Dragon Movie Quiz: Can You Guess the Film? 20 Epic Trivia Challenges!

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Dragons have soared through cinema for decades, from terrifying beasts to loyal companions. Test your knowledge of these scaly stars with 20 questions ranging from easy warm-ups to fiendishly tough ones. Can you guess the film every time?

20 Trivia Questions on Dragon Movies

Question 1: Which film features the fearsome dragon Vermithrax Pejorative?

A. Dragonheart
B. Dragonslayer
C. Eragon
D. Willow

Question 2: In which movie does Sean Connery provide the voice for the dragon Draco?

A. Reign of Fire
B. Pete’s Dragon
C. Dragonheart
D. Eragon

Question 3: Which 1977 Disney film stars an invisible dragon named Elliott befriending an orphan boy?

A. Escape to Witch Mountain
B. Pete’s Dragon
C. The Rescuers
D. Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Question 4: Which animated film follows Viking teen Hiccup as he befriends a Night Fury dragon named Toothless?

A. Eragon
B. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
C. How to Train Your Dragon
D. Raya and the Last Dragon

Question 5: In which 1988 fantasy film does a two-headed dragon threaten a baby princess?

A. Dragonslayer
B. Legend
C. Willow
D. Krull

Question 6: Which film features a young farm boy bonding with a sapphire-blue dragon named Saphira?

A. Dragonheart
B. How to Train Your Dragon
C. Eragon
D. Beowulf

Question 7: Which post-apocalyptic film stars Christian Bale battling hordes of dragons?

A. I Am Legend
B. Reign of Fire
C. The Hobbit
D. Eragon

Question 8: In which Studio Ghibli masterpiece does the spirit Haku transform into a majestic river dragon?

A. My Neighbor Totoro
B. Spirited Away
C. Princess Mononoke
D. Castle in the Sky

Question 9: Which Disney animated film features the diminutive dragon Mushu, voiced by Eddie Murphy?

A. Hercules
B. Aladdin
C. Mulan
D. Treasure Planet

Question 10: In which DreamWorks film does a fiery Dragon fall in love with and marry Donkey?

A. Kung Fu Panda
B. Shrek
C. Madagascar
D. Puss in Boots

Question 11: Which classic Disney film sees the villainess Maleficent transform into a fire-breathing dragon?

A. Cinderella
B. Snow White
C. Sleeping Beauty
D. Peter Pan

Question 12: Which 1984 fantasy film features the flying luckdragon Falkor aiding the young hero Atreyu?

A. Pete’s Dragon
B. The NeverEnding Story
C. Dragonheart
D. The Dark Crystal

Question 13: Which 2021 Disney film centres on the water dragon Sisu and the quest for the last dragon gem?

A. Luca
B. Encanto
C. Raya and the Last Dragon
D. Soul

Question 14: Which Peter Jackson film has Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the treasure-hoarding dragon Smaug?

A. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
B. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
C. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
D. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Question 15: Which 2016 live-action Disney remake reunites a boy with his dragon friend Elliott?

A. The Jungle Book
B. Beauty and the Beast
C. Pete’s Dragon
D. Cinderella

Question 16: In which 1998 animated film do the bickering two-headed dragon Devon and Cornwall learn to work together?

A. The Swan Princess
B. Quest for Camelot
C. Anastasia
D. The Prince of Egypt

Question 17: Which 2024 Netflix film stars Millie Bobby Brown escaping from inside a massive dragon?

A. Bird Box 2
B. Damsel
C. The Gray Man
D. Extraction 2

Question 18: In which 2007 motion-capture animated film does Beowulf battle a dragon revealed to be his son?

A. Beowulf
B. Dragonheart
C. Eragon
D. Monster House

Question 19: Which 1982 Rankin/Bass animated film pits the forces of magic against science in a world of dragons?

A. The Last Unicorn
B. The Flight of Dragons
C. Fire and Ice
D. Wizards

Question 20: Which 2004 film stars Val Kilmer as a knight who must slay a dragon to claim a princess?

A. Dragonheart
B. Excalibur
C. First Knight
D. George and the Dragon

Answers

  1. B. Dragonslayer (1981) – Vermithrax Pejorative is the ancient, cunning she-dragon terrorising a medieval kingdom. The others feature different dragons like Draco or the two-headed beast in Willow.
  2. C. Dragonheart (1996) – Sean Connery voices the wise Draco, who donates half his heart to heal a knight. Others have dragons voiced by different actors, like Ed Speleers in Eragon.
  3. B. Pete’s Dragon (1977) – Elliott is the friendly, invisible dragon protecting orphan Pete. The other Disney films lack dragons, featuring aliens or mice instead.
  4. C. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) – Hiccup bonds with the black Night Fury Toothless in this DreamWorks hit. Eragon has a blue dragon, not a Night Fury.
  5. C. Willow (1988) – The two-headed dragon demands baby Elora Danan as sacrifice. Dragonslayer has a single-headed Vermithrax.
  6. C. Eragon (2006) – Farm boy Eragon hatches and rides the blue female dragon Saphira. Dragonheart‘s Draco is red and heart-sharing.
  7. B. Reign of Fire (2002) – Bale leads survivors against evolved dragons in a ruined world. I Am Legend has zombies, not dragons.
  8. B. Spirited Away (2001) – Haku shifts into a white serpent-dragon to help Chihiro. Other Ghibli films lack this specific transformation.
  9. C. Mulan (1998) – Mushu is the comic-relief guardian dragon voiced by Eddie Murphy. Hercules has no dragon character.
  10. B. Shrek (2001) – The unnamed Dragon produces hybrid babies with Donkey. Other DreamWorks films don’t feature this romance.
  11. C. Sleeping Beauty (1959) – Maleficent becomes a massive black dragon in the climax. Other princess tales lack this transformation.
  12. B. The NeverEnding Story (1984) – Falkor the luckdragon flies Atreyu on his quest. Pete’s Dragon has Elliott, who doesn’t fly the same way.
  13. C. Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) – Sisu aids Raya in restoring the gem against the Druun. Other Disney films like Luca have no dragons.
  14. C. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) – Cumberbatch voices the greedy Smaug guarding Erebor. He only fully appears in this middle film.
  15. C. Pete’s Dragon (2016) – The remake updates the story of boy Pete and dragon Elliott. The Jungle Book remake has no dragon.
  16. B. Quest for Camelot (1998) – Devon (head) and Cornwall learn harmony as a two-headed dragon. Other 90s animations lack this duo.
  17. B. Damsel (2024) – Brown plays Elodie, fed to a dragon but fights back from within. Other Netflix films aren’t dragon-centric fantasies.
  18. A. Beowulf (2007) – The golden dragon is Beowulf’s offspring from Grendel’s mother. Eragon has no such familial twist.
  19. B. The Flight of Dragons (1982) – Peter MacNicol’s hero uses imagination against evil in a dragon-filled realm. Fire and Ice is a different fantasy.
  20. D. George and the Dragon (2004) – Kilmer’s knight faces a mother dragon protecting her egg. Dragonheart focuses on heart-sharing, not slaying for a bride.

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