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50 free Mrs. Doubtfire trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
43 free Mrs. Doubtfire trivia questions with answers. Mrs. Doubtfire made $441 million in 1993 on the strength of one man in a latex mask, and the stories behind it are as good as the film: Robin Williams walking San Francisco in full costume unrecognised, a director who ran out of film because the improvising would not stop, and British censors fighting Fox over three lines. This quiz runs 50 questions on the plot (the cayenne pepper, the surname from a headline, Euphegenia's House), the casting stories (Tim Allen, Warren Beatty, a young Blake Lively), the San Francisco locations, the Oscar and Golden Globes, Anne Fine's original novel and the Broadway musical. It starts with the basics and works up to questions for people who own the deleted scenes. Every answer has been checked against reference sources, shown under each question once you answer, so it works for a family movie night, a 90s film quiz or a Robin Williams tribute round.
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Q 01Who plays Daniel Hillard, the divorced dad who becomes Mrs. Doubtfire?
Robin Williams
Robin Williams plays Daniel and also produced the film through Blue Wolf, the company he ran with his then wife Marsha Garces Williams.
Q 02Who directed Mrs. Doubtfire?
Chris Columbus
Chris Columbus directed it in 1993 and went on to direct the first two Harry Potter films, Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets.
Q 03Mrs. Doubtfire is based on a 1987 novel by which English author?
Anne Fine
Anne Fine wrote Madame Doubtfire, published in 1987 and retitled Alias Madame Doubtfire in the United States; Fine later served as the UK Children's Laureate from 2001 to 2003.
Q 04What is Daniel Hillard's job at the start of the film?
Voice actor
Voice actor: in the opening scene Daniel is dubbing a cartoon bird, quits when the script has it smoke, and later uses his voices to sabotage Miranda's nanny applicants over the phone.
Q 05What are the names of the three Hillard children?
Lydia, Chris and Natalie
Lydia, Chris and Natalie are 14, 12 and 5, played by Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence and Mara Wilson.
Q 06What is Mrs. Doubtfire's first name?
Euphegenia
In Anne Fine's novel she is Iphigenia and Scottish; the film's version is English and takes her surname from a newspaper headline.
Q 07Where does Daniel get the surname 'Doubtfire'?
A newspaper headline
A newspaper headline reading 'Police doubt fire was accidental' catches his eye while he is inventing the character on the phone to Miranda.
Q 08Who plays Miranda Hillard?
Sally Field
Sally Field plays Miranda; she had already won two Best Actress Oscars, for Norma Rae in 1980 and Places in the Heart in 1985.
Q 09Who plays Stu Dunmeyer, Miranda's handsome new boyfriend?
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan plays Stu, the rich new man in Miranda's life, two years before he debuted as James Bond in GoldenEye.
Q 10Who transforms Daniel into an old woman with makeup and prosthetics?
His brother Frank and Frank's partner Jack
His brother Frank and Frank's partner Jack, played by Harvey Fierstein and Scott Capurro, run the makeup studio where Daniel tries several looks before settling on the nanny.
Q 11How long did the Mrs. Doubtfire makeup take to apply each day?
Four hours
Four hours a day went into the latex face, wig and body suit designed by Greg Cannom's team; Williams sometimes wandered off set in character without being recognised.
Q 12How do Lydia and Chris discover that Mrs. Doubtfire is their father?
They catch him standing up to urinate
They catch him standing up to urinate in the bathroom; once he explains, they agree to keep his secret so they can keep seeing him, and Natalie is left out.
Q 13At the restaurant, what does Daniel secretly put on Stu's jambalaya, knowing his allergy?
Cayenne pepper
Q 21Which Golden Globes did Mrs. Doubtfire win?
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Best Actor for Williams
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Best Actor for Williams, both at the 51st Golden Globes in January 1994; critics were lukewarm, with Roger Ebert wondering how the family could fail to recognise him.
Q 22Which film beat Mrs. Doubtfire to become the highest-grossing film of 1993 worldwide?
