Cartoon characters are everywhere. Gus and Jacques scurry around in Disney's "Cinderella." Superheroes win the day in "The Incredibles." Who gives voice to these characters? Take the voice actors quiz to see if you're "smarter than the average bear."
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Question 2 of 21
Which Academy Award winner provided vocal talent for the animated feature film "Brave"?
Emma Thompson
Helen Mirren
Kate Winslet
Tilda Swinton
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Thompson, who has Oscars for "Howard's End" (Best Actress) and "Sense and Sensibility" (Best Screenplay), voiced Elinor, Queen of Scotland and, temporarily, a bear.
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Question 3 of 21
John Leguizamo, who created the voice for Sid the Sloth in the "Ice Age" movies, developed the voice around the fact that sloths __________.
are very noisy
have few teeth
have very strong jaw muscles
store food in their mouths
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The sluggish sloths store food in their cheek pouches. Not wanting to use a slow voice for a fast-paced animated feature, Leguizamo reproduced the sound of Sid talking with his mouth full.
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Question 4 of 21
Dan Castellaneta, who created Homer Simpson's familiar voice, gave voice to which character on another animated TV series?
Bill in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Genie in Aladdin
Lloyd in Dumb and Dumber
Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters
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Castellaneta has voiced several characters who moved from film to TV, including "Aladdin's" Genie, Doc Brown from "Back to the Future" and Chula from "An American Tail."
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Question 5 of 21
Besides working on cartoons, voice actor Daws Butler ("Yogi Bear") also did commercials, where he voiced the character ___________.
Cap'n Crunch
Count Chocula
The Pillsbury Doughboy
Tony the Tiger
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Daws, who was responsible for many popular cartoon characters (e.g., Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound, Chilly Willy) also voiced Cap'n Crunch in the cereal commercials.
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Question 6 of 21
Which action movie star did the voice of the title character in "The Iron Giant"?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bruce Willis
The Rock
Vin Diesel
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Vin Diesel ("The Fast and the Furious," "The Chronicles of Riddick") provided the voice for the alien in Brad Bird's 1999 movie. The cast also included Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr. and Cloris Leachman.
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Question 7 of 21
Lorenzo Music was the original voice for the Garfield cartoons. Who voiced the self-centered cat in 2004's "Garfield: The Movie"?
Bill Murray
Dan Akroyd
Hank Azaria
Steve Carell
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Voice actors for the live-action film included Bill Murray (Garfield), Debra Messing (Arlene, Garfield's "girlfriend") and Alan Cumming (Persnikitty, another pet cat).
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Question 8 of 21
Which actress voices Meg Griffin on "Family Guy"?
Amanda Seyfried
Hayden Panettiere
Mila Kunis
Selena Gomez
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Mila Kunis ("The Black Swan," "Friends with Benefits," "That '70s Show") provides the voice for the insecure, self-conscious teenage Meg.
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Question 9 of 21
Nancy Cartwright, who brings Bart to life on "The Simpsons," also voices ___________.
Chuckie in The Rugrats
Gusty in My Little Pony
Mindy in Anamaniacs
all of the above
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Cartwright has an extensive career providing voices for cartoon characters. On "The Simpsons," she also does Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney and Database. In addition, she's worked on "Rugrats," "My Little Pony," "Anamaniacs," "Kim Possible" and "Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain."
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Question 10 of 21
The character of the boy genius, Dexter, on "Dexter's Laboratory" was voiced by ________.
Christine Cavanaugh
Frank Welker
Jeff Bennett
Kath Soucie
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Cavanaugh provided the voice of the brilliant brother annoyed by his sister, Dee Dee (Allison Moore).
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Question 11 of 21
Which "Star Wars" actor has voiced the Joker in Batman cartoons?
Alec Guinness
Anthony Daniels
Harrison Ford
Mark Hamill
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Mark Hamill has provided the voice of the Joker for about two decades, starting in 1992 with "Batman: The Animated Series" and continuing with its many spinoffs.
