by hologram as which persona?
Space Dad
Space Dad spoofs Marlon Brando's Jor-El from Superman, mumbling voice included, and Minion joins the act in an apron and blonde wig as Hal's 'Space Stepmom'.
Q 19How does Megamind, disguised as the supposedly dead hero, give himself away to Hal?
His speech patterns
His speech patterns betray him: his habitual 'Metrocity' for Metro City tips Hal off, and the unmasked villain is hurled into the sky.
Q 20Megamind's leather-and-spikes costume and stage presence were modelled on which rock star?
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper was the director's model: he reasoned that a real supervillain would be a celebrity with a stage act, and pictured Megamind as an inventor dressed like the shock rocker.
Green Lantern has had both a Hal Jordan and a John Stewart behind the ring; Megamind's Hal is likewise handed great power, then turns villain.
Q 24Before it was Megamind, the film went through which two working titles?
Master Mind and Oobermind
Master Mind and Oobermind came first; the film was still called Oobermind when its announced star dropped out and the lead voice was recast.
Q 25Which filmmaker, brought onto Megamind late as a consultant, suggested the opening fall-to-his-death scene?
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro saw a late cut and suggested opening on the narrator plunging to his death; the director had animators on it almost that day, three weeks before the final mix.
Q 26Which Michael Jackson hit plays in Megamind, a fitting anthem for a supervillain?
Bad
Bad was so on the nose that Variety's review listed it among the film's 'obvious musical choices'; asked how the song was licensed, the director laughed that he never asks questions.
Q 27Who composed Megamind's orchestral score?
Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe
Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe shared the credit, a step into the spotlight for Balfe after years working behind the scenes on Zimmer's scores.
Q 28Which Guns N' Roses song is heard in Megamind?
Welcome to the Jungle
Welcome to the Jungle kicks in for the final battle, as Megamind returns to face the superpowered menace he created and then lost control of.
Q 29Which landmark does Megamind set out to destroy, only to see it rebuilt in his own honour?
The museum
The museum built to honour Metro Man is the one he resolves to blow up so he can forget his old rival; the film ends with it reopening as a tribute to Megamind instead.
Q 30What is Hal Stewart's job before Megamind's serum accidentally gives him superpowers?
News cameraman
News cameraman Hal films Roxanne's reports and pines for her; handed a hero's powers, he assumes they will win her over, and turns on the city when she says no.