Who voices the Minions?

Pierre Coffin, the film's co-director

Despicable Me Quiz: Gru's Gadgets and the Minions

Before the Minions became stars of their own films, they were helpers in the lab of a supervillain who adopted three girls, and this Despicable Me quiz revisits that 2010 hit. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on Gru, Dr. Nefario, the freeze ray, the shrink ray, Vector's squid launcher, the Bank of Evil, Margo, Edith and Agnes and Minionese.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Studio
Which studio made Despicable Me?
Voice
Who voices Gru?
Plan
What does Gru plan to steal?
Inventor
Who builds Gru's gadgets?
Rival
Which rival villain uses a squid launcher and piranha gun?
Bank
What bank funds supervillains in the film?
Girls
What are the names of the three girls Gru adopts?
Fluffy
What does Agnes famously shout about a unicorn toy?
Language
Who voices the Minions?
Freeze
Which gadget does Gru use to freeze people in line at a coffee shop?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which studio made Despicable Me?
Answer: Illumination
It was Illumination's first feature.
Q2: Who voices Gru?
Answer: Steve Carell
Carell gave Gru an Eastern European accent.
Q3: What does Gru plan to steal?
Answer: The Moon
He needs a shrink ray to do it.
Q4: Who builds Gru's gadgets?
Answer: Dr. Nefario
The elderly scientist works in Gru's underground lab.
Q5: Which rival villain uses a squid launcher and piranha gun?
Answer: Vector
He steals the shrink ray from Gru.
Q6: What bank funds supervillains in the film?
Answer: The Bank of Evil
Its sign once read formerly Lehman Brothers.
Q7: What are the names of the three girls Gru adopts?
Answer: Margo, Edith and Agnes
They change his life.
Q8: What does Agnes famously shout about a unicorn toy?
Answer: It's so fluffy
The line became a meme.
Q9: Who voices the Minions?
Answer: Pierre Coffin, the film's co-director
Minionese mixes many languages and nonsense.
Q10: Which gadget does Gru use to freeze people in line at a coffee shop?
Answer: A freeze ray
The scene shows he is a villain with a petty side.

Despicable Me Quiz – Gru's Gadgets and the Minions

Despicable Me, released in 2010, was the first film from Illumination. Steve Carell voices Gru, a supervillain who plans to steal the Moon using a shrink ray built with help from Dr. Nefario and his yellow Minions.

Gru's rival Vector steals the shrink ray and attacks with a squid launcher and piranha gun. To get into Vector's fortress, Gru adopts three girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes, who melt his heart. The Bank of Evil funds his schemes.

Co-director Pierre Coffin voices the Minions in their nonsense language, Minionese. The film launched a franchise including sequels and the Minions spin-offs.

What This Quiz Teaches

Animation fans and families will enjoy these questions.

Who made the film
What Gru plans
Which gadgets appear
Who his rivals and helpers are
How the Minions talk

Did You Know?

Minions spin-off films began in 2015.
Kevin, Stuart and Bob are famous Minions.
Jason Segel voices Vector.
Gru's mother is voiced by Julie Andrews.
The franchise is one of the highest-grossing in animation.