Moana trivia calls for a brave heart, a good sense of direction, and the patience to travel with one spectacularly unhelpful rooster.
These 100 questions stay with Disney's 2016 animated film as they follow Moana from Motunui to Lalotai, Te Fiti, and every song in between.
Welcome to Motunui
Meet the island, its future chief, and the family trying very hard to keep her feet on dry land. More voyages await in our Disney trivia collection.
- What is the name of Moana's home island?
Answer: Motunui - Who is Moana's father?
Answer: Chief Tui - Who is Moana's mother?
Answer: Sina - Who is Moana's grandmother?
Answer: Gramma Tala - What leadership role is Moana expected to inherit?
Answer: Chief of Motunui - What natural force chooses Moana for her mission?
Answer: The Ocean - What animal is Moana's pet pig?
Answer: Pua - What kind of animal is Heihei?
Answer: A rooster - What lies beyond the reef that Tui forbids people to cross?
Answer: The open ocean - How old is Moana in the main story?
Answer: 16
The Heart of Te Fiti
The story starts with a stolen stone, an angry lava creature, and a darkness that slowly reaches Moana's island.
- What precious object did Maui steal?
Answer: The Heart of Te Fiti - What does the Heart of Te Fiti look like?
Answer: A small green spiral stone - Who confronts Maui after he steals the heart?
Answer: Te Ka - What type of being is Te Ka initially believed to be?
Answer: A lava demon - What magical item does Maui lose in his battle with Te Ka?
Answer: His fishhook - What spreads across the ocean after the heart is stolen?
Answer: A life-draining darkness or blight - What problem begins affecting Motunui's coconut trees?
Answer: The coconuts turn black and diseased - What happens to the fish near Motunui as the blight approaches?
Answer: They disappear from the usual fishing grounds - Who secretly keeps the Heart of Te Fiti until Moana is ready?
Answer: Gramma Tala - Where must Moana return the heart?
Answer: To the spiral at the center of Te Fiti's chest
Wayfinding and the Ancestors
Moana discovers that her people's story did not begin at the reef, and a hidden fleet has been waiting for someone to remember.
- What were Moana's ancestors before they settled on Motunui?
Answer: Voyagers and wayfinders - Where are the ancestors' canoes hidden?
Answer: Inside a cave behind a waterfall - Who shows Moana the hidden canoe cavern?
Answer: Gramma Tala - What activity do Moana's ancestors resume whenever they find a new island?
Answer: Voyaging onward to discover and settle new places - What traditional skill does Moana need to learn at sea?
Answer: Wayfinding - What does Maui tell Moana to read in order to navigate?
Answer: The stars, waves, wind, and ocean currents - What action with her hand helps Moana measure a star's position?
Answer: She holds up her hand and uses her fingers against the horizon - What does Moana repair and use for her voyage?
Answer: An ancestral sailing canoe - Which family member encourages Moana to follow the Ocean's call?
Answer: Gramma Tala - What shape does Tala's spirit take after her death?
Answer: A glowing manta ray
Maui, Demigod of Many Talents
Maui arrives with a giant hook, a confident introduction, and an extremely flexible definition of helping.
- What is Maui?
Answer: A shape-shifting demigod - What magical object lets Maui transform into animals?
Answer: His fishhook - Which bird form does Maui often try to take?
Answer: A hawk - What embarrassing partial transformation appears when Maui's powers misfire?
Answer: A shark head on his human body - What living tattoo acts as Maui's conscience?
Answer: Mini Maui - Where has Maui been stranded before Moana finds him?
Answer: On a small deserted island - How long does Maui say he has been stranded?
Answer: About 1,000 years - Why did Maui originally steal Te Fiti's heart?
Answer: He wanted to give humans the power of creation and earn their love - Who gave Maui his magical fishhook?
Answer: The gods - What painful truth does Maui reveal about his human parents?
Answer: They abandoned him as a baby by throwing him into the sea
Ocean Obstacles and the Kakamora
Animated-film spoilers continue as the voyage collects storms, coconut pirates, and one stowaway rooster.
- Who unexpectedly stows away on Moana's canoe?
Answer: Heihei - What does Moana discover Heihei trying to eat on the boat?
Answer: Rocks - What small pirates attack Moana and Maui at sea?
Answer: The Kakamora - What do the Kakamora wear as armor?
Answer: Coconut shells - What are the Kakamora trying to steal?
Answer: The Heart of Te Fiti - What object does Maui sign as an autograph for Moana?
Answer: Her canoe's oar - How does Maui initially try to get rid of Moana?
Answer: He traps her in a cave and steals her canoe - Who repeatedly puts Moana back on the canoe after Maui throws her overboard?
Answer: The Ocean - What title does Moana insist Maui use when addressing her?
Answer: Moana of Motunui - What important role does the Ocean expect Maui to play?
Answer: Help Moana restore Te Fiti's heart
Lalotai and Tamatoa's Lair
The route to Maui's hook drops straight into the Realm of Monsters, where subtlety has never met Tamatoa.
