100 Despicable Me and Minions Trivia Questions & Answers

Round up the Minions and keep one eye on the moon.

This combined franchise quiz covers Gru’s family, the AVL, supervillains, and the Minions’ wild history.

Gru, the Girls, and the First Film

Gru, the Girls, and the First Film puts ten sharply focused clues on the quiz board. Expect familiar favorites first, followed by details that reward a closer watch.

1. What full first name does Gru use throughout the franchise?
   Answer: Felonius Gru, though he is usually simply called Gru.
2. Which three sisters does Gru adopt in Despicable Me?
   Answer: Margo, Edith, and Agnes.
3. Which of Gru's daughters is the oldest?
   Answer: Margo, the practical and protective eldest sister.
4. Which daughter usually wears a striped knit hat?
   Answer: Edith, the mischievous middle sister.
5. Which daughter is famously delighted by a fluffy unicorn?
   Answer: Agnes, the youngest of the three girls.
6. What celestial object does Gru plan to steal in the first film?
   Answer: The moon, after shrinking it with a stolen ray.
7. Who is Gru's main villainous rival in Despicable Me?
   Answer: Vector, a younger villain backed by his wealthy father.
8. What is Vector's real name?
   Answer: Victor Perkins, the son of bank president Mr. Perkins.
9. Which gadget does Gru steal from a secret East Asian lab?
   Answer: The shrink ray, which he needs for his moon heist.
10. Why does Gru initially adopt Margo, Edith, and Agnes?
    Answer: He wants them to sell cookies inside Vector's fortress.

Villains, Allies, and the AVL

Villains, Allies, and the AVL puts ten sharply focused clues on the quiz board. Expect familiar favorites first, followed by details that reward a closer watch.

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11. Which scientist designs many of Gru's gadgets?
    Answer: Dr. Nefario, Gru's elderly inventor and longtime associate.
12. Who runs the Bank of Evil?
    Answer: Mr. Perkins, who is also Vector's father.
13. What is the name of Gru's kindhearted mother?
    Answer: Marlena Gru, voiced in the films by Julie Andrews.
14. Which organization recruits Gru in Despicable Me 2?
    Answer: The Anti-Villain League, commonly shortened to the AVL.
15. Who becomes Gru's AVL partner and later his wife?
    Answer: Lucy Wilde, an energetic Anti-Villain League agent.
16. Who leads the AVL in the second and third films?
    Answer: Silas Ramsbottom, whose name delights the Minions.
17. Which restaurateur is secretly El Macho?
    Answer: Eduardo Pérez, the owner of Salsa & Salsa.
18. What is El Macho's son's name?
    Answer: Antonio Pérez, who briefly interests Margo.
19. What mutagen turns Minions into purple monsters?
    Answer: PX-41, a serum stolen from a laboratory.
20. Which chicken fiercely guards Eduardo's secrets?
    Answer: Pollito, a surprisingly formidable pet chicken.

Despicable Me 2 and Family Life

Despicable Me 2 and Family Life puts ten sharply focused clues on the quiz board. Expect familiar favorites first, followed by details that reward a closer watch.

21. Where does Gru meet Lucy for their first AVL briefing?
    Answer: At the Anti-Villain League's underwater headquarters.
22. What business does Gru try to run after leaving villainy?
    Answer: A jam and jelly business developed with Dr. Nefario.
23. Where does the AVL send Gru and Lucy undercover?
    Answer: The Paradise Mall, where several suspects have shops.
24. What shop does Gru operate as his mall cover?
    Answer: Bake My Day, a cupcake store in the mall.
25. Which mall employee is wrongly suspected because of his wig?
    Answer: Floyd Eaglesan, owner of the Eagle Hair Club.
26. What happens to Lucy near the end of Despicable Me 2?
    Answer: El Macho kidnaps her and straps her to a rocket.
27. How does Gru reach El Macho's island party?
    Answer: He and two Minions use a makeshift underwater craft.
28. What finally reverses the purple Minions' mutation?
    Answer: Dr. Nefario's antidote, delivered in jelly form.
29. What family event closes Despicable Me 2?
    Answer: Gru and Lucy's wedding, celebrated with the girls and Minions.
30. Which Minions sing a wedding rendition styled after “I Swear”?
    Answer: The Minions perform their own playful version at the reception.

Balthazar Bratt and Gru’s Twin

Balthazar Bratt and Gru’s Twin puts ten sharply focused clues on the quiz board. Expect familiar favorites first, followed by details that reward a closer watch.

