Who is the lucky The Little Mermaid fan?
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Who is the lucky The Little Mermaid fan?
And the winner is…
Halle Bailey is our beloved Ariel in the new The Little Mermaid live-action adaptation. The highly anticipated film opens today, and this morning, BU Today announced a trivia giveaway for two tickets to a showing tonight. If you answered all the questions correctly, you were entered into the giveaway.
Without further ado, the winner of the two tickets is Prishita Kachhar (MET’24), an applied data analytics major. We’ll send details by email and phone. Congratulations and enjoy the movie!
Check out the correct answers below. Didn’t win? Don’t worry, BU Today will be back with more trivia—and free tickets, of course—in the future. Thanks for playing!
- Ariel’s undersea best friend is a yellow-and-blue fish. In the new adaptation, he will be voiced by Jacob Tremblay. What is the fish’s name?
Flounder
- Ariel has a funny name for a fork. What does she call it?
A dinglehopper
- Ursula and Ariel make a deal: If Ariel can kiss the prince within a certain amount of time, she can remain a human. If not, she will revert to a mermaid and belong to Ursula. How long does Ariel have to kiss Prince Eric?
Three days
- In her deal with Ursula, what does Ariel trade for her legs?
Her voice
- The original voice actor of Ariel makes a cameo in this film as a market vendor. Who voiced Ariel in the 1989 animated film?
Jodi Benson
- How many daughters does King Triton have?
Seven
- In The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, we meet Ariel’s daughter who runs away to find the undersea kingdom of Atlantica. What is her name?
Melody
- A song from the 1989 film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Which song took home the award?
“Under the Sea”
- The Little Mermaid is based on an older and decidedly darker fairy tale. Who wrote the original story?
Hans Christian Andersen
- Halle Bailey is not new to acting; she was also on a popular ABC spin-off series with her sister, Chloe. Which show was she on?
Grown-ish
Watch the trailer for The Little Mermaid here.
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