- What is Lalotai?
Answer: The Realm of Monsters - How do Moana and Maui enter Lalotai?
Answer: They dive through an opening at the top of a towering rock formation - Who has Maui's fishhook in Lalotai?
Answer: Tamatoa - What kind of creature is Tamatoa?
Answer: A giant coconut crab - What does Tamatoa collect on his shell?
Answer: Shiny treasures - What does Moana use as bait to get Tamatoa's attention?
Answer: A fake Heart of Te Fiti - How does Moana make the fake heart glow?
Answer: She covers an ordinary object with bioluminescent algae - What weakness does Moana exploit to distract Tamatoa?
Answer: His vanity and obsession with shiny objects - What must Maui relearn after recovering his hook?
Answer: How to control his shape-shifting - Where does Tamatoa end up after Maui and Moana escape?
Answer: Stuck on his back in his lair
The Final Voyage to Te Fiti
Major ending spoilers begin here. Moana's final breakthrough comes from seeing who the apparent monster really is.
- What happens to Maui's hook during his first confrontation with Te Ka?
Answer: It develops a dangerous crack - Why does Maui leave Moana before the final attempt?
Answer: He fears another fight will destroy his hook - Whose spirit reminds Moana that she can choose a different path?
Answer: Gramma Tala's - What does Moana do with the heart when she briefly gives up?
Answer: She returns it to the Ocean - What realization makes Moana ask the Ocean to clear a path for Te Ka?
Answer: Te Ka is actually Te Fiti without her heart - How does Moana calm Te Ka?
Answer: She approaches peacefully and reminds her of her true identity - What happens when Moana restores the heart?
Answer: Te Ka transforms back into the green island goddess Te Fiti - What does Te Fiti give Maui after restoring the world?
Answer: A new magical fishhook - What role does Moana embrace when she returns home?
Answer: Wayfinder and future chief - What object does Moana place on top of Motunui's chief stone?
Answer: A seashell
Songs Across the Sea
The soundtrack carries history, ambition, comedy, and identity, sometimes within the same very catchy few minutes.
- Which song introduces daily life and expectations on Motunui?
Answer: Where You Are - Which song expresses Moana's longing to sail beyond the reef?
Answer: How Far I'll Go - Which song reveals the voyaging history of Moana's people?
Answer: We Know the Way - Which song is Maui's boastful introduction?
Answer: You're Welcome - Which song does Tamatoa perform?
Answer: Shiny - Which song combines Tala's encouragement with Moana claiming her identity?
Answer: I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) - Which short song does Moana sing as she approaches Te Ka?
Answer: Know Who You Are - Who co-wrote the songs with Opetaia Foa'i and Mark Mancina?
Answer: Lin-Manuel Miranda - Which group founded by Opetaia Foa'i performs on the soundtrack?
Answer: Te Vaka - Who performs the end-credit pop version of How Far I'll Go?
Answer: Alessia Cara
Voice Cast Roll Call
Match Motunui's residents, gods, and glittery monsters to the performers behind the microphones.
- Who voices Moana?
Answer: Auli'i Cravalho - Who voices Maui?
Answer: Dwayne Johnson - Who voices Gramma Tala?
Answer: Rachel House - Who voices Chief Tui?
Answer: Temuera Morrison - Who provides Chief Tui's singing voice?
Answer: Christopher Jackson - Who voices Sina?
Answer: Nicole Scherzinger - Who voices Tamatoa?
Answer: Jemaine Clement - Who provides Heihei's clucks and squawks?
Answer: Alan Tudyk - Who voices toddler Moana?
Answer: Louise Bush - Which cast member performs You're Welcome?
Answer: Dwayne Johnson
Animation and Production Deep Cuts
Finish behind the scenes with the filmmakers who built the voyage. Then explore more island culture with our Hawaii trivia or keep the movie night rolling with movie trivia.
- Which studio produced the 2016 animated Moana?
Answer: Walt Disney Animation Studios - On what date did Moana open in the United States?
Answer: November 23, 2016 - Which two veteran filmmakers are credited as the film's primary directors?
Answer: Ron Clements and John Musker - Which two filmmakers are also credited as directors by Disney Animation?
Answer: Don Hall and Chris Williams - Who produced the film?
Answer: Osnat Shurer - Who wrote the screenplay?
Answer: Jared Bush - What is unusual about Moana's relationship storyline compared with many fairy-tale heroines?
Answer: She has no romantic love interest - What body-art detail records Maui's past accomplishments?
Answer: His animated tattoos - What element acts like a character and physically interacts with Moana?
Answer: The Ocean - What central personal discovery completes Moana's journey?
Answer: She understands her identity as both her people's leader and a wayfinder
Sources and Further Reading
- Walt Disney Animation Studios: Moana
- The Walt Disney Company: Jared Bush on Moana
- The Walt Disney Company: Auli'i Cravalho and Journey of Water
- The Walt Disney Company: original Moana music announcement
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