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60 free Universal Orlando trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Universal Orlando opened as a single movie-studio park in June 1990 and now runs four theme parks, a water park and a strip of hotels a few miles from Disney World. This quiz has 51 Universal Orlando trivia questions with answers covering all of it: the opening-day rides that kept breaking down (Jaws, Kongfrontation, Earthquake), the Back to the Future simulator that became The Simpsons Ride, Islands of Adventure's 1999 debut with the Hulk coaster and Spider-Man, and the Harry Potter lands that changed the resort's fortunes in 2010 and 2014. It also goes deep on the newer stuff: VelociCoaster, Hagrid's seven launches, Volcano Bay's Krakatau, Halloween Horror Nights' 1991 origins, CityWalk, the on-site hotels, and Epic Universe's five worlds from Celestial Park to Super Nintendo World and Dark Universe. Questions run from easy to expert, with the difficulty shown on each one, so first-timers and annual passholders can play the same set. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia's articles on the parks, rides and resort history, and each question shows its citation, so you can settle which came first, Hogsmeade or Diagon Alley, without arguing in the queue.
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Q 01Universal Studios Florida, the resort's first park, opened to the public on what date?
June 7, 1990
Its Kong, Jaws and Earthquake rides all broke down so often in the first months that guests were given free return tickets.
Q 02Which director worked closely with Universal on two of the Florida park's early attractions as creative consultant?
Steven Spielberg
He famously dislikes drops and got off the Jurassic Park ride before the final plunge during testing.
Q 03Which children's TV network had working studios inside Universal Studios Florida until 2005?
Nickelodeon
Its slime-heavy game shows and the opening credits of All That were shot around the park.
Q 04Kongfrontation at Universal Studios Florida put guests on which New York conveyance?
The Roosevelt Island Tramway
Each 39-foot animatronic Kong had a 'smellitzer' that breathed banana scent at riders.
Q 05Kongfrontation closed in 2002 to make way for which indoor roller coaster?
Revenge of the Mummy
The Premier Rides launch coaster opened in May 2004 and hits about 40 mph in the dark.
Q 06The Jaws ride at Universal Studios Florida closed in January 2012 to make room for what?
The Diagon Alley expansion
Amity Island gave way to London and Gringotts bank, which opened in July 2014.
Q 07Back to the Future: The Ride, which opened in Florida in May 1991, projected its film onto what?
A dome-shaped IMAX screen
Riders sat in DeLorean-shaped motion vehicles chasing Biff through time; the ride cost about $40 million.
Q 08Which attraction opened in 2008 in the Florida building where Back to the Future's DeLoreans once flew?
The Simpsons Ride
It's set in Krustyland, where Sideshow Bob is out for revenge on Krusty and the family.
Q 09Universal Studios Florida's E.T. Adventure ride ends on E.T.'s homeworld, called what?
The Green Planet
The planet comes from William Kotzwinkle's 1985 novel E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet, and E.T. says each rider's name goodbye.
Q 10Men in Black: Alien Attack, opened in 2000, is what type of attraction?
An interactive shooting dark ride
Rip Torn returns as Zed; recruits score points by hitting aliens in the eyes and shoulders.
Q 11Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon opened in 2017 in the building that housed which attraction?
Twister...Ride It Out
The queue includes an ad for fictional Twister Cola as a nod to its predecessor.
Q 12Which director reunited the Terminator 2 cast for the T2-3D: Battle Across Time show?
James Cameron
It cost about $60 million and was Cameron's last Terminator work until Dark Fate in 2019.
Q 13Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, which closed in August 2025, let riders do what while on the coaster?
Pick their own soundtrack
Q 21Roughly how tall was Jurassic Park River Adventure's drop, a water-ride record when the Hollywood original opened?
84 feet
The ride was in development from 1990, before the film even started shooting.
Q 22Which Islands of Adventure area famously has almost no straight lines, down to palm trees bent by Hurricane Andrew?
Seuss Landing
The curved look mirrors the books; the High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride loops overhead.
Q 23Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges holds what distinction among Universal rides?
The company's first river-rafting ride
The 167-foot Maurer coaster also filmed each rider with individual cameras.
Q 14Despicable Me Minion Mayhem opened in 2012 in the space of which former Universal Florida ride?
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast
That building had earlier held The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera; Minion Land grew around it in 2023.
Q 15Universal's second Orlando theme park, Islands of Adventure, officially opened on what date?
May 28, 1999
Early marketing left many visitors thinking it was just an expansion of the studio park, and attendance started slow.
Q 16The land at Islands of Adventure was originally allocated for what kind of development?
A shopping mall
The planned Galleria Orlando was to include condos and offices before Universal repurposed the site.
Q 17Marvel Super Hero Island was originally conceived around which rival comic publisher's characters?
DC Comics
Universal and Warner Bros. negotiated over Batman-era DC rights in the early 1990s before Marvel got the nod.
Q 18The Incredible Hulk Coaster's launched lift hill accelerates riders to 40 mph in how long?
Two seconds
The B&M coaster then tops out at 67 mph across seven inversions; it was refurbished in 2015-16 with new trains.
Q 19In The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man ride, which landmark has the Sinister Syndicate stolen?
The Statue of Liberty
Guests ride a vehicle called the Scoop; the attraction won the Golden Ticket for Best Dark Ride 12 years running.
Q 20Doctor Doom's Fearfall's queue is themed as an embassy of which fictional nation?
Latveria
Propaganda screens boast that Doom's machine will defeat the Fantastic Four using pure fear.
It opened with the park in 1999 in what plans had called Popeye's Island.
Q 24What was Islands of Adventure's Dueling Dragons renamed when the Wizarding World opened in 2010?
Dragon Challenge
Its two tracks, once Fire and Ice, became Chinese Fireball and Hungarian Horntail before the ride closed for good in 2017.
Q 25The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade opened at Islands of Adventure on what date?
June 18, 2010
It was announced in May 2007 and took two and a half years to build.
Q 26Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey holds riders on the end of what?
A robotic arm
The KUKA robocoaster system lets the seats pivot as they fly around Hogwarts, past the Whomping Willow and a Quidditch match.
Q 27Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure opened in 2019 with a record number of launches. How many?
Seven
The Intamin coaster tops out at 50 mph and its bikes are modelled on the motorcycle Sirius Black once owned.
Q 28Jurassic World VelociCoaster, opened in 2021, replaced which long-shuttered attraction?
Triceratops Encounter
Intamin built it with a 155-foot top hat and a 70 mph top speed, making it Universal's fastest coaster.
Q 29What is VelociCoaster's maximum speed?
70 mph
Its second launch boosts trains from 40 to 70 mph in 2.4 seconds; queues hit four hours on opening day.
Q 30Skull Island: Reign of Kong, opened in 2016, is what kind of attraction?
A trackless dark ride
Universal consulted Peter Jackson, director of the 2005 King Kong, during early design.