Jamming in "The Jungle Book" Trivia Quiz

Answer: a pack of wolves

Bagheera brought the baby to a wolf pack, where a mother wolf had just given birth to cubs. As Mowgli grew up he was referred to as a "man-cub". The wolf pack taught him how to be a wolf and protected him from the dangers of the jungle.

Bagheera watched Mowgli grow up for ten years and worried for his safety. He also realized Mowgli would be alone. He realized that the wolves could not protect Mowgli forever.

Akela, the leader of the wolf pack, got word of Shere Khan, a vicious predator of the jungle. The wolves could not protect Mowgli from Shere Khan if he attacked Mowgli. Akela asked Bagheera to take Mowgli back to the man-village where Mowgli would be safe.

Akela was played by John Abbott. Rama, Mowgli's adoptive father was played by Ben Wright.

Bagheera was voiced by Sebastian Cabot. Cabot provided many voice roles for Disney including Sir Ector in "The Sword in the Stone" and the narrator for "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh".

Answer: tiger

Shere Kahn was a tiger that had a burning hatred towards mankind. He feared fire and guns, two things that man controlled. Shere Kahn vowed to kill any human that stepped into the jungle because he knew humans hunted tigers. He did not know Mowgli personally but sought to kill him because he would grow up to be something that he feared.

The jungle animals feared Shere Kahn's presence because of his killing reputation and ability. He was a very vain cat that liked to show off his claws and strength at every opportunity.

As a cat, Shere Kahn had a very large ego but was very soft towards his jungle friends. He tried to be charming and considerate, even though he came across as condescending. He was polite to his friends and victims until he was ready to make his killing move.

Shere Kahn was voice by George Sanders in the original 1967 "Jungle Book" film and Bill Lee provided his singing voice.

Answer: Kaa

Kaa was a snake with hypnotic eyes that he used to lure his prey into his unsuspecting jaws. He lured Mowgli into a hypnotic state with his song "Trust in Me", while Bagheera slept. Bagheera interrupted Kaa just as he was about to devour Mowgli and begged Kaa not to eat him.

Kaa was the eyes and ears of the jungle. Sher Khan manipulated him into telling him Mowgli's whereabouts. Kaa tried to reason with Sher Khan and agreed to whatever he wished, but grumbled as soon as Sher Khan left. Kaa never feels appreciated and at one point told Mowgli, "You can't trust anyone!".

Disney put a spin on Kaa's role from the original Kaa the snake in Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book" novel. In the novel, Kaa was a wise mentor to Mowgli and not evil. Walt Disney did not like the idea of a heroic snake and transformed Kaa into one of the sinister characters of the "Jungle Book" movie. He was voiced by Sterling Holloway.

Answer: Colonel Hathi

Colonel Hathi was voiced by the British singer, J. Pat O'Malley. O'Malley also played one of the jungle buzzards.

Colonel Hathi viewed it as his proud duty to patrol the jungle with his elephant infantry. He served in Maharajah's 5th Pachyderm Brigade and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery. He often got sidetracked recalling tales of his past. Winifred, his wife, tried to keep him on topic. Their son, Hathi Jr., became good friends with Mowgli.

Colonel Hathi's wife, Winifred, was voice by Verna Felton. Unlike most Disney mothers, Winifred was portrayed as witty and sarcastic. Due to her husband Colonel Hathi constantly marching his elephant patrol all over the jungle, Winifred complained that her feet were constantly hurting. She was sympathetic to the needs of others and looked out for their son, Junior. This was the last role of Verna Felton, who died during the film's production. Verna Felton (voice of Winifred) died of a stroke on December 14, 1966, one day before Walt Disney died of lung cancer.

Answer: a bear

Baloo was a slothful, carefree bear that lived off of the jungle. Convinced that Bagheera was overly protective, Baloo adopted Mowgli and taught him how to be a bear.

