
Sure, you might love Beauty and the Beast, Disney’s beloved classic and the first animated feature ever nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. But how well do you know the film?
Like many other animated features, Beauty and the Beast had a long development period that featured numerous ideas, concepts, and sequences that were devised and then discarded. And even when the production got into a groove, things were changed around, swapped out and rearranged, so it’s easy to lose track.
Even if you’re a Beauty and the Beast super fan, this quiz should be a challenge. So bundle up, watch out for wolves, and get ready to meet a cast of charming anthropomorphic household objects, because here we go!
The original director of Beauty and the Beast was …
Beauty and the Beast directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise previously worked on what Epcot attraction?
Several elements in the final film are inspired by a version of Beauty and the Beast helmed by which French filmmaker?
What year was the first script treatment of Beauty and the Beast submitted?
Which animator was *not* part of the original production team for Beauty and the Beast?
Originally, Maurice was modeled after which American actor?
Name the three locations originally set to produce animation for Beauty and the Beast.
Cogsworth was first envisioned as what kind of clock?
Where was the screening of Beauty and the Beast’s first 20 minutes, which necessitated a dramatic creative change for the film?
Original director Richard Purdum envisioned the Beast as what primate?
The entire crew submitted ideas on this feature of Gaston …
A highly contested scene from Beauty and the Beast’s production involved a flashback where Beast is seen as …
What enchanted object originally served as Belle’s confidant?
Producer Don Hahn has described the relationship between Beauty and Beast as mirroring what famous on-screen couple?
The story was aided by input from what legendary Disney animator?
Where did the production team travel to work on the film with Howard Ashman?
“Be Our Guest” was originally sung to what character?
Which song was cut from the original film, but found its way into the Broadway adaptation and the 2002 special edition?
A special Beauty and the Beast-inspired six course meal was prepared for what international film festival?
An early, unfinished version of the film was screened at what international film festival (to a standing ovation)?
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