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Quiz: How much do you know about Toy Story?

Toy Story 5 will premiere in some cinemas on 18 June.
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TOY STORY 5 is coming later this month to Irish cinemas but fans have already been given a preview of the film’s soundtrack.

Music icon Taylor Swift yesterday released a new original song, ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’, which will feature in the latest Toy Story instalment.

Taylor Swift - Topic / YouTube

Oscar winner Randy Newman meanwhile returns to score his fifth Toy Story feature, which will preview in some Irish cinemas on 18 June, before being released nationwide a day later.

Toy Story 5 will see Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie and the rest of the gang come face-to-face with Lilypad, a brand-new tablet device that threatens to disrupt their friendship with Bonnie.

Ahead of Toy Story 5 and with Taylor Swift’s new song in our ears, we want to test your knowledge of the famous Pixar franchise.

Toy Story was released in November 1995 and produced by Pixar. Who was the CEO of Pixar at the time?
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George Lucas
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Steve Jobs

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Steven Spielberg
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Jeff Bezos
What nearly catastrophic event struck the production team during development of Toy Story 2?
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An accidental line of code deleted 90% of the film
A flood destroyed the studio

A software update wiped the film data
The computers storing the film's data caught fire
Randy Newman has won two Oscars, both for Best Original Song, with ‘If I Didn’t Have You’ from Monsters, Inc. and ‘We Belong Together’ from Toy Story 3. How many times was he nominated before his first win?
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7
11

15
19
In an initial version of Toy Story, Woody was sarcastic and mean-spirited and Disney nearly shut down production of the film because of this. What is this infamous early storyboard known as?
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The Disaster Reel
The Bully Blip

The Black Friday Reel
The Toxic Cut
True or false: Tom Hanks voices Woody in the films, while his brother voices Woody in the video games?
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True
False
Woody was named after which real-life person?
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Woody Strode
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Woody Guthrie

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Woody Allen
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Woody Harrelson
What is the name of the toy torturing child in the first film?
Disney/Pixar
Sid
Joe

Ted
Dexter
In Toy Story 2, what is the name of the TV show that made Woody famous?
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Woody's Wild West
Cowboy Roundup

The Cowboy Hour
Woody's Roundup
Tim Allen voices Buzz Lightyear, but which comedian and actor was offered the role of Buzz Lightyear but turned it down on the advice of his agent?
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Chevy Chase
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Steve Martin

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Billy Crystal
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Jim Carrey
The Toy Story films contain several references to which horror classic?
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Halloween
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The Shining

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Psycho
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
Woody
Andy's favourite
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You scored out of !
Aliens
'We are eternally grateful' (for this quiz score)
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Disney/Pixar
You scored out of !
Sid Phillips
The toy torturer
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You scored out of !
Lotso
Toy Story's greatest villian
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