Tap your heels together and follow the yellow brick road straight into trivia night.
These The Wizard of Oz trivia questions center the 1939 film, with clearly labeled stops for L. Frank Baum’s book and later adaptations.
From Kansas to Oz
A cyclone lifts the story from a sepia-toned Kansas farm into a world bursting with color. Before the ruby slippers appear, the film carefully introduces the faces Dorothy will recognize in very different roles during her journey.
- What is Dorothy’s last name?
Answer: Gale - In which U.S. state does Dorothy live?
Answer: Kansas - Who are Dorothy’s guardians?
Answer: Aunt Em and Uncle Henry - What is the name of Dorothy’s dog?
Answer: Toto - Who wants Toto taken away?
Answer: Miss Almira Gulch - What weather event carries Dorothy’s house away?
Answer: A cyclone - Where does Dorothy take shelter when the cyclone arrives?
Answer: Inside the farmhouse - Who is knocked unconscious before the house lifts off?
Answer: Dorothy - What happens to Miss Gulch in Dorothy’s cyclone vision?
Answer: She transforms into a witch riding a broom - What visual change marks Dorothy’s arrival in Oz?
Answer: The film changes from sepia-toned Kansas to full Technicolor
Munchkinland and the Ruby Slippers
The house lands, the bubble arrives, and Dorothy receives footwear with a surprisingly complicated ownership history.
- Whose house lands on the Wicked Witch of the East?
Answer: Dorothy’s farmhouse - Who welcomes Dorothy to Munchkinland?
Answer: Glinda, the Good Witch of the North - How does Glinda first arrive?
Answer: Inside a floating bubble - What people live in Munchkinland?
Answer: Munchkins - What color are Dorothy’s magical slippers in the film?
Answer: Ruby red - Who originally wore the ruby slippers?
Answer: The Wicked Witch of the East - Who transfers the slippers to Dorothy?
Answer: Glinda - Who wants to take the slippers from Dorothy?
Answer: The Wicked Witch of the West - What road must Dorothy follow?
Answer: The yellow brick road - Where does the road lead?
Answer: The Emerald City
Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion
The traveling party grows one memorable friend at a time, and every new companion wants something different.
- What does the Scarecrow want from the Wizard?
Answer: A brain - Where does Dorothy first find the Scarecrow?
Answer: Hanging on a pole in a cornfield - What does the Tin Man want?
Answer: A heart - Why is the Tin Man unable to move when Dorothy finds him?
Answer: He has rusted in place - What frees the Tin Man’s joints?
Answer: Oil - What does the Cowardly Lion want?
Answer: Courage - Where does the Cowardly Lion first confront the group?
Answer: In a forest - What does Dorothy do when the Lion threatens Toto?
Answer: She slaps him on the nose - Which companion often tumbles apart physically?
Answer: The Scarecrow - Which companion makes a metallic clanking sound?
Answer: The Tin Man
Songs Along the Yellow Brick Road
Warm up your singing voice, then keep the playlist going with our music trivia.
- What song does Dorothy sing in Kansas?
Answer: Over the Rainbow - Who composed the film’s music?
Answer: Harold Arlen - Who wrote the song lyrics?
Answer: E. Y. Harburg - What song welcomes Dorothy to Munchkinland?
Answer: Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead - What number accompanies Dorothy’s first steps on the road?
Answer: Follow the Yellow Brick Road - What song introduces the Scarecrow’s wish?
Answer: If I Only Had a Brain - What song states the Tin Man’s wish?
Answer: If I Only Had a Heart - What song describes the Lion’s dream of bravery?
Answer: If I Were King of the Forest - What Emerald City number includes the phrase 'jolly old land of Oz'?
Answer: The Merry Old Land of Oz - Which song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Answer: Over the Rainbow
Emerald City Encounters
The gates are guarded, the horses change color, and the Wizard makes one frightening first impression.
- What must the travelers ring at the Emerald City gate?
Answer: A bell - What does the gatekeeper initially tell them to do after ringing?
Answer: Knock - What unusual horse pulls the carriage through Emerald City?
Answer: The Horse of a Different Color - Why do the travelers receive makeovers?
Answer: To prepare for meeting the Wizard - What does the Wizard appear as to Dorothy and her friends?
Answer: A giant floating head surrounded by smoke and fire - What task does the Wizard demand before granting their wishes?
Answer: Bring him the Wicked Witch’s broomstick - What flowers put Dorothy, Toto, and the Lion to sleep?
Answer: Poppies - Who makes snow fall to wake Dorothy and the Lion?
Answer: Glinda - What color dominates Emerald City?
Answer: Green - What does the Wizard’s booming image use to seem powerful?
Answer: Curtains, machinery, smoke, and projection effects
The Wicked Witch’s Castle
Flying monkeys, an hourglass, and one very effective bucket of water make this the film’s darkest round.
- What creatures serve the Wicked Witch of the West?
Answer: Winged monkeys - What item does the Witch use to watch Dorothy from afar?
Answer: A crystal ball - What sky-written message does the Witch create over Emerald City?
Answer: Surrender Dorothy - What does the Witch use to measure Dorothy’s remaining time?
Answer: A large hourglass - Who sneaks into the castle disguised as guards?
Answer: The Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion - What sets the Scarecrow on fire?
Answer: The Witch’s burning broom - Why does Dorothy throw water?
Answer: To extinguish the Scarecrow - What happens when the water hits the Witch?
Answer: She melts - What do the Witch’s guards do after she melts?
Answer: They celebrate and give Dorothy the broom - What title do the castle guards call the Witch?
Answer: Her Wickedness
The Man Behind the Curtain
The great and powerful mystery unravels when Toto notices something everyone else misses.
- Who pulls back the Wizard’s curtain?
Answer: Toto - What is the Wizard really?
Answer: An ordinary man operating machinery - Where does the Wizard say he came from?
Answer: Omaha, Nebraska - How did the Wizard arrive in Oz?
Answer: In a hot-air balloon - What does the Wizard give the Scarecrow?
Answer: A diploma - What does he give the Tin Man?
Answer: A heart-shaped testimonial clock - What does he give the Lion?
Answer: A medal - How does the Wizard plan to return Dorothy to Kansas?
Answer: By hot-air balloon - Why does Dorothy miss the balloon’s departure?
Answer: Toto jumps out of the basket and she follows him - Who tells Dorothy she always had the power to return home?
Answer: Glinda
There’s No Place Like Home
The shoes finally reveal their purpose, and familiar Kansas faces take on a whole new meaning.
- How many times does Dorothy click her heels?
Answer: Three times - What phrase does Dorothy repeat?
Answer: There’s no place like home - Where does Dorothy wake up?
Answer: In her bed at the Kansas farmhouse - Who is beside Dorothy when she wakes?
Answer: Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and the farmhands - Does Dorothy insist Oz was real?
Answer: Yes - Which farmhand resembles the Scarecrow?
Answer: Hunk - Which farmhand resembles the Tin Man?
Answer: Hickory - Which farmhand resembles the Cowardly Lion?
Answer: Zeke - Who resembles the Wizard in Kansas?
Answer: Professor Marvel - What lesson does Dorothy say she has learned?
Answer: Her heart’s desire was in her own backyard, and there is no place like home
The 1939 Film Behind the Curtain
Now step onto the soundstage for casting, credits, and movie history from our movie trivia archive.
- Who plays Dorothy?
Answer: Judy Garland - Who plays the Scarecrow?
Answer: Ray Bolger - Who plays the Tin Man?
Answer: Jack Haley - Who plays the Cowardly Lion?
Answer: Bert Lahr - Who plays the Wicked Witch of the West?
Answer: Margaret Hamilton - Who plays Glinda?
Answer: Billie Burke - Who received the film’s directing credit?
Answer: Victor Fleming - Which studio produced the film?
Answer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - What year was the film released?
Answer: 1939 - Which honorary juvenile award did Judy Garland receive for her 1939 performances?
Answer: A special Academy Juvenile Award
Baum’s Book and Later Roads to Oz
This final round labels the differences among the novel, the 1939 movie, and later adaptations, including our Wicked trivia.
- Who wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
Answer: L. Frank Baum - In what year was the novel published?
Answer: 1900 - Who illustrated the first edition?
Answer: W. W. Denslow - What color are Dorothy’s magical shoes in Baum’s book?
Answer: Silver - What is the Good Witch of the North called in the book?
Answer: She is unnamed; Glinda is the Good Witch of the South - What is the capital of the Land of Oz?
Answer: The Emerald City - How many Oz books did Baum write?
Answer: Fourteen - Which 1985 Disney film draws from later Oz books?
Answer: Return to Oz - Which 1978 movie musical retells the story with a Black cast?
Answer: The Wiz - Which novel inspired the musical Wicked?
Answer: Gregory Maguire’s Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Sources and Further Reading
- Library of Congress: The Wizard of Oz National Film Registry Essay
- American Film Institute Catalog: The Wizard of Oz
- Academy Awards: 1940 Ceremony
- Library of Congress: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Smithsonian: Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers
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