Year-to-Princess Match: 15 Q

About This Quiz

First glance at the number, then summon the princess who debuted that year.

1937 whispers ink-and-paint; 1992 sings carpet-sky duets; 2021 flashes silat kicks.

Early decades taste like story-book stillness, middle eras burst into Broadway lights, recent years ride waves of CG curls and Pacific swells.

Unsure? Listen for the era’s soundtrack—the right heroine will answer in the key of her time.

Click your princess—did the year sing back? If not, the magic’s still waiting.

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1937?

[D] Snow White | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs launched feature animation in 1937. Walt risked everything, even a mortgage, and audiences wept at the glass-coffin finale.

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1950?

[C] Cinderella | Cinderella’s 1950 release steadied Disney after the war years. A wand, a pumpkin, and “Bibbidi‑Bobbidi‑Boo” put the studio back in sparkling business.

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1959?

[C] Aurora | Sleeping Beauty’s angular forests came from Eyvind Earle’s art. Shot in Super Technirama 70, it looked like a storybook stretched across a palace wall.

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1989?

[B] Ariel | The Little Mermaid kicked off Disney’s Renaissance. “Part of Your World” was nearly cut; Howard Ashman fought to keep it, and kids learned the word dinglehopper.

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1991?

[A] Belle | Beauty and the Beast became the first animated Best Picture nominee. That swooping ballroom used early CGI, while Belle made bookish grit look glamorous.

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1992?

[B] Jasmine | Aladdin’s “A Whole New World” scored both Oscar and Grammy. Jasmine wasn’t the lead, but she kept palace rules from clipping a magic‑carpet date.

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1995?

[D] Pocahontas | Inspired by history, Pocahontas premiered in Central Park to a massive crowd. “Colors of the Wind” turned ecology lessons into radio earworms and awards.

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1998?

[A] Mulan | Mulan was produced primarily at Disney’s Florida studio. Crowds ran via new software Attila, while one clever soldier saved China and family honor.

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2009?

[D] Tiana | The Princess and the Frog returned Disney to hand‑drawn animation. Tiana, inspired by New Orleans chef Leah Chase, set her sights on a restaurant.

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2010?

[A] Rapunzel | Tangled needed serious hair science. Disney’s dynamicWires system wrangled 70 feet of animated curls so the frying‑pan heroics still read clearly on screen.

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2012?

[A] Merida | Brave delivered Pixar’s first princess and a credible archer. Animators studied real technique so every release felt earned, even when the plot turned ursine.

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2016?

[B] Moana | Moana worked with an Oceanic cultural trust. Wayfinding and swells mattered as much as songs, so her canoe read like a love letter to Polynesia.

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2021?

[C] Raya | Raya and the Last Dragon drew from Southeast Asian martial arts like silat and arnis. Trust becomes the rare treasure, not the dragon’s gem.