31. Who is the main villain of Despicable Me 3?
    Answer: Balthazar Bratt, a former child star obsessed with the 1980s.
32. What television role made Bratt famous as a child?
    Answer: He played a young villain on the show Evil Bratt.
33. What enormous object does Bratt try to steal?
    Answer: A giant pink diamond known as the Dumont Diamond.
34. Which dance-inspired weapon does Bratt use?
    Answer: A keyboard-like keytar that fires destructive sound waves.
35. What is the name of Gru's long-lost twin brother?
    Answer: Dru, who has blond hair and inherited the family fortune.
36. Where does Dru live?
    Answer: Freedonia, in the family's large seaside estate.
37. What family profession does Dru want Gru to resume?
    Answer: Villainy, following the legacy of their father.
38. Why is Gru dismissed from the AVL early in the film?
    Answer: He fails to capture Bratt after recovering the diamond.
39. What does Agnes mistake for a real unicorn?
    Answer: A one-horned goat she names Lucky.
40. Who joins Dru at the end to begin a new villainous career?
    Answer: Many of the Minions, while Gru lets them enjoy a head start.

Despicable Me 4

Despicable Me 4 puts ten sharply focused clues on the quiz board. Expect familiar favorites first, followed by details that reward a closer watch.

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41. Who is Gru's former school rival in Despicable Me 4?
    Answer: Maxime Le Mal, a villain with cockroach-themed powers.
42. What is the name of Maxime's stylish partner?
    Answer: Valentina, who assists his schemes.
43. What is Gru and Lucy's baby called?
    Answer: Gru Jr., who initially seems determined to torment Gru.
44. Why does the family move into a safe house?
    Answer: Maxime escapes custody and threatens Gru and his family.
45. What surname does the family use in Mayflower?
    Answer: Cunningham, as part of their new AVL identities.
46. What is Gru's safe-house profession?
    Answer: He poses as a solar-panel salesman.
47. Which neighbor discovers Gru's real identity?
    Answer: Poppy Prescott, an aspiring young villain.
48. What school does Poppy want to attend?
    Answer: Lycée Pas Bon, Gru's former villain school.
49. Whom does Poppy want Gru to help her steal?
    Answer: Lenny, the school's honey badger mascot.
50. What team of enhanced Minions debuts in the fourth film?
    Answer: The Mega Minions, given experimental superpowers by the AVL.

Minions Through History

Minions Through History puts ten sharply focused clues on the quiz board. Expect familiar favorites first, followed by details that reward a closer watch.

51. According to Minions, what do the yellow creatures seek through history?
    Answer: The most despicable master they can find and serve.
52. Where do the Minions retreat after repeatedly losing masters?
    Answer: An icy cave in Antarctica, where isolation eventually depresses them.
53. Which three Minions leave the cave to find a new master?
    Answer: Kevin, Stuart, and Bob.
54. In what decade does their journey in Minions take place?
    Answer: The 1960s, specifically 1968.
55. In which city do the trio first arrive in the United States?
    Answer: New York City, before traveling onward to Orlando.
56. What convention attracts villains from around the world?
    Answer: Villain-Con, held in Orlando in the film.
57. Who hires Kevin, Stuart, and Bob at Villain-Con?
    Answer: Scarlet Overkill, a celebrated supervillain.
58. What does Scarlet order the Minions to steal?
    Answer: Queen Elizabeth II's crown from the Tower of London.
59. Who is Scarlet Overkill's inventor husband?
    Answer: Herb Overkill, who equips the Minions for the robbery.
60. Which Minion unexpectedly becomes King of England?
    Answer: Bob, after pulling Excalibur from its stone.

Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto

Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto puts ten sharply focused clues on the quiz board. Expect familiar favorites first, followed by details that reward a closer watch.

61. Which Minion is the tall, protective leader of the 1968 expedition?
    Answer: Kevin, who volunteers to save his community.
62. Which one-eyed Minion dreams of becoming a rock star?
    Answer: Stuart, the music-loving rebel of the trio.
63. Which Minion carries a teddy bear named Tim?
    Answer: Bob, the small and tenderhearted Minion.
64. What instrument does Stuart receive after the London adventure?
    Answer: A guitar, replacing the snow globe Scarlet had taken.
65. Who freezes Scarlet and Herb at the end of Minions?
    Answer: A young Gru, who uses a freeze ray before stealing their crown.
66. Which talkative Minion joins the main trio in The Rise of Gru?
    Answer: Otto, a round Minion with braces.
67. What precious object does Otto trade for a pet rock?
    Answer: The Zodiac Stone, which he was supposed to protect.
68. How do Kevin, Stuart, and Bob try to reach San Francisco?
    Answer: They learn kung fu and travel to rescue Gru.
69. Which Minion pilots a small plane despite dubious training?
    Answer: Stuart helps fly the plane during the rescue journey.
70. What broad language do Minions speak?
    Answer: Minionese, a comic mix of words and sounds from several languages.

