Pan's Labyrinth Quiz: The Faun, the Pale Man and Del Toro

This Pan's Labyrinth quiz enters the dark fairy tale of Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film set in Spain in 1944. Play 10 interactive questions on young Ofelia, cruel Captain Vidal, the faun, the Pale Man with eyes in his hands, three tasks, a giant toad, the mandrake root, actor Doug Jones and three Oscar wins.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Director
Who directed Pan's Labyrinth?
Year
In which year is the story set?
Girl
What is the young heroine's name?
Captain
Who is Ofelia's cruel stepfather?
Faun
Who sets Ofelia three tasks?
Pale
Where are the Pale Man's eyes?
Toad
What lives under the old fig tree?
Root
Which magical root helps Ofelia's mother?
Actor
Which actor played both the faun and the Pale Man?
Oscars
How many Oscars did the film win?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who directed Pan's Labyrinth?
Answer: Guillermo del Toro
It was released in 2006.
Q2: In which year is the story set?
Answer: 1944
It is after the Spanish Civil War.
Q3: What is the young heroine's name?
Answer: Ofelia
She loves fairy tales.
Q4: Who is Ofelia's cruel stepfather?
Answer: Captain Vidal
He hunts rebels.
Q5: Who sets Ofelia three tasks?
Answer: The faun
He lives in the labyrinth.
Q6: Where are the Pale Man's eyes?
Answer: In the palms of his hands
He wakes when she eats.
Q7: What lives under the old fig tree?
Answer: A giant toad
It is killing the tree.
Q8: Which magical root helps Ofelia's mother?
Answer: A mandrake root
It is fed milk.
Q9: Which actor played both the faun and the Pale Man?
Answer: Doug Jones
He specializes in creature roles.
Q10: How many Oscars did the film win?
Answer: Three
They were for craft categories.

A Fairy Tale in Wartime Spain

Pan's Labyrinth, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro and released in 2006, is set in Spain in 1944, after the Civil War. Young Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to a military outpost run by her cruel stepfather, Captain Vidal, who hunts rebels in the forest.

In an old labyrinth, Ofelia meets a faun who says she may be a lost princess and sets her three tasks. She faces a giant toad under a fig tree and the Pale Man, a creature with eyes in the palms of his hands who wakes when she eats from his feast. A mandrake root briefly helps her sick mother.

Doug Jones played both the faun and the Pale Man under heavy makeup. The film's practical creatures and dark tone won wide praise, and it won three Oscars, for cinematography, art direction and makeup.

What This Quiz Teaches

Fantasy fans will enjoy these questions.

When the story is set
Who Ofelia meets
Which tasks she faces
Who played the creatures
Which awards it won

Did You Know?

Mercedes secretly helps the rebels.
Fairies guide Ofelia.
A chalk door opens walls.
Its Spanish title names the faun.
Del Toro sketched creatures in notebooks.