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50 free Toy Story 3 trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Toy Story 3 was the sequel Pixar almost never made. Disney first planned it without Pixar at a studio called Circle Seven, with a script that shipped Buzz to a factory in Taiwan. Only after Disney bought Pixar in 2006 did Lee Unkrich and writer Michael Arndt start again from scratch, and the result became the first animated film to gross a billion dollars. This quiz digs into all of it: the Sunnyside toys and the actors behind them, Lotso's backstory with Daisy, the Spanish-mode Buzz and his paso doble, the Altamont dump trips that shaped the incinerator, the Totoro cameo, and the Oscars and records that followed. Expect a mix of plot, voice cast, production and box-office questions. Every answer is sourced from the film's Wikipedia coverage, so you can check anything that surprises you. Play through in sets of 10 and see how well you really know Andy's last day with his toys.
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Q 01Who directed Toy Story 3?
Lee Unkrich
Unkrich had co-directed Toy Story 2 and made his solo directing debut here; Lasseter was busy with Cars 2.
Q 02Who wrote the screenplay for Toy Story 3?
Michael Arndt
Arndt came to Pixar fresh from an Oscar win for Little Miss Sunshine, and became the first writer nominated for both Original and Adapted Screenplay with his first two scripts.
Q 03In which year was Toy Story 3 released?
2010
It arrived eleven years after Toy Story 2 and became the highest-grossing film of its year.
Q 04Where are Andy's toys accidentally donated in Toy Story 3?
Sunnyside Daycare
Andy's mother takes the bag meant for the attic to the curb, and the toys end up in a donation box bound for the daycare.
Q 05Who voices Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear in Toy Story 3?
Ned Beatty
Beatty earned an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Villain, and IGN called Lotso the best villain of summer 2010.
Q 06What does Lotso the teddy bear smell of?
Strawberries
Pixar even made a fake 1983-style VCR commercial for the bear to promote the film.
Q 07Which actor voices Ken in Toy Story 3?
Michael Keaton
Keaton's Ken lives in a three-storey Dreamhouse complete with a wardrobe room and an elevator.
Q 08To which child does Andy give his toys at the end of Toy Story 3?
Bonnie
Bonnie attends Sunnyside, where her mother works as the receptionist, and lives near Andy.
Q 09What was the name of the girl who once owned Lotso, Big Baby and Chuckles?
Daisy
When the three were lost on a road trip and walked home, they found Daisy's parents had bought a replacement Lotso.
Q 10Which toy does Lotso have switched to demo mode in Toy Story 3?
Buzz
The reset brainwashes Buzz into treating Lotso as his commander and jailing his own friends.
Q 11Where does Andy's mother mistakenly take the bag of toys meant for the attic?
To the curb for garbage pickup
The toys escape the bag and, convinced Andy meant to throw them out, climb into a donation box instead.
Q 12Who voices Buzz in his Spanish mode in Toy Story 3?
Javier Fernández Peña
He is credited simply as Spanish Buzz, while Tim Allen continues to voice the regular Buzz.
Q 13Which actress voices Barbie in Toy Story 3?
Jodi Benson
Benson, best known as the voice of Ariel in The Little Mermaid, had already played Tour Guide Barbie in Toy Story 2.
Q 21The scrapped Circle Seven script sent a malfunctioning Buzz to a factory in which place?
Taiwan
In that version the other toys shipped themselves abroad to rescue Buzz after a worldwide recall of Buzz Lightyear figures.
Q 22What was the production budget of Toy Story 3?
$200 million
That figure made it one of the most expensive films ever produced at the time.
Q 23Which director was hired for the abandoned Circle Seven version of Toy Story 3?
Bradley Raymond
Raymond had directed Disney's direct-to-video sequels, including The Lion King 1½ and The Hunchback of Notre Dame II.
Q 14Toy Story 3 was the first film released theatrically with which sound format?
Dolby Surround 7.1
Because it was mixed natively in 7.1, even the Blu-ray carried the original audio rather than a remix.
Q 15How much did Toy Story 3 gross worldwide?
$1.067 billion
It was the first animated film ever to pass $1 billion, reaching the mark on its 71st day of release.
Q 16Which film ended Toy Story 3's reign as the highest-grossing animated film?
Frozen
Frozen, released in 2013, overtook it in 2014; Incredibles 2 later passed it as Pixar's own top earner.
Q 17How many Academy Award nominations did Toy Story 3 receive?
Five
It won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, and was only the third animated film ever nominated for Best Picture.
Q 18Which Randy Newman song from Toy Story 3 won the Oscar for Best Original Song?
We Belong Together
Newman's acceptance speech, in which he joked about reading a list of thank-yous, was said to have stolen the show.
Q 19Toy Story 3 held its world premiere at a film festival in which country?
Italy
It opened the Taormina Film Fest in Sicily on June 12, 2010, a day before its US premiere at the El Capitan Theatre.
Q 20Disney originally planned to make Toy Story 3 without Pixar at which studio unit?
Circle Seven Animation
The unit was shut down after Disney bought Pixar in 2006, and its version of the film was scrapped.
Q 24Who wrote the story treatment that became Toy Story 3?
Andrew Stanton
Pixar's brain trust retreated to the cabin where they first pitched Toy Story, rewatched the first two films, and Stanton wrote up the new idea.
Q 25How much was Tom Hanks paid for Toy Story 3?
$15 million
It was the highest salary ever received by a voice actor; Hanks signed on after watching a complete story reel in a theater.
Q 26Which Studio Ghibli character appears as a plush toy in Toy Story 3?
Totoro
The cameo is a tribute to Hayao Miyazaki, a close friend of John Lasseter; the film's art director is married to Miyazaki's niece.
Q 27Which Pixar short played before Toy Story 3 in theaters?
Day & Night
The short pits an animated personification of Day against his opposite, Night.
Q 28On what date did Toy Story 3 go into wide release in the United States?
June 18, 2010
It opened alongside an IMAX 3D release and took $110.3 million in its first weekend.
Q 29Who took over the voice of Slinky Dog in Toy Story 3 after Jim Varney's death?
Blake Clark
Varney, who voiced Slinky in the first two films, died in 2000.
Q 30Which former James Bond actor voices Mr. Pricklepants?
Timothy Dalton
The lederhosen-clad hedgehog considers himself a serious actor and takes every playtime role to heart.