The Rise of Gru

The Rise of Gru puts ten sharply focused clues on the quiz board. Expect familiar favorites first, followed by details that reward a closer watch.

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71. How old is Gru during most of Minions: The Rise of Gru?
    Answer: He is 11 years old and eager to join supervillains.
72. Which villain team does young Gru idolize?
    Answer: The Vicious 6, a famous group of supervillains.
73. Who is expelled from the Vicious 6 at the beginning?
    Answer: Wild Knuckles, the team's founder and Gru's personal hero.
74. Who replaces Wild Knuckles as the team's leader?
    Answer: Belle Bottom, a disco-styled villain.
75. What object can transform people according to the Chinese zodiac?
    Answer: The Zodiac Stone, stolen during a Lunar New Year celebration.
76. Why does the Vicious 6 reject Gru at his interview?
    Answer: They dismiss him as only a child.
77. How does Gru retaliate after the rejected interview?
    Answer: He steals the Zodiac Stone from the Vicious 6.
78. Who kidnaps Gru in San Francisco?
    Answer: Wild Knuckles, hoping to exchange him for the stone.
79. Who teaches the Minions kung fu?
    Answer: Master Chow, a former teacher working at an acupuncture clinic.
80. What relationship develops between Gru and Wild Knuckles?
    Answer: They become mentor and protégé, with genuine affection between them.

Voices and Filmmaking

Voices and Filmmaking puts ten sharply focused clues on the quiz board. Expect familiar favorites first, followed by details that reward a closer watch.

81. Who voices Gru in the English-language films?
    Answer: Steve Carell voices Gru throughout the feature franchise.
82. Who voices Lucy Wilde?
    Answer: Kristen Wiig voices Lucy, after voicing Miss Hattie in the first film.
83. Who voices Vector?
    Answer: Jason Segel voices Gru's orange-tracksuit-wearing rival.
84. Who voices Scarlet Overkill?
    Answer: Sandra Bullock voices the ambitious villain in Minions.
85. Who voices Herb Overkill?
    Answer: Jon Hamm voices Scarlet's inventor husband.
86. Who voices Balthazar Bratt?
    Answer: Trey Parker voices the former child star.
87. Who voices Maxime Le Mal?
    Answer: Will Ferrell voices Gru's old school rival.
88. Which studio created the franchise?
    Answer: Illumination produced the films, distributed by Universal Pictures.
89. Who directed the first Despicable Me with Pierre Coffin?
    Answer: Chris Renaud co-directed the 2010 original.
90. Who is strongly associated with voicing many Minions?
    Answer: Pierre Coffin, a co-director and longtime Minion performer.

Franchise Facts and Tiny Details

Franchise Facts and Tiny Details puts ten sharply focused clues on the quiz board. Expect familiar favorites first, followed by details that reward a closer watch.

91. In what year did the first Despicable Me reach theaters?
    Answer: 2010, beginning Illumination's flagship franchise.
92. What color are the ordinary Minions?
    Answer: Yellow, usually paired with blue denim overalls and goggles.
93. How many eyes can a typical Minion have?
    Answer: One or two, depending on the individual character.
94. What fruit do Minions repeatedly adore?
    Answer: Bananas, often celebrated with cries of “banana.”
95. What kind of home does Gru occupy in the first film?
    Answer: A black suburban house above an enormous underground lair.
96. What is the name of the orphanage director in the first film?
    Answer: Miss Hattie, who runs Miss Hattie's Home for Girls.
97. What recital do the girls want Gru to attend?
    Answer: Their ballet recital, which conflicts with the moon heist.
98. What prize does Gru win for Agnes at Super Silly Fun Land?
    Answer: A large stuffed unicorn, after he destroys a rigged carnival game.
99. What happens to the moon after Gru shrinks it?
    Answer: The shrink ray's effect wears off and it returns to normal size.
100. Which family member first calls Gru's nose unusual in Despicable Me 4?
     Answer: Gru Jr. repeatedly reacts to and grabs his father's distinctive nose.

Sources and Further Reading

• Illumination: Despicable Me
• Illumination: Despicable Me 2
• Illumination: Minions
• Illumination: Despicable Me 4