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50 free WALL-E trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
WALL-E began as a question at a 1994 Pixar lunch — what if mankind left Earth and somebody forgot to turn off the last robot? — and became the studio's boldest film: a near-silent first act, a love story between a trash compactor and a probe, and a starship full of humans who forgot how to walk. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was added to the National Film Registry in 2021. This quiz covers the plot aboard the Axiom and the making of the film. Expect questions on Andrew Stanton's abandoned alien "Gels", Ben Burtt's 2,500 sound effects, the eBay generator that became WALL-E's motor, the binoculars that inspired his eyes, Jonathan Ive's look at EVE, the Hello, Dolly! songs Jerry Herman approved blind, and the live-action CEO played by Fred Willard. Easy questions cover characters and story; hard ones get into storyboard counts, lighting consultants, merchandise and the Criterion release. Fifty questions, every answer checked.
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Q 01Who directed WALL-E?
Andrew Stanton
He co-wrote the screenplay with Jim Reardon from a story he developed with Pete Docter.
Q 02In what year is the film's Earth setting?
2805
Humanity left on Buy n Large starships 700 years earlier.
Q 03What is the name of the starship EVE comes from?
Axiom
Its interior was designed to evoke Shanghai and Dubai, with Santiago Calatrava's architecture as a reference.
Q 04What is WALL-E's pet?
A cockroach
It is named Hal after silent-film producer Hal Roach, and as a nod to HAL 9000.
Q 05What does WALL-E stand for?
Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth-class
EVE is the Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator.
Q 06Which musical does WALL-E watch on video cassette?
Hello, Dolly!
Stanton had played Barnaby Tucker in a 1980 high school production of it.
Q 07Which megacorporation evacuated humanity from Earth?
Buy n Large
A promotional website for the company ran fake press releases starting in 2057.
Q 08What is AUTO's secret no-return directive called?
A113
It was recorded by the company's CEO in 2110; A113 is a recurring Pixar in-joke.
Q 09Who plays the live-action CEO Shelby Forthright?
Fred Willard
Stanton cast him as "the most friendly and insincere car salesman I could think of".
Q 10Which robot saves WALL-E and EVE from being ejected with the garbage?
M-O
The cleaning robot jams the airlock; Ben Burtt voices both M-O and WALL-E.
Q 11Who provides the voice of WALL-E?
Ben Burtt
The Star Wars sound designer had told his wife he was done with robot films before this one.
Q 12Which Pixar employee was cast as EVE after her voice was modified for tests?
Elissa Knight
Burtt could only produce neutral or masculine voices, so Knight was recorded and electronically modified.
Q 13What provides the voice of AUTO?
MacInTalk
Stanton wanted a cold, calculating voice and thought Hawking's kind of voice was perfect.
Which actress voices the Axiom's computer?
Q 21At which 1994 Pixar lunch was WALL-E first conceived?
The one that also spawned A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc.
Stanton asked, "What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn off the last robot?"
Q 22What was the project's early working title?
Trash Planet
Stanton and Docter spent two months on it in 1995 before Docter left to direct Monsters, Inc.
Q 23Which Pixar boss disliked the title, then spelled "W.A.L.-E."?
Steve Jobs
He and Lasseter were impressed enough by a 2003 story reel to green-light development anyway.
Sigourney Weaver
Stanton joked, "You realize you get to be 'Mother' now?" — the ship computer from Alien.
Q 15Who voices Captain B. McCrea?
Jeff Garlin
His name is never spoken; it appears only on a portrait in his quarters.
Q 16How much did the film cost to produce?
$180 million
It was a record sum for an animated film at the time.
Q 17Which short film was paired with WALL-E in theaters?
Presto
BURN-E was made later for the home release.
Q 18Where did WALL-E premiere on June 23, 2008?
Greek Theatre
The U.S. release followed on June 27 in 3,992 theaters.
Q 19Roughly how much did the film gross worldwide?
$532 million
It was the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2008.
Q 20In which year was WALL-E added to the U.S. National Film Registry?
2021
It was the second Pixar film selected, after Toy Story.
Q 24In an early draft, what had the Axiom's humans devolved into?
Gelatinous green aliens called Gels
They spoke gibberish and had a royal family; Stanton scrapped it as too bizarre.
Q 25How many storyboards did WALL-E require, versus a usual 75,000?
125,000
It was Pixar's most complex production since Monsters, Inc.
Q 26Which two places did Pixar study to design the ruined Earth?
Chernobyl and Sofia
Art director Anthony Christov, from Bulgaria, recalled Sofia's garbage problems.
Q 27Why was WALL-E made yellow?
To emulate a tractor
Eggleston avoided yellow and green elsewhere so WALL-E and the plant would stand out.
Q 28Which two live-action visual experts advised Pixar on lighting and atmosphere?
Roger Deakins and Dennis Muren
Muren spent several months at Pixar; Deakins stayed two extra weeks after a talk.
Q 29Which film was Stanton planning next, making live action a stepping stone?
John Carter of Mars
Industrial Light & Magic handled the visual effects for the live-action shots.
Q 30What inspired WALL-E's eyes?
A pair of binoculars at a baseball game
Stanton "missed the entire inning" of an A's–Red Sox game playing with them.