Bagheera crashed Baloo's party when he stressed, to Baloo, that Mowgli's life was endangered by Sher Khan and caring for Mowgli involved more than a good time. He told Baloo he had the responsibility to protect Mowgli from danger.

Bagheera convinced Baloo to take Mowgli back to the man-village where Mowgli could be with other humans. Baloo tried to talk to Mowgli and Mowgli felt betrayed.

Baloo was played by Phil Harris, a jazz musician and comedian. The role of Baloo turned out to be one of his biggest roles for Disney. The jungle bear portrayal of a best friend to a boy inspired Disney to place him for "Little John", another bear in the animated Disney classic "Robin Hood". He also played Thomas O'Malley in Disney's "The Aristocrats".

Answer: how to make fire

King Louie ruled his tribe of apes in the middle of a city of ancient ruins. Bored with being an ape, he dreamed of becoming a human. He kidnapped Mowgli and thought the man-cub would show him the secret to fire.

King Louie entertained Mowgli with his swing style music, until Baloo interrupted disguised as a monkey. When King Louie discovered he had been tricked, Baloo and Mowgli ran. King Louie abandoned his plan to capture Mowgli due to the collapse of his ancient ruins.

King Louie was voiced by Louis Prima. There was no ape king in Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book" novel and Walt Disney wanted a character that included the monkeys. Disney created the character based on the jazz trumpeter's personality and love for music. Louis Prima had fun expanding the part with his talent and jazz skills.

Answer: buzzards

The buzzards observed Mowgli walking alone and offered him their friendship.

Although they were hungry, they decided to do the right thing and comforted Mowgli with their quartet version of "We Are Friends". They offered Mowgli a place in their flock and convinced Mowgli to sing along.

"The Jungle Book" was released in 1967. During the creation of the film, the Beatles music group was very popular. Disney created the buzzards to look like the group, with mop haircuts. They hoped that the band would sing music for the buzzard portion of the film, but John Lennon did not want to participate. The buzzards' singing voices were vocalized by Pat O'Malley, Digby Wolfe, Lord Tim Hudson, and Chad Stuart.

Answer: Mowgli tied a branch with fire to Shere Khan's tail.

Shere Khan was extremely afraid of fire. While Shere Khan was fighting with Mowgli and Baloo, lightning hit a nearby tree and set it on fire. A buzzard grabbed a branch and handed it to Mowgli. Mowgli tied the fiery branch to Shere Khan's tail.

Shere Khan was spooked by the fire and could not put the flames out. He could not get his tail free and ran into the jungle. Humiliated, he did not return to face Mowgli or his friends.

Answer: False

Baloo tried to hold Sher Khan back from attacking Mowgli by holding the tiger's tail. Sher Khan was enraged and attacked Baloo while Mowgli grabbed a fire branch.

After Mowgli successfully defeated the tiger, he returned to Baloo, who was lying on the ground. The buzzards, Bagheera, and Mowgli feared the worst because Baloo did not wake up.

Baloo surprised his friends when he woke up in the middle of Bagheera's praises for the bear's life. Bagheera admitted that he was wrong about Baloo and they walked Mowgli back to the man-village.

Answer: a girl smiling at him

Shanti was a little girl who saw Mowgli while she was singing. Mowgli was instantly smitten. He was hesitant to leave Bagheera and Baloo, but Bagheera encouraged him to go on.

Shanti noticed Mowgli's hesitation and encouraged him by dropping her water jug. Mowgli picked it up and carried it back into the man-village with her. His friends encouraged him.

Disney originally couldn't decide how to end the film after spending the whole film with Mowgli and his friends avoiding the man village. Walt Disney saw that in Rudyard Kipling's novel, Mowgli eventually did fall in love. The creative crew used that idea to come up with the idea of luring Mowgli into the man-village with a friend.

Darleen Carr played Shanti. In her film career she had other roles with "The Sound of Music", "Monkeys, Go Home!", and "The Impossible Years".