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100 free Shrek trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
107 free Shrek trivia questions with answers. From the swamp to Far Far Away, Shrek changed animated films forever. This quiz covers all four Shrek films, both Puss in Boots movies, the voice cast, the soundtrack, Broadway, box office records, and the franchise massive cultural impact. Whether you know your onion layers from your parfaits, it is time to find out how well you really know the big green ogre.
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Q 01What color is Shrek?
Green
Shrek is green: a green-skinned ogre with trumpet-shaped ears and a bald head, a design that became one of animation's most recognisable.
Q 02Who provides the voice of Shrek in the film series?
Mike Myers
Mike Myers voices Shrek; he first recorded the ogre in his natural Canadian voice, then re-recorded every line in a new accent.
Q 03What colour is Donkey's fur in the Shrek films?
Grey
Donkey's fur is grey, set off by a darker mane and a pair of oversized ears that flap as he talks.
Q 04What does Shrek compare ogres to when explaining that they have layers?
Onions
Shrek says ogres are like onions because they have layers; Donkey objects that not everybody likes onions and proposes a sweeter alternative.
Q 05What song by Smash Mouth plays during the opening of Shrek (2001)?
All Star
Smash Mouth's "All Star", a 1999 hit from the album Astro Lounge, plays over the opening montage of Shrek's morning routine.
Q 06What does Princess Fiona transform into every night due to a curse?
An ogre
Princess Fiona was cursed as a child to transform into an ogre every night. The curse can only be broken by true love's kiss, which ultimately makes her ogre form permanent.
Q 07Which actress provides the voice of Princess Fiona?
Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz voices Princess Fiona across all four Shrek films. She brings both comedic timing and warmth to the character.
Q 08Which animation studio produced the Shrek films?
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation produced the Shrek films; the original Shrek (2001) was the studio's second computer-animated feature, after Antz (1998).
Q 09What job does Thelonius hold under Lord Farquaad?
Executioner and torturer
Thelonius is Lord Farquaad's hooded executioner and torturer, the hulking henchman who holds up the wrong number of fingers while urging Farquaad's pick at the Magic Mirror's bachelorette show.
Q 10What kind of animal does Donkey fall in love with in the first Shrek film?
A dragon
The tower's ruby-coloured guardian later becomes Donkey's mate, and the pair have six hybrid children in the sequel.
Q 11In Shrek 2, what is the name of the kingdom where Fiona's parents live?
Far Far Away
Fiona's parents rule Far Far Away, a Hollywood-styled kingdom; Shrek dreads the trip but Fiona talks him into going.
Q 12Whose name has Fiona doodled as her future husband in the childhood diary Shrek reads?
Prince Charming
Reading Fiona's childhood diary in Shrek 2, Shrek finds page after page signed 'Mrs. Fiona Charming', convincing him she once dreamed of marrying Prince Charming.
Q 13Which Shrek film features Rumpelstiltskin as the main villain?
Shrek Forever After
Rumpelstiltskin is the main antagonist in Shrek Forever After (2010), the fourth film. He tricks Shrek into signing a contract that erases the day Shrek was born.
Q 21Which celebrity appears as herself hosting the red-carpet arrivals in Shrek 2?
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers appears as herself, hosting the red-carpet arrivals for the royal ball in Shrek 2 in a spoof of her E! coverage.
Q 22Which bachelorette does the Magic Mirror call 'a mentally abused shut-in'?
Cinderella
The Mirror presents Cinderella as bachelorette number one, 'a mentally abused shut-in from a kingdom far, far away' whose hobbies include cooking and cleaning for her two evil sisters.
Q 23Who wrote the 1990 children's picture book that Shrek is based on?
William Steig
William Steig wrote and illustrated the picture book 'Shrek!' in 1990. In the book, Shrek is an ugly ogre who is told by a witch that he will marry a princess even uglier than himself.
Q 14In Shrek the Third, what recurring nightmare terrifies Shrek after Fiona says she is pregnant?
A flood of ogre babies
Shrek's nightmare in Shrek the Third is a flood of ogre babies overrunning the swamp, after Fiona tells him she is pregnant; he wakes up screaming.
Q 15Which Leonard Cohen song, sung by John Cale, scores Shrek's sad montage after the misunderstanding?
Hallelujah
John Cale's recording of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" plays as Shrek and Fiona part; Rufus Wainwright's version replaced it on the soundtrack album.
Q 16Eddie Murphy's sidekick character in the Shrek films was modelled after what real animal?
A miniature donkey named Perry
The animators gave him grey fur, brown eyes and a black mane; his personality came from Eddie Murphy's improvised sessions.
Q 17What does Lord Farquaad ask Shrek to do in exchange for clearing the swamp?
Rescue a princess
Farquaad promises to clear the swamp if Shrek rescues Princess Fiona from her dragon-guarded tower; he wants a bride but will not face the dragon himself.
Q 18What Academy Award did Shrek (2001) win?
Best Animated Feature
Shrek won Best Animated Feature at the 2002 ceremony, the category's first year, beating Monsters, Inc. and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
Q 19Who voices Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise and his spin-off films?
Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas voices Puss in Boots, introduced in Shrek 2 (2004), and reprised the swashbuckling cat in the later Shrek films and two spin-offs.
Q 20What surrounds the castle where Fiona is imprisoned in the first Shrek film?
A lake of lava
Fiona's keep stands in a boiling lake of lava, reached by a rickety rope bridge that Shrek and Donkey cross before the dragon attacks.
Q 24What Shrek character is voiced by Julie Andrews?
Queen Lillian
Julie Andrews voices Queen Lillian, Fiona's mother and queen of Far Far Away, first appearing in Shrek 2; Andrews had just played royalty in The Princess Diaries (2001).
Q 25What song does the Fairy Godmother perform at the ball in Shrek 2?
Holding Out for a Hero
The Fairy Godmother belts "Holding Out for a Hero" at the royal ball as she tries to force Fiona to kiss Charming; the 1984 song first appeared on the Footloose soundtrack.
Q 26Which bachelorette does the Magic Mirror introduce as 'a cape-wearing girl from the land of fancy'?
Snow White
The Mirror presents Snow White as bachelorette number two, 'a cape-wearing girl from the land of fancy' who 'lives with seven other men, but she's not easy'.
Q 27What are the hybrid babies Donkey fathers in the Shrek films called?
Dronkeys
Donkey and Dragon's babies are dronkeys, fire-breathing dragon-donkey hybrids who arrive at the end of Shrek 2 and get names in Shrek the Third.
Q 28Which actor voices King Harold in Shrek 2?
John Cleese
John Cleese, the Monty Python veteran, voices King Harold, Fiona's father, who bristles at accepting an ogre son-in-law in Shrek 2.
Q 29What colour is Princess Fiona's hair?
Red
Princess Fiona has red hair in both her human and ogre forms, worn in a single long braid in the first Shrek film.
Q 30In which accent, his mother's for bedtime stories, did Shrek's voice actor re-record every line?
Scottish
Myers re-recorded Shrek in a Scottish accent he had used in So I Married an Axe Murderer; Katzenberg said the change was worth redoing about $4 million of animation.