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Question 12 of 21
Which pop singer voiced Charlie Brown's little sister Sally in several televised cartoons?
Britney Spears
Fergie
Kelly Clarkson
Pink
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Fergie, vocalist with the Black Eyed Peas, was Sally Brown in 1985's "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show."
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Question 13 of 21
Phil Harris, a bandleader and actor, did just a few voices for Disney's animated features, but they were legendary. Which character was NOT voiced by Harris?
Baloo in The Jungle Book
Captain Hook in Peter Pan
Little John in Robin Hood
O'Malley in The Aristocats
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Harris had a knack for playing fun-loving characters, such as O'Malley, Little John and Baloo. The vengeful Hook, however, was voiced by Hans Conried, Jr.
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Question 14 of 21
Alexander Gould, who voiced Nemo in "Finding Nemo," was a regular on the TV series __________.
Breaking Bad
Dexter
The Sopranos
Weeds
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Gould played Shane Botwin, the younger, troubled son of drug-dealing Nancy on "Weeds."
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Question 15 of 21
On which famous actor did Hank Azaria base the voice of bartender Moe Szyslak on "The Simpsons"?
Dustin Hoffman
Dennis Hopper
Al Pacino
Nick Nolte
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Prolific voiceover artist Hank Azaria, who voices more than a dozen characters on "The Simpsons" (e.g., Apu, Comic Book Guy and Chief Wiggum), based bartender Moe's voice on that of actor Al Pacino.
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Question 16 of 21
Since the 1980s Jim Cummings has been providing the voice for both Winnie the Pooh and _______ for movies, TV and videos.
Eeyore
Piglet
Owl
Tigger
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Cummings voices both the gentle Pooh Bear and the excitable Tigger. He has a vast repertoire of voice characters, such as the Tasmanian Devil ("The Looney Toons Show"), Hondo Ohnaka ("Star Wars: The Clone Wars") and Fuzzy Lumpkins ("The Powerpuff Girls").
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Question 17 of 21
Tim Allen provided the iconic voice for Buzz Lightyear in the "Toy Story" movie series. Who was originally offered the job?
Billy Crystal
Jerry Seinfeld
John Goodman
Kelsey Grammer
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Billy Crystal, who went on to voice Mike Wazowski in "Monsters, Inc.," was offered the role of Buzz but turned it down. He has said it was the only role he ever regretted declining.
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Question 18 of 21
Which experienced actor voiced the main character, Carl Fredrickson, in "Up"?
Christopher Plummer
Danny DeVito
Ed Asner
James Earl Jones
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Ed Asner provided the voice of senior citizen/adventurer Fredrickson. Christopher Plummer was Charles Muntz, inventor, explorer and villain.
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Question 19 of 21
Ben Burtt, who voiced the robot WALL-E in the Disney/Pixar film, is an Academy Award-winning _________.
actor
cinematographer
director
sound editor
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Burtt won Academy Awards for Best Sound Effects in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." He also won two sound effects Special Achievement Awards for "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
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Question 20 of 21
In the animated TV show "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," which horror movie star narrated the tale?
Bela Lugosi
Boris Karloff
Lon Chaney
Vincent Price
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In 1966, Boris Karloff ("Frankenstein," "The Mummy," "The Walking Dead") provided the voice of both the narrator and the Grinch.
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Question 21 of 21
In 1961, prolific voice actor Mel Blanc was in a car accident that left him in a coma for several days. What were his first words when he awoke?
Be vewy, vewy quiet.
I tawt I taw a putty tat.
That's all, folks.
What's up, doc?
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After two weeks, a doctor asked Blanc, "Bugs Bunny, how are you doing today?" The immortal voice of Bugs Bunny then answered: "What's up, doc?" Before Blanc responded in his own voice, six of his characters (e.g., Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig) had spoken to the doctor.
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