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This Snow White trivia quiz has 48 free questions with answers and covers the whole story of the fairest of them all: the Brothers Grimm tale of 1812 (with its poisoned comb and red-hot iron shoes), Walt Disney's 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the two rival 2012 films Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman, and Disney's 2025 live-action remake with Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot. There are plenty of easy questions for families and movie nights (which dwarf never speaks, what colour is her skirt, who plays the Queen), then it gets steadily harder: the film's budget, the theatre where it premiered, the voice actress paid $970 for the whole job, the dwarf names Disney rejected, and the folklore index number scholars use for the tale. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and primary references, and each question shows its source, so you can settle any argument at the table.
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Q 01In Disney's 1937 film, which of the seven dwarfs never speaks, using only sounds and mime?
Dopey
Dopey never speaks, communicating only in sounds and mime; he is also the only dwarf without a beard, which makes him easy to spot in a crowd of seven.
Q 02In the 1937 film, what does the disguised Queen give Snow White that sends her into the 'Sleeping Death'?
An apple
It is a poisoned apple, which the Queen brews herself after finding the Huntsman had tricked her with a pig's heart; the Sleeping Death it causes can be broken only by love's first kiss.
Q 03Which dwarf wears glasses and keeps mixing up his words?
Doc
Doc is the leader, though his tongue-tied spoonerisms undercut his authority constantly.
Q 04Who provided the singing and speaking voice of Snow White in the 1937 film?
Adriana Caselotti
Adriana Caselotti, 18 when she auditioned in September 1934, sang and spoke Snow White; Walt Disney later refused to let her voice be used elsewhere so as not to spoil the illusion.
Q 05Which song do the dwarfs sing as they march to and from their mine?
Heigh-Ho
Heigh-Ho is the dwarfs' marching song to and from the mine, sung in single file across the log bridge; on the way home the lyric switches to 'it's home from work we go'.
Q 06Which dwarf's hay fever is a running gag in Disney's 1937 film?
Sneezy
Sneezy's hay fever sets off blasts strong enough to blow the other dwarfs across the room; he was voiced by comedian Billy Gilbert, whose sneezing routine was already a vaudeville specialty.
Q 07In Disney's 1937 film, how does the Queen begin her question to the mirror?
Magic mirror on the wall
Disney's Queen says 'Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?'; the 'Mirror, mirror' wording comes from English translations of the original fairy tale and is a famous misquotation of the film.
Q 08Who plays Snow White in Disney's 2025 live-action remake?
Rachel Zegler
Rachel Zegler plays Snow White in the 2025 remake, singing the new 'I Want' number 'Waiting on a Wish'; she had earlier played María in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story.
Q 09Which actress plays the Evil Queen in the 2025 remake?
Gal Gadot
Gal Gadot got 'All Is Fair' written specially for the remake, a villain song that did not exist in the 1937 original.
Q 10Which actress played Snow White in the 2012 film Snow White and the Huntsman?
Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart played Snow White opposite Charlize Theron's Queen Ravenna in the 2012 film; she did not return for the 2016 follow-up, The Huntsman: Winter's War, appearing only in archive footage.
Q 11Which star played the vain Queen Clementianna in the 2012 comedy Mirror Mirror?
Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts played Queen Clementianna in Mirror Mirror, which opened on March 30, 2012, two months before its darker rival Snow White and the Huntsman.
Q 12What do the seven dwarfs dig for in their mine?
Diamonds and rubies
The dwarfs mine diamonds and rubies, so plentiful that Doc casually inspects them with a jeweller's loupe and tosses the rejects aside; the song calls it a mine 'where a million diamonds shine'.
Q 13What colour is the skirt of Snow White's famous dress in the Disney film?
Yellow
Q 21What is the modern German title of the Grimm tale?
Schneewittchen
Schneewittchen is the modern German title; the Grimms' first edition spelled it 'Sneewittchen', using Low German 'wit' for white. Aschenputtel, Dornröschen and Rotkäppchen are Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.
Q 22How does the Queen meet her end in Disney's 1937 film?
Lightning sends her off a cliff
She had been trying to roll a boulder onto the dwarfs when the bolt struck the ledge beneath her.
Q 23In the Grimms' original 1812 edition, who is the villain trying to kill Snow White?
Her own mother
The blue bodice and puffy red-and-blue sleeves make it one of the most recognisable outfits in animation.
Q 14Unwilling to bury her, what do the dwarfs place Snow White in after she falls into her enchanted sleep?
A glass coffin
The dwarfs lay her in a glass coffin so they can keep looking at her; in the original fairy tale they inscribe her name on it in golden letters and keep watch in turns.
Q 15In the Disney film, what finally breaks the spell over Snow White?
A kiss from the Prince
In Disney's version love's first kiss from the Prince wakes her; the original fairy tale had a far less romantic solution, where servants carrying the coffin stumble and jolt the apple out of her throat.
Q 16Which authors published the fairy tale 'Snow White' in 1812?
The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, included Snow White as tale 53 in the first volume of their Kinder- und Hausmärchen, published in 1812.
Q 17What derisive nickname did Hollywood insiders give the film while it was in production?
Disney's Folly
Hollywood called it 'Disney's Folly', certain a feature-length cartoon would flop; the doubters were silenced when it earned more than $8 million on its initial release, a fortune in 1938.
Q 18Roughly how much did Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs cost to make?
$1.5 million
The final bill came to $1,488,422.74, and Walt Disney mortgaged his house to help cover it.
Q 19Where in Los Angeles did the film hold its premiere on December 21, 1937?
Carthay Circle Theatre
The Carthay Circle Theatre hosted the premiere; it was demolished in 1969, and a replica of its tower was built on Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure in 2012.
Q 20Which child star presented Walt Disney with his honorary Oscar, one full-size statuette plus seven miniatures?
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple, then 10, handed Walt Disney the honorary award in February 1939, one full-size Oscar and seven miniatures; the film was also nominated for Best Musical Score.
In the 1812 first edition the villain is Snow White's own mother; the Grimms changed her to a stepmother in the 1819 edition, reportedly to make the tale gentler for children.
Q 24In the Grimms' Snow White, what proof of death does the queen demand from the huntsman she sends to kill the girl?
Her lungs and liver
Her lungs and liver are demanded, then cooked and eaten by the queen, who believes they are Snow White's; the huntsman had swapped in a boar's.
Q 25How much in total was the voice actress of Snow White paid for her work on the 1937 film?
$970
Adriana Caselotti was paid $970 in total, at $20 a day, for recording sessions spread over about two years on a film that went on to earn hundreds of millions.
Q 26In which 1939 film did Snow White's voice actress speak the uncredited line 'Wherefore art thou, Romeo?'
The Wizard of Oz
The line comes during the Tin Man's 'If I Only Had a Heart'; Walt Disney otherwise refused to let her voice be used anywhere else.
Q 27Which young dancer served as the live-action reference model for Snow White's movements?
Marge Champion
Marge Champion, then the teenage Marjorie Belcher, was filmed as the live-action reference for Snow White's movements; she later modelled for the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio and Hyacinth Hippo in Fantasia.
Q 28In which year was the film chosen among the inaugural 25 titles for the US National Film Registry?
1989
Snow White was in the first class of 25 films the Library of Congress added to the National Film Registry in 1989, deemed 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'.
Q 29Miles Davis named a 1961 album after which song from the film?
Someday My Prince Will Come
Miles Davis's 1961 album Someday My Prince Will Come takes its title from the film's ballad, which the American Film Institute ranked No. 19 among the 100 greatest movie songs.
Q 30Which songwriting pair wrote the film's songs, including 'Heigh-Ho' and 'Whistle While You Work'?
Frank Churchill and Larry Morey
Frank Churchill (music) and Larry Morey (lyrics) wrote the songs; Paul J. Smith and Leigh Harline handled the incidental score, and the composers shared the film's Oscar nomination for Best Musical Score.