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg's dinosaur blockbuster, topped 1993 with more than $900 million worldwide, roughly double what Mrs. Doubtfire earned in second place.
Q 23What was Mrs. Doubtfire's approximate production budget?
Cayenne pepper, which Stu is allergic to; when he chokes, a guilty Daniel performs the Heimlich and his mask slips off, exposing him to Miranda.
Q 14Why is Daniel at the same restaurant as Miranda's birthday party that night?
He is meeting a TV executive about a show
He is meeting a TV executive about a show: station boss Jonathan Lundy wants to discuss a new children's programme, so Daniel keeps switching between his suit and the costume.
Q 15What is the name of the children's TV show Daniel ends up hosting as Mrs. Doubtfire?
Euphegenia's House
Euphegenia's House is the show Lundy gives him; Miranda watches an episode at the end and decides that the children were happier with 'her' around.
Q 16In which city is Mrs. Doubtfire set and filmed?
San Francisco
San Francisco: the Hillard house is a real Victorian in Pacific Heights, and the film's station, school and restaurant scenes were all shot around the Bay Area.
Q 17What is the address of the Hillard family house, which became a fan memorial in 2014?
2640 Steiner Street
2640 Steiner Street, at the corner of Broadway in Pacific Heights; fans left flowers and tributes on its steps after Williams's death in August 2014.
Q 18Which legendary animator directed the 'Pudgy and Grunge' cartoon Daniel is voicing in the opening scene?
Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones, the Looney Tunes director behind Bugs Bunny and Road Runner classics, animated the opening cartoon; Daniel quits when the script has the bird start smoking.
Q 19Where was the famous jambalaya dinner scene filmed?
Bridges in Danville, California
Bridges in Danville, California, an East Bay restaurant, stood in for the upscale city venue where Miranda's birthday dinner goes wrong.
Q 20Which Oscar did Mrs. Doubtfire win?
Best Makeup
Best Makeup: Greg Cannom, Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng took the award at the 66th Academy Awards in March 1994, the film's only nomination.
$25 million
$25 million was the budget; against that it grossed $441 million worldwide, including $219 million in North America, making it the year's second-biggest film.
Q 24How did the director capture the cast's reactions to the star's improvising?
Multiple cameras at once, documentary-style
Multiple cameras at once, documentary-style, so the actors' genuine reactions to Williams's riffs were caught in the same take; the director said they shot so much improvisation they ran out of film.
Q 25What did the director say about the NC-17 cut that online articles claimed existed in 2021?
Enough outtakes for an R cut, but NC-17 is absurd
Enough outtakes for an R cut, but NC-17 is absurd was the gist of the director's reply; Williams improvised so much that the outtakes filled hundreds of boxes, and Mara Wilson also debunked the rumour.
Q 26What does Daniel, as Mrs. Doubtfire, throw at Stu's head by the pool?
A lime
A lime: at the club pool Daniel lobs one at the back of Stu's head, then deadpans that it was 'a run-by fruiting'.
Q 27Who is the court liaison whose surprise visits to Daniel's flat force quick costume changes?
Mrs. Sellner
Mrs. Sellner, played by Anne Haney, is the court liaison assigned to Daniel's case; her visit catches him half-dressed as the nanny, so he keeps changing between rooms.
Q 28Which Aerosmith song plays while Mrs. Doubtfire dances with the vacuum cleaner?
Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
Dude (Looks Like a Lady), Aerosmith's 1987 hit, plays while Mrs. Doubtfire vacuums the living room and dances with the hose.
Q 29Which actress plays Daniel's nosy neighbour Gloria Chaney in a subplot cut from the final film?
Polly Holliday
Polly Holliday, best known as Flo on the sitcom Alice, played the neighbour; her subplot was cut, as were a spelling-bee argument between the parents and a confrontation after the restaurant.
Q 30Which TV station's studios in Oakland were used for the station scenes?
KTVU
KTVU, the Fox affiliate at Jack London Square in Oakland, lent its studios; Daniel works in the shipping department there until station boss Lundy spots him playing with props.