Q: In the Broadway musical adaptation of Shrek, actor Christopher Sieber (6 feet 2 inches tall) played our love-to-hate-him Lord Farquaad (4 feet tall). How did Broadway designer magicians pull this off?

Sieber played the role on his knees. Theatre actors deserve more money, my goodness.

Q: How tall is Shrek?

8 feet tall. You think they animated him exactly twice Farquaad’s height just to piss him off? Oops.

Q: How many animated versions of Princess Fiona existed before they landed on her iconic look we know so well?

100+. How? No seriously, how?? Animators are amazing.

Q: True or False? Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers have never actually met each other in person.

False. But they didn’t see each other while recording. In fact, none of the actors saw each other while recording their individual parts. Does this make anyone else a little sad? Just us? Cool cool.

Q: How many years did it take to animate Shrek?

Four and a half. That’s like 6 babies worth of months.

Question 1

What is Shrek’s exact run time?

Accepted Answer

1 hour 29 minutes. Well, then why did we tell you to plan to be here for 2 hours?? Guess you’ll just have to wait and see…

Question 2

Before his untimely death in 1997, this actor was cast in the role of Shrek recording a few takes of his iconic dialogue

Accepted Answer

Chris Farley. RIP to our favorite “fat guy in a little coat.” You can check out some of that original audio here.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MCBI_K2nIw)

Question 3

In what year did Shrek make his appearance on the big screen?

Accepted Answer

2001. Hey millennials, how’s your back these days?

Question 4

The character of Lord Farquaad, voiced by John Lithgow, stands a whole 4 feet tall. What is the actor’s height in real life?

Accepted Answer

6 feet, 4 inches. No wonder that cartoon has such a big ego.

Question 5

True or False? Eddie Murphy has stated that Donkey is his favorite role he’s ever played.

Accepted Answer

False. But it could be true. Maybe it is true. You don’t know.

Question 6

This actor was originally cast in the role of Princess Fiona before Cameron Diaz. After she was let go from the film, she was quoted saying "I was never told why [I was fired]. I assume because I sound like a man sometimes?"

Accepted Answer

Janeane Garofalo. She actually ended up voicing the Big Bad Wolf. Jkjk. Love you, Janeane <3

Question 7

In the Broadway musical adaptation of Shrek, actor Christopher Sieber (6 feet 2 inches tall) played our love-to-hate-him Lord Farquaad (4 feet tall). How did Broadway designer magicians pull this off?

Accepted Answer

Sieber played the role on his knees. Theatre actors deserve more money, my goodness.

Question 8

How tall is Shrek?

Accepted Answer

8 feet tall. You think they animated him exactly twice Farquaad’s height just to piss him off? Oops.

Question 9

How many animated versions of Princess Fiona existed before they landed on her iconic look we know so well?

Accepted Answer

100+. How? No seriously, how?? Animators are amazing.

Question 10

True or False? Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers have never actually met each other in person.

Accepted Answer

False. But they didn’t see each other while recording. In fact, none of the actors saw each other while recording their individual parts. Does this make anyone else a little sad? Just us? Cool cool.

Question 11

How many years did it take to animate Shrek?

Accepted Answer

Four and a half. That’s like 6 babies worth of months.

Question 12

Shrek was the first film to win an Academy Award in what category?

Accepted Answer

Best Animated Feature. Conspiracy Theory: they created the category just for this magical film.

Question 13

Shrek the movie is based on the 1990 book Shrek! by William Steig. In the book, the character Shrek has a magical power. What is it?

Accepted Answer

Move over Dragon because Shrek can breathe fire! That’s so fire.

Question 14

Before Mike Myers landed on Shrek’s iconic Scottish accent that we know and love, he recorded the entire movie using the accent from this maple-loving country.

Accepted Answer

Canada. Hard to imagine our big, green leading man was almost a Canuck!

Question 15

True or False? Shrek was chosen as one of an elite few films to be added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.

Accepted Answer

False! Just kidding, it’s True. Can you imagine if we made something like that up just to trick you? What a Farquaad move…

Question 16

True or False? Producers planned to replace “All Star” by Smash Mouth in the opening scene of the film.

Accepted Answer

True. Oh god, the horror. Imagine how many TikTok videos wouldn’t not have been born without that iconic outhouse door kick.

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