The Secret Life of Pets Trivia
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50 free The Secret Life of Pets trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This The Secret Life of Pets trivia quiz covers Illumination's 2016 animated hit and its 2019 sequel. The plot questions follow Max the Jack Russell from the moment Katie brings home Duke, through the sewers of the Flushed Pets, the ferry to Brooklyn and the crash on the Brooklyn Bridge, and then on to the farm, the circus and the runaway train of the second film. There are questions on the voice cast (Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Eric Stonestreet, Harrison Ford's first animated role, and the recasting of Max), on the breeds of every main character, and on how the films were made: the French studio that animated them, the composer, the Minions short attached to the release, and the record-breaking opening that made the first film the most profitable release of 2016. Easier questions are fine for kids who know the films well; the harder ones are for parents who have watched them a dozen times. Every answer was checked against the films' Wikipedia articles and their cited sources before publishing.
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Q 01What breed of dog is Max?
Jack Russell Terrier
Max is a Jack Russell Terrier whose cosy routine ends the night his owner brings home a second, far bigger dog.
Q 02What is the name of Max's owner?
Katie
Katie, voiced by Ellie Kemper, is Max's owner; in the 2019 sequel she has married Chuck and has a toddler son, Liam.
Q 03In The Secret Life of Pets, what do the starving Max and Duke gorge on when they break into a factory?
Sausages
Sausages fill the factory the two dogs sniff out; the shared feast, complete with a dream of dancing links, is the first time the rivals enjoy each other's company.
Q 04Who voices Duke in The Secret Life of Pets?
Eric Stonestreet
Eric Stonestreet, Cameron in Modern Family, voices Duke, who tries to dump Max in an alley and ends up lost in the city alongside him.
Q 05Which comedian voices Snowball, the white rabbit in The Secret Life of Pets?
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart voices Snowball, the manic white bunny; he reprised the role in the 2019 sequel, where Snowball fancies himself a caped superhero.
Q 06What is the name of the gang of abandoned animals that Snowball leads?
The Flushed Pets
The Flushed Pets live in the sewers; abandoned by their owners, they hate humans, and the filmmakers used them to hint at the darker side of pet ownership.
Q 07What kind of animal does Snowball's gang want Max and Duke to be bitten by to prove their loyalty?
A viper
The gang's initiation is a bite from its one-fanged viper; Max and Duke accidentally kill the snake while escaping, which makes Snowball their sworn enemy.
Q 08Which cat, a Sphynx, leads the alley cats that steal Max and Duke's collars?
Ozone
Ozone, voiced by Steve Coogan with a Cockney accent, gets his comeuppance when Gidget slaps the dogs' whereabouts out of him on the rooftop.
Q 09What breed of dog is Gidget, who is in love with Max?
Pomeranian
Gidget is a white Pomeranian, a powder puff who turns out to be the fiercest fighter in the film: she flattens Snowball's gang single-handed.
Q 10Who voices Gidget in The Secret Life of Pets?
Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate voices Gidget, the lovesick neighbour who organises the search for Max; the same year she voiced Bellwether in Zootopia.
Q 11What kind of bird is Tiberius, whom Gidget recruits to help find Max?
A red-tailed hawk
A red-tailed hawk with a predator's appetite, Tiberius first tries to eat Gidget, then agrees to help when she offers to be his friend.
Q 12Which Finding Nemo actor voices Tiberius?
Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks, the anxious clownfish father Marlin in Finding Nemo, switches sides here to play a predator who struggles not to eat his new friends.
Q 13What breed of dog is Pops, the elderly dog who helps Gidget's search party?
Basset Hound
Pops is an elderly Basset Hound; his back legs are paralysed, so he rolls around on a wheeled cart and hosts a wild party in his owner's apartment.
Q 21At the end of The Secret Life of Pets 2, who gives Hu, the animal freed from the circus, a new home?
The cat lady
The cat lady drives the pets to the rescue in her own car, knocks Sergei down just as he corners them, and takes Hu home with her.
Q 22What kind of animal drives the taxi that takes the pets home at the end?
A pig
A pig called Tattoo, one of Snowball's gang, steals the cab, so the pets end the film chauffeured by one of the animals that had been hunting them.
Q 23What is the name of the little girl who adopts Snowball at the end of The Secret Life of Pets?
Molly
Molly spots Snowball just as he is restarting his plot against humankind and hugs him; he resists for a moment, then gives in and goes home as her pet.
Q 14Which Saturday Night Live alumnus voices Pops?
Dana Carvey
Dana Carvey, Garth in Wayne's World, voices Pops, the grumpy old dog who knows every pet in town and leads the search party across the rooftops.
Q 15What kind of animal is Norman, who keeps getting lost on the way back to his own apartment?
A guinea pig
Norman is a guinea pig, voiced by the film's own director; he tags along on the search for Max and is briefly captured in the sewers.
Q 16Chloe, the lazy grey tabby, is voiced by whom?
Lake Bell
Lake Bell voices Chloe, the fat grey tabby; her big moment in the sequel is coaching Gidget on how to act like a cat.
Q 17Which character in The Secret Life of Pets is a hyperactive pug?
Mel
Mel is the hyperactive pug, voiced by Bobby Moynihan; in the film's last scene he turns up at a party dressed as a Minion.
Q 18What kind of animal is Sweet Pea?
A budgerigar
Sweet Pea is a budgerigar, the little green-and-yellow parakeet; left alone, he hovers in front of a fan pretending to be a fighter jet.
Q 19What was the name of Duke's previous owner?
Fred
Fred raised Duke from a puppy; when Duke got lost and was picked up by animal control, Fred never came for him, and Duke learns why only when he goes back to the house: Fred had died.
Q 20Where do Max and Duke go after escaping Snowball's gang in the sewers?
On a ferry to Brooklyn
They end up on a ferry to Brooklyn; the detour is where they go looking for Duke's old home.
Q 24Who directed The Secret Life of Pets?
Chris Renaud
Chris Renaud directed with Yarrow Cheney as co-director, and gave himself a part too: he is the voice of Norman.
Q 25Which animation studio made The Secret Life of Pets?
Illumination
Illumination, the studio behind Despicable Me and the Minions, made the film; its founder Chris Meledandri pitched the idea of what pets do while their owners are away.
Q 26In which country was the animation for The Secret Life of Pets entirely produced?
France
France: the work was done in Paris at the Mac Guff studio, whose animation arm the film's producers bought in 2011 after it had animated Despicable Me.
Q 27In The Secret Life of Pets, what music does Leonard the pampered poodle switch to as soon as his owner leaves?
Heavy metal
Heavy metal blasts out the moment the door shuts: Leonard's owner leaves classical music playing, and the poodle swaps it and headbangs the afternoon away.
Q 28Which comedian voices Buddy, the laid-back dachshund in The Secret Life of Pets?
Hannibal Buress
Hannibal Buress voices Buddy, the mellow dachshund who knows where to turn for help: he leads the search party to Pops, the old dog who can guide them to the sewers.
Q 29Who composed the score for both Secret Life of Pets films?
Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat, the Oscar-winning composer of The Grand Budapest Hotel, gave the first film's New York a big jazz-band sound in the manner of George Gershwin.
Q 30Which Despicable Me short played in cinemas before The Secret Life of Pets?
Mower Minions
Mower Minions, in which the Minions do yard work to raise money, ran before the film in cinemas; Minion Scouts came later, with the sequel's home release.