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50 free The Princess and the Frog trivia questions with answers. The Princess and the Frog gave Disney its first African American princess and its last great burst of hand-drawn animation, and it has only grown in affection since 2009. This quiz covers the whole film: the plot from the masquerade ball to the bayou wedding, the characters (Tiana, Naveen, Charlotte, Big Daddy, Louis, Ray, Mama Odie and the Shadow Man), the voice cast, and Randy Newman's songs. It also goes behind the scenes: why the heroine's name and job were changed, which real New Orleans restaurateur inspired Tiana, why the release moved off Christmas Day, what Ed Catmull later called a 'stupid pill', and how the film became Tiana's Bayou Adventure at the Disney parks. Questions run from easy ones for kids who know every song to hard production trivia for animation fans. Every answer has been checked against the Wikipedia articles on the film, on Tiana and on the ride, and each question shows its source. Good for a family movie night, a Disney trivia round, or a bayou-themed party.
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Q 01In which US city is the film set?
New Orleans
The directors chose it as an American fairy-tale setting, for its 'magical' qualities, and because it was John Lasseter's favourite city; they spent ten days in Louisiana before writing.
Q 02What is Tiana's job at the start of the film?
Waitress
The heroine was originally a chambermaid named Maddy; both the name and the job were changed in 2007 after criticism from African American media outlets.
Q 03Which two directors, who also made The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, directed the film?
Ron Clements and John Musker
They had left Disney in 2005; John Lasseter brought them back and let them choose between hand-drawn and CGI.
Q 04The film was Disney's first traditionally animated feature since which 2004 film?
Home on the Range
Disney had declared that film its last hand-drawn feature; after the Pixar acquisition, Ed Catmull and John Lasseter reversed the decision.
Q 05Who composed the film's songs and score?
Randy Newman
Menken was first reported for the job but was busy with Enchanted; Newman, a jazz composer who grew up in New Orleans, was hired instead and cameos as Ray's 'Cousin Randy'.
Q 06Which 2002 novel by E. D. Baker partly inspired the film?
The Frog Princess
In Baker's book Princess Emma kisses the frog Prince Eadric and turns into a frog herself; the film even used The Frog Princess as its working title.
Q 07Which actress voices Tiana?
Anika Noni Rose
All four were reported as contenders; Beyoncé was asked to audition but declined because she expected an offer.
Q 08Which media mogul voices Tiana's mother, Eudora?
Oprah Winfrey
She was hired first as a technical consultant on the film, which led to the voice role.
Q 09Prince Naveen is the prince of which fictional country?
Maldonia
He is a 20-year-old playboy cut off from the family fortune, which is why he plans to marry the wealthy Charlotte La Bouff.
Q 10What is Dr. Facilier's nickname?
The Shadow Man
Keith David voices him; his supervising animator jokingly called him the 'lovechild' of Cruella de Vil and Captain Hook.
Q 11What instrument does Louis the alligator play?
Trumpet
His name honours Louis Armstrong, and the actual playing was recorded by trumpeter Terence Blanchard.
Q 12Ray the Cajun firefly is in love with 'Evangeline'. What is Evangeline really?
The evening star
The name nods to Longfellow's 19th-century poem; Ray is named after pianist Ray Charles and voiced by Jim Cummings.
Q 13How old is Mama Odie, the blind voodoo priestess who acts as the film's fairy godmother?
197
She was supervised by veteran animator Andreas Deja, who also animated her pet snake, Juju.
Q 21Which song is Dr. Facilier's villain solo?
Friends on the Other Side
Christianity Today's review objected to the horror elements of the sequence, part of a wider controversy over the film's use of Louisiana Voodoo.
Q 22How many Academy Award nominations did the film receive?
Three
Best Animated Feature went to Up, and both song nominations lost to Crazy Heart's 'The Weary Kind'.
Q 23Roughly how much did the film gross worldwide, a figure Disney considered an underachievement?
$271 million
Disney considered it an underachievement, and it led the studio to rename Rapunzel as Tangled to avoid the word 'princess'.
Q 14What is the name of Charlotte's wealthy father, voiced by John Goodman?
Big Daddy
Eli 'Big Daddy' La Bouff owns a sugar mill and is crowned king of Mardi Gras, which briefly makes Charlotte a princess.
Q 15Who is Lawrence, whom Facilier transforms into a double of the prince?
Naveen's valet
His design drew on Jasper and Horace Badun and Mr. Smee; the transformation is powered by a talisman filled with Naveen's blood.
Q 16What is the name of Tiana's father, voiced by Terrence Howard?
James
He instilled her work ethic and her dream of the restaurant, and his philosophy that food brings people together drives the story.
Q 17Which real Louisiana restaurateur partly inspired the character of Tiana?
Leah Chase
Clements and Musker met the former waitress turned restaurant owner on their research trip; celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse voices an alligator in the film.
Q 18Who wrote and performed the end-title song 'Never Knew I Needed'?
Ne-Yo
It was the soundtrack's commercial single, released to radio with a video by Melina.
Q 19Which song is Tiana's solo about her dream of the restaurant?
Almost There
Its dream sequence used an Art Deco style based on Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas and was animated on paper without the clean-up department.
Q 20Which Louisiana singer performed The Princess and the Frog's opening number at Disney's 2007 shareholder meeting?
Dr. John
Randy Newman and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band backed him while pre-production art played on screen.
Q 24The 11 December 2009 wide release came one week before which blockbuster, blamed for overshadowing it?
Avatar
The original Christmas Day date was abandoned to dodge the Chipmunks sequel, only to land in the path of James Cameron.
Q 25Which record did the film's first wide weekend take, previously held by Beavis and Butt-Head Do America?
Biggest December opening for animation
It opened at number one across 3,434 theatres after a two-cinema limited run in New York and Los Angeles.
Q 26In what year does the film's story take place?
1926
The casting call described an American fairy-tale musical set in the 1926 Jazz Age.
Q 27What does Charlotte pay Tiana to make for the masquerade ball, funding her sugar-mill bid?
Beignets
Tiana is later outbid for the mill by a buyer paying cash, which sets up her desperate kiss with the frog prince.
Q 28Why is Charlotte briefly a princess, making her kiss able to break the spell before midnight?
Her father is crowned Mardi Gras king
Tiana realises it just in time; the group hitches a ride back to the city on a steamboat.
Q 29What finally turns Tiana and Naveen human again?
Kissing after their bayou wedding
Because Tiana is now married to a prince she is truly a princess, so the kiss works and they open Tiana's Palace.
Q 30What is the name of the restaurant the newlyweds open at the end of the film?
Tiana's Palace
Disneyland converted its French Market Restaurant in New Orleans Square into a real Tiana's Palace, which opened